Why you should Take-Up a Career Path of your Interest?

The state of education is still the same what it was years ago, and the mentalities related are same too. Not much has changed. Years back children used to study for the sake of grades, competition, for reputable job, money and were compared to their peers, that, “see their child scored that much in exams” , “their son has landed up a lucrative job” ; many more such, to induce in children a feeling of rising higher than others. And it’s all same today also.  Even I would say worse; as now education is all commercialized we pay to remain in the competition and pay more to win over others. No value of self-exploration and real identity. We do work because we were told and taught to do so. We hardly know who we are, we excel in what, where the minds’ sharpness lies, which work we can do sincerely with full devotion; we are nil about ourselves. 90% of us will talk about world crisis, problems but don’t know real us. If someone tries to move towards the path of his/her interest the people around hold them back forcing to follow the legacy.  We are moving into an era of mechanization, performing actions without giving it a thought just like a computer would do.

Why? Why follow this blind path which you yourself don’t know where it will end up? Why not follow your heart and pursue a career with your mind? Why can’t you have a career in which you are good at be it dance, writing, singing, or any kind of performing art or entrepreneurship?  I mean, come on stop behaving like herd of sheep!  Watching the movie “3 Idiots”, coming out praising concept and protagonist will not help you! Ponder over it expand your attention span.

I have listed out some of the reasons to follow your passion...hope this make you dream a little big and bold.

• To understand who you are.
• To not just mechanically do work rather to enjoy it.
• To have a work satisfaction, that is very less right now in service class.
• For being unique among the crowd.
• To feel happy and contented every day when you return home.
• To avoid boredom in your work.
• To utilize your caliber to the fullest.
• To have circle of like minded people who inspire you, criticize and help you improve.
• To become an achiever.
• To get-up each day with a passion for your workplace rather going for monetary reasons or just because you have to go.
• To justify your existence and identity.
• To present yourself everywhere in an excellent way.
• To be honest to yourself, your actions and your work.
• To avoid pretending yourself as who are not actually.
• Escape the state of conflict between the inner and the outer self.

Aren’t these things important for a contented life? We all feel happiness from within when we witness any of the above mentioned states. That joy knows no boundaries.

Don’t stop your child from pursuing what interests him/her. By doing this you are restricting the mental improvement, learning, satisfaction and later life contentment. You are just telling them to indulge in slavery of age old mindset. All the famous people out there, in performing arts, entrepreneurship or any unconventional career, with national or international identity, who followed their instincts, have been mostly college dropouts. I read somewhere that even Einstein used to hate the school system of education. Cultivate brain with nutrients of interest and reap the unimaginable success.