If you don't consider yourself an open-minded person, you may want to leave this page right now, because you're about to blow your top.

The next time you are in a crowded shopping center, look around. How many people do you think are really broken hearted inside, their passion sucked out of them a long, long time ago?

Perhaps they once had dreams to take charge of their own life, now others take charge of their life and their finances.

Their boss decides their pay.

Their company decides whether they stay or go for another year.

All they look forward to are weekends and the next holiday.

Some may call it reality. I say it's a result of a hell of a lot of brainwashing.

Do you remember your first day in school? From the first day, everyone has to have the same hairstyle, wear identical shoes and wear the same shirts for physical exercise.

I don't have anything against discipline because it is extremely important for success, but the school system is really designed to train people to become employees.

Having your own opinion in school is wrong. Only the teacher's opinion matters. So what if he is wrong?

Look at the typical person's path in life:

Go to school --> Find a job --> Get married --> Buy a car --> Buy a big house --> Get mail boxes full of bills that somehow seem to increase each and every year

Because of the added expenses, the person has to stay in his job. He becomes desperate for a promotion. Soon, he starts to have sleepness nights. Then a child comes. He has to start thinking about the child's education fees.

Why? Because school never talks about money. From young, we learn that 'money is the root of all evil', 'Money is not important', 'Love is more important than money'.

Tell me, if I gave you a choice to cut off your leg or your hand, which would you choose? You can't choose between love or money, because they are both important in this world.

It's a question of knowing when to go against the grain. I'm not saying become a rebel to society, but one must know which choices are truly helping a person achieve the lifestyle he or she wants.

Fabian Tan
www.MurderYourJob.com