I went to see one of the professors in my department and asked him some advice for my career.. He said several people are competing with me for the promotion at work right now; they already came to him, now they are included in his big-grant project. He said he might include me in the project too, but it is a little late.
At first I got a little sad that nobody told me about this opportunity, but then I remembered that I should not have expected anything from anyone in the first place.
By my nature, I don't like competitions at all. Even in Tennis I don't like playing for points. The fact is, I only want to get what I deserve with my work, I don't need more than that. Probably I am one of those extinct species because I cannot compete with stronger ones in the food-chain :D
But I believe there is nothing wrong taking the long-way rather than the short-cuts in life, and be the person as you want to be. This is what I learned from "1 litre of tears". Seriously, having the promotion before my colleagues or after my colleagues has not even a tinest importance to me.
I will do my best at work; try to learn about the opportunies ahead, and I won't turn into someone that I am not just because of earning a little bit more money or reputation fast.
