Suspended in the air of Opportunity

Image credits to Tim Griffith at One Eyeland.

Last Friday I finally got the chance to get to know my boss a little bit better. If you don't know, I'm currently working at an investment firm as part of my final year of school. In our investment team there are three people: the investment advisor, the associate investment advisor, and myself the sales assistant. We had a good chance to sort of get into a little bit of detail into our backgrounds because the day was slower than usual (as it was leading into the Thanksgiving long weekend for us Canadians). We talked about how he started in the industry, which sorts of roles he had walked into and then he asked me where I wanted to be and what sorts of things I wanted to do. I told him that I wasn't too sure what I saw myself doing and explained to him that there was so much opportunity, too many choices and how it was impossible to see/experience everything.

He responded by saying that I definitely should get out and try everything and explained to me how he had changed jobs every two years once he got out of school. I guess I always knew that the only way to definitely know where you want to be is to experience change and live through it yourself, but I did feel oddly comforted by his words of advice. It was a nice little chat..

One statement that stuck with me through our conversation was his explanation of three types of advisors out there. There are:

1. The ones that will tell you what has happened.
2. The ones that will tell you what is happening now...and
3. The ones that will tell you what is going to happen.

This came out when I asked of his ability to sort through all the research/information to come out on top with the strategies that he decides to implement. (Believe me, there is A LOT of research to go through). He instinctively stated that as long as you know what is happening now and a little bit of what is going to come..then you'll be alright. ..I guess this statement ingrained itself to my memory because it sort of applies to life in general as well.. You don't have to know where you're going to end up, as long as you are aware of what is happening now and what you're going to be doing not too far in the future you'll be okay. No one is for certain a fortune teller and so life should be taken and lived in as it gradually comes, in segments. I guess that's what it means when they say "the next chapter...(in life)."