So what kind of work is repetitive? For example, waiters, takeaway brothers, couriers, drivers, bank tellers, small business owners, management staff, etc., this kind of work is quickly started, and then simple mechanical repetition, the longer it takes, the less you need to think.
Then what kind of work is creative work? Entrepreneurs, writers, literary and artistic creators, self-media creators, scientific and technological inventors, program developers, etc., all belong to creative work. The concepts of entrepreneurs and small business owners I am talking about here are different. Small business owners just mechanically run customers, seek orders, and then repeat them. Entrepreneurs use creative thinking to obtain wealth. Every day's work is a new challenge, and their business is constantly iterating and upgrading, rather than simply repeating mechanically and accumulating wealth. In the field of self-media, the original content is the creator, but just to attract fans to copy and imitate other people's scripts everywhere is repetition. By the way, I personally think that live broadcast is repetitive work. This kind of work has little future in essence. Because of the lack of creative marginal moat, there may be a few anchors with top traffic, but it is difficult for most people to circle in this simple and repetitive work. What can really come to the end must be the individual who continues to create original works with distinctive characteristics.
So why are some people willing to do repetitive work and others willing to choose creative work?
The answer lies in the different initial intentions of individuals in choosing jobs. People who are willing to choose creative work initially realize self-worth and surpass themselves. They believe that only creation can realize self-worth. The criteria for people who choose repetitive jobs are income, the amount of income, the length of time and even stability, which determines what kind of job they will choose. A small number of people understand human nature, and through the amount, stability and speed of income, most people are trapped into the trap of repetitive income. In addition, only a small number of people are likely to engage in creative work. They outsource repetitive work in the process of upstream evolution, which is of course in line with the "28 law" of this world.
Drivers, takeaway brothers and couriers are the largest employment groups in first-and second-tier cities. These three jobs all have a * * * nature, and they need to sell their time in exchange for income. As long as they are diligent, their income will exceed the urban average, but daily work is a simple and mechanical repetition. Once they do it, they are not only addictive, but also dependent. First, it is difficult to find a job that can exceed these three types of income under the current situation, which is forced by life. Second, it is difficult to find a job that exceeds these three types of income without using your brain, except for physical hardship. Behind the seemingly stable and rich is a big net that traps more and more people into the trap of repetitive work.
The biggest trap of this repetitive work lies in the future, and the future income will soon enter the ceiling. Because the threshold is low, there is no need to use brains, and there is no competitiveness due to lack of creativity. The more people enter, the less likely it is to increase or even decrease the income. Moreover, the platform will attract the commission from the initial subsidy to the later realization, and the income will decrease. At this time, you have been trapped in this kind of repetitive work. No matter whether you have a rich income or you don't need the comfort of your brain, you will be locked in this job. Even if you change your job, you still can't escape the scope of repetitive work. By that time, your physical strength is declining and your brain power is declining. What about the future?
So many people will say, it's easy for you to say, everyone knows the truth, and I can't help it because of life. Then the question is coming. If so, how can we get rid of the trap of repetitive work?
If your economic conditions permit, you'd better switch to the creative work track as soon as possible. What should you do if the current conditions are limited?
First, you can do your work first, study in your spare time, work part-time if possible, and then switch to the track of creative work when the time is ripe. Don't sacrifice your time to create future possibilities in order to earn more for a while. Be sure to focus on the future and don't be limited by the amount of income for a while. Investing in yourself is the greatest guarantee for the future.
Second, a lot of work may be simple mechanical repetition at first, but after a period of time, the self can be upgraded, such as programming and literary and art workers, and it is more valuable to switch to the height of creation. In fact, many jobs are the same. When you keep upgrading upstream, you will find that the more you go up, the more creative you are, the more you go down, and the more simple you are. If you don't want to switch tracks, the only thing you can do is to keep going up.
Japanese craftsman spirit is essentially a scam of Japanese chaebol to the middle and lower classes in Japanese society. How many craftsmen can achieve the sushi level in Jiro Ono? Even if they do, what's the point of doing a job repeatedly for a lifetime? In the documentary "God of Sushi", I saw the loneliness in the eyes of Jiro Ono's eldest son, and the craftsman spirit locked ordinary Japanese craftsmen in the repetitive involution of their own industry.
Some people say that everyone does not know about starting a business, but starting a business is risky. I have repeatedly emphasized the idea that everything is two sides of a coin, and risks and opportunities coexist. If you want to engage in creative work, it is behind continuous learning, brain burning and practice, and you have the courage to jump out of your comfort zone, face the challenges of life and realize the value of life.