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millette05 |
Aug 10 2007, 04:29 AM
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To me, getting out of the rat race means reaching full potential in both personal and professional life. I firmly believe that an individual�s chances of success in any undertaking can always be measured by his own belief in oneself.
Every condition, every experience of life is the result of our mental attitude. We can do only what we think we can do. We can be only what we think we can be. What we do, what we are, what we have all depends upon what we think. Once we become successful in any endeavor we have undertaken, we will have a meaningful rewarding life which includes prosperity and financial freedom we continually seek for. Here are some small, simple steps that really work wonders: 1. Get the correct mental attitude for achieving what you want 2. Believe in yourself and see yourself doing it 3. Learn to identify opportunities where you are and become successful 4. Make intelligent use of your intellect to get what you want, when and where you want it. 5. Destroy and eliminate difficulties through persistence 6. Realize that is not always the man who struggles hardest, who gets on in the world. You must learn how to "swim with the tide" and not against it. 7. It helps to team-up with a mentor 8. Don�t put all your eggs in one basket
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Saint James |
Aug 12 2007, 07:15 PM
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This is not the race on track or a kind of Marathon.I just want to at least explain what rat race is before bringing in tips on how to get out of it. This is an endless competition for success. Imagine! It does not end till the earth passes away. Infact, there are different ways you can understand this race;it could be Academic pursuit, Economic pursuit or even Political pursuit etc.
Everyone in this life wants to succeed or come out whatever mess they find themselves. Man's struggle for success did not start today and will never end as i said earlier but there are definite steps and actions you can take,you pull yourself out of any kind of mess or attain a kind of success you desire.
I have learnt and seen so many successful or victorious people. Sometimes I wonder about how and why these people tend to outdo others? What are the things they do that others doesn't do?
Interestingly,I got the follwing"must" from them.I call them "MUST FOR SUCCESS" You must have vision and dreams-that is,being able to define what you want or where you want to go. You must be discipline. By being discipline,you will be able to train or develop yourself to match up with the challanges ahead. You must be diligent-that is,being serious with whatever you do. Once again,we are living in a competitive world, so the choices you make in life can as well determine whether you will come out of the race or not-that is,succeeding I mean. I have learnt to apply this "must" in my life and the result has been tremendous. It works! For instance,it takes discipline to save money to accomplish a certain task or even to go to school to acquire knowledge . Being diligent brings out perfection in you.Remember that repitation is a law of lasting perfection. Anything you dilgently practice will authomatically becomes part of your life. Have vision and dreams. Be diligent in what you do and discipline yourself enough.You will sure see yourslf flying out of the RAT RACE in style.
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magdeldinstella |
Aug 13 2007, 01:16 AM
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Well,
Before I answer the question "how to get out of the rat race?", I would like first to define a rat race and it's main characteristics.
In my opinion a rat race is a group of rats (or lets say people acting like mindless rats) trying to race their way either out of some danger or toward some goal. And I suppose that randomness is the main characteristic of a rat race,,,
But wait,,, Winners in such a race are never chosen randomly!!!! There is luck, But there are also hard workers,,
And here is how hard workers go out of a rat race.
1- Know yourself, Yes,,, Know Yourself, This is your start point, your first step in the long journey of your successful life. You should know everything about yourself, what do You like? what do You hate? what makes You happy? what makes You sad? what empowers You? what weakens You? And most important: What are your goals?
2- Know your friends, It doesn't mean that everybody is your enemy only because he or she is racing with You. You can't live all by yourself and You can't live all to yourself,,, You will always need somebody to help You, to teach You, to guide You and sometimes to comfort You.Plus working together in groups has proven to give the best results in the shortest time. There's another benefit for having friends along the way because your friend is your mirror,,, so if you think that your friend is not doing well start to worry about your own self.
3- Know your enemy, We all have enemies, this is the nature of our life and a complete peaceful world never exist,,, And knowing your enemy is an important factor if you decide it's time to fight him and be warned because your real enemy could be your own self,,, ** Time is the enemy of all human beings since the beginning of the universe.
4- Take care of false friends, Those are people that seems to be your friends but deep inside them they are not: like the ones that would tell your secrets, or the ones that will give you weak excuses every time you need them. Also some habits and ideas could be false friends like believing that all the people of a certain color or race are bad.
5- Have a model to follow, Find yourself a model or two to follow their steps to success and try to find the models that started in similar circumstances like yours.This will remind You that it is possible to achieve your goals. But remember: I said follow their steps and not copy their steps,,, What is good for someone is not always suitable to the other even in the same circumstances.
6- Be Yourself, Remember when I said "Know Yourself"?! Now I say be yourself!! If You know yourself well enough then you don't need others to think for you or to tell you what to do or what's good for You. Be yourself means be unique,be different and don't be like butterflies and rush together towards the flames and get burnt. People with genuine ideas are the only ones that achieve great success,,,Can you tell me how was the computer before Bell Gates?
