I don't mean to post a negative post as I am a very positive person but recently I was searching some of my old mates from school and college who I have lost all contact with donkeys years ago now.
My best friend at junior school and high school was the cleverest in our year, he worked so hard and got amazing grades and I knew he went to a top university and that was the last I heard from him.
I remember when studying our GCSEs I really struggled with revising, just lacked motivation, it was all such a chore. I had pieces of paper scattered everywhere. I went to see him one day on study leave to ask if he had any notes on a subject and he had a filing cabinet, all topics in alpha order within each subject, I couldn't believe it. He worked so hard always and it was no surprise he was a straight A student. Anyway, I searched him online recently and saw that he started his own IT consulting company and has branches all over the world. Looking at his accounts on Company's House he is making profits of £2.5m a year and growing. He earns in 4 days what I do in a year. I just feel such a failure, can't help but think WTF, why did I not try harder, why did I not try and fulfil my potential and get a job/career doing something I would have really liked to have done?
I do however think that the careers advice we had when I was at school and college in the 90s was really so poor, I don't even remember having careers advice or being told the importance of getting good grades to working towards being qualified to get a good career, otherwise you'd be stuck in real boring mundane jobs.
Anyway, it is too late now, I am closer to retirement than starting out which is crazy.
How do others feel about their education/career, are you happy with what you achieved or do you have some regrets?
My best friend at junior school and high school was the cleverest in our year, he worked so hard and got amazing grades and I knew he went to a top university and that was the last I heard from him.
I remember when studying our GCSEs I really struggled with revising, just lacked motivation, it was all such a chore. I had pieces of paper scattered everywhere. I went to see him one day on study leave to ask if he had any notes on a subject and he had a filing cabinet, all topics in alpha order within each subject, I couldn't believe it. He worked so hard always and it was no surprise he was a straight A student. Anyway, I searched him online recently and saw that he started his own IT consulting company and has branches all over the world. Looking at his accounts on Company's House he is making profits of £2.5m a year and growing. He earns in 4 days what I do in a year. I just feel such a failure, can't help but think WTF, why did I not try harder, why did I not try and fulfil my potential and get a job/career doing something I would have really liked to have done?
I do however think that the careers advice we had when I was at school and college in the 90s was really so poor, I don't even remember having careers advice or being told the importance of getting good grades to working towards being qualified to get a good career, otherwise you'd be stuck in real boring mundane jobs.
Anyway, it is too late now, I am closer to retirement than starting out which is crazy.
How do others feel about their education/career, are you happy with what you achieved or do you have some regrets?