Comments on: The examination anticlimax http://earlyretirementextreme.com/the-examination-anticlimax.html Becoming debt-free is the first step to building a better world. Financial independence is the second. Doing what YOU want is the third. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 00:07:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cee Aar http://earlyretirementextreme.com/the-examination-anticlimax.html/comment-page-1#comment-14408 Cee Aar Thu, 05 Aug 2010 21:55:31 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/?p=3938#comment-14408 I can relate to this. Maybe off-topic but I'll extend this to any project that a person works on (for an employer). Typical HR question: How do you define success? Answer 1) If project gives personal and employer satisfaction, then it is a success. Answer 2) Success is something that is elusive; I do not bask in the glory for long at the completion of one but start making plans for the next. It comes down to the mentality of the person who is judging (yes, confirmation bias!). Some judges would be happy with answer 1) while others with lofty career goals (people diagnosed with careerism) may think that the candidate does not push the envelope and go one step further to exceed expectations. There are some who would be overjoyed with answer 2) while others may consider that the candidate is a workaholic, does not have a life beyond work and does not know how to enjoy life in general. Judges aside, can we say that answers 1) and 2) are likely to come from a process-oriented and a goal-oriented person respectively? I can relate to this. Maybe off-topic but I’ll extend this to any project that a person works on (for an employer). Typical HR question: How do you define success?
Answer 1) If project gives personal and employer satisfaction, then it is a success.
Answer 2) Success is something that is elusive; I do not bask in the glory for long at the completion of one but start making plans for the next.

It comes down to the mentality of the person who is judging (yes, confirmation bias!). Some judges would be happy with answer 1) while others with lofty career goals (people diagnosed with careerism) may think that the candidate does not push the envelope and go one step further to exceed expectations.

There are some who would be overjoyed with answer 2) while others may consider that the candidate is a workaholic, does not have a life beyond work and does not know how to enjoy life in general.

Judges aside, can we say that answers 1) and 2) are likely to come from a process-oriented and a goal-oriented person respectively?

]]> By: rePete http://earlyretirementextreme.com/the-examination-anticlimax.html/comment-page-1#comment-14186 rePete Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:07:45 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/?p=3938#comment-14186 I remember feeling this, especially at the end of finals. (And even more so at the end of the semester.) This is one thing I like about running races: the race often time catalyzes my training. I remember feeling this, especially at the end of finals. (And even more so at the end of the semester.)

This is one thing I like about running races: the race often time catalyzes my training.

]]> By: BeyondtheWrap http://earlyretirementextreme.com/the-examination-anticlimax.html/comment-page-1#comment-14181 BeyondtheWrap Sat, 31 Jul 2010 10:03:31 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/?p=3938#comment-14181 I tend to enjoy the void of being done with something. Like I'm finally free of it. I tend to enjoy the void of being done with something. Like I’m finally free of it.

]]> By: Concojones http://earlyretirementextreme.com/the-examination-anticlimax.html/comment-page-1#comment-14175 Concojones Sat, 31 Jul 2010 01:26:27 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/?p=3938#comment-14175 Completely foreign feeling to me (I went thru high school and college). For a lot of things in life, I am goal-oriented though. Perhaps just not in the case of exams, seeing them as a phase in a longer journey. Completely foreign feeling to me (I went thru high school and college). For a lot of things in life, I am goal-oriented though. Perhaps just not in the case of exams, seeing them as a phase in a longer journey.

]]> By: Will http://earlyretirementextreme.com/the-examination-anticlimax.html/comment-page-1#comment-14169 Will Fri, 30 Jul 2010 19:30:32 +0000 http://earlyretirementextreme.com/?p=3938#comment-14169 In undergrad, I definitely felt this effect. However, taking the bar exam after law school was about as climactic an experience as one could suffer. You either pass or fail, and if you fail, you aren't practicing law. In undergrad, I definitely felt this effect. However, taking the bar exam after law school was about as climactic an experience as one could suffer. You either pass or fail, and if you fail, you aren’t practicing law.

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