No matter what - you're still in the rat race

"I've gotten a 30% increment for this year!"

Sometimes we heard from our friends/relatives claiming they have gotten a better salary with handsome increment after the yearly review with the company.

Some have even gotten a better rate by moving on to another company (competitors, perhaps!) to get a higher increment of what they are currently earning

Well, while most of them are celebrating their better year, this reminds me a thought I've learned from Robert Kiyosaki - no matter how fast you run within a rat race, you're just still a rat :)

Instead of staying in the comfort zone of chasing higher and higher salary every year, we may need to sit down and think whether are we getting the right income - Good Income vs Bad Income