FOLLOW YOUR PASSION

Imagine a situation in which legends like Sachin Tendulkar and Lata Mangeshkar would have been singing and playing cricket respectively. Would they achieve the level of fame which they have achieved presently. From time to time individuals come across their definite and identified passion which they want to achieve in life , without which they are incomplete.

A  gardener would efficiently do gardening but if he is given a blank canvas would  he paint like M.F Hussain  or Pablo Picasso , because its not his forte. The same goes with all the musicians, dancers, athletes , magicians, designers etc that they aren’t following the rat-race instead they are doing what they like. Even if you cant mint money fast doing what you like or doing something that makes you feel content then forgo that lucrative job offers and follow your heart. Today there are many people who have willingness to do something out of the box but still they are skeptical with what they intend to do and do something which they are not liking. It is very obvious that from a comfort path you are going to do something that might have obstacles but if you are determined enough then you will achieve pinnacle. Though it has the risk factor in it but then your diligence will make the work challenging for you and somehow you will do it.

Above all, be true to yourself, and if you cannot put your heart in it, take yourself out of it.”

But somehow many of us don’t follow this. This is because of the stress given to educational qualifications and degrees are given more importance rather than the hidden talents in an Individual. Many of students take up their career option as what their parents dream for them and not what they like .On an average a child belonging  to the age group 11-13 yrs spends around 7 hrs in school, two hours with his or hers algebra tutor, one hour on improvising  his vocabulary and writing skills and another 2 hours in social sciences and general knowledge sessions , apart from this he is loaded with tons of home assignments which take away around 2-3 hours of juvenile happiness where does the child have anytime to recognize his or her passion: forget pursuing it. The same gets transformed when he is in his boards or undergrads ,haunts him and then he finds himself after few years doing a job with handsome salary but still he is not satisfied.

Inspired from Three-idots movie character named Frahan Quereshi- renowned actor R.Madhvan completed his engineering to pursue his father’s dream. He wanted to do wild-life photography from a renowned Brazilian photographer Andre-Istavan. He gave preference to his fathers dream over his owns. On  the day zero of placement , he gathered enough guts to put forth his heart in front of  his father. He confronted and his proposal was affirmatively accepted by his parents.

Pursue excellence, and  success will follow, pants down.

Chetan Bhagat , iit-delhi and iim-ahmedabad alumnus , who quit his career of international investment banking job for his passion towards writing.When he wrote his first book he had visited many publishers but none supported him except the rupa publishers, as others couldn’t find that X-factor in the book which Chetan felt.He had a hard time before he got his first book published but soon his book became best-seller .He is now author of four best sellers and he is also an open-end columnist with renowned newspapers.

One can choose career of his choice can even switch fields. People in initially stage will not encourage this but slowly the trend has  started in India as well.I took up  commerce in 12 grade got good result but still wanted to opt for fashion designing and some how couldn't crack NIFT , ended up taking NIFD.  In those three years I realised that just being good in drawing or having interest in designing shouldnt be the parameters for which I opted the course. Somehow it was not my cup of tea to work with tailors and draftsmen .I took an entrance and landed up with PGDM-marketing .Meanwhile doing Mba I recognized my passion for doing Mba and I didn’t opt for a lucrative white collar job. In hearts of hearts I had a predilection for teaching over a white collar job.There where obstacles in terms of people and situations who tried to derail me from my path.

Even in small towns or cities in this country there are not millions but hundreds of people who are toiling day and night to pursue their passion and talent at nice level encountering hurdles at every stage in their career yet as in story of King Solomon  the spider never gave up making its web, these people are stead fast on their paths :with a strong belief in their sole and confidence in their diligence to reach the apex however long it might take.

If you want to be happy for a day, go on a picnic.
If you want to be happy for a week, go on a vacation
If you want to go happy for a month, get married
If you want to be happy for a year, inherit wealth
If you want to be happy for a lifetime, do the work that you love.