I get bored easily and lose motivation when monotony and reptitiveness hit in a career. I started my own business late high school and sold it in my early college years - OMG the best experience and the absolute time of my life. I would wake up early and stay up late from pure adrenaline and a sense of responsibility… I couldn’t tell a difference. I don’t get that feeling in a corporate job. Entrepreneurship is the end goal (when I have an idea with a solid game plan) because everything rides on you (strategy, finance, sales, marketing) and you decide what you get to do that day.
Until an opportunity like that opens up again, what can a bloke like me do in Finance without feeling like his creative juices are drying up… I get bored if the job doesn’t offer variety. My best friend of many years and I had a heart-to-heart and tried to assess what the other person would really be good at in life. His comment to me (and I believe it): “If you could make a living out of starting companies, you’d be really good at it… but only the initial phases, literally the starting of companies. After you get it started, you’d be better off having someone else take the reigns.” I know what he means. I get so passionate and excited about a new and solid idea that I will see it through til something has been substantiated and can operate successfully with the right people… but then I lose interest… I like crossing that initial threshold from idea to SOMETHING.
don’t worry… that quality doesn’t affect my relationships.
- maybe I set that as a goal then.