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Izinkinga zomthetho
Masiqede umqondo wokuthi ungakwazi ukugwema isigwebo sejele ngokubhalisa. I-Rod Powers, ihlanganisa leyo ndaba kahle kakhulu esihlokweni sayo esithi "Joyina i-Military noma Iya Ejele?" Ngenhloso yalesi sihloko, sizoxoxa ngomqondo wokuphunyuka umlando womuntu siqu - izindawo ezimbi, imindeni emibi, ubudlelwane obubi, nokunye.
Izindaba Zempumelelo
Ngaphandle kokumba izibalo, kukhona ubufakazi obuningi bokuthi abantu basebenzise ukubhaliswa (noma umsebenzi ogcwele) emasotini ase-US ukuze badlulise izizinda zabo ezikhathazekile. Ngizizwe abantu abaningi bekhuluma ngesikhathi bevakashela idolobha lakubo ngemuva kweminyaka eminingi enkonzweni, kuphela ukuthola lapho bevakashela ngamunye (njalo njalo kangako) ukuthi "konke kuyafana" - kufaka phakathi abantu abafanayo abafile kusukela esikoleni esiphakeme, manje ezineminyaka engama-20 nangaphezulu, ukubhema kwendawo yokuhlala yabazali babo. Phakathi naleso sikhathi, isosha elisebenzayo liye labona futhi lenza okungaphezu kwalokho iningi ekhaya lingakuma.
Esinye sezibonelo ezidume kakhulu emlandweni wase-US u-Ulysses S. Grant, umfundi ongenalutho, nomlimi ongaphumelelanga. Naphezu kwalokhu, wathola ukubiza kwakhe njengombutho wamandla onke e-US phakathi neMpi Yombango, wathola ukuzinikela kuka-Lee e-Appomattox, futhi kamuva wakhonza njengoMongameli we-18 we-United States (ngokusobala akuyona into enhle kakhulu, kodwa namanje.)
Ngiseduze nomuzi, ngiyazi ukuthi umkhulukazi wami osekupheleni kwesikhathi - i-US Marine eMpini Yezwe II owagcina umhlalaphansi njengoSergeant Major kulezi ziqhingi - wasinda emlandweni wezinga elisebenzayo, ubaba ohlukumezayo, kanye nemizila Inkathi yokucindezeleka eBrooklyn ukuba ibe yinceku yomphakathi ehlonishwayo, indawo yomphakathi wayo, futhi ikhululekile-impesheni yombutho wezempi kanye ne-US Postal Service.
Ngisho ngasebenzisa amasosha ukuba ngibalekele ezinye izinkinga zami. Ngesizinda esisezingeni eliphakathi, umama oqinile, nemfundo enhle kakhulu, angikwazi ukubeka isimangalo esikhulu ekuphileni okukhathazayo. Kodwa mina, ukujoyina amaMarines yilokho engangikufunda khona ukuba "ngibe ngumuntu" ngemva kokufakaza isahlukaniso sabazali bami, ngichitha ukukhula kwami njengengane encane futhi engathandwayo, futhi ngingenalo imodeli eyindoda enamandla. Izinyanga ezintathu nabaqeqeshi be- Drill e-Parris Island nakho konke okuhlangenwe nakho kwami okulandelayo kwafakazela isisekelo esiqinile sempilo yami namuhla njengendoda, umfundi, kanye nochwepheshe.
Ukuqeda Izinkinga Zemizwelo
Akunjalo ngokushesha, noma kunjalo. Iqiniso liwukuthi, izinkinga zethu ezingabonakali - imizwelo yethu - akulula ukubalekela.
Esimweni sami, ukukhulela ngokusheshisa ekamelweni le-boot nangaphesheya kwanginika amathuluzi amaningi, kodwa akuzange kuxazululwe umthwalo wokuhlukana kwabazali bami, okwakungcwatshwa futhi kungaqondakali okwamanje.
Ngenxa yalokho, ngiye ngelashwa, izinkinga zobudlelwane, futhi ngisho nehlukaniso ngisemncane. Okuhlangenwe nakho kwami njengoManishi kwangisiza ukuba ngilungiselele ukubhekana nalezi zinselelo, kodwa kwakungesiwo ukwelashwa.
Ngayazi lokhu ngokuhamba kwesikhathi emsebenzini wami lapho ngenza umsebenzi we-Career Planner futhi ngibhekana namanye amaMarines amancane enethemba lokubalekela komunye umsebenzi, esinye isiteshi somsebenzi, enye impilo - konke ukubalekela usizi olujulile lwemizwelo nemindeni yabo kanye nabalingani babo. Iseluleko sami kubo: Lezi yizinkinga ezizokulandela noma ngabe uya kuphi. Zingabhekwa kuphela ngokubhekene nezihloko futhi zifuna ukwesekwa. Zibaze ekubhekeni kwakho (kanye nemisebenzi yakho).
Izibopho zezimali
Uma usuxoxile ngezinkinga zomzwelo, nansi umbhalo omfushane onokuphunyuka izibopho zakho zezezimali - ngoba akukho okunye ongakusho. Uhlukanisile futhi ukhokhela umlingani noma izingane?
Ukuzama ukuphuma esikolweni? Ngeke kusebenze, kulula futhi elula. Eqinisweni, ukujoyina amasosha kukubeka ngokuqinile egridini kuze kufike uhulumeni - igridi lapho bangakwazi khona ukukhokha yonke imali yakho yokukhokhela ngaphandle kwemvume yakho yokukhokha izikweleti ezifana nokusekelwa kwengane okungakhokhelwa. (Ngokuqinisekile uzodingeka ujoyine i-French Foreign Legion uma ngabe konke okulandelayo, nakuba ngingenaso isiqiniseko sokuthi akulula lokho, noma kunjalo.)
Inothi Mayelana Nabaqaphi
Akungasho ukuthi ngokujoyina izinqolobane - ukwenza umsebenzi wesikhathi sesikhathi eduze kwasekhaya lakho - akulula njengokubalekela njengomsebenzi osebenzayo. Kodwa-ke, usathola ukuqeqeshwa, ukusebenzisana, okuhlangenwe nakho, nezinzuzo ezingaba amathuluzi akho okuphumelela. Khumbula ukuthi ngikhuluma kanjani ngami "ngiphunyuka" ezinkingeni? Phakathi neminyaka engaba yishumi ngami e-Marine Corps, ngangingu-reservist wokugaya, ngihlala (phakathi kokuqeqeshwa kanye nokuthunyelwa kwamanye amazwe) lapho ngakhulela khona. Kanjani ngalokho?