interest vs career
Friday, August 06, 2010, 8/06/2010 10:57:00 PM
I once had this possessive mindset that interest will win over career. What I mean is that if there is 2 careers for you to choose from, 1 is a job that you are very interested in which pay you a monthly salary of $2000. The other is a job that you don't have an interest in(but don't mind that job) but it give you a better quality of life as it pays you a monthly salary of $3000. Which one will you choose?
In the past, I would have chosen interest over career as I feel that how can someone stay in a job for so long that they have no interest in? Wouldn't it be a torture to do that? But as time goes by, I start to feel that actually, it is not that realistic to think that way.
It is difficult for someone to crave out a very succesful career by doing something that he has an interest in. I say difficult but not impossible because there are still successful examples like world class atheletes. But out of the hundred millions of people who loves swimming, how many actually make it into the olympics or even continental competition? And out of the hundred thousands of atheletes who competes in world competition, how many actually won medals? It may seems that there are a lot of world class atheletes being rich and famous. But if you put that with the porpotion of people who are interested in being a sportsperson, the success rate is actually quite low.
For me, my interest lies in being a PE and Maths teacher as I like to challenge myself in speaking in front of a group of people. It seems scary but it gives you that kick of success when you feel that you have given a good speech and met your objective. I like to get myself involve in organising and planning, be it teaching plans or events. Being able to interact with people and handle different kind of situations everyday, it seems so un-routine and challenging. However, my interest for being a teacher seems shaken as I have other field(less interest) that I wish to get into. Now, I hope that I can be an above average personnel working in accounts field as I personally believe that this career(not seen as interest) can make me become a more successful person.
So which one will you choose? Interest or Career?
Cheers~
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