tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922597.post8159868146461093646..comments2007-07-03T18:28:02.099-04:00OmoduduBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922597.post-17823982858892951572007-07-03T18:28:00.000-04:002007-07-03T18:28:00.000-04:00At the risk of appearing maudlin, I have to thank you for linking to Brazen Careerist. I've just spent two hours reading their articles. What a find!Everchangetag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922597.post-12932477367190305152007-06-29T10:16:00.000-04:002007-06-29T10:16:00.000-04:00Times have changed. Impatience is what triggers folks nowadays to do big things especially young folks but at the same time, you don't want it to get overbearing cuz you might lose sight of where you want to go and end up on the other side of the track.Tolutag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922597.post-91739788949209573462007-06-28T14:56:00.000-04:002007-06-28T14:56:00.000-04:00ok, i tink i'm the one that's going to break the jinx. I'm a fairly patient guy, and i think it's true that lots of young pple in naija are in a hurry to live pimped out lives (result yahoo yahoo). but all the same being patient and going thru the process helps build one.Afolabitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922597.post-16573529940698425592007-06-28T14:07:00.000-04:002007-06-28T14:07:00.000-04:00I repeat, I have to get mine. No matter what. Jummy you are the retarded one.Anonymoustag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922597.post-17383609891788817132007-06-28T12:08:00.000-04:002007-06-28T12:08:00.000-04:00I guess the impatience comes from the fear of not knowing what lies ahead and that makes everyone, including me, strive to accomplish a million things in a day if possible. And of course, we all want to be more successful than out parents. Thanks for stopping by.Ozymandiastag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922597.post-23794366092291555782007-06-28T11:37:00.000-04:002007-06-28T11:37:00.000-04:00Thanks for coming by guys. I find it interesting that not one person claimed to be patient. Hmmm hmmmOmodudutag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922597.post-76240477446296024442007-06-28T06:43:00.000-04:002007-06-28T06:43:00.000-04:00the quicker i get there, they quicker i can change if things are not going right, now i can still go back to school for another degree still change career, still get another wifey,still try another country more opportunities before we get old. older=less flexibiltiy. it aint easy man, i just want to be secure and comfortableDamitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922597.post-20603314729631697012007-06-27T10:30:00.000-04:002007-06-27T10:30:00.000-04:00I'm not African and so have a 2nd hand view at best, but I see parallels with Ghanian economist George Ayittey's "Cheetah Generation," discussed here:<BR/>http://www.ethanzuckerman.com/blog/2007/06/05/the-cheetah-generation-faces-the-blind-leading-the-clueless/Broughtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922597.post-16910820168938005752007-06-27T08:25:00.000-04:002007-06-27T08:25:00.000-04:00I tend to be impatient but I rein it in, cos I know I could hurt myself and my loved ones if I make the wrong move at the wrong time, so I pipe low and I'm still piping low. I know it's only a matter of time, but it really is hard waiting...At the moment, though, I'm versatile and flexible and make the most of what I have...יש (Yosh)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922597.post-77877161893595859362007-06-27T06:09:00.000-04:002007-06-27T06:09:00.000-04:00I've been changing jobs every two years and since I started it six years ago, it's been working for me(financially and status-wise).<BR/><BR/>I don't expect my parents' generation to understand it; both worked at public sector for 35 years and retired and it paid out for them cos they got to the top of their career. <BR/><BR/>But that route doesn't work anymore.Retrenchment, downsizing, rightsizing and restructuring are now corporate buzzwords. And the capitalist dogma we folow teach us that we are paid for the current job only. Doing it well means you are only doing what you were paid for and does not earn you a promotion.<BR/><BR/>So, like the Igbo proverb, since the hunters have learnt to shoot without missing, the birds have learnt to fly without perching.Kiibaatitag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922597.post-31792284810536070832007-06-26T21:32:00.000-04:002007-06-26T21:32:00.000-04:00i also have always been impatient, this is my drive, yes i have lost many opportunities, and gained many more.but what i have gained far outweigh the losses.<BR/>i don't want to be the typical stereotypical naija, retire at 70, with over 30yrs at the same job,being patient, waiting for the top position that will never qualify for becos , now i am too old.<BR/>i want to retire early, with enough time to truly enjoy the fruits of my labor..and that is my own 2cents....toyintomatotag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922597.post-67944262024124257512007-06-26T14:18:00.000-04:002007-06-26T14:18:00.000-04:00I've always been so impatient all my life. The results had been encouraging and some other times, not so encouraging. Personally i can't relent in trying to become that somebody. It has nothing to with getting married or the likes, just a personal belief that 'the earliest dog eats the fattest meat'<BR/><BR/>Moreover, i believe i'm in that optimal age that the brains works twice as fast as before or later, so i have to use it to the fullest now it's still new (smile)Ugo Danielstag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922597.post-29169713463422499082007-06-26T13:43:00.000-04:002007-06-26T13:43:00.000-04:00@Jummy that is a bit harsh innit. Thanks for coming by anyway. @Anon I feel you a bit, but it is wise to have a vision of why we do what we do.Omodudutag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922597.post-48714208307090130312007-06-26T13:41:00.000-04:002007-06-26T13:41:00.000-04:00Anonymous that mentality is retarded and unfortunately many Nigerians feel that way too.Jummytag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10922597.post-29670096203959958972007-06-26T13:30:00.000-04:002007-06-26T13:30:00.000-04:00I have to get mine bro. No need for philosophy.Anonymous