Whatever IT is, I keep reminding my self that somewhere over the rainbow, yaddy, yaddy.
There is a ray of light for those of us sticking it out, working to get to the other site. Actually there are 3 as I see it.
1. Nothing good ever comes easy.
If there isn’t a lot of work and sweat and blood, it can’t separate the rock stars from the groupies.
M.I.T. takes in over 32,000 applicants every year. They accept less than 10% of them. The ones that get accepted, have to cough up $30k plus per semester to be there. MIT grads have a different set of opportunities than someone who went to community college. Not that there is anything wrong with community college.
2. Getting there is worth it.
If you go to law school and pass the bar exam, you get to participate in the legal profession as
a carreer (Shakespear’s opinion aside). If you don’t believe me look in the parking lot at what the paralegals drive vs. what the lawers drive.
3. Being there gives you the power to make things better.
Once you pass through the trial of whatever your passion is, as you participate in that, you have the opportunity to help make people’s life’s richer and better. It may be as simple as funding your personal assistant’s daycare to put her child in the best daycare in town. It pays off huge in loyalty and in less issues with the employee struggling to pay 30% of their salary to crappy daycare.
This is a small thing but consider the power to do good that, well power brings.
Doing good, brings good.
This post is inspired by Seth Godin’s The Dip. Get it at Amazon
