Week Three- Case Study On Magdalena Yesil And Why She Makes Me Mad

This week in one of my classes I had the opportunity to discover and learn a little about entrepreneur that has been very blessed in her field because of her passionate work ethic which included always studying relevant information in her field. Below is a little tidbit about her:

Magdalena Yesil
This Turkish-Armenian entrepreneur sold her company CyberCash (a pioneer in eCommerce) to Verisign. Now she's an angel investor and partner with US Venture Partners (USVP).

Long story short, this woman has been living the “American Dream” in “Silicon Valley” by doing what she loves best. What she does best seems to be starting new companies and getting them off on a good foot in the technical industry. She thrives off of it and she’s been very successful and happy doing it.

Now while her journey in life might be uplifting, inspiring, and give hope to people, I on the other hand could not help but to look at all of my flaws and the characteristics she has that I wish I had but lack. This has induced feelings of envy towards her and shame for my shortcomings and yes I know better to allow these thoughts to invade and “blah-blah-blah” but tough, I know what potential I have wasted in my life and I have yet to forgive myself for my past.

In addition to this negative self-reflection however came another emotion that you the reader might not care for. That emotion is anger. You might be asking yourself why and I will tell you. The “American Dream” in 2016 is almost extinct and has been for quite some time now.

I remember growing up being told, “You can be anything you want” and believing that until I became an adult. Well not everyone can be president or an astronaut, the majority of us will end up working jobs we hate or at the very least can, “Put up with”. Magdalena is in a very, very small percentage of the US population that is able to really do what she wants and achieving the ever elusive “American Dream”. Why I am angry is because for every one Magdalena, there are thousands of others with the same imagination, talents, fortitude, intelligence, and drive but will end up anywhere between “flipping burger lane” and “boring office job avenue”. That is just a fact jack and there is nothing that can be done about it because if everyone was a Magdalena, no one would ever be able to get a delicious, greasy hamburger.

On one final note to drive my point home, I would like to share some lyrics from a song titled: "9-5ers Anthem" by a Hip-Hop artist who goes by the name Aesop Rock.

We the American working population

Hate the fact that eight hours a day

Is wasted on chasing the dream of someone that isn't us

And we may not hate our jobs

But we hate jobs in general

That don't have to do with fighting our own causes

We the American working population

Hate the nine to five day-in day-out

But we'd rather be supporting ourselves

By being paid to perfect the pastimes

That we have harbored based solely on the fact

That it makes us smile if it sounds dope