What makes you tick
Discussion
So there's a very broad range of people from all walks of life on here...some with loads of cash to spend on whatever they like, some who save for the car of their dreams and a whole lot in between
So, me personally, I love cars, but my most basic pleasure in life is sitting round my firepit table having a beer and watching the stars.
What makes you tick?
So, me personally, I love cars, but my most basic pleasure in life is sitting round my firepit table having a beer and watching the stars.
What makes you tick?
Watchthis said:
So there's a very broad range of people from all walks of life on here...some with loads of cash to spend on whatever they like, some who save for the car of their dreams and a whole lot in between
So, me personally, I love cars, but my most basic pleasure in life is sitting round my firepit table having a beer and watching the stars.
What makes you tick?
I do love cars, always have but ultimately they really don't matter, not one bit to be honest. Getting out into nature, enjoying the simple things and seeing my family delight in something that means something to them is what makes me tick. The smallest things are often the biggest. Cars and wealth aren't important at all.So, me personally, I love cars, but my most basic pleasure in life is sitting round my firepit table having a beer and watching the stars.
What makes you tick?
My goal of moving to Florida. My career I chose solely in the aim of being able to get a job over there, I won't be fulfilled or truly happy until I have done. Short term, my aim to get another cheap classic for Spring/Summer in the next month or so is what drives me atm. I start a new job Monday which I'm nervous about but it should hopefully put me on a better track towards moving. I have a specific vision in mind when I picture my goal, it's this quiet beach on the Atlantic coast of Florida that never had any people on it other than the occasional jogger. Porcelain white sand, big waves like you'd find down in Cornwall, seawater like bath water in temperature and the perfect breeze no matter what time of day or year you're there. There's these sand dunes you have to walk over before you finally get on the beach and see the ocean, I spend a lot of time picturing myself stood there overlooking it all with the song "Echo Beach" playing in my head, it's something I think about a lot. I know that one day no matter how I do it, I'll be stood on that beach with the knowledge that I'll never have to fly back here. When I'm stood there overlooking it all again with that assurance in my head that I never have to leave, that's when I'll finally be truly 100% satisfied. Every time I'm down or fed up, I escape to that vision in my head and remind myself what I'm doing it for. Might sound silly to some but it's what gets me out of bed.
Vidarr said:
I do love cars, always have but ultimately they really don't matter, not one bit to be honest. Getting out into nature, enjoying the simple things and seeing my family delight in something that means something to them is what makes me tick. The smallest things are often the biggest. Cars and wealth aren't important at all.
Very much this.We don't have loadsa money, and the belt will be tightened a bit over the coming year/s, but I don't think we'll run into real problems - the discretionary spend will decrease. My car is boring, 5/6 years old now, but with a decent stereo install (fitted myself)... I can't imagine changing it at the moment.
But increasingly I realise that I love being outdoors, for whatever reason. Quite a lot of biking at the moment - on and off road; walking the dog for miles; even mowing the lawn.
Then hearing my daughter singing to herself upstairs, which means she's relaxed and happy (extra good as she has had mental health problems all her life).
Oh, and live music. Rock/metal, and some comedy gigs. The thing I really missed over the last 2 years. I've been getting out as much as I can since things started up a bit again (and before that cost-of-living discretionary spend bites, I guess :| ).
My career is Sales. I came to it late, I was a techie for the first ten years out of Uni, then a PM as I realIsed two s
t degrees in electronics where I dodged the Software modules were never going to make me Zuckerberg. Then I walked backward with my eyes closed into sales and discovered what I was meant to do!
It isn’t making the money but the actual chase of a deal. The energy, the emotional roller coaster of ups and downs and the second I land it I lose interest. The place I am at now, say I land a deal on March 1st. The compensation or bonus comes at the end of April. Great, it’s really decent levels of cash which allows for a nice lifestyle and a very comfortable future for me and mine but honestly that isn’t what bothers me. The buzz of the chase is what gets me going and I almost enter a depressive funk after I land a deal.
I was chronically unfaithful to partners in my early 20s and I am half convinced sales and the “Chase” has replaced that for me as i mature and have kids.
t degrees in electronics where I dodged the Software modules were never going to make me Zuckerberg. Then I walked backward with my eyes closed into sales and discovered what I was meant to do!It isn’t making the money but the actual chase of a deal. The energy, the emotional roller coaster of ups and downs and the second I land it I lose interest. The place I am at now, say I land a deal on March 1st. The compensation or bonus comes at the end of April. Great, it’s really decent levels of cash which allows for a nice lifestyle and a very comfortable future for me and mine but honestly that isn’t what bothers me. The buzz of the chase is what gets me going and I almost enter a depressive funk after I land a deal.
I was chronically unfaithful to partners in my early 20s and I am half convinced sales and the “Chase” has replaced that for me as i mature and have kids.
Funnily enough I was out mountain biking with a very close friend and ex business partner today. We sold our software company in 2014.
