A bad career choice can make your work drudgery
For most of the graduates that passed out during the years of recession(2008,2009), the first thing running in their heads would be what to do next.
80% of the crowd give in to their emotions and follow what conventionally was being done by their ancestors and take up absolutely any job that they come across.
Few years down the line, their level of frustration at work reaches to such a height that they resign and stay jobless or take a break for higher studies. And start their new search of finding a better suited career.
How do we avoid such consequences?
Identify your passions. Chose a path which makes you happy. Read the practical guide on how to find your passion if you have trouble in finding out your passions.
The world is huge and is filled with opportunities. If you are talented in some academic subject, consider teaching as a profession. If you are talented in painting, take up a profession in that. If you have the eye to distinguish beautiful things and want to design dresses, take up a career in fashion. If you like greenery and like being amidst the forest take up a career in wild life photography. If you enjoy talking, take up a career as reporter or as a Radio Jockey. If you are into spiritual teachings, take up meditation and learn the art of zen and the spread the same around.
Life is really short for not living your dream. One needs to understand that money is not the ultimate goal of life. A person with intelligence, wealth and power in the right balance would be most successful.
A person with lot of money and no intelligence will lose his wealth in no time. A person with all the power and no money is a blind man speaking to a deaf society.
Hence objective in any career needs to be able to achieve intelligence, money and power in equal proportion.
Life is filled with challenges. Playing safe is never an option. Learn to follow your dreams and take maximum risk. You may fail several times. Each failure will make you stronger and better but you will surely succeed.
This article was written by Naveen S.R., a software professional working for a coveted IT company in Bangalore. He is a champion in managing his work and time. And most importantly, he loves his job as a software engineer.
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