Life may not have been this
(wonderfully) hard. I see people who put real trusts, show great care, and the
same time burning passion in a certain degree. Ideally, you can get a golden ticket;
get a position where you can develop tremendously; be passionate about the job;
create high impact and live wealthy. But that, my friend, is not what I am
getting.
I am getting a serious
challenge instead; one that I know will contribute much to my maturity. I am
faced with a number of options. Great options, by the way. And after thorough
deliberation, I am proud that the real dilemma can be narrowed down into three
options.
The first one allows me to
learn something that I think (at least right now) I am passionate about. I can
pursue my dream to create an impact in an organization, through its people. The
downside is, the organization has faced a reputation challenge in the past, the
one that I feel really irritated about because I am afraid it will ruin mine
too. But the promise is high, also is the appreciation, the seriousness, it’s
the best.
The second one, allows me to
experience “real business”, ups and downs and at the same time, sense of
authority – an opportunity to become a real leader, in such young age. It’s
going to give me the set skills I need to survive anywhere in my career. The
downside is the fact that this is not what I have wanted to master at, which is
human development.
The third one is my comfort
zone, the place where I know exactly what’s in front of my eyes, including what
I will and will not get out of the process. It provides me the chance and work
with talented people, which so far has rewarded me with huge positive energy.
Some part of my brain pushes me
to go with my pre-determined goal, which is to become a specialist. I badly
want to deep dive into something real (something that is not a function).
Passion is, without doubt, the torch in this journey.
The other part of me struggled
much not to miss an opportunity to become a true leader, warrior and gladiator.
In the end, I don’t know. I always end up getting confused. One person asked me
to follow my heart (actually everybody did, including myself). Maybe, that is
where I shall go.
It’s now a virtue and a curse
of being someone who was born as part of generation Y. I aspire big. I hope
these opportunities will come at the right time (read: soonest in life).
I was born in the era when
people told you to just work according to your passion that you don’t settle
for less than the work you love (Steve Jobs). Unfortunately, we fail to
recognize the fact that time does its own math and logic. Things don’t fall
into places at the wrong time. They do when they think it’s time.
You thought you know what’s
ahead of you and what you really, really want. In fact, you might be wrong, for
you are not exposed to the “real world” yet. You can be stubborn you want to
accelerate every process. You want to fast forward your career to the phase
where you enjoy making impactful decision to certain number of people, with
great set of challenges that keep you grow or positive energy and rewarding
compensation. But hey, we need to know what we need to know.
Processes taught us best. We
just need to get through the processes, with patience and continuous hard work,
where Napoleon Hill added perspiration and persistence on to the table.
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