life ki race

I saw people congratulating students on Facebook who passed their CBSE board exams. It brought few memories of good old days. After all these years I must say ignorance is bliss. I did not knew what I m going do with my life & career; neither did my parents knew anything. It was all my family & friends who made choices on what shall I be doing next. In fact it was nobody who took a decision coz there no options.

I can’t even blame anybody coz nobody knew what I was good at. I liked science but my scores and my ability to work hard & study did not support the argument that I should go to science school. I was never engineering material either. I only broke tape recorders never fixed them. I neither played cricket and anyway in those sport was not career option. Arts has never been my forte; music beyond Kishore Kumar and Kumar Shanu did not make any sense. When I say make sense I meant words not raag, taal & rythem. Only thing I was good at in those days was watching TV and sleeping.

What I did after that is not important. But a lesson is. Another lesson that we all learn hard way. When I started my career life was not race; but today it is. If you want to be part of this race and want to win it make sure you get pole position every season. Otherwise you should have Mr. Mallya types team owner who proudly owns a loser & cheers for them.

All average types take a chill pill. Hard work, perseverance and continuous learning is the only hope; remember it is not a guarantee to success. [I bet my money here coz this is where I have been all my life.]

Another option is to be happy. Be content. Turn your hobbies and passion in to career and enjoy the journey. I know this one is the most impractical and weird choice but I guess it is best. Success might come late but it will come.

Last option is to have typical 9 to 5 career and nurturing your hobbies and passion in parallel. It is safe bet though there no big rewards unless your father or father-in-law are rich.

You guys still have time. Make best of it.

One thing I must say before I logout from wordpress and login to my office network. Luck plays an important part in our lives. It was only one advice that made one life and it just one advice that ruined another life. Which one will you get is difficult to find till…..