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re: What is the biggest variable that can derail a career/life ?
Posted on 3/27/16 at 8:28 pm to TigerBR1111
Posted on 3/27/16 at 8:28 pm to TigerBR1111
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Women
Just ask Tiger Woods, Bill Clinton, Adam and countless other men.
Poon or Strange was gonna be my answer. Also, death of a child. Many people never get passed that.
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Posted on 3/27/16 at 8:28 pm to LSU alum wannabe
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Also, death of a child. Many people never get passed that.
which is why i specifically excluded death as an option
Posted on 3/27/16 at 8:28 pm to SlowFlowPro
Divorce is over generalized here. A divorce in your mid to late 30's or even early 40's without kids isn't bad. When kids are involved, sure it's worse, but you all act like its a death sentence. To be honest, more often than not, people move on and lead successful lives with a new partner or by themselves. Addiction or a felony conviction is way worse than a mere divorce.
Posted on 3/27/16 at 8:29 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Boredom
the American Beauty response
pretty legit
Posted on 3/27/16 at 8:30 pm to Paul Allen
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A divorce in your mid to late 30's or even early 40's without kids isn't bad.
assuming the people don't own much or are on essentially equal economic standing? sure
if one or both of those things do exist, you can be put on your arse. it's basically like going into major debt
*ETA: this is ignoring the emotional toll and potential legal fees, which is like another set of massive debt
This post was edited on 3/27/16 at 8:31 pm
Posted on 3/27/16 at 8:31 pm to SlowFlowPro
True, good point.
Posted on 3/27/16 at 8:32 pm to SlowFlowPro
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which is why i specifically excluded death as an option
Then I'll stand by poon.
Posted on 3/27/16 at 8:34 pm to SlowFlowPro
Death of a child
Posted on 3/27/16 at 8:35 pm to RummelTiger
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Spending too much time on an addictive college message board?
Hey hey hey, that will hit a little too close to home for many folk round here
Posted on 3/27/16 at 8:36 pm to SlowFlowPro
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lawyer i know just found out his 45-year old wife is preggo. he's in his 60s
That last part is rough.
That's one of the reasons I avoid a significant age difference.
Posted on 3/27/16 at 8:36 pm to LSU alum wannabe
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Drug addiction and alcoholism maybe? Depression
I've got two of the three, and my career is going along swimmingly. Five years until retirement.
Posted on 3/27/16 at 8:36 pm to SlowFlowPro
Your son coming out the closet.
Posted on 3/27/16 at 8:36 pm to SlowFlowPro
divorce or a child then separation really get people. It can cut pay in half and totally change the way of life.
Drug addiction is bad too, I just have a hard time feeling bad for people who go that route.
Drug addiction is bad too, I just have a hard time feeling bad for people who go that route.
Posted on 3/27/16 at 8:42 pm to SlowFlowPro
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What is the biggest variable that can derail a career
The people I detested the most were the ones who made retirement their major goal. All their decisions were based on what would protect their retirement and not on what was best for the company/users.
They would never take a chance unless they already had someone to blame it on.
Posted on 3/27/16 at 8:43 pm to SlowFlowPro
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Boredom
the American Beauty response
pretty legit
It's fairly common and manifests itself in various ways. Some just keep it together better than others. The self treatment usually gets blamed but at the root is boredom, or restlessness
Posted on 3/27/16 at 8:45 pm to RogerTheShrubber
i can definitely see how that would lead a person to making mistakes at work or just generally not trying (and the after effects like not advancing, etc). lots of research is coming out that happiness is not doing what you love, but developing/mastering skills and then doing it all over again
Posted on 3/27/16 at 8:46 pm to SlowFlowPro
I would say divorce/being deceived by spouse.
I had two aunts (one on each side of the family) who had great lives that fell apart.
One aunt had a huge ranch house, tons of land, husband ran a successful business, they had plenty of money. Aunt was a nurse too. Turned out her hubby was double-billing clients or something and got caught. Everything fell apart. She ended up in an inpatient mental health facility after trying to end her life, lost her nursing license.
Other aunt was married to a computer programmer back in the 90s. He was a whiz, made tons of money. They lived a good life. My cousins had everything 2 kids could want.
Then it turned out he had gotten in trouble for drinking vodka on the overnight shift. So to retaliate, he stole computers. Got fired, and he abandoned my aunt. She went wild, started clubbing, going from one guy to the next. Cousins grew up, one overdosed and died, the other is in and out of prison. The hubby died last year, he ended up addicted to cocaine.
I had two aunts (one on each side of the family) who had great lives that fell apart.
One aunt had a huge ranch house, tons of land, husband ran a successful business, they had plenty of money. Aunt was a nurse too. Turned out her hubby was double-billing clients or something and got caught. Everything fell apart. She ended up in an inpatient mental health facility after trying to end her life, lost her nursing license.
Other aunt was married to a computer programmer back in the 90s. He was a whiz, made tons of money. They lived a good life. My cousins had everything 2 kids could want.
Then it turned out he had gotten in trouble for drinking vodka on the overnight shift. So to retaliate, he stole computers. Got fired, and he abandoned my aunt. She went wild, started clubbing, going from one guy to the next. Cousins grew up, one overdosed and died, the other is in and out of prison. The hubby died last year, he ended up addicted to cocaine.
Posted on 3/27/16 at 8:48 pm to SlowFlowPro
Depends on how severe the term "derail" is in context.
My life has been derailed, but I wouldn't say that it's destroyed. I realized that my career wasn't for me. I'm still treading water trying to figure my life out at 31 years old.
I would imagine divorce could be the worst depending on the circumstances. Buddy of mine got a divorce and sees his kids one weekend every two weeks. His wife initiated the divorce, and he didn't see it coming. I really can't imagine the pain he's going through slogging to work every day knowing that everything he thought he was building was destroyed by a signature.
My life has been derailed, but I wouldn't say that it's destroyed. I realized that my career wasn't for me. I'm still treading water trying to figure my life out at 31 years old.
I would imagine divorce could be the worst depending on the circumstances. Buddy of mine got a divorce and sees his kids one weekend every two weeks. His wife initiated the divorce, and he didn't see it coming. I really can't imagine the pain he's going through slogging to work every day knowing that everything he thought he was building was destroyed by a signature.
Posted on 3/27/16 at 8:48 pm to Pelfan8104
damn
Posted on 3/27/16 at 8:48 pm to Pelfan8104
Sounds miserable, jeez...
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