![]() ![]() Stop waiting for something good to happen to you. The truth is, the bigger your dreams get, the harder you’re going to have to work for them. As I continue to try and grow my career, it sometimes seems as though my luck has run out. Things always seemed to have a way of working out. I’ve always considered myself to be fairly lucky. You have to separate yourself from the crowd by being the most easy-to-work-with, innovative, creative, dependable, resilient and driven force of nature out there. In reality it was those hours of hard work I put in away from the microphone that created the illusion of a natural-born broadcaster. So yeah, I guess you could say after all that I had a new “talent”. #Momma didn t raise no quitter how toI even practiced how to recover from making those inevitable on-air mistakes. I was nervous and I made mistakes, but you better believe I went home at the end of the day and practiced. When I got called up to anchor the news for the first time I had no idea what I was doing. Let’s focus on the phrase “work ethic” instead. Some day you’ll get that “yes” you’ve been waiting for and all your fears and self-doubt will magically disappear. Giving up is the easiest thing in the world to do. You’re going to be shutdown more often than not. The truth is, for every “yes” I got, there were about 20 “no’s” behind it. ![]() I even entertained the idea of starting my own business. I would spend hours online searching for unique and exciting opportunities and sending out countless resumes. The truth is, I worked my ass off to get every single one of those jobs. You’re so lucky.” I would laugh and shrug my shoulders. My friends would always say things like “Wow, Jen! You always get the coolest jobs. When you finally make it out of the woods your success will be even sweeter. Don’t be afraid to stray off the beaten path. Of course there are some similarities, but the best stories are those riddled with failure, setbacks and doubt. There are so many incredible people I look up to in this industry and I love hearing stories about how they finally “made it”. ![]() When negative thoughts come flooding into your head - and they will- take a deep breath and focus on the reasons why you started this journey in the first place. There will be times when you question yourself and everything you’ve been working towards. I’m realizing the shortest distance between you and your goals is not always a straight line. I used to think if I did A+B it would lead me to C. But I’m willing to work for it.ĭon’t worry about the road less traveled. Is it wise to choose a career path in an industry with a projected growth outlook of -13% by 2022? Maybe not. I hope?), I’ve decided to pursue a career in media. Now that I’m a mature, responsible adult (I think. I’m glad I got that out of the way early on. Eventually most of us gravitated towards more realistic career goals based on a combination of life experience and maturity. Some wanted to be actors, hockey players or fighter pilots. In reality Hopper is desperate to stop the ants from thinking for themselves, keeping them ignorant of the fact that he has subjugated ants through threats of power while the ants actually overpower the grasshoppers through sheer numbers.Īnd should the ants ever realise that the grasshoppers take from them while providing nothing and that revolution is possible, the class system they’ve installed will be finished.As kids we all had those lofty dreams of what we wanted to be when we “grow up.” Some kids wanted to be astronauts. ![]() The only reason this works is by threatening ants with force and degrading them so they feel weak and worthless, and insisting that the grasshoppers deserve a cut for some vague service they claim to provide to society To spare but still insist on taking the food the ants worked for because they ‘deserve’ it, despite actually contributing nothing of value. The grasshoppers don’t even need any food. The ants work themselves near to death trying to stay afloat Ants are the workforce doing the labour needed to survive, and they have to do it twice over to provide for both themselves and for a group of parasites who do nothing but consume the labour of others ![]()
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