What defines my job, what I do, I've never wondered but when people ask, it's obnoxious that they present you as an employee of x or y institution or entity or your position or your role as if you were a title, they never say he is so and so a great man whose passion is foragin or a very successful blogger who knows a lot about plants, they don't have to say he is an employee of such and such and works in this, it's obnoxious very obnoxious but my way you have to make a living somehow.
Hierarchies are a serious problem especially when your current boss was your past partner, I have seen a lot of fights between people because when the new boss is already at the top the new boss gets his bowels up and starts to mistreat the employees or those who were his former partners, thank God it has not happened to me but I have seen it happen to some of my friends.
I'm glad you have fun with other people's boss, because if he is your friend you should always treat him as such.
From now on when I am asked what you do I will be emphatic and answer directly, I am a researcher and documenter of edible and medicinal plants of our country and I keep a logbook to serve as a reference for new students or for anyone who wants to learn something about plants, I am also a frugal person whose lifestyle is foraging.
I will do that I think people find that quite funny even though at first it may seem like a joke and they will not take you seriously enough I think that is more important than saying I am a businessman, a consultant or an auditor, although the status quo is what our society values it is what everyone wants to hear.
Maybe I will say for a living I am a consultant and for a living I practice foraging as a passion that fills me with life.
Greetings sir and all the best
Thank you for the business management talks here they are indeed very much appreciated,
I still remember the last one that we must adapt to change and if the company requires our change, it is the company who decides since it is the one who pays the salary, and if we like it we stay but if not you have the option to leave.
Happy day.
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He is a friend - I have never stopped teasing him!
And I think that answering "I'm a forager" would be a great conversation starter and lead down an interesting path. Too many people are boring :)
This is exactly the case. It might not sounds pretty, but there are always some options on the table.
Have a great week.