"What do you want to do for future?" the teacher asked.
Some students replied, 'MBA', 'CA', and many other such abbreviated letters. When my turn came, I said, 'M.Com'. The class stared at my answer. Later, a student came and specially asked me, 'what will you do by doing just M.Com? Why not CA?'
I'd like to put forward a question. Suppose you get chance in CA, MBA, IIT, AIEEE, or anything as such. You labour hard, get good marks, and a high post job in a named company/workplace. You earn lakhs. But what's your life? You spend 20 hours in office, and work even on Sundays. You don't have time for family and relatives. You can't complain as you earn lakhs, a big amount. Will you be able to enjoy your life? What's the use of the lacs of money when you just can't enjoy it?? First, You burn midnight lamps preparing for the tough course. Then you get a job that keeps you locked in the office for the rest of your life till you retire. Increase in blood pressure. Tension at every step. Life's a complete hell!
Instead, if you follow some simple line, say, a bachelor's degree in something followed by another such thing, you can get a good job. You may earn in thousands, not lacs. But you can enjoy the money you earn.
One may ask, this world is competitive in today's era. So should we not accept the challenge? My answer is, of course take the challenge, but only if YOU enjoy the race. Don't just run because your friends too are running or your dear ones want you to do it. You run after IIT, and then spend the days writing assignments you don't fully understand and solving boring problems following the bookish process, and cursing the poor teacher and the fellow who had invented IIT. You won't get a good rank in your IIT in this case because you are not enjoying it. Instead, if you like it, of course take part. You will enjoy solving problems and they won't be boring. You enjoy classes and practising the matter. You enjoy life at every step, and even get a wonderful rank. This would get you a good job, and you'd enjoy there too. But this will only happen if you like the subject from within.... not because your friend likes it, or some relative wants to see you as engineer. Craze won't be valued everywhere, especially on something your entire life depends on.
So What I want to say, is, don't just run after 'anything'. See that whatever you do, you enjoy it. Think about your future, but keeping in mind you have a life to LIVE.... to live fully and enjoy it. See that your career or job does not turn your life to hell. Nothing can be worse than this. Thank you...
Some students replied, 'MBA', 'CA', and many other such abbreviated letters. When my turn came, I said, 'M.Com'. The class stared at my answer. Later, a student came and specially asked me, 'what will you do by doing just M.Com? Why not CA?'
I'd like to put forward a question. Suppose you get chance in CA, MBA, IIT, AIEEE, or anything as such. You labour hard, get good marks, and a high post job in a named company/workplace. You earn lakhs. But what's your life? You spend 20 hours in office, and work even on Sundays. You don't have time for family and relatives. You can't complain as you earn lakhs, a big amount. Will you be able to enjoy your life? What's the use of the lacs of money when you just can't enjoy it?? First, You burn midnight lamps preparing for the tough course. Then you get a job that keeps you locked in the office for the rest of your life till you retire. Increase in blood pressure. Tension at every step. Life's a complete hell!
Instead, if you follow some simple line, say, a bachelor's degree in something followed by another such thing, you can get a good job. You may earn in thousands, not lacs. But you can enjoy the money you earn.
One may ask, this world is competitive in today's era. So should we not accept the challenge? My answer is, of course take the challenge, but only if YOU enjoy the race. Don't just run because your friends too are running or your dear ones want you to do it. You run after IIT, and then spend the days writing assignments you don't fully understand and solving boring problems following the bookish process, and cursing the poor teacher and the fellow who had invented IIT. You won't get a good rank in your IIT in this case because you are not enjoying it. Instead, if you like it, of course take part. You will enjoy solving problems and they won't be boring. You enjoy classes and practising the matter. You enjoy life at every step, and even get a wonderful rank. This would get you a good job, and you'd enjoy there too. But this will only happen if you like the subject from within.... not because your friend likes it, or some relative wants to see you as engineer. Craze won't be valued everywhere, especially on something your entire life depends on.
So What I want to say, is, don't just run after 'anything'. See that whatever you do, you enjoy it. Think about your future, but keeping in mind you have a life to LIVE.... to live fully and enjoy it. See that your career or job does not turn your life to hell. Nothing can be worse than this. Thank you...
Yes...some people always think that the sky is the limit which would make them happy. But when the reach the sky, they realise that they left the happiness on the gound.Too late..:)
ReplyDeleteRightly said bhaiya...
ReplyDeleteWe have become part of a rat-race, though we don't realise it at all. Get good grades, get good job and get settled actually means: break your head throughout your childhood to maintain that 90+%, earn in six digits and get all the luxuries which u'll hardly have time to make use of.
ReplyDeleteA well written blog...not to discourage anyone but to rimind that life's not a race. Its a journey.
Thanks Bhaiya....
ReplyDelete