Great thinkers and innovators see the opportunity
cost of how they spend their time, not how they make their money. These people understand how precious
of a resource time is, shy away from an average life to pursue greater goals with the time that is imparted to them. These are also the type of people who will turn away from conventional careers, the prospect of short-term wealth and material pleasure to pursue their long-term goals. Often to the point of putting themselves through difficult living conditions. Think of Nicolai Tesla, living off Nabisco crackers and forgoing a normal existence in order to revolutionize electrical engineering. Steve
Jobs' commencement speech at Stanford well illustrates this state of
mind. At the risk of sounding like another Jobs groupie, I would like to share with you an excerpt from his speech:
When pondering about your career, consider this: perhaps the long-term opportunity cost of wasting time is much more important than the short-term opportunity cost of not making more money. Are you willing to spend the time you have in a non-engaging entry-level job for moderate monetary compensation, when you could be maximizing your personal growth elsewhere?
- Nathanael
“Your
time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped
by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t
let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most
important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow
already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
When pondering about your career, consider this: perhaps the long-term opportunity cost of wasting time is much more important than the short-term opportunity cost of not making more money. Are you willing to spend the time you have in a non-engaging entry-level job for moderate monetary compensation, when you could be maximizing your personal growth elsewhere?
- Nathanael
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