Which Would You Prefer? A High Paying Job Or A Job You Love?

@Brentsky (164)
United States
January 18, 2007 10:14pm CST
So which would it be? The money, or the joy you have at work. Personally I would prefer to have a career that I love. Something that I wouldn't mind doing day after day and I enjoy. Sure, lots of money would be nice but having a job I enjoy would be worth the decrease in $$$. So fellow Mylotters, whats it gonna be? High paying job or an enjoyable one?
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• India
19 Jan 07
everything depend on the financial status that u have......if u r a rich man then u need a job that u love otherwise high paying salary job.................
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• India
19 Jan 07
i couldn't agree more with you one this one... ;-)
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• Philippines
19 Jan 07
Yes, I definitely agree with you. This is the most logical answer for the question. Since most people are on or below poverty level, people would go for the high-paying job. In most 3rd world countries, they export man-power to 1st world countries. These worker would endure all hardships just to give their family a better future by working abroad which offers higher salaries than local job do.
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• Philippines
20 Jan 07
that's true, and that is the reality.
• India
19 Jan 07
definitely i would prefer the job which i love....... tats bcoz v can earn money at any stage of the loving job... i also accept tat money does matter.... but at the same time v should agree tat money is not only the factor to b happy..... do our job happily and the money will reach us.......
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@Tamilan (220)
• India
19 Jan 07
I accept you response anantharajah, I too like a loving job. The reason is as mentioned above
• Philippines
19 Jan 07
I think it depends on your financial status. If your a rich one I think you will choose to work in a job that you really enjoyed even if it's salary is very low. And if you're supporting your brothers/sisters and your the head of the family even if you dont like the job but it's salary is triple than the job you enjoyed you will choose the high paying job.
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• India
19 Jan 07
For some years I would like doing a job which pays me enough money. I am energetic and can do long hours without any stress and strain. Right now I don't have any liability. After some time when I have earned and saved a fat amount and have a family, I would like a job of my choice even if it pays lesser.
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• China
19 Jan 07
well it depends on your financial standard,if you are poor you can go for it for the money so that you will get the things you want.
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@bcc23488 (883)
• Thailand
19 Jan 07
I select a job I love because I can develop my jobs and do it better
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• India
19 Jan 07
Achieve all! - good luck.
Its upto your heart and its desire to take up which job is best for you! All the things under this sky, you can achieve with a motivation from your heart!!
• United States
20 Jan 07
For me, I would choose a job that gives more money. I just can't stand knowing that I can have another job that pays less.
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• India
19 Jan 07
well i will prefer a high paying job, because the reason why i will do a job is money not that i love that kinda work or not, though i want a high quality job
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@sureshmoe (974)
• India
19 Jan 07
I prefered the job which i love...because i will give the more attention to this jobs and get success in my life....the high paying jobs satisfy/completes their works by hard work of the employers....
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@inovator (603)
• Philippines
19 Jan 07
it depends on how you really need a financial...because sometimes even you are not happy in your job you will stay because you neeed a big income...but when you are in good situation in financial its nice to choose the job where you will be happy.....
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@aroraasr (428)
• India
19 Jan 07
I would definitely prefer a job I love as i can never enjoy a job which is paying me high but not enjoyable.
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@Redkitty (480)
• India
19 Jan 07
i prefer a job that is any kind of job
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@alextki (923)
• India
19 Jan 07
I Love the high paying job.. If they pay more, i would love the job.. because money matters..
• Philippines
19 Jan 07
of course i want a high paying job because i need to support my family.
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@charup (7)
• India
19 Jan 07
I would love the job that I love. However I would not do it for peanuts. I would like a decent paypacket otherwise the incentive is gone
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• India
19 Jan 07
i love the high paying job,then only love wil incres in job and company its up to me....
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@rachelcaron (1679)
• United States
19 Jan 07
Definitely a job I love. I had a job (not that high paying, but pretty good) and I was miserable. It was boring and I had hardly any human interaction. I decided to go back to school and quit my job. For a while I didn't have much money, but I was so much happier. Once I got a new job, it was great. I saw how important it is to have a job you love. Money can't buy you everything- especially happiness.
• Philippines
19 Jan 07
I would choose a high paying job, but of course it must be a good job. In my situation, i am the breadwinner in our family so i better need money to support them.
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@fujin1985 (684)
• Philippines
19 Jan 07
Well, that really depends.. Practicality wise, i'd say i'd prefer the hgh-paying job. At least with that, you can earn not just for a simple living. It secures you, and at least you can do whatever you want with the money you get. The drawback though is that you will easily be dissatisfied with your job, especially if it requires a lot of work. Wisdom wise, i'll be choosing the one that i love because of satisfaction and contentment. But will i really be content if what i earn is not enough to spend for my expenses? I'd say i'll go to the high earning job first, and if i know that i've had enough earnings from there, i'll go to the job i really want. That is, if it's not too late.
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@ninetails (154)
• Philippines
19 Jan 07
I would go for the job I love, because if you love your job and doing good on it chances are you might earn a lot. Its a very good thing that you have passion for your work and in fact if you really love what you are doing you wouldn't even think that it is work.
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@ernkads (16)
• Philippines
19 Jan 07
For me off course a high paying because I'm a family man i would love see my family happy than to what m i doing or working with .
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