Millennial Power

2: Is it better to get a job or make a living


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The question for today is: Is the goal to get a job or is the goal to make a living

Many Millennials think I get a good education, study overseas even, I come back to Indonesia and I get the job of a lifetime. Then reality hits them: there are not that many jobs and there are many millennials with a good degree and a good education.

Deddy thinks the goal is to make a living for instance 10 milion rupiah ($ 800,-) and you can do that in many ways. Yes getting a job is one way but Erik and Deddy both have no jobs at the moment.

Deddy has a degree in psychology but he makes a living as an independent entertainer, talkshow host and previously as a magician. Deddy thinks if you take the easy way out and get a job with all its perks you are "not his level".

Erik has had jobs, had business and is now investing in real estate and the goal for him is to provide for his family.

What if you have no money to buy things to sell and make money that way? Erik thinks you then need to start with what you are pasionate about. You don't have to be great Deddy shares his story that when he stared as a magician doing tricks table to table in hotels he was not a great magician but he was able to 'sell' himself. It is important that you are able to sell yourself.

The goal is to make a living, not to get a job
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