What Is Your Educational Goal
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Holy crap! You just depressed the *&^$ out of me.
Though I was probably personally headed that same sorta way. What changed it for me was my Star Wars club. I decided I wanted more, I wanted to visit other places and meet the people I knew on line, see their homes, etc.
Like you I did work through high school, but unlike you not for the same goals - my goal for working was to gain some cash to buy some whatever to make me happy in the moment. The few interships I did have in general didn't match up with me - so I guess I learned a few things I knew I didn't want to do. lol
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@scottalanmiller said:
You never find people with these feelings that also went on to great careers or are happy with where they are in life.
I don't know. I've talked to several people who would be considered very successful with great careers who yearn for the glory days. I think there is a specific personality where this happens. I myself don't understand it you couldn't pay me to be in high school or college again.
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@coliver said:
@scottalanmiller said:
You never find people with these feelings that also went on to great careers or are happy with where they are in life.
I don't know. I've talked to several people who would be considered very successful with great careers who yearn for the glory days. I think there is a specific personality where this happens. I myself don't understand it you couldn't pay me to be in high school or college again.
Here Here. But I do there there is a small amount of bleed over as @coliver mentions.. small, but not none.
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@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@scottalanmiller said:
You never find people with these feelings that also went on to great careers or are happy with where they are in life.
I don't know. I've talked to several people who would be considered very successful with great careers who yearn for the glory days. I think there is a specific personality where this happens. I myself don't understand it you couldn't pay me to be in high school or college again.
Here Here. But I do there there is a small amount of bleed over as @coliver mentions.. small, but not none.
To be fair... I also know several cashiers and others who have the same mentality. I think it is a fairly universal thing for a specific personality type.
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@coliver said:
To be fair... I also know several cashiers and others who have the same mentality. I think it is a fairly universal thing for a specific personality type.
Which mentality is that? I'm not tracking.
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@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
To be fair... I also know several cashiers and others who have the same mentality. I think it is a fairly universal thing for a specific personality type.
Which mentality is that? I'm not tracking.
The "Glory Days" Mentality. People who see that their best days are behind them and wish they could relive them.
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@Dashrender said:
Holy crap! You just depressed the *&^$ out of me.
It's a depressing situation. It is the Peter Principle applies to life: employees only stop being promoted once they can no longer perform effectively, and "managers rise to the level of their incompetence."
Some people find their last level of competence in high school and anything beyond it is where they stop, having gone beyond their successful abilities. For others they make it through college but that's the last level at which they are competent. Others make it to adult life and careers while still being competent.
Each is likely to see the "last level of competence" as their glory years and where they "ended up" as depressing, since they are beyond their competence and just treading water on the verge of failure.
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@coliver said:
@scottalanmiller said:
You never find people with these feelings that also went on to great careers or are happy with where they are in life.
I don't know. I've talked to several people who would be considered very successful with great careers who yearn for the glory days. I think there is a specific personality where this happens. I myself don't understand it you couldn't pay me to be in high school or college again.
Are they successful like they are super happy or are they just making good money?
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@coliver said:
I myself don't understand it you couldn't pay me to be in high school or college again.
I enjoyed both, but like life now far better.
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@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
To be fair... I also know several cashiers and others who have the same mentality. I think it is a fairly universal thing for a specific personality type.
Which mentality is that? I'm not tracking.
The "Glory Days" Mentality. People who see that their best days are behind them and wish they could relive them.
I would expect that in cashiers. They might not talk about it as their glory days might not even be high school but might be middle school or even elementary school. But chances are, there was a time when they felt confident and happy and at some point, that stopped.
Nothing wrong with being a cashier, that people have different levels of competence isn't a bad thing. People are all different and we need lots of variety in the world. But figuring out how to be happy and work from the Dilbert Principle instead of the Peter Principle in our own lives is important.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
@scottalanmiller said:
You never find people with these feelings that also went on to great careers or are happy with where they are in life.
I don't know. I've talked to several people who would be considered very successful with great careers who yearn for the glory days. I think there is a specific personality where this happens. I myself don't understand it you couldn't pay me to be in high school or college again.
Are they successful like they are super happy or are they just making good money?
Both.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
To be fair... I also know several cashiers and others who have the same mentality. I think it is a fairly universal thing for a specific personality type.
Which mentality is that? I'm not tracking.
The "Glory Days" Mentality. People who see that their best days are behind them and wish they could relive them.
I would expect that in cashiers. They might not talk about it as their glory days might not even be high school but might be middle school or even elementary school. But chances are, there was a time when they felt confident and happy and at some point, that stopped.
Nothing wrong with being a cashier, that people have different levels of competence isn't a bad thing. People are all different and we need lots of variety in the world. But figuring out how to be happy and work from the Dilbert Principle instead of the Peter Principle in our own lives is important.
Right, nothing wrong with being a cashier that wasn't my intention. Just trying to draw contrast.
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@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
To be fair... I also know several cashiers and others who have the same mentality. I think it is a fairly universal thing for a specific personality type.
Which mentality is that? I'm not tracking.
The "Glory Days" Mentality. People who see that their best days are behind them and wish they could relive them.
I would fully expect that from the typical cashier.
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And I have been a cashier, so.....
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@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
@Dashrender said:
@coliver said:
To be fair... I also know several cashiers and others who have the same mentality. I think it is a fairly universal thing for a specific personality type.
Which mentality is that? I'm not tracking.
The "Glory Days" Mentality. People who see that their best days are behind them and wish they could relive them.
I would fully expect that from the typical cashier.
But I've also seen it from people who would be considered very successful. I don't think it is limited to just people who have exceeded their maximum competency.
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@scottalanmiller said:
And I have been a cashier, so.....
As have I. Worked in a hardware store throughout high school and college. It was a great way to earn money but I couldn't imagine doing that for the rest of my life.
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@scottalanmiller said:
@coliver said:
@scottalanmiller said:
You never find people with these feelings that also went on to great careers or are happy with where they are in life.
I don't know. I've talked to several people who would be considered very successful with great careers who yearn for the glory days. I think there is a specific personality where this happens. I myself don't understand it you couldn't pay me to be in high school or college again.
Are they successful like they are super happy or are they just making good money?
The case I can think of, they are making good money, but hate their job.
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Good to read, I was considering on converting my experience into Degree of IT Major in Management.
(There was a university offered like that) As here in the Philippines most companies value the university graduate. Opps before that, I still have 1 year and half to decide. -
@coliver said:
@scottalanmiller said:
And I have been a cashier, so.....
As have I. Worked in a hardware store throughout high school and college. It was a great way to earn money but I couldn't imagine doing that for the rest of my life.
Same here, though only through high school. Completely skipped working in fast food, or really food of any kind (I did work on a farm for two years).
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@Joy said:
Good to read, I was considering on converting my experience into Degree of IT Major in Management.
(There was a university offered like that) As here in the Philippines most companies value the university graduate. Opps before that, I still have 1 year and half to decide.University is free in Germany!
