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By: The Idealistic Investor » Blog Archive » If I Had Known Then…

The Idealistic Investor » Blog Archive » If I Had Known Then… — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:11:36 +0000

[...] said, there are many advantages to salaried employment, and it’s not necessarily the kiss of death financially for someone to opt for such; however, [...]

By: Friday Links 08-10-02 | Fresh Wisdom

Friday Links 08-10-02 | Fresh Wisdom — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:04:54 +0000

[...] In Praise of Salaried Employment – Tim Clark has an interesting article about the joys of not working for yourself. I’m a big fan of entrepreneurship, especially smaller ventures, so it’s interesting to read about the opposite perspective. Ultimately, I think the decision needs to be about what the lifestyle you want is, and what your values are. [...]

By: In The Sphere: Salaries and Millionaires | BlueFur.com

In The Sphere: Salaries and Millionaires | BlueFur.com — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 22:17:56 +0000

[...] applaud the value of self-employment, Soul Shelter is taking a completely different approach to praise salaried employment. Would you rather work for the man and get a steady paycheque or enjoy the freedom of [...]

By: by Tim

by Tim — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 20:40:48 +0000

You can do it, Christy. Self-knowledge is the first step, and you know what you’re about.

Thanks for stopping by!

By: Scott H Young » Friday Links 08-10-02

Scott H Young » Friday Links 08-10-02 — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:00:48 +0000

By: christy

christy — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:07:41 +0000

I came here thanks to the link on the Noncomformity blog (which I discovered via the Zen blog … talk about a Web!).

As someone who really ought to be working for myself rather than for someone else, this praise of the salaried job reflects my fears … and it is in acting and operating out of those fears that I stay in a salaried job.

My personal goal is to move out of this and into the things I “ought” to be doing instead … i.e.: working for myself or at least in a far more entrepreneurially -minded setting.

Thank you for reminding me that it can be done, and that sacrifices are not a bad thing, and that I need to stop operating out of fear.

By: The Art of Nonconformity » Good Reasons to Keep Your Money

The Art of Nonconformity » Good Reasons to Keep Your Money — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:29:54 +0000

[...] ever-insightful Tim at Soul Shelter recently wrote a post entitled In Praise of Salaried Employment. Reading it was an affirmation that I (still) don’t want a “real job,” but I see Tim’s [...]

By: Robyn

Robyn — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 18:00:27 +0000

wow. This was a really good way to describe what happened. I know it’s sooo cliched, but things do happen for a reason and life does have a way of working itself out. Having recently watched a friend struggle with work and finishing his PhD thesis, I can only imagine the quandry and benefits of going solo while finishing your studies.

By: by Tim

by Tim — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:53:53 +0000

Thanks, Hank, I love your epigram, especially the “Next!” part

“Felt” is the key. After meeting the successful applicant and taking a good, hard, retrospective view of the whole process, it’s clear that this “failure” was a message for me to focus on my doctoral studies.

Focus! About which more on October 15 …

By: Hank Byington

Hank Byington — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 05:29:41 +0000

Tim,
I truly appreciate the candor with which you describe your pursuit of what felt like the ideal job. I like the fact that you’ve not deviated from your fundamental pursuit of the part-time teaching job, despite a temporary setback.. One of my favorite sayings from the sales world, which also applies to the pursuit of a job is:
“Some will, some won’t, so what? Next!”