The best of both worlds

Whether you are working for the money, or your money is working for you.
Whether you are driving your passion, or your passion is driving you.

Can we have the best of both world? Yes/No/Maybe?
How have you or your company rewarded you and yourself in monetary or non-monetary sense?
Incentives? Promotions? Travel? Club Membership? etc.

Tell us all about the Great! things that you have ever received, receiving, and/or doing that kept you going and going, and going. Share with us your glory, happy, happiest moments and motivate thy others to carry on even though the day may seems awfully long, dull.

Some say passion does not pay you well.. but that's for the some.
C'mon, Share! C'mon n' Share with us! (^^,)

[rotide]

I personally feel that having passion for a job is slightly more important than the monetary rewards that come with it.

I mean, what's the point of drawing a really high salary when you dread going to work every morning?

Originally Posted by rotide

I personally feel that having passion for a job is slightly more important than the monetary rewards that come with it.

I mean, what's the point of drawing a really high salary when you dread going to work every morning?

Personally, passion is primarily, money is secondary.

But can we live without money/passion?
Can money be passion, vice versa?

Let our imagination run wild for a moment, what would this world be if without money, or passion to start with...

Tell us the what if, would, could, happen if we have no money/passion.

[Hippo]

hi!

I think I am in the best line! but this is just me!

I am ermm...a Financial Consultant from a leading Financial advisory firm here in singapore. I started out first as an insurance agent, then I moved to the financial advisory platform.

I started as an insurance agent because my father passed away and I received a lump sum of money which helped put me through school. Through the years I struggled, but I made it. I couldn't imagine what will become of me without the proceeds from the insurance policy.

I joined the industry I believe in and I am passionate about it, I get to "help" others along the way. On top of that I get to make good money. I have flexible time schedule.

It is not without its pitfalls though, but I guess every job has its fair share of "problems"

I think I will remain in this line till I retire.

Originally Posted by Hippo

hi!

I think I am in the best line! but this is just me!

I am ermm...a Financial Consultant from a leading Financial advisory firm here in singapore. I started out first as an insurance agent, then I moved to the financial advisory platform.

I started as an insurance agent because my father passed away and I received a lump sum of money which helped put me through school. Through the years I struggled, but I made it. I couldn't imagine what will become of me without the proceeds from the insurance policy.

I joined the industry I believe in and I am passionate about it, I get to "help" others along the way. On top of that I get to make good money. I have flexible time schedule.

It is not without its pitfalls though, but I guess every job has its fair share of "problems"

I think I will remain in this line till I retire.

I'm glad you're able to share with us what you went through.

"No man who is occupied in doing a very difficult thing, and doing it very well, ever loses his self-respect."
- George Bernard Shaw, dramatist & literary critic

[lthams]

Money definitely does not create passion for the job. Okay, I admit that money is a motivating factor, but the motivating effect is only short term, in feel good factor soon wanes.

Studies have shown that the love for the job is often due to other smaller factors like job perks, flexi time etc.

[elee]

Originally Posted by Hippo

hi!

I think I am in the best line! but this is just me!

I am ermm...a Financial Consultant from a leading Financial advisory firm here in singapore. I started out first as an insurance agent, then I moved to the financial advisory platform.

I started as an insurance agent because my father passed away and I received a lump sum of money which helped put me through school. Through the years I struggled, but I made it. I couldn't imagine what will become of me without the proceeds from the insurance policy.

I joined the industry I believe in and I am passionate about it, I get to "help" others along the way. On top of that I get to make good money. I have flexible time schedule.

It is not without its pitfalls though, but I guess every job has its fair share of "problems"

I think I will remain in this line till I retire.

hey Hippo,

thumbs up for you!! you've just proven to us that it is possible to have the best of both worlds in today's society by being a living example

[candiceunderwood]

I think passion must considered but money also involved...

[mondayblues]

I would like to say that passion is more important than money.

But to keep it real, I really think it's difficult to sustain passion in your job after working for a few years. Too often, we get so consumed with meeting deadlines and conforming to the needs of others that we forget what made us choose our jobs in the first place.

Money is so much more dependable. It always comes in at the end of the month whether or not you're in love with your job. That is why there's the phrase "money makes the world go round", and not "passion makes the world go round"...

[mnemonic_fx]

money can buy passion, passion can buy money.

without money there's no passion, without passion there's no money.

can you value passion by money ?
can you value money by passion ?

money came from others, passion came from ourselves.
no matter how much passion we can generate from ourselves, we can't generate money from ourselves.

