tinted viewfinding glasses

what does it take to be able to see things from a rationally removed perch? is analysis of anything affecting ourselves always tainted by emotion or could it very well be possible that we have the ability to box ourselves up, not so neatly, and peer out at the remnants of what's left around and underneath us as the world turns?

one of my friends is an organizational psychologist who is convinced that her degree in organizational psychology is the exact same as an MBA, so she can't understand why here degree isn't accepted as an MBA by israeli firms... well, maybe it has to do with the fact that the course modules were all psychology and zero hard business skills. I'm trying to help her build her career but it's tough because it seems like she wants me to do all the work including be her motivation. At this point I can't give away so much of my zip because I need it to drive myself, but she needs it much more than me. She doesn't have anything to drive herself forward because she feels as if companies should be chasing her but the reality is that it's not the market at the moment and even so there are tons of talented candidates and she needs to differentiate herself by working on progressive projects or getting some further education or just getting in their faces and campaigning for herself. She doesn't understand that opportunities don't drop in our laps. Sometimes, now most especially, we have to create those opportunities by getting behind sisyphus and giving him that backup so the rock doesn't fall back down to the bottom.

Every conversation is a motivational speech with her lately and I've found her tons of job openings and opportunities that she forgets to follow up on or she goes to one interview decides that she has the job, doesn't get the job, but in the meanwhile has skipped all the other job interviews set up. She doesn't have an income and laments that she can't survive, but is more intent on finding a husband than on building a career. What is with some israeli women these days? Are starter marriages really that fulfilling? What really is the point of marrying for two years and then divorcing? Is it really all that worth it to have that princess fantasy white wedding? I never want that. it's so funny how we can be polar opposites from our friends.