I believe there can be a broad utopian classification of people based on how they want to lead their lives as follows:
i. people who want to earn lots of money
ii. people who want to have diverse experiences
However,the first group consider themselves as steady& reliable while they look at the second group as unstable.On the other hand,the second group consider themselves as diverse ,their life as an adventure and the first group-people as a boring lot who lead the most mundane life.
But,the big question is 'Are these two groups mutually exclusive?...don't they overlap?'
Someone might want to have a life full of varied experience,and at the same time,earn decent money,if not lots!
In reality,there are plenty of them! In fact,the people who earn in crores are the one's actually having an extraordinary life...filmstars,sportspersons,business-tycoons.
So,do the normal office-goer's lose out...both on the monetary & experience-part?
Maybe,yes...but I'm sure even they must have had lofty goals as children ...while growing up...before settling down to fit into the image of 'Responsible Adults' precisely the aforementioned Group 1 people,even if that doesn't make them filthy rich.They just are not risk-takers.Fair enough! But ,what about the other lot who are creative,want to live life the 'Zindegi na milegi dobara' style,at the same time,like everyone else have responsibilities to carry out & families to take care of. Does just the experimental ways of leading one's life make one unstable or it's excused if he/she earns enough money to compensate?
and,where exactly does one draw the line in terms of experimenting with one's career?
A chequered career-graph can be viewed from both angles...it can be either diverse or unstable...simply lacking any focus or direction?
In our generation,attention-span has reduced a great deal.There's a tendency to get satisfied with anything we get hold of & start thinking 'So,what next?'
In a developing nation,where opportunities are manifold,the somewhat financially stable are all part of this race...engineers want to leave their jobs to become MBA's...MBA's want to leave their jobs to become entrepreneurs....& so on & so forth.After all,what is it?...upgrading yourself...or complying with the vicious cycle of eventually making a successful career?...Maybe the next generation will be able to find the answer...hopefully!
i. people who want to earn lots of money
ii. people who want to have diverse experiences
However,the first group consider themselves as steady& reliable while they look at the second group as unstable.On the other hand,the second group consider themselves as diverse ,their life as an adventure and the first group-people as a boring lot who lead the most mundane life.
But,the big question is 'Are these two groups mutually exclusive?...don't they overlap?'
Someone might want to have a life full of varied experience,and at the same time,earn decent money,if not lots!
In reality,there are plenty of them! In fact,the people who earn in crores are the one's actually having an extraordinary life...filmstars,sportspersons,business-tycoons.
So,do the normal office-goer's lose out...both on the monetary & experience-part?
Maybe,yes...but I'm sure even they must have had lofty goals as children ...while growing up...before settling down to fit into the image of 'Responsible Adults' precisely the aforementioned Group 1 people,even if that doesn't make them filthy rich.They just are not risk-takers.Fair enough! But ,what about the other lot who are creative,want to live life the 'Zindegi na milegi dobara' style,at the same time,like everyone else have responsibilities to carry out & families to take care of. Does just the experimental ways of leading one's life make one unstable or it's excused if he/she earns enough money to compensate?
and,where exactly does one draw the line in terms of experimenting with one's career?
A chequered career-graph can be viewed from both angles...it can be either diverse or unstable...simply lacking any focus or direction?
In our generation,attention-span has reduced a great deal.There's a tendency to get satisfied with anything we get hold of & start thinking 'So,what next?'
In a developing nation,where opportunities are manifold,the somewhat financially stable are all part of this race...engineers want to leave their jobs to become MBA's...MBA's want to leave their jobs to become entrepreneurs....& so on & so forth.After all,what is it?...upgrading yourself...or complying with the vicious cycle of eventually making a successful career?...Maybe the next generation will be able to find the answer...hopefully!
