The top of the hill
Let me introduce myself in one sentence. I am one of that breed which seems to proliferate out of the IITs - a 22 year old engineering graduate with no idea what to do with the rest of his life. In the last 6 months, over numerous sessions of introspection and conversations with friends, I have figured just one thing - that, for most of us, the grass is always greener on the other side. There are so many of us out there, running about, like headless chickens, trying to figure out what part of the world we want to re-shape - please note the sarcasm. It is only human, I guess. But just as I had resigned myself to being a headless chicken, a boss at work said something which made sense.
We were talking about the professional goals people have for themselves and he likened the situation to that of a man on a river trying to cross over to get to the other side - that raise, that next promotion. But once he crosses the river, he realises that there is another river to cross and so on. He said that his boss once told him to forget about the river and imagine the person on the top of the hill at the end of all those rivers whom he wants to be. Imagine the life that person has lead, the experiences he has, the different characteristics he possesses. Imagine it all in excruciating detail and work backwards from there. Somehow it made a lot of sense.Its been a week since and I am still trying to imagine my person on top of the hill but that is another story.
On a somewhat related note, I asked a friend of mine why he didn't blog. And he said that he didn't have enough to whine about. :) I read my post and boy!! Udit, I now know what you mean.
We were talking about the professional goals people have for themselves and he likened the situation to that of a man on a river trying to cross over to get to the other side - that raise, that next promotion. But once he crosses the river, he realises that there is another river to cross and so on. He said that his boss once told him to forget about the river and imagine the person on the top of the hill at the end of all those rivers whom he wants to be. Imagine the life that person has lead, the experiences he has, the different characteristics he possesses. Imagine it all in excruciating detail and work backwards from there. Somehow it made a lot of sense.Its been a week since and I am still trying to imagine my person on top of the hill but that is another story.
On a somewhat related note, I asked a friend of mine why he didn't blog. And he said that he didn't have enough to whine about. :) I read my post and boy!! Udit, I now know what you mean.
posted by Karthik at 1:16 PM
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