A Number of General Observations of the Working World

A Number of General Observations of the Working World
or
​A List of Things You Must Know Before Entering the Workforce as a Young Kid/Adult or Something Else
​Part 3
11-20

11. You aren't the boss when hired
When you leave your education provider, secondary and tertiary, you are promised the world. You can claim that world, but first you gotta go through the shit to get to where you want to be.
Everybody's done it, a few still do it.
You're not the head now but one day you could be.
Hang in there baby.
No#1 all over again.
People appreciate you wading through the shit to get better and more experienced as it shows your determination or reliability.
Those who have gone down this path can reflect on it when they hire you.
 
12. You can be the boss when hired
If you want to work for yourself or can standout in the field of work like the sun compared to the stars, yes the sun is a star but do we see stars in the day?
Please ponder that, you can be the boss or usually a partner.
The downside is you are at the top; you swam against the current and beat everyone, the elders who were aiming for that spot will resent you for a time, you have to perform the way you got the role for every single day until your career ends.
Every.
Single.
Day.
Back to the star analogy you'll be a red giant and possibly end up as a black hole or white dwarf.
The black hole is an imploded red giant that consumes everything, the white dwarf shines until it goes out on its own terms.
So be careful.
Try not to burn yourself out.
 
13. Criticism
Accept it.
Learn from it.
Do not dismiss it.
Do not fight it.
There are critics everywhere in the modern world.
If you base your life on likes and follows, then you’re basing your life on critics.
If you don't utilise criticism to enhance yourself then you will fall to the bottom of the pile. You don’t want to be there.
Trust me.
You don’t want to fight the world.
 
14. Praise
As much as we love thanks and praise, not all praise is good.
In some instances it's a cover screen for harsh consequences.
I've seen it done and had it done to me.
 Take the praise but don’t forget that it can be used against you.
 I might be a cynic but it keeps my eyes and ears open.
 
15. Anger
Whatever you do: DON’T WORK ANGRY!
Why?
You, your colleagues and your work will suffer.
Frustrations, stress and other things can all throw you off task.
You have to let go of it or hold on to a little of it as motivation.
Or use it to your advantage like in exercise or if your job requires you to hit something/demolish use it!
Stress usually is bad but in some instances can be amazing as a motivator.
A restaurant/cafe kitchen is a high stress work place, as is being in a hospital and both are run well.
If a nurse is angry she might unintentionally harm a patient, if a chef is angry he might shut down the entire service from a shattered glass he threw.
Just keep chugging away and hold onto that anger and use it in exercise. You can be frustrated but this shall pass. Pressure fluctuates, learn from it or perish.
So don't work angry, unless your job requires it.
 
16. Do something you love
If you really love doing something then try it as a hobby before you jump into it as a career. Why?
You could ruin that thing you love forever.
Also if it requires equipment, travel and budgets, you need to have a lot of savings put away just in case something goes wrong.
This is a gamble as it could be the best thing for you or the worst.
Like A star you gotta shine.
 
17. Don’t do something you love
If it makes money for you to live on and helps you enjoy life, then stay doing it.
 If it is entirely soul crushing, then get the hell away from it!
If you find a role that contains elements of what you love doing, then go down that path as it could open doors.
It is up to you in the long run.
You can always quit if it doesn’t suit you too.
Seriously, work to live not live to work.
 
18. Back up, call for back up
I am an anxious person by nature and it has helped me in many ways, the major one is contingencies.
 I go with my gut and my heart after a consultation with my head.
Over my working career I have had several major global events that have interrupted my career paths and sent me back to school numerous times.
This might seem like a bad thing but in a matter of fact was one of the best things.
I have learned how to sell things, how to present things, how to intrigue things and how to cook things.
All this education has enabled me to, in a restaurant setting; create a menu, promote the menu, design the menu, cook the menu, photograph and film the menu and post about the menu without having to even go and consult and pay multiple people who are from different areas that don't connect with one another readily.
These were my back up plans as they are all paths that I have interests and passions in.
 
19. Try and get a job close to you
Working in close proximity to your home is the best thing to do.
Why?
The longer you have to travel to work, the more stress you'll be under.
This stress includes the anxiety of missed public transportation, the lack of public transportation, track work, strikes, road work, road rage, traffic jams, vehicular collisions and a thousand other variables of traveling to and from work.
The GPS system you have might say it's only half an hour away but that is an estimation of American presidential privilege of all green lights and roadblocks.
 Rule of thumb: if it's 15 minutes away, leave half an hour before work starts if you have a private vehicle and there is guaranteed parking.
Half an hour travel estimated = an hour of traffic.
The worst part is doing the opposite on the way home.
Half an hour to work going against the flow of traffic can mean an hour or more in heading home.
This is worse.
Far worse.
 
20. Do something you love or really, really like if it means you have to travel
If you have lined up a career that excites you every day with a new challenge then do it if you can handle the long commute.
This is to make yourself 100% sure that you're sanity will not be sacrificed on the frustrations that are you are semi-in-control of. If you can afford it, do it.
 If not, move closer to it or find something closer.
As for international travel: DO IT! International travel has greater experiences attached to it and gives you perspective.
But be warned as you will have to set up time on both sides of travel to recuperate to the standard work day while dealing with jet lag.