Recently I saw the movie Up in the Air, starring George Clooney. By the way, I highly recommend this movie. It is a great film about introspection, work life vs personal life, the value of human connection and more. Don’t expect a lot of action, this one is for the “thinkers.”
What struck me most during the movie is when Clooney’s character is consoling an employee he had just fired. “How much did they pay you to give up on your dreams?” says Clooney to the grief-stricken father of two.
This got me thinking, how much money would I have to be offered to give up my dreams? Would I give them up in the first place?
At first, I thought this was an easy answer: obviously, I’d pursue my dreams. But once I took a minute to think about this, I found that this question wasn’t as easy to answer as I had thought. After all, dreams don’t pay the electricity bill. They don’t pay my rent or for the shoes on my feet. Dreams are just that: dreams.
Last week’s #u30pro featured a question that got me back to thinking about the movie. The question was “In this economy, do you quit a job if its not in line with your plan?”
Sometimes life gets in the way and people lose sight of their dreams, working jobs they don’t enjoy for the comfort of a consist paycheck. But what if you have the chance to make your dreams a reality? Do you settle for the paycheck that will put food in your refrigerator? Or do you patiently wait for your dreams to come true?
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