7- Keep learning, There's something new every moment those days,,, and what you have learned is not enough,,, believe me what you have learned in school or university is essential but it's not going to take you anywhere,,, simply because everybody knows it,,, and people have made quite every use possible from that old stuff,,, You should learn new things if you want to get new ideas other than those that people already got,,,
8- Plan it, You sure noticed that the main characteristic of the rat race is the randomness, everybody act randomly, decide randomly and this is why they get lost in most case. You will need to plan everything if you are really willing to get out of that race as a winner. And the best way to plan anything in general is to divide things into a long term goal and short term goals. The short term goals are a series of goals that depend on each other gradually and the total of those short term goals is your long term goal.
Ex. You want to become a millionaire and you have only 1000$ Then: Your long term goal is 1000 000$ (say in 3 years) Your first short term goal is to turn your 1000$ into 10 000$ (say in one year) Your second term goal is to turn the 10 000$ from your first short term goal into 100 000$ (say in one year) Your third short term goal is to turn the 100 000$ from your second short term goal into 1000 000$ (say in one year) Which achieves your long term goal (in the total of 3 years).
You should also decide the period of time that you will need to achieve your mini goals and the the total time that you will need to achieve your great goal,,, comparing what you have achieved within a given period of time to your short term goals and your long term goal will be a good progress indicator to your performance,,,
9- You will do it, If You doubt You can get out of that rat race then forgive me, but you are not going anywhere,,,, Be confident and take things at your own speed,,, What if You fail? Keep trying,,, You will do it someday.
10- We are still human, It's nice to work hard, nice to study hard,nice to achieve goals,,,But we don't forget that we do all that to make our life better. So, it doesn't make sense if we work so so hard that we end up sick or depressed,,,,,, A bit of music, a little laugh, a nice walk, some time with family and friends and a lot of fun is not forgotten because we are human still.
This is how I believe we can get out of the rat race in simple words:knowledge, planning and insistence are the key words.
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skatepro |
Aug 13 2007, 08:07 AM
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Rat Race can be defined as an endless pursuit with little reward or purpose. Typical example is "lab rat" trying to escape whilst running around a maze or in a wheel
In our daily, many of us are in the midst of Rat Race - mostly at work places. Long working hours, stressful jobs, inturn having no/less time for family life. This causes job dissatisfaction and drives one crazy! Job satisfaction-dissatisfaction can be modeled by Frederick Herzberg�s Two factor theory. This theory (also known as Motivator Hygiene Theory) attempts to explain satisfaction and motivation in the workplace. This theory states that satisfaction and dissatisfaction are driven by different factors � motivation and hygiene factors, respectively. Motivating factors are those are aspects of the job that make people want to perform, and provide people with satisfaction.
Everyone wants to have a successful career. This is what we usually believe. We have forgotten that the word �career� comes from �racetrack�. The �rat race� is what the Americans call this competitive struggle for success in business life. Hence, Rat race is common in capitalism economy. This competition on the racetrack of business success has very much left its mark in us. Business people in turn put pressure on workers for his/her motivate of gaining more and more profits in a jiffy!
Here is a famous quoting: QUOTE The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat. � Lily Tomlin Hence, its not thinkable for ending up the rat race. For our example, one cannot quit his/her job as would deceive ones' right to enjoy benefits of increased economic prosperity and higher standard of living. But one should remember, Rat Race can be thought of being in a Vicious Circle. Success is not certain, but if quited one gains nothing! Hence one should not ever be in the rat race! Its just waste of time.Albert Einstein once said, �Insanity is do the same thing over and over again and expect a different result!� Its crucial to get out of a rat race, one has to be mentally prepared to take up a good decision. Then, one has to assess his/her strengths and weakness. i.e. In our example, this helps one find a job which is comparatively less stressful and pleasing and can be switched to it with ease. Then, forget about shortcomings in previous job, and be accustomed with new job. This would lead to ending up of rat race. Eventually meet success in one's life, with positive attitude/answers towards these personal elements - Security,Approval,Love,Sociability and Intellectual/cultural development.
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Aug 13 2007, 01:59 PM
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This is easy - take 10 years trying and trying, doing all the things you think are right - gain a few subscribers, create few sites, make a few hundred dollars. Become a busy fool.
Then, one day create a site where people WANT what you have got. I did this, and with 4 weeks I have generated a residual monthly income which has replaced my wage.
I have now been at home for 3 months, doing this - right now I work my socks off for 12+ hours 7 days a week, but I love it. In time I plan to get established, and take on staff. Then I can enjoy the vacations that doing this affords.
What I am trying to say is don't expect things to come easy - work very very hard and never ever give up - dont even let your maily tell you "NO".
