Making money is not a thing you do – its a skill you learn
— The Almanack, Naval Ravikant
I am not here to convince you to settle for less money. In fact, money falls under the
utmost necessity to live a happy life.
But how can we ensure to have a sustainable income flow?
Taking reference from the monk of Silicon Valley, Naval likes to think – “if I lost all my money and you dropped me on a random street in any English-speaking country, within five or ten years I’d be wealthy again because it’s just a skillset I’ve developed that anyone can develop.”
Everyone emphasizes money as the ultimate key to happiness, overshadowing discussions about the critical skills that can help individuals increase their earning potential.
During placements or any job lookout, our primary focus is always to secure the highest pay package job because that’s the ultimate indicator of success for us. In order to have the highest packages amongst our peers, we opt out of various ways like job hopping after every 1-2 years and give less weightage
to the nature of work but rather focus on how much the job offers.
I have seen people accepting the least relevant job roles because they were offering the most money.
contd…
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