Be brave to try and make mistakes when you are young

in #life6 years ago (edited)

Last night, a good friend of mine, Ben, called me and talked about his working status.

He works for a well-known clothing chain store, he started as a store promoter and became the manager for the store. He has been in the company for more than six years, he has become the most experienced employee in the company, his yearly salary nearly $50,000.

He sighed on the phone and said, that’s what other sees me, I have been in the company for so many years, this position and the salary has been almost to the top, and there is no big difference from the position above, it is meaningless.

This type of life will let you see thru the end, that is what the life will be in the next 3 to 5 years, repeat and repeat again, this feeling is too terrible.

He told me he wanted to resign, but he did not know what to do after resign, because he is too familiar with the industry, know that it is hard to operate a shop, so he hesitated for a long time.


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I know why he hesitates, after working in an industry for too long, if you suddenly change to another industry or change company, he has to start again, and not necessarily has the high salary like he used to before.

In addition, the most important thing is that the success rate of the start-up shop is too low, the risk is too large, invest so much money, do not know when will get back the return.

Want to jump out of this circle, but afraid of the outside world too dangerous.

I don't know how to give Ben a good advice, then I remembered another classmate, Jimmy’s story.

After Jimmy graduated, he worked as an electronics salesman, after half a year, he becomes a waiter in a restaurant, and then learn to become a chef. After more than a year, he involved in the fashion industry. After three months of working, he resigned and started selling clothes online.

After more than a year of no improvement, he gave up.

He lost a lot of money at that time, and he borrowed from me for emergency. He also asked me to introduce him to some job. After months of working with high stable income, he quit the job to start his own business.

From a small stall, to own a shop, then to chain stores.

A few years later, he now owned 2 physical stores, more than 10 employees, monthly profit around $100,000.


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Before he gave up the stable monthly salary, and start his own business, I asked him why he likes to change jobs frequently, and venture to open a shop, is taking a stable high wage not good enough?

Jimmy asked me: "When you find a job that does not make you happy and grow, why not give it up, no matter how much the salary is. Because your time is limited, the company has 3 to 5 years to give you, but you don’t.

3 to 5 years from now, if you haven't been able to upgrade yourself, the company doesn't need you, you still have to change jobs to start again. Your time and passion are limited, why not dedicate them to your favorite job and your own career.

Rather than wait 10 years later, you have no way to retreat, only reluctantly forced to change jobs or find their own way out of business."

At that time, I did not understand what he said, and also quarreled with him.

Now I see Ben's confusion and I slowly understand the words he said.

At first, I mistakenly thought he said change jobs is to find a more suitable job, or that the job has no future, start his own business has a brighter future.

Now when I think about, in fact, he wanted to say is to pursue the meaningful things that we like, dare to try to make mistakes.


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Many of us in the workplace, when colleagues asked you to help share your experience, you don’t want to; when the leader arrange a project you said you don’t know and pushed to other; when the company layout of the assessment task you say that it is too difficult and give up directly.

You've been in a rut for 3 to 5 years, and then you complain about not getting a raise, complaining about poor working conditions.

But you do not want to change, you keep complaining and keep doing the same again and again.

When you feel that your current job is meaningless, no help and growth for you, but not dare to start again, you are afraid to leave and afraid of can’t find a better job, not dare to jump out of your comfort zone, so you repeat your day after day and year after year.

When you are worrying about fear, walking on thin ice to live your boring life, but do not know about the wonderful world outside.


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If you are not satisfied with your tedious work and are unwilling to do so, jump out of the comfort zone and learn to change.

If you already have the thought and decisions, but still hesitant to move forward, then be bold to try it.

If you have something you like to do, stick to it and defend your dream.

Don't always worry about failure.

When you fall, stand up, pats the dust on your body, and continues to march forward.

We are still young, we have a lot of opportunities, why are we afraid of making mistakes and not trying more?

Seldom do we regret what we do, but we will be sorry for what we did not do.

And some regrets, sometimes it will be a lifetime.

So, if you have something you like to do, go for it and stick to it; If you have someone you like, try to improve yourself and confess.

Take advantage of being young, be brave to try and make mistakes.

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