For me, it has paid off, and it might seem like a magic pill, but I have worked up to this point for the past 10 years - I saw something working and I jumped right in.
With what am doing one lady turned $6000 into $200,000 in 303 days, every day's results tracked via a forum.. very inspiring indeed.
So, anyway, use your mind, think of an idea, and get someone else to make it, someone who is good at that, if you are not.
It works for me! shaun
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hyiper06 |
Aug 13 2007, 05:28 PM
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How to Get Out of the Rat Race?
How many articles, newsletters and ebooks have you read on how to reach your goals, earn money or achieve financial freedom? And how many more are you willing to read? In the first place, why do you read them anyway? Well, like everyone else, you also want to get ahead or get out of the rat race. Maybe, you yourself have written an article, given it as freebie or sold for a few bucks. I can enumerate some, too.
Does anyone really get out of the rat race? I don't think so. We may have achieve our personal goals but we will never really out of the race. We may have finished the race we initially started but it doe not end there. Reaching the finish line is just the beginning of another race we have to win. In no time, we will be running again on a different race on a different level. Our individual goals differ from each other so we can move up our pace or slow down but we will still be there, running and trying our best to win the race.But,
At the end of the day, did we ever ask the question "Was I ahead today?" It sometimes gets so tiring that when we wake up the next morning, we do not want to get out of the bed. But isn't that life is all about? We may not be running as fast as before once we achieve some of our goals but we should not stop running. We may rest and run again faster than before with more goals to achieve.
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perfumeoilsplus |
Aug 14 2007, 10:02 AM
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QUOTE(Admin @ Jul 24 2007, 10:34 PM) Contest question: How to Get Out of the Rat Race?
Closing date will be 14th August 2007. Winners will be notified on 15th August 2007. Each person will be allowed to post 1 reply only. Each post must have a minimum of 150 words or it will be deleted.
I believe that one of the first ways to start to get out of the rat race is the diminish debt as much as possible. Certain bills are a given, such as rent/mortgage, food and utilities. We tend to create other bills for ourselves because we feel that we need and must have non-essential material things. Some of us will also always have a car payment until we decide to drive that old clunker until its wheels fall off, instead of financing those newer, prettier wheels. Keep in mind that a brand new car depreciates faster than any other possession we choose to finance. We've all seen the bumper sticker that reads, "I owe, I owe, it's off to work I go!" Debt keeps the borrower a slave to the lender. Therefore, unnecessary debt will keep us in a position that we may hate, and where we're unable to fire our boss. So, diminishing debt can help us find the money to invest in a mutual fund, 401K, 403B, Roth IRA or stock portfolio that we can use toward a future business. One must internalize the concept of delayed gratification to enable oneself to get out of the race race and win in the long run. Secondly, one must have an entrepreneurial mindset. If you think you'll always have to work for someone to make a lucrative living, you will. If you have a dream, stay focused on it. Try out variations of your dream, keeping in mind that failures are never final. Sometimes we have to fine tune our business ventures. Just don't ever give up on the dream. Mary Kay Ash, the late founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics once said, "A woman is not finished when she is defeated. She is finished when she quits." So, desire, definiteness of purpose and a focus on being in business for yourself are key to getting out of the rat race. Seek out and network with like minded positive people. Be a good co-worker, neighbor and friend. If people like you, they will patronize your business after you leave the company you currently work for. The late motivational speaker, Og Mandino made the comment that if we treated each person we met each day like they were the most important person in the world to us, our lives and our businesses would drastically change forever. So, in a nutshell, people align themselves with people they like who make them feel wonderful about themselves. I really don't think it matters what kind of business you choose to start. If you treat people with integrity and give them excellent value for their dollar, you can get out of the rat race. PerfumeOilsPlus
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Aug 14 2007, 12:00 PM
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QUOTE(hyiper06 @ Aug 13 2007, 06:28 PM) How to Get Out of the Rat Race?
How many articles, newsletters and ebooks have you read on how to reach your goals, earn money or achieve financial freedom? And how many more are you willing to read? In the first place, why do you read them anyway? Well, like everyone else, you also want to get ahead or get out of the rat race. Maybe, you yourself have written an article, given it as freebie or sold for a few bucks. I can enumerate some, too.
Does anyone really get out of the rat race? I don't think so. We may have achieve our personal goals but we will never really out of the race. We may have finished the race we initially started but it doe not end there. Reaching the finish line is just the beginning of another race we have to win. In no time, we will be running again on a different race on a different level. Our individual goals differ from each other so we can move up our pace or slow down but we will still be there, running and trying our best to win the race.But,
At the end of the day, did we ever ask the question "Was I ahead today?" It sometimes gets so tiring that when we wake up the next morning, we do not want to get out of the bed. But isn't that life is all about? We may not be running as fast as before once we achieve some of our goals but we should not stop running. We may rest and run again faster than before with more goals to achieve.
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