Interests Contd......

Can one devote (or you can say waste) his 2 to 3 years of most productive phase of life just for a goal he/she is not contempt with.

Well, the answer is in affirmative and up till my knowledge they are mostly Indians. And the worst side to that is they are the most brilliant minds.Just for the sake of building the profile to get an entry into the Ivy League or HBS or LBS, they are involved into Start-Ups or into social works. The main motive behind all these efforts is to enter some of the best B-schools of the world and either be a Banker, Trader or CEO of any MNC.

Up till my exposure to such candidates, what i feel that they are in a race where they are supposed to prove themselves to their parents, friends, batch-mates or to the world. Neither do they have any interest nor they have the time to devote into something they like because by the time they are liking some field or job or work; another one is ready alluring them to be followed.

May be this is because the way we Indian children are raised, where we are always compared with others either into our academics or in sports or in extra curricular activities. Competition is like the sixth sense organ we have from child, always bothering about something others have and never about the peculiarity we have. And the uneven economic distribution inside India is one among the major contributor to this. Every or at least most of the best minds from middle class families always aspire to be a CEO or MD or a guy with lots of money. Their aim is to be the best in the field they are choosing.

Up to this point, it's more or less acceptable but the problem comes when you become the best or you achieved the goal. Now you are aimless, the aim or goal with which you are thriving throughout your life is gone. Now you are looking for the field or the work you are most interested in.

Here What i don't understand is; If finally we have to work into something we are most interested in, then why wasting 10 to 12 years of life in just proving yourself to anyone into a field which is not of your choice.

May be because of this, we Indians are very productive but rarely creative . Most of the time, we are good bankers, good consultants, excellent in programming but rarely we own a powerful programming language or a ground breaking/industry shaking patent.

Sustainable Career

When i was in 2nd standard i wanted to be the prime minister of India. That was becoz i heard from somewhere that it's the prime minister who owns everything we encounter in our day to day life.
When i came to 5th, i wanted to become a doctor because every time when i said to become prime minister; they laughed and said,"who wants to be prime minister? You should rather be a doctor or an engineer."
When i was in class 7, i came to know about novel prize and the charisma associated with that and i decided to be a scientist.
When i came to 8th, i came to know about IIT and engineering from my school seniors and my elder brother and the money i would be earning after that. Then i wanted to be an engineer.

Recent Happenings

When i was doing B.Tech, saw a glimpse of real world during internship. After reading magazines and lot of articles i decided to go for civil servicesand started preparing for that.
And now i am here doing MBA and focusing on finance as a career for me. You never know
"What life has stored in it for you."
Throughout my academic career of 21 years, i have been continuously going after one aspiration or another just on the basis of the career opportunities and so called WIIFM

What's in it for me

I had never bothered about my interest or in what i was good at. I had never asked the question from me that "Would i be sustainable (most popular word these days in management circle)with the career i was choosing that time". Well, sooner or later I realized the importance of word Sustainability in life.