Victor Leung
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A Future to Avoid

April 09, 2021

A life without significance would be a vivid image of the unfavourable future. People strive hard to achieve their goals because they want to obtain ideals. Science's purpose is to discover the truth. The purpose of art is to display beauty. Acts of kindness and love define morality. The value of political actions is to achieve social fairness. These human desires for food, love, honour, and power all lead to self-actualization. According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, our values push us to the highest level of self-actualization in our lives.

My values in life dominate my daily actions. I'd have to learn to value everything, find significance in seemingly meaningless things, find good deals out of bad situations, and live up to my life values. I believe I can do that daily with this value system. The accomplishment has the potential to enrich my life and improve my character.

I'd have to avoid failing to achieve my goals, allowing my bad habits to spiral out of control, and ending up dissatisfied, resentful, and bitter. Instead, I'd have to pursue various interests and put in a lot of effort to become my ideal self. Fill my life with a variety of intriguing content and activities. In some ways, all of these activities would interact and link to create a more meaningful sense of living. The more things I encounter, the better I will be able to comprehend my existence.

I would avoid jealously of others' lives if I had a distinctive and enriched life. I'd keep working on myself, forgetting about what I have physically and focusing on what I could do psychologically. Never be satisfied with my existing state of mind; instead, I maintain my creativity and work tirelessly to become stronger and better.

In my job, I would look for meaning and purpose. I wish to connect my daily actions and the greater good by making my work energetic and lively. I become burned out, slack off, and eventually stop when I can't create the connection.

Employees can be dubious about motivating speeches from their bosses since they believe the supervisor is merely trying to get them to do more work. Instead, a smart leader may transform a bad circumstance into something remarkable. "Money follows management," as the adage goes. The inverse is also true: "When money is mismanaged, it vanishes." The senior leadership team makes several errors in judgment, rendering work-life pointless and demotivating employees with low morale. I need to be conscious that people can lie, cheat, and steal in a toxic environment, which I should avoid in the future.

I don't want to spend my entire life working for money, as this may reduce my chances of feeling great emotions like joy and curiosity due to pursuing worthwhile goals. I would have financial freedom and time to go down blind alleys and experiment if I had enough money and passive income. I can run many experiments for free, resulting in a lot more creativity from a decentralized approach. Small trial efforts that directly spark success are even more rewarding.

To respond to my productive anxiety, I need to practice in my head. Other people's reactions to my actions and words may be negative, but I must maintain my passion even when I am undervalued. I feel connected to the people around me. Consider how I could ask the right questions, learn about people's needs, and learn about their passions. Hear the assurance in my voice and the ease with which I speak. I would use sarcasm and withdraw in these tense situations to avoid a mentally inadequate response. As a leader, I would infuse great energy into the workplace and positively impact my relationships and the overall organization.

The virtual will never be able to take the place of the real. Without actually doing it, I'll never be able to fully assess my enthusiasm for or competence in whatever my future holds. If I ever want to get there, I can't just fantasize about what life will be like on the other side. Simply said, fear is concerned about the probability of danger. To overcome fear, I must thoroughly comprehend the opportunity, odds, threat, and utility of overcoming fear in our lives.

An experience enables me to visualize the future, forecast where I will be in it, and visualize and predict the end to go there. Volunteering allows me to put my skills to the test. I should refrain from doing nothing and remaining silent as time and my life pass me by.

I knew I was going to die one day. I have no idea where I came from before I was born, and I have no idea where I will go once I die; the only thing I know is that this moment is unique in terms of the temporal horizon, and I should not waste it.

It would be a waste of time if I didn't use my curiosity to try new things and discover fresh ideas and solutions. I'd have to be able to inspire others with my vision and ideas. I need to be decisive yet continually looking for a better solution and considering and exploring many options. I am quality-oriented and driven to achieve excellence while avoiding idealism and perfectionism. I never accept "good enough."

My passion is for creativity and innovation, and I would like to collaborate with people who value applying creative, strategic thinking to problems. I can understand the larger picture, give a problem structure, inspire strategic leadership mixed with curiosity and ingenuity in resolving organizational difficulties, and be a good fit for my ideal future.

A future to avoid provides me with a poor setting to express my principles, preventing me from becoming my greatest self. Cynicism and resentment would take over my life if I felt useless all of the time.


About Victor Leung

Software development professional with expertise in application architecture, cloud solutions deployment, and financial products development. Possess a Master's degree in Computer Science and an MBA in Finance. Highly skilled in AWS (Certified Solutions Architect, Developer and SysOps Administrator), GCP (Professional Cloud Architect), Microsoft Azure, Kubernetes(CKA, CKAD, CKS, KCNA), and Scrum(PSM, PSPO) methodologies.

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