War zone II

Thanks for the comments. Binary muggle, I think it may take some explaining for my first ever blog entry(:wink: :wink:), so I decided to just add another entry instead of replying to the comment.

I think everyone might find their own unique way to get to the place where he/she wants. I'm just a bit down right now, or, should I say, a bit more close to the reality. Again, this is also depending on your point of view, or perspective. I guess what I am trying to say is that you can totally achieve to the place where you want to be in an absolute harmony way. But I am just not sure how that is possible.

Why I said it's a war zone though? I think binary muggle is absolutely right that we should at least know what we are fighting for. To me, it is the battle to gain more responsibilities and hence more power. Why is it a battle, you asked? That's a great question. Let's come back to that. Now, let's assume that it is a battle, then who would be the enemies? Could have been the "Workplace bullies"? office politics?? Or even, the inner you?! I dunno, it all depends on persons and situations. To me, anything that prevents me from getting to where I want would be obstacles. And there are obstacles that I can concur by just being good at what I do, and obstacles that I can't even see. The invisible obstacles can well be the mimes and traps that your enemies articulately set for you. The beauty of not recognizing that is of course you died/trapped for unknown reasons. And the beauty of acknowledging that is you've got to protect yourself! And is it enough that you protect yourself? I'll leave it to you to answer, but I can tell you it's definitely the 'must' quality that you have to have in order to survive and proceed in this corporate world. Maybe different people would use different term to describe this situation. But from the recent experience that I had in the past a year or two, it is a battle alright!

About 'success', it's hard to define, isn't it? And how do we measure success? By money? like binary muggle suggested? In general, possession of money is definitely one of the key measurements. There is a Chinese saying that money isn't everything, but without money, you can't achieve much. I, too, can list lots of examples that go against that saying. But seriously, nowadays, aren't we all more or less using amount of money to judge? But of course, money isn't the only measurement. How would I define success? That's a very good question, I am yet looking for that.