impasse
There are times when we get stuck. Beyond a point, we ain't able to move further. Caught in a vicious circle, with no opening at the other end. And, then there is a glimmer of hope, a tiny ray of sunlight which promises us freedom.I have always lived life on my terms. Atleast I have tried, succeeding sometimes and mostly failing. No matter I tried and came out with my own innovations to buck the trend. Being an average student at school, I believed that inside me there were infinite possibilities. What I lacked was a mentor who could guide me. I had my share of mistakes, learned from them and moved on. With a constant endeavor to improve and go one up on myself. The same trend continued even during my graduation days.
Now I was to take a crucial decision in my life. Clearly I wasnt up to it. From school, college is the obvious road to tread but what beyond that.......I hadnt clue to this!
My parents made this choice for me. There is time, you need to brush up your skills, MBA is the way forward. In our country, MBA is another degree you earn for improving your matrimony chances and for girl's it buys them more time before taking the plunge into married life. Excuse me for being cynical, I am talking out of my experience and the general environment that prevails. Ofcourse to get in a top notch B-School enormous amount of effort needs be put in.
Thats beyond my point, the crux of the discussion is, my future was in a way decided by my parents and I with no better ideas, agreed. It was and I say with dignity and pride the most rewarding experience for me. In college I was still an adoloscent, not responsible enough to be an adult. Here I was on an extended college extragavanza enjoying life to the filt.
For the first time in my life people looked towards me as some kind of a super human. I mean my knowledge and skills were at best average, here I was looked upon as some kind of a genius. No kidding but I had guys crooning up my neck to compare their marks and grades with me. And without making any decent effort I was among the top two students. Wow! some achievement for an underdog like me.
It was all because MBA is about applying the knowledge. You are judged not for memorising the theories and concepts but for using them in real life situations. I was completely at ease here. All I did was attend my classes and concentrate on the finer points, rest all was relative common sense.
Maybe most don't share my viewpoint but that how it went. Now as I want to restart and make a frsh begining, I want to start from the basics. Another MBA degree, only this time it would be real. I want to do it from a international university.
Traditional shopkeeping is what I real detisted but as it turned out I opted for it. Then the circumstances were different and now the ground relaity has chaged. I am more confident and experienced man. I have handled 'situations' on my own. Other than that my life has the crater, for all I know it only goes up from here on.
posted by Shashank Jain @ 10:22 PM
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