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Lack of ambition with my job, causing problems with co workers.
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 13158115:MV8yMTQyNTE5XzM2MTgyNDMyXzI2OUI4MzU4] [quote:Anonymous Coward 31907650:MV8yMTQyNTE5XzM2MTgxMDMwX0REMjlFNTQ2] Mediocre? By what standard? Look, I spent 25 years in corporate America, stepping on people and playing games to get ahead, disparaging workers like you. And guess what? I made it very high up the ladder and...it fucking sucks! Soul-sucking, working 80 hour weeks, political bs, etc. I guess it's better to make 6 figures hating what you do than minimum wage, but the cost is the same...your happiness, your soul. To me, having crested the society-approved mountain that defines success, I now know that happiness and success are more about personal satisfaction and peace. If you can find a way to provide for your basic needs doing something you love, YOU, my friend, are not mediocre! You are to be envied and should consider yourself lucky and wildly successful! Pursue your passion! [/quote] This person has wisdom OP. take it from me 50 now, promotions are mostly bullshit. If I had to do it over I'd do a lateral move every 3 or 4 years to another department and claim to be building 'breadth'. After all its a pyramid scheme, we can't all be directors! If you have actual skills you are better off. Those dumbasses in high places have forgotten how to do the work and when they are inevitably let go they arel not employable [/quote]
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It's been a while since I wanna put this out there to hear feedback but I don't know exactly how to. You see I've been working in the same area for many years and I've grown complacent. I am a musician by vocation and that is my true passion so my job is mainly to pay bills and have stability (which I do have). The problem comes with not really having any love for the job, it's just something I try to overcome but I can't have interest in it to save my life.
When co workers and superiors sense this they begin being hostile in subtle manners. Most of my coworkers are ambitious to be promoted and it seems this is actually valued by the superiors. I lack this ambition and I have to admit of being a bit stuck. The direct problem with this is that in every job I've had when people realize my lack of interest they start trying to pressure me, maybe subconsciously trying to show me that they're offended by my lack of interest.
Now mind you I am very responsible and I do my tasks and always show up on time, I am also very trustworthy and overall clean record. But even when being OK doing my job that seems to never be enough. People notice I just essentially don't give a damn and they develop a tacit animosity towards me.
I am about to finish my definitive music project and if this doesn't go anywhere I am gonna leave music altogether and I am a bit worried about my future. I am about to be 30 y/o and while a relatively smart guy I've never been a studious person and although I could probably spend the rest of my life doing what I do and survive comfortably I sense that this lack of ambition will play against me in the future. It seems I am bound to become a mediocre person and I can't seem to get out of this loop.
Can anyone relate?
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