Eric Thomas’ quote. “When you want to succeed as bad as you want to BREATHE, then you will be successful.”
I've had a hard time getting to that point still to this very day. I am pretty unsure of what I want from life, and what I want to put into it. I don't want to force anything, but rather let it happen. I've always loved video games and playing them for money and sport would be wonderful but I can't even focus if I like SC2 or LoL more to be honest haha..
It's just, whenever I hear that quote, I can't picture what I want out of life. I'm going on 20 years old in January and right now I'm just riding through life and trying to pass by my college classes without failing them (I have a real bad habit of not going to class...).
try different things. take different classes from different fields. do an internship, or several. talk to many different people. a lot of people don't know what to do, and that's fine. just gotta go out and try different things.
Sounds like my current life model. I'm in roughly the same boat as you, but what I want is to be a successful academic more than most anything, and I'm doing the work for it. I'm spending 1-2 hours extra each day working on mathamatics and programing, I take a pencil and paper everywhere to scribble out a few exercises or put down questions to look up later, and I've even managed to convince myself I enjoy doing it.
I think the real trick is to "fake it 'til you make it". You don't have to actually want to be great at school or be a pro sc2 player or have a great job, you just have to act exactly like you would if you did, and find the things you enjoy in that lifestyle. Guess that doesn't help much if you don't have a goal in mind, sounds like you need to spend a week as close to alone as possible and keep asking yourself what the goal is, then going over what you'd need to do.
On December 02 2012 16:22 Artisian wrote: Sounds like my current life model. I'm in roughly the same boat as you, but what I want is to be a successful academic more than most anything, and I'm doing the work for it. I'm spending 1-2 hours extra each day working on mathamatics and programing, I take a pencil and paper everywhere to scribble out a few exercises or put down questions to look up later, and I've even managed to convince myself I enjoy doing it.
I think the real trick is to "fake it 'til you make it". You don't have to actually want to be great at school or be a pro sc2 player or have a great job, you just have to act exactly like you would if you did, and find the things you enjoy in that lifestyle. Guess that doesn't help much if you don't have a goal in mind, sounds like you need to spend a week as close to alone as possible and keep asking yourself what the goal is, then going over what you'd need to do.
Good advice thanks
I'm currently majoring in Software Engineering also.
i am majoring in computer science and i dont have a concrete goal too.i am 21 yo and i cant imagine myself in 5 years from now i am learning programming and CS stuff but i dont think it is nearly enough. i can write down things i should do, but can't seem to start. a year ago i was playing sc2 a lot and got into diamond, then i lost all interest to playing because it was not fun at all. quotes like that effect me for a really short duration unfortunately
I don't think anyone wants to succeed as much as they want to breathe. Breathing isn't much of a desire. It's subconscious. Even those who don't want to breathe have to. Intense focus requires certain chemicals too.
when in doubt move towards the money, because its always easier to go from a highly paid job to a low paying one than the other way around.
The last thing u want is to "finally figure out" that you really wanted to be an investment banker when you are 45 and working as a carpenter. But if you were an investment banker but decide that you really wanted to play games for a living <-- that transition would be a lot easier to make.
the quote means nothing because honestly it seems like desperation, and I kind of consider "not failing completely" as successful. I'm also 20 studying engineering and I got no future plans.
this semester really (1/2 year of school) I just have been very lazy and unmotivated, as I have a good overall gpa so even though I slacked off a lot my overall gpa is still going to be decent after final grades (I believe) and I don't really see any connection between gpa and career success anymore. Having a high gpa did shit when I didn't hear back from a single internship I applied to before. An independent of academics, people have random jobs but are happy due to friends/relationships. That's successful enough. And people that provide for their families and still find some pleasure in life are successful.
I don't even know what success is because being a single male, having any decent engineering job will generate more money than I will desire to spend and I am fortunate enough to not have a large student debt burden when I graduate. Literally all I spend money on is food and housing and that's all I desire to spend money on. So I have no idea what I'm going to do 4 years from now when I have no desire other than to have a halfway decent job and enjoy free time through brood war, netflix, the internet in general, or going outside into some nature.
On December 03 2012 08:55 N.geNuity wrote: the quote means nothing because honestly it seems like desperation, and I kind of consider "not failing completely" as successful. I'm also 20 studying engineering and I got no future plans.
this semester really (1/2 year of school) I just have been very lazy and unmotivated, as I have a good overall gpa so even though I slacked off a lot my overall gpa is still going to be decent after final grades (I believe) and I don't really see any connection between gpa and career success anymore. Having a high gpa did shit when I didn't hear back from a single internship I applied to before. An independent of academics, people have random jobs but are happy due to friends/relationships. That's successful enough. And people that provide for their families and still find some pleasure in life are successful.
I don't even know what success is because being a single male, having any decent engineering job will generate more money than I will desire to spend and I am fortunate enough to not have a large student debt burden when I graduate. Literally all I spend money on is food and housing and that's all I desire to spend money on. So I have no idea what I'm going to do 4 years from now when I have no desire other than to have a halfway decent job and enjoy free time through brood war, netflix, the internet in general, or going outside into some nature.
On December 03 2012 08:55 N.geNuity wrote: the quote means nothing because honestly it seems like desperation, and I kind of consider "not failing completely" as successful. I'm also 20 studying engineering and I got no future plans.
this semester really (1/2 year of school) I just have been very lazy and unmotivated, as I have a good overall gpa so even though I slacked off a lot my overall gpa is still going to be decent after final grades (I believe) and I don't really see any connection between gpa and career success anymore. Having a high gpa did shit when I didn't hear back from a single internship I applied to before. An independent of academics, people have random jobs but are happy due to friends/relationships. That's successful enough. And people that provide for their families and still find some pleasure in life are successful.
I don't even know what success is because being a single male, having any decent engineering job will generate more money than I will desire to spend and I am fortunate enough to not have a large student debt burden when I graduate. Literally all I spend money on is food and housing and that's all I desire to spend money on. So I have no idea what I'm going to do 4 years from now when I have no desire other than to have a halfway decent job and enjoy free time through brood war, netflix, the internet in general, or going outside into some nature.
Successful as in actually meaning something to society, rather than a nothing.
For example, Steve Jobs rather than any random Apple employee.
When your drive to get to that point is as strong as your natural drive to breathe, you will definitely be successful. You might fail a bunch of times, but eventually you'll get there if you don't give up. There are lots of success stories, but the usual points about them are, having the determination to go beyond what normal people usually do, and being at the right place at the right time. Having that drive and focus pushes you to a lot more possibilities and chances to be at the right place, and pushes your determination way up.
The definition of success is different to everyone, but that's why there are haves and have nots, and we need both.
By doing well academically, you put your mind in a place where you want to do well. There isn't a correlation between doing well and being successful, but you'll be hardpressed to find successful people who can't do well academically.
On December 02 2012 20:11 Isualin wrote: i am majoring in computer science and i dont have a concrete goal too.i am 21 yo and i cant imagine myself in 5 years from now i am learning programming and CS stuff but i dont think it is nearly enough. i can write down things i should do, but can't seem to start. a year ago i was playing sc2 a lot and got into diamond, then i lost all interest to playing because it was not fun at all. quotes like that effect me for a really short duration unfortunately
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i am learning programming and CS stuff but i dont think it is nearly enough. i can write down things i should do, but can't seem to start. a year ago i was playing sc2 a lot and got into diamond, then i lost all interest to playing because it was not fun at all. quotes like that effect me for a really short duration unfortunately
