Comments on: Entitlement or Ambitious?

By: Angie Lim

Angie Lim — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 22:56:10 +0000

thanks tobias! appreciate the read and supporting words of agreement

By: Tobias Aabye Dam

Tobias Aabye Dam — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:07:13 +0000

Powerfully said!

By: angielim

angielim — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:27:45 +0000

Anthony, thank you for your insight and you’re right – there is something to be said about the working culture here – whether it be that we are more ambitious, more entrepreneurial in nature, it certainly makes it hard to draw the line between business & personal – hence, the issue when it comes down to what is really working and what is really considered living? If I worked for myself, 24 hours a day, but doing what I really truly loved, many would consider that living to work – but for me, I am doing what I LOVE and that is most important – and I would consider myself living. Living my dream. Perhaps the expectations here are much more stringent than what you find in other cultures – perhaps its the fact that many people do come here to pursue the “American dream” so they already have set expectations on what they need to put in to achieve this. I think as long as you are considering what makes you happy when you define this goal & working towards it – you are already on your way to achievement.

By: Anthony Mazzaferro

Anthony Mazzaferro — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:44:32 +0000

I think that here in western society there are far and few people who are ‘living to work’; myself, like the majority are ‘working to live.’ We find employment, we work, we make money, but are we really happy with our lives? Is it because we are trying to make ends meet or are we never satisfied with what we have? For myself I think I fall into both categories! I never feel satisfied with what I have so I work like I can’t make ends meet. Nothing seems to be good enough, I will work towards a goal, get half way there and raise the bar again. So really I have never reached a goal because the closer I get to it the more I increase it or try to make it better. That may be the entrepreneurial side of me, where I need to live on the edge yet make every decision a logical one! Now how do I separate work from my personal life? Has work taken a toll where I know make business like decisions for a personal level?
When visiting family and friends in Europe, they definitely live life first and then work. Once their shift is over or they lock the doors at night to their business; THAT IS IT! They are not thinking about work anymore, they live a more stress free and relaxed life. It seems as though work never ends here, before we arrive we are planning our day and after we leave we are thinking about what we still have to do. Do they have the secret to living life and we are living in a dog eat dog type society where there is little room for failure.
How can we measure happiness? With money, love, friends or family?
To answer your question before I rambled off, I am working to live. My life goal is to be living to work. I may be on track, but I will never reach my goal.