[yellowtooth]

How about we humans are just like a bit of both.
I believe you won't get into the job that you really hate for the money. It'll just kill yourself. So, you'd probably have a teeny weeny bit of interests in that field that you're doing. Then the monetary part comes in and push you even more in your job. So, that's basically what we are doing... a bit of both i guess.

[Sien]

PS: This is my personal opinion about this matter, wrote this in my blog, just feel like sharing it here (I'm an Engineer graduate but somehow feels like there's another kind of work out there that is truly my cup of tea, it's just not engineering...). Right now I think I'm loving my job as an Engineer, but not necessarily the work. So still trying to love both and resolve the money matters first. I don't think that my passion can give me financial freedom for now...Anyway, I still need to try out many different things first before I can clearly know the kind of work that I'd love to do. So wish me luck?:P

The Dilemma - Money or Passion?

Folks,

How often do we hear this saying?
"Money is not everything but everything needs money"
It's a cliché and I bet everyone knows this. But how true is this?

Now, let me analyze and break it into two,

1. Money is not everything

I think it's TRUE

Why?
Money is certainly not the only thing I care about. Without much money, I can still live within my means but given the choice, I'd rather live in the world where money is in abundance and I won't have to worry about not having it every single second and whenever I feel like spending it for occasional luxurious items, I happen to have all the resources I need.

Money is certainly not the only thing that guided me to where I am today. Although it really plays a MAJOR part, I still have other factors like: parents' support, my own determination, luck and hard work. Money 'just' helps smoothen my learning path. Without money I can still learn to become a better person and pursue my interests relentlessly, but given the choice I'd like to learn faster with the help of all the resources I can buy.

I believe that there are still other things that matter more than just how thick your wallet is or how many digits of cash you have in the bank. Money is not everything and it's not the only thing that's important.

Now on the other side of the coin,

2. Everything needs money

I think this is also completely TRUE.

It's obvious, isn't it?
-I need money to buy this laptop and connect to internet so I can write this post.
-I'm living in my friend's condo with special rental fee but still considered expensive.
-I'm now working for the money and all other perks, to earn a living and make ends meet. If money is not the only reason why we work, then please tell me those other reasons, WHY?
-After last Sunday, I went on to pursue my other interest in hospitality by doing part time. I was once again reminded why I quit that particular job scope in the first place. It was really hard work with ridiculously low pay and my stupid pride's telling me,

"Why on earth do you want to spend your weekend getting paid $6/hr as a banquet server while you can get paid more with less hours by working OT as an engineer? Don't you want to use your time to blog, read books, take a rest?"

I'm angry now. Seriously. What happen with I'm-not-in-it-for-the-money-I'm-just-curious-and-want-to-learn-other-things?

This is a true dilemma between money and passion.
Everything needs money but does everything need passion?

The best answer that I can think of now is this.

I obviously need $$$ to fulfill all the tangible things:
- live and eat well
- pay rental fee
- pay off study loan
- pay other bills
- pay for further education, ex: take CELTA and be certified to teach English to adult learners, teaching is also a form of learning. You'll learn everyday by teaching; Japanese course; French course; other certifications; collect books
- pay for entertainment needs: movies, karaoke, social gatherings, sports

While I need passion to fulfill other intangible things like:
- Being able to pull myself together everyday
- Waking up with a smile
- Going to work with enthusiasm
- Being excited everytime
- Feeling happy everyday
- Becoming a successful person in life

If I list it down like this, it's now obvious that we need BOTH MONEY AND PASSION to fulfill everything we want in life. Some of us may be lucky enough to have figured out a way to align passion with the money. Pursuing your passion needs courage and if you're still tight up with the money matter, I'd suggest you put your focus on the money first and then slowly look for your real passion and discover where your happiness lies. Find that balance between your financial and intellectual well-beings. As for me, I'm one of the not-yet-lucky few who is still dreaming of announcing this to the whole world one day: "I LOVE my WORK and the MONEY is EXCELLENT".

Anyway, as Chris Gardner said (and I utterly agree), "what I do is not who I am"

Thus, I shall not let what I do for a living defines who I am in life. Our work shouldn't define who we are as a person. I'll just do my best at work and be positive!

How about you? Have you found both the money and passion?


-Sien-
Thanx for reading...:P

[jobsyuk]

I think If you have a job that you enjoy is the most important thing, even if it takes up most of your time, atleast you are enjoying what you are doing everyday

[yellowtooth]

Yeah, I agree. I think if you like the job, the environment and people are not so bad, the pay isn't like those underpaid type, you can still enjoy everything. Just need to be contented with what we have I guess