There were many thoughtful responses to this thread, my two-bits:
A good manager I had known boiled it down to Life's Priority List. For him, and I tend to agree, it's
Health
Family
Work
There are many ways to apply this, but with regards to the "Stay or Go" question at work, look at it like this.
If you hate your job so much that you literally are unhealthy while doing it, then change it as soon as possible, regardless of the consequences.
If you like your job well enough, and it pays enough to support your family (if you have one), then you're doing well where you are.
If you can change your job to something you love doing while supporting your family and staying healthy, then make the move to doing what you love.
Some people are lucky enough to be doing what they love and being well-compensated for it, good for them.
In truth, my job (engineering project management) is very satisfying, but I don't enjoy it as much as I do music. However, for whatever reasons (lack of talent, practice etc.), I can't make a living with the latter, but do well with the former.
So although I'm not in personal bliss, I get to enjoy life, pay my bills, and get some personal satisfaction out of work too.
I was wondering why I never noticed the spinning quarter landing on tails. But then I remembered the only time I did it was in college playing Spinners, a Quarters variant, and we were forced to keep drinking the beer until it stopped. You tend to not notice where the coin lands while you are having a technicolor yawn...
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I agree with consensus that nobody should care about anonymous purchase stats, but I had heard recently that people's alcohol purchases on a grocery club card were used against him in a civil suit where he 'slipped on water' in the store.
Maybe this person was a scammer, but it bugs me knowing that they track every item that I buy.
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A good manager I had known boiled it down to Life's Priority List. For him, and I tend to agree, it's
- Health
- Family
- Work
There are many ways to apply this, but with regards to the "Stay or Go" question at work, look at it like this.If you hate your job so much that you literally are unhealthy while doing it, then change it as soon as possible, regardless of the consequences.
If you like your job well enough, and it pays enough to support your family (if you have one), then you're doing well where you are.
If you can change your job to something you love doing while supporting your family and staying healthy, then make the move to doing what you love.
Some people are lucky enough to be doing what they love and being well-compensated for it, good for them.
In truth, my job (engineering project management) is very satisfying, but I don't enjoy it as much as I do music. However, for whatever reasons (lack of talent, practice etc.), I can't make a living with the latter, but do well with the former. So although I'm not in personal bliss, I get to enjoy life, pay my bills, and get some personal satisfaction out of work too.
I was wondering why I never noticed the spinning quarter landing on tails. But then I remembered the only time I did it was in college playing Spinners, a Quarters variant, and we were forced to keep drinking the beer until it stopped. You tend to not notice where the coin lands while you are having a technicolor yawn...
I agree with consensus that nobody should care about anonymous purchase stats, but I had heard recently that people's alcohol purchases on a grocery club card were used against him in a civil suit where he 'slipped on water' in the store.
Maybe this person was a scammer, but it bugs me knowing that they track every item that I buy.