So what kind of work is repetitive? For example, waiters, takeaway brothers, couriers, drivers, bank tellers, small business owners, managers and so on. This kind of work starts soon, and then it is simply repeated mechanically. The longer it takes, the less you need to think.
So what kind of work is creative work? Entrepreneurs, writers, literary and artistic creators, self-media creators, technological inventors, program developers, etc. All belong to creative labor. The concepts of entrepreneurs and small business owners I am talking about here are different. Small business owners just mechanically run to customers, find orders, and then repeat. Enterprises use creative thinking to gain wealth. Every day's work is a new challenge, and their business is constantly being iteratively upgraded, instead of 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 no future in essence. Because of the lack of creative edge moat, there may be a few anchors with high traffic, but it is difficult for most people to circle powder 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 features.
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 will initially realize their 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 determine what kind of jobs they will choose. A few people understand human nature, and through the amount, stability and speed of income, most people fall into the trap of repeated income. Besides, only a few people are likely to engage in creative work. They outsource the repetitive work in the process of upstream evolution, which of course conforms to 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 have the nature of * * *, 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 their daily work is a simple and mechanical repetition. Once they do this, they will not only become addicted, but also become dependent. First, it is difficult to find a job that can exceed these three types of income under the current circumstances, which is forced by life. Second, it is difficult to find a job that exceeds these three types of income without thinking, except for physical hardship. Behind the seemingly stable and rich is a big net that traps more and more people in repetitive work.
The biggest trap of this repetitive work lies in the future, and future income will soon enter the ceiling. Because the threshold is low, there is no need to think, and there is no competitiveness without creativity. The more people enter, the less likely the income will increase or even decrease. Moreover, the platform will attract commissions from the early subsidy to the later realization, and the income will be reduced. By this time, you have been trapped in this repetitive work. 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 jobs, you can't escape the scope of repetitive work. By that time, your physical strength is declining and your brain power is also declining. What about the future?
So many people will say that it's easy for you to say, and everyone understands the truth. I also have no choice because of life. Then the problem is coming. If so, how can we get rid of the trap of repetitive work?
If your economic conditions permit, you'd better turn to the creative work track as soon as possible. What should you do if the current conditions are limited?
First, you can do your own work first, study in your spare time, take a part-time job if possible, and then turn to the creative track when the time is ripe. Don't sacrifice your time to create the possibility of the future in order to earn more for a while. Be sure to focus on the future, and don't be limited by the amount of temporary income. 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, you can improve yourself, 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 continue to upgrade upstream, you will find that the more creative you go up, the easier it is to go down. If you don't want to change 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 of Japanese society. How many craftsmen can reach the level of sushi in Jiro Ono? Even if they do, what's the point of doing a job again and again all their lives? In the documentary "The 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 understand entrepreneurship, but entrepreneurship is risky. I have repeatedly stressed that everything is two sides of the same coin, and risks and opportunities coexist. Want to engage in creative work, behind it is continuous learning, brain burning, practice, have the courage to jump out of their comfort zone, face the challenges of life and realize the value of life.