Personal Development Blog

It’s not what you become, but what you don’t become that will hurt most in the end

This article is designed to help you open your eyes to choose whether the current career path you are on in life is one that you are making out of choice, or one that you are traveling down out of blind social conditioning and lack of hope in doing what you dream about.

Given the choice between pursuing a highly desired cherished dream and continuing a life of quiet desperation, most people unconsciously choose for the life of quiet desperation. Are you one of them? Do you tolerate non-stop abusive bosses, lousy working conditions, and extremely boring dead-end jobs?

Sadly, most people opt for this grindstone-existence because it takes a lot of risk and facing of the unknown to take control of creating your own income by becoming self employed or seeking a more fulfilling career. There is no security, you have nothing to fall back on, and if things go wrong there is no one to blame but yourself.

It sounds terrible doesn’t it? Well don’t be fooled. Of course your boss and your managers all want you to think this negative so that you will stay working for them. And your family and friends usually do not know any better either so they will tell you the same things in order to keep you “safe and secure”.

The truth is that there is little security in staying in the same dead end job all of your life. Sadly, many people who come to end of their lives on their death beds reflect upon their lives with deep sorrow and not having followed their career dreams is usually their biggest regret.

What makes the situation even more difficult is the fact that throughout all of our lives our family and close friends seem to always be there to let us know that the “safest” path is one of security, working for someone else. They tell us that we should not risk our time and money venturing into creating our own businesses, goals, or risk-taking ventures. But ironically, these very same people are feeling disappointed that they do not possess the courage to take control of life and steer their own destiny.

If you are not currently pursuing your career dreams, regardless of the excuses you can come up with, then you are setting yourself up for the same disappointments and regrets that many people experience later in life. In other words, it is not what you become, but what you don’t become that will hurt you most in the end.