my vision

yes it is a bit late, but better late than never.

anyways, i've been seriously thinking about what exactly i want to do. do i just want to be a average guy.. work 9-5, paid a salary, and retire below subsistence at what seems to now be 80? or do i want to do something else? what else can i do?

truthfully, i dislike working as it is. i cannot stand having a boss. while there are fun bosses and there are totalitarian bosses, i just cannot see myself investing most of my life listening to higher ups. it is not that i dislike to work hard, it is that i cannot imagine working hard for someone most of my life just to see myself getting fired any minute.

one thing i want to do during the next 3-5 years is start something again on the side. be it imports & exports, walking dogs, teaching billiards, whatever... i want to do something that can be a part-time business to bring extra money in.

i want to also become a financial advisor. it sounds redundant but i want to help people allocate their assets and debts to increase their wealth. instead of telling people to go for cd's or savings accounts... i want to teach them how investing in bond and equity funds is a much more preferable way to invest.

i also want to go to graduate school. what i want to do isn't graduate level, basically anybody with a degree in finance and a few licenses can pursue, but i find going to graduate school something of a life accomplishment. only 27.2% of US citizens have a bachelors degree or higher, even fewer have graduate degree's.

decisions decisions

when the tests were given back, there was a small silence of shock by what i'm presuming were people worried about their grade results. we were then offered to make a unanimous decision as to what we want to happen for the next test. if the vote wasn't unanimous, it wouldn't pass.

so there we all were, up against the time. i had plenty of ideas as to what to do, what to try to get, and mainly try to get some of my views passed. while i was raising my hand in the beginning, i found many shared similar hatred towards some of my issues, especially multiple multiple choice. oh how i dislike the inability to have partial knowledge on a subject get you the right answer or minimize risk of getting wrong answers.

during the process, i withdrew myself from the process, believing that avoidance is the best for the group. there were many assertive people trying to get their points through, and i knew the last thing we all need is another assertive person.

while it sounds like i was avoidant, i was more or less a accomodator. haven't the issues i wanted arise, i would contribute. i also tried to beleive we could all get what we want. thankfully, i got more than i initially wanted. i also tried to help some person next to me understand what we put on the board.

overall, i don't see how i can change my attitudes to get more than what was being asked for. have i offered an additional comment, another grand discussion would arise and time would be further killed off with the assertive people combatting each other. it turned out very well given a unanimous vote...

management troubles

much to my dismay, it appears not to be talking about current management problems... and most likely none of you are reading it, except a few people who declare it necessary to read. haha.

currently, i've survived many management problems, some of which are still unresolved. one of these problem i'm having in particular is dealing with time management. if any of you have seen my school schedule, you will see it allows minimal sleep time.

most of my days are full of classes. from having classes from 8am to 9pm and other times from 10am to 7pm class. thankfully, i have plenty of gaps, however, there is little time to do work at home, which i have been used to since the beginning of schooling.

hopefully there will be ways to solve this answer which most likely has a very simple answer that i always overlook.

Wish you guys all luck with ur management problems!

About the blogger

Before i start writing several stories/blogs about what i find interesting in and around the times, i feel its important to give everyone a background about me. this isn't a gossip girl blog... sorry guys.

well, my name is Aleksandr Gimelshteyn, but you guys can call me Alex. I was born in Belarus, former soviet union. i'm a student in Baruch going for a BBA in Finance. I'm still unsure of what carreer choice i want to pursue, but i know its definately in economics/finance. When all the work is done, you might see me hanging out in the gameroom in baruch playing billiards, poker, and on a rare occasion ping pong.


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