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Today, for a middle-class citizen, if he stopped working, what will be the> most important and critical issue that will be surfaced in his mind?> > > > They need to break free from this endless rat race, with financial education> and applied knowledge. We all need too.> > > > They have to make a choice. A choice to change for a better situation. They> are in this situation b'coz they are who they are now and the habits they> hold dear to themselves. By continuing to do what they do and expect a> different outcome is insane, mad. They have to make a choice, and they can,> if they want to. We all can. Just stop finding "reasons" on why you cannot.> But rather find reasons on why you should, need, must and such that you can> no longer delay that decision.> > > > A new choice, a new beginning.> > > > "Work because we choice to, not because we need to."> > > > The Power of Choice> (http://leroyang. blogspot. com/2007/ 02/power- of-choice. html)> > > > > > > > > > No end in sight to the workhorse grind > > Letter from Lawrence Seow > > > > MURALI Sharma has gotten it absolutely right in his I Say piece, "The story> of a workhorse" (June 16-17). > > > > Many people in Singapore work long hours - it is expected of them and hence,> they do not have much of a choice. It is not even occasional overtime they> are putting in, but something that has become a routine part of their job. > > > > They come home exhausted and have dinner at 10pm. They then go to bed, only> to wake up the next day to go through the grind again. > > > > How did we end up like this? What with the progress of civilisation,> technological breakthroughs and wealth of knowledge at our disposal, the> pace of life means life seems to have passed us by, all too quickly. > > > > We make a living but do not really have a life. If this is what we call> progress, I want no part in it.
I personally feel strongly for the people who choose to remain in this kind of life. It reminds me fondly of the hamster and its wheel. Certainly, many of us go through that kind of lifestyle ever sice we are young, at least for most of us in Singapore.
In school, we are conditioned to 'work long hours' and it is a perfect place to condition us for the corporate environment.
Many of us yearn to work 'high up' in the corporate ladder so that we may earn a respectable earned income. However the issue of which i would like to address is this; at what cost is this for us? Longer worktime, overtime? Trade a few hours of overtime of our lives for a few dollars?
Perhaps many of us think this is the right path. After all, our parents and their parents before them have embarked on this 'path', thus it naturally falls on us to follow suit. However, we are, and it is crucial that you realise this, in the midst of the Information Age (Or information highway as Bill Gates calls it) and rules of the world change, from Laws, business, opinions (NKF), facts (think of pluto), government, media, etc.
We are in a place where we are surrounded by opportunities, yet many of us choose to 'shut the door, hide under the bed and cover our butts' by following the 'path' laid out for us by our parents. In other words, we choose to hide from this world instead of embracing it. I mean, in school the word 'globalisation' brings with it negativism like fear, insecurity, etc..This is what i mean. It is about embracing new changes and not hiding from it afraid it will harm us.
Think about this fellows..cheers!
Please feel free to critique.
Alex
"Success is a manifestation of the head and heart transmuted as one." Alex,2007
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