Jemma Sbeg
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your dream job your dream career your big break it might not even exist yet it might not even you know all the dominoes may not even be aligned to bring it into existence yet it doesn't mean that where you are now is where you will always be there is definitely room for you at any table that you want to sit on sit at I guess even if you need to carve that space out over time for yourself
All right, let's talk about this next question. Why does it feel like sometimes it's up to luck and not meritocracy? So meritocracy based on merit, it basically suggests that if you work hard enough, there is something that you should be entitled to. I'm going to tell you something that I think a lot of people probably deserve to be told earlier.
All right, let's talk about this next question. Why does it feel like sometimes it's up to luck and not meritocracy? So meritocracy based on merit, it basically suggests that if you work hard enough, there is something that you should be entitled to. I'm going to tell you something that I think a lot of people probably deserve to be told earlier.
All right, let's talk about this next question. Why does it feel like sometimes it's up to luck and not meritocracy? So meritocracy based on merit, it basically suggests that if you work hard enough, there is something that you should be entitled to. I'm going to tell you something that I think a lot of people probably deserve to be told earlier.
And I'm very sorry if it's upsetting, but really, sometimes things are just up to luck. A small part of everything is luck. Right place, right time. They just happen to choose or make the right decision at the perfect moment when it worked out for them.
And I'm very sorry if it's upsetting, but really, sometimes things are just up to luck. A small part of everything is luck. Right place, right time. They just happen to choose or make the right decision at the perfect moment when it worked out for them.
And I'm very sorry if it's upsetting, but really, sometimes things are just up to luck. A small part of everything is luck. Right place, right time. They just happen to choose or make the right decision at the perfect moment when it worked out for them.
I know it's really really rough but I feel like it's kind of unfair that we've all been sold this idea that yes if you work hard there's something that you are innately deserving of there's so many more factors at play here's the good news though
I know it's really really rough but I feel like it's kind of unfair that we've all been sold this idea that yes if you work hard there's something that you are innately deserving of there's so many more factors at play here's the good news though
I know it's really really rough but I feel like it's kind of unfair that we've all been sold this idea that yes if you work hard there's something that you are innately deserving of there's so many more factors at play here's the good news though
luck is not a finite thing just like success there is actually heaps of luck to go around and luck also turns luck is this tricky little thing where we are so so um focused on what it feels like to not have it that actually when we do are rewarded with it and when the luck does come our way we kind of almost don't see it we're only focused on the moments when it's not ours and
luck is not a finite thing just like success there is actually heaps of luck to go around and luck also turns luck is this tricky little thing where we are so so um focused on what it feels like to not have it that actually when we do are rewarded with it and when the luck does come our way we kind of almost don't see it we're only focused on the moments when it's not ours and
luck is not a finite thing just like success there is actually heaps of luck to go around and luck also turns luck is this tricky little thing where we are so so um focused on what it feels like to not have it that actually when we do are rewarded with it and when the luck does come our way we kind of almost don't see it we're only focused on the moments when it's not ours and
Really, I always think about my, I think it was like my eighth grade math teacher. Her name was Miss Marianne. I think Marianne something. And she always said luck is when preparation meets opportunity. So you may not have the opportunity part yet, but you can work on the preparation part so that when everything aligns and it's your moment, you are there to take it.
Really, I always think about my, I think it was like my eighth grade math teacher. Her name was Miss Marianne. I think Marianne something. And she always said luck is when preparation meets opportunity. So you may not have the opportunity part yet, but you can work on the preparation part so that when everything aligns and it's your moment, you are there to take it.
Really, I always think about my, I think it was like my eighth grade math teacher. Her name was Miss Marianne. I think Marianne something. And she always said luck is when preparation meets opportunity. So you may not have the opportunity part yet, but you can work on the preparation part so that when everything aligns and it's your moment, you are there to take it.
So our final listener question from the day is about the third type of career jealousy that we experience. If you remember, we have three categories. The third type is material jealousy. So this person says, my friends are paid four times more than me. I feel left out of their lavish lifestyles. What can I do? Let me just say that is rough.
So our final listener question from the day is about the third type of career jealousy that we experience. If you remember, we have three categories. The third type is material jealousy. So this person says, my friends are paid four times more than me. I feel left out of their lavish lifestyles. What can I do? Let me just say that is rough.
So our final listener question from the day is about the third type of career jealousy that we experience. If you remember, we have three categories. The third type is material jealousy. So this person says, my friends are paid four times more than me. I feel left out of their lavish lifestyles. What can I do? Let me just say that is rough.
It's really rough when it feels like your friends are entering this entirely new financial chapter of their life and you are stuck in the past. What I really want you to do is to open communication with them. Hopefully money hasn't changed their mindset and money hasn't changed their opinion on you. I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt and say that it hasn't.