Have you ever headed for your goal and at the same time, have some backup plan if things go wrong ? Lets say you plan to leave the workforce in a couple of years. And to get more money, you do some freelance work to get more cash. Then the people you work with offer to give you some training which would benefit you in the future if you continue to work instead of leave the employment world.
Then, out of nowhere, you get this other offer which pays you better but doesn't look promising for your future. Which would you choose? For me, my mind tells me to go for the 'safer' one which would provide me with a backup in case my plan to branch out on my own does not work.
But think about it. You have a plan and the plan is to move away from employment. Why do you work towards your backup instead of towards the actual plan ? Getting more money ensures your plan to leave the employment world better than working hard so that you could fail and work on the backup. Think about it. We should always put all our efforts to make our plans work instead of thinking of what to do if we fail...Subconsciously, we plan our own failure without knowing it!
