today he faced one of life most challenging question. or at least for him: "what is your favourite color?"
everything is good until something struck him. its not just specific to deciding favourite color is the problem but favourite song, food, movie,... wait. almost everything in life!
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he had a conversation with his professor the other day (the writer tried to be accurate. but note that this is not an exact transcript).
p: so what make you choose to come here to cmu and usa?
a: i am looking for passion. i constantly changed jobs for the past 3 years in which i did different kind of job from auditing, programming, analyst & project management. i couldn't settle. i believe i haven't found my cup of tea. i hope to find it here.
p: it seems to me that you like changes. you can't stay doing the same routine. and changes is good. some people hate changes. you should find something that offer variety.
wow perspective. so maybe he tried fixing wrong things all this while. its not about the jobs. never was. its him.
he do something new - he get really excited - he lose interest - he get bored and he look for something new
and guess what. same goes to his hobbies & sports. therefore he is like jack of all trades. know a little bit of everything but nothing in depth. at least now he knows that his creative need variety and constant stimulation to feel happy and satisfied.
MAYBE he need to search for careers that offer a lot of variety, learning and growth. often in new situation, new people. or MAYBE not. only time will tell.
he doesn't have a favourite color, he can't decide on one, he doesn't have any preference and he totally doesn't understand the idea of having one. he believe that if you put it right all of them are beautiful. and it can (and should) change all the time, there are going to be a certain days, mood, occasions or just an act of randomness that you'll pick one over another. in his perspective, people that are obsess with one color i.e. pink is missing a lot in life.
"the smart people change their minds" -jeff bezos
everything is good until something struck him. its not just specific to deciding favourite color is the problem but favourite song, food, movie,... wait. almost everything in life!
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p: so what make you choose to come here to cmu and usa?
a: i am looking for passion. i constantly changed jobs for the past 3 years in which i did different kind of job from auditing, programming, analyst & project management. i couldn't settle. i believe i haven't found my cup of tea. i hope to find it here.
p: it seems to me that you like changes. you can't stay doing the same routine. and changes is good. some people hate changes. you should find something that offer variety.
wow perspective. so maybe he tried fixing wrong things all this while. its not about the jobs. never was. its him.
he do something new - he get really excited - he lose interest - he get bored and he look for something new
and guess what. same goes to his hobbies & sports. therefore he is like jack of all trades. know a little bit of everything but nothing in depth. at least now he knows that his creative need variety and constant stimulation to feel happy and satisfied.
MAYBE he need to search for careers that offer a lot of variety, learning and growth. often in new situation, new people. or MAYBE not. only time will tell.
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