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Ever sacrificed your well-being for a paycheck? You're not alone. But it's a path to regret. Money will never repair your broken spirit. Build a career without losing sanity: 1. Seek Your Ideal Role: Find a mission, not just a job. 2. Prioritize Well-being: Choose mental health & flexibility. 3. Cultivate Passion Projects: They could become your business! 4. Freedom Over Corporate Climbing: Rich life ≠ Top pay grade Here's how to create your safety net: 1. Launch a Service Business Identify a skill you excel at and find a way to offer it as a service. The simplicity of this model makes it a great starting point. 2. Develop Digital Products Digital consumption is at an all-time high. Creating valuable online content or courses can be a great source of income. Want to learn how to package and sell your knowledge on LinkedIn? Follow my playbook: https://lnkd.in/enVDAebk Your next revenue stream is hiding in your current skill set.
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Chasing a paycheck at the cost of your well-being leads to regret. Focus on finding meaningful work, prioritizing mental health, and exploring passion projects. Build a safety net with a service business or digital products for more freedom and fulfillment.
Love the reminder to prioritize sanity over salaries—it hits home for so many of us in the corporate hamster wheel. 👏 Your advice on launching a service business or digital products is spot on. I’d add that the key to success in either is understanding value alignment—whether you’re teaching online or offering services, focusing on solving real problems for your audience can turn passion into profit. Also, let’s not forget the power of community! Building a network (or even leveraging platforms like this one) can accelerate your safety net. Sometimes, your next big idea or collaborator is just one connection away.
I agree that balancing well-being with career growth is essential. At the same time, I believe we often set our own mental and physical thresholds that limit us from achieving more. The world itself is like one big system—a company we’re all a part of. Any effort we make, even for others, indirectly benefits us by adding value to this system. The more pain and challenges we face, the stronger we become, and the more capable we are of achieving big things for ourselves. For me, it’s about pushing past discomfort, building resilience, and creating systems that sustain long-term success.
This post hits home for so many who feel trapped in the 'grind now, live later' mindset. Prioritizing mental health and aligning work with personal values isn't just smart—it's essential for long-term success and fulfillment. The idea of building safety nets like service businesses or digital products offers not just financial security but also creative freedom. What was the turning point that made you realize prioritizing well-being over paychecks was non-negotiable, and how did it reshape your career choices?
Your health is worth more than any paycheck. Companies replace employees, but you can’t replace your well-being.
Justin Welsh Sacrificing well-being for a paycheck is a widespread issue, but it’s increasingly being challenged in the Asia Pacific market. Studies show 56% of employees in Singapore prioritize mental health over salary (LinkedIn, 2023). The rise of digital entrepreneurship reflects this shift, with countries like Australia seeing a 50% increase in service-based businesses in 2023. Passion-driven roles are now being valued—71% of professionals in South Korea report pursuing side projects to foster creativity (McKinsey, 2024). Focus on mental health and personal growth to build a career that sustains both your financial and emotional wealth.
Choosing well-being and freedom over chasing paychecks truly resonates. Recently, I shifted focus from burnout-driven tasks to passion-driven projects, and the change was transformative. Key takeaways: 1. Start small while pursuing passion projects to test viability. 2. Build routines that protect your mental health. 3. Forbes states 70% of entrepreneurs prioritize freedom over salary.
The No1. cause of depression is job-related, Justin. We accept roles that we know are "killing" us every day we show up at work. Lifetimes are spent on jobs that gradually steal our lives, sense of self-worth, joy and potentially drive many to insanity all because we must pay the bills. The worst is that this trudging can kill our energy, creativity, and drive in other areas of our lives. Accepting roles just for the sake of paying bills is like allowing life to drag us along a path we do not want to go but can't help. We've all been there....that's why we must all have some side hustle: something to give us joy, a reason for living, and can pay the bills, along the way. A side hustle shouldn't be some skill you struggle too much to learn or acquire; otherwise, it will lose its flavor and appeal. Rather, it should be a skill passion, or experience you improve upon with the goal of enjoyment and income. Because passion, enjoyment, and income are the bedrock of a side hustle before work.
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22hPlease cite actual and specific companies that are doing this to employees. I want to know who the scrooges are. Does this employer vs employee adversarial dichotomy really work in helping people gain employment and stay employed? Employment is a two way street like any other relationship. Both the employee and employer bear responsibility for how well the relationship progresses.