Should You Work For Money Or Follow Your Passion??

[@andyho2059]

It’s not abt soft, it’s the environment. When I started working 20 years ago, I really eat caifan and take public transport everyday and feels very ‘normal’ bcuz majority of ppl doing the same. But today a similar age does this, he becomes the ‘abnormal’ bcuz a lot of ppl are eating better, taking grab for transportation etc. The lvl of determination and focus to delay gratification is definitely much harder with social media.

[@5canwalk]

To each their own, as each has its pros and cons. Just have to accept when things don't work out. Maybe one way to get around the "this or that" is to review some related "wisdoms" eg "do what u love and the money will follow", or "earn money first, then pursue passion".

[@johnchia1997]

Work with passion & any set back will be seen as a wrong approach. Rise and persevere again till it’s a success. Passion overcome Failure. Money will come as a result. Passion enable you to have a growth mindset. Growth mindset enable improvement to create your moat.

[@BoonTee]

words of encouragement 🙌🏻

[@FoodieWarrior]

Make enough money first, so that you can pursue your passion later on. 😉

[@tritonyeah]

how much is enuff?...also pple get golden handcuffs once they get into the sandwich generaetion age of 40s...

[@BoonTee]

Exactly!

[@dividendnomatt]

@@tritonyeah enough to pay your expenses

[@surfbuggy123]

hahaha so funny first time seeing all of y'all physically together!

[@BoonTee]

Not easy to schedule 😂

[@WanderlusttheWorld]

I work for money for 15 years. Then i use the money for my passion.

[@TammyChia]

Hi Kelvin, can you make a video on how to retire by 35 with just 500k if we do not have these golden handcuffs?

[@nielp91]

Yes! 🙌🏼 🙏

[@KelvinLearnsInvesting]

@@nielp91 Aim higher! I'm making a video on how to hit $1M by 40 with HDB + 2 kids

[@temasekb]

all in tsla 500k become 5m, if not all in local banks, at 5%, is 2k extra per month while cruise control in job.

[@ywta9227]

On the point of strawberry gen, younger people may seem softer because: 1. There is no need to have that kind of resilience that our older gen had. Last time ppl fight wars, work hard labour, have to put food on table. Nowadays it's not so survival-driven and people care about QOL and various material comforts. Naturally younger folks would be a bit more "picky" with their jobs or would quit more easily etc. To a certain extent, CK is right because if push comes to shove then younger ppl *could* in theory work harder. But this is also not 100% true, because if resilience is not being honed in most young people's lived experiences, then it should make sense that this younger gen is truly more "strawberry". 2. Another interesting perspective I'd heard of is this - in the past, if you were willing to just work a little bit harder than the rest, you could have done much better than the average person. E.g., boomers who had gone to Poly or Uni generally earn above median incomes. And society was also much more meritocratic back then. But today, the competition is quite different, working much harder (e.g. 50%) than others might only yield you perhaps 10% better income. It's possible that young people just don't see the attractiveness of climbing corporate ladders etc anymore, because ppl who come from better socio-economic backgrounds already had a headstart. That could be why people are looking to different ideas to define success, not prioritising their careers etc. Simply put, even if you prioritise, what difference does it make? If there's no difference, then it makes sense to just cruise along and focus on other things like travel, family, or hobbies. Bringing this back to one older podcast, which yall discussed this redditor (?) who said that he/she felt like just a number to Sg's GDP, and that they feel 'being average' is already feeling like 'below average'. I thought it was an opinion that aligned well with the above point #2. But I remember in the discussion yall only felt that the redditor was comparing themselves too much with others, had too much free time, no other interest in life, etc, which I felt missed the entire point of the redditor's hopelessness about their economic/career prospects in an unequal, materialistic and competitive society

[@bagholderpod]

Thank you for your thoughtful comment!

[@tinyblackmage]

Woah this candid shot reveals a lot ( thanks for showing this side of the gang lolz ) Chi Keng: a lot more 水肿 than in webcam view Boon Tee: old liao Kelvin Tan: grandpa 👴🏻 liao Eric Kua: same same

[@BoonTee]

aiseh why all negative comments? we need positive comments like looks wealthy, looks wiser, etc. 😂

[@tinyblackmage]

@ still ok lah, got money can liao 🤣

[@dividendnomatt]

Passion comes later: work for money, invest your money, accumulate income, live off your investment income. Then stop working and pursue your passions!

[@BoonTee]

that works!

[@tamachan1987]

I think it will be sum up with current generation, "To understand the value of money, is to have none." Then they will understand why atas coffee is ridiculous and my kopi-oh is $1.1 liao

[@BoonTee]

😮

[@takuya90]

I feel like the topic turned into "should you work hard for money or not?", and has nothing much to do with passion. A lot of sound advice to prioritise things in life financially and responsibly, but not the fact that pursuing passion is a different consideration.

[@BoonTee]

👍🏻

[@kailoonchin]

Just everyone have different value in life

[@BoonTee]

true

[@psylak-py9qv]

work for both ideally, until you are no longer dependent on the income from the job.

[@BoonTee]

True 👍🏻

[@andrewlau1065]

Massive disagree with CK. Based on my 20 years of hiring experience globally in organisations having 300k headcounts, the younger gen are definitely softer. Not hungry, throw towel when things do not go their way, expects a dollar in return for 50 cents effort. Mentally they expect things to be easy else they will quit. Since 2017 this trend is very apparent.

[@BoonTee]

wow 😮

[@mrsgsoo]

for earlier viewers prior to this upload, you can resume at 8:20 😂

[@gh3592]

Have you guys been sitting at the same spot for a week? 😂

[@BoonTee]

No la… record one session but split to different videos by topic. Holidaying now 😂

[@88_JJW_88]

when got $$$ then can work for passion. No $$$ is work to pay bills fill stomach 😅😂😁 btw, among the 4 can see who has the most white hairs 😁😆😜

[@BoonTee]

the white hair is dye one. same for black hair 😅

[@leng8021]

Nice to see some change in the way your videos are done [i meant on site instead of online]. Personally, didnt like this setting. 😁

[@bluezgoldz]

While it's true in some way for the boomers to say that we are the strawberry generation, they themselves has big issues too. Many of them are not willing to keep up with the current technological advancement, then they kept blaming technology and A.I for taking over their job, and how the old days were better. All they do is blame blame and blame. Kinda strawberry of them too isn't it? 😅

[@nielp91]

Also how is that guy 40+ lol I thought they were all in the early 30s

[@BoonTee]

Technically I am still 30+ 😂

[@BoonTee]

Eric’s heart is also 30s The only one behave like 40s is CK 😅

[@sferrelin]

I would rather earn lesser, healthier with younger look than this guy earning more than 15K per month but look 20 years older than his actual age

[@BoonTee]

if work hard will make you looks old, is that mean that 4 of us here never work hard?