We got chatting about all the stuff we had bought since having the business and then selling up. We each made a top ten of what we thought gave us the most pleasure. This was aside from family, investments etc. Just personal stuff.
Dogs came top and mountain biking came 2nd leaving our classic cars, track cars, supercars, fancy holidays, my (he's not into it) VR gaming system and properties trailing.
We were both a bit surprised. Worked our arses off for all the fancy st and we still put the things we had 30 years ago top. Doh.
We got chatting about all the stuff we had bought since having the business and then selling up. We each made a top ten of what we thought gave us the most pleasure. This was aside from family, investments etc. Just personal stuff.
Dogs came top and mountain biking came 2nd leaving our classic cars, track cars, supercars, fancy holidays, my (he's not into it) VR gaming system and properties trailing.
We were both a bit surprised. Worked our arses off for all the fancy s
t and we still put the things we had 30 years ago top. Doh.I’m a big believer in enjoying simple pleasures. In no particular order:
- Beers with good friends, particularly outdoors on a beautiful summers day
- listening to good music (even better if paired with the above!)
- laughing/making other people laugh
- A good drive on a nice day
- Good food
- lazy Sunday mornings in bed (such as waking early and spending a few hours just revelling in doing nothing - no kids yet)
- spending time with people i like/love and enjoying their company.
- Going to places (new or otherwise) where I can appreciate my surroundings, be it a city or an area of beauty.
I spent last weekend in Waterford with the family of a close friend, who I’d never met. They were fantastic. Many good pints of Guinness were consumed and there was an abundance of the above save driving and resting!
- Beers with good friends, particularly outdoors on a beautiful summers day
- listening to good music (even better if paired with the above!)
- laughing/making other people laugh
- A good drive on a nice day
- Good food
- lazy Sunday mornings in bed (such as waking early and spending a few hours just revelling in doing nothing - no kids yet)
- spending time with people i like/love and enjoying their company.
- Going to places (new or otherwise) where I can appreciate my surroundings, be it a city or an area of beauty.
I spent last weekend in Waterford with the family of a close friend, who I’d never met. They were fantastic. Many good pints of Guinness were consumed and there was an abundance of the above save driving and resting!
The satisfaction that I did ok , from a crap start/childhood and some mistakes in earlier years I have a decent life by PH standards, a happy wife , and two great boys who are succeeding and starting the next generation. Life could have gone in other directions but it’s panned out well . What floats my boat on a daily basis , cars trucks rugby cooking dogs and horses, not in any particular order . Good times Edit , not literally cooking dogs and horses btw lol
Edited by fttm on Saturday 26th March 02:44
_Leg_ said:
We were both a bit surprised. Worked our arses off for all the fancy st and we still put the things we had 30 years ago top. Doh.
This little story was passed onto me when I started my (non Harvard) MBA, as advice to keep things in perspective and avoid the ‘deferred life plan’:t and we still put the things we had 30 years ago top. Doh.The businessman was at the pier of a small coastal Mexican village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellow-fin tuna.
The businessman complimented the Mexican on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them. The Mexican replied “only a little while”.
The businessman then asked why he didn’t stay out longer and catch more fish? The Mexican said “I have enough to support my family’s immediate needs”. The businessman then asked, but what do you do with the rest of your time?
The Mexican fisherman said, “I sleep late, fish a little, play with my children, take a siesta with my wife, Maria, stroll into the village each evening where I sip wine and play guitar with my amigos; I have a full and busy life, señor.”
The businessman scoffed, “I am a Harvard MBA and I could help you. You should spend more time fishing and with the proceeds buy a bigger boat. With the proceeds from the bigger boat you could buy several boats; eventually you would have a fleet of fishing boats.
Instead of selling your catch to a middleman, you would sell directly to the processor and eventually open your own cannery. You would control the product, processing and distribution. You would need to leave this small coastal fishing village and move to Mexico City, then LA and eventually New York City where you would run your expanding enterprise.”
The Mexican fisherman asked, “But señor, how long will this all take?” To which the businessman replied, “15-20 years.” “But what then, señor?”
The businessman laughed and said, “That’s the best part! When the time is right you would announce an IPO and sell your company stock to the public and become very rich. You would make millions.”
“Millions, señor? Then what?” The businessman said, “Then you would retire. Move to a small coastal fishing village where you would sleep late, fish a little, play with your kids, take a siesta with your wife, stroll to the village in the evenings where you could sip wine and play your guitar with your amigos.”
The fisherman, still smiling, looked up and said, “Isn’t that what I’m doing right now?”
Edited by chemistry on Saturday 26th March 05:44
Having seen a motivational speaker called Jim Lawless a few years ago, then having read his book, Taming Tigers, my life now revolves around me doing as many things as can that take me out of my comfort zone. 'No' is now very seldom a response to a question from a friend or a colleague who asks me if I 'would like to...'.
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