One of the pursuits the humans waste major part of their life on is
career. Every human being in the civilized society is conditioned right
from childhood to think of career as a must-achieve goal without which
the life would be an epic fail! Now it's so crazily pursued that
learning, curiosity and creativity have become almost totally
career-oriented today and hence, so dull.
Personally, as a truth-seeker, I don't think career is that important a thing to make. I believe in making a successful life. And success is not wealth, but fulfillment. Career and everything else is immaterial. Here, career is not to be confused with life. Career is just one fraction of life. When your life itself is successful, it goes without saying, that everything in it is but success!
I do not believe in working. Life is to live. But still, in this world you can't survive without earning money. For that reason I have written this career guide which is unique in that it keeps successful life as a primary goal and then shows how you can make a successful career in real sense.
How to make a really successful career? – A Career Guide
The always-up question in the minds of confused career-chasers is this: What to make a career of? Meaning, which field to choose as a career? Most people never try to figure out the answer to this question. Some people try it, but fail at figuring it out. Some people think they have figured it out, but are actually blind to see that what they have figured out is not true! Result: Seldom is one fulfilled in life. I am saying life, because what good is career if there's no fulfillment in life!
What is the answer to this question?
Well, I think you should try to make money out of something which you would anyway do in your life even when you didn't need money. Something which is your true interest. Like, what's your favorite pastime activity?
Don't frown. I know that there's nothing new in what I just said. You have probably heard this million-dollar piece of advice a hundred times and found it to be good-for-nothing. But let me tell you, this is the only way to make a successful career in real sense! And I am now going to say some new things as you read on, to make this piece of advice at least good-for-something for you this time.
Where's the problem?
Most people find this piece of advice good-for-nothing for the reason that they think there's no scope for career in the things (activities) they are interested in.
But the fact is, in this world, if one is creative enough then one can make a career out of anything. If you are creative enough then you can make money even by selling shit. And everyone can be that creative, too. But most people never realize this in their blind pursuit of worldly things which is encouraged by the borrowed wisdom they live on.
Let me not miss out a very important bit of knowledge here. You will find such interest and the way to make money through it only if you look at money as a tool to decently survive in this world, and not as wealth which has to be collected as much as possible. If you look at money as wealth, and not as a mere tool to decently survive in this world, then you will never make enough of it by following your interests or otherwise. In that case, whether you think of your career as successful or not is unimportant, because I am sure there won't be fulfillment in life. In my view success is not wealth. So, a really successful career is that when you are doing only what you truly love and making money just enough to decently survive in this world. If you can accumulate wealth then great, but if not, that's not the object at all.
Coming back to the point, it's about creativity. You can not say that there's no scope in what you are interested in. Let me throw light on this. What is your interest which you think there's no career in? Writing? You can find successful people living today making good enough money writing. Photography? You can find successful photographers living in the same time and in the same world as you. Music? There are enough of successful musicians around to dispel the doubt about scope in music. Painting? Good number of painters are making decent money. You see, the point is, you name a field and there are people living off it quite decently. If there's no scope then how did they manage it? Have you ever given thought to it?
At this point, people come up with the argument of opportunities. It says, some people get opportunities while most people don't. And so, it's not easy for everyone to make a career in something one is truly interested in. Well, to some extent it is true. But in most of the cases it's just an excuse made up to conceal the lack of enough creativity. Giving such an excuse to oneself helps psychologically to avoid depression-like feeling. Besides, remember, creativity always finds opportunities sooner than later.
Still not helping?
If what I said so far is not helping then here I am giving some of the possible reasons why it's not helping and a solution, so that you can work on it.
It's possible that –
This list can be enlarged, but that's not necessary.
Basically, here's the problem and the solution: It's imperative to understand that in order to get one thing right, one has to make many other things right too, which may not be directly related to the thing in concern. That's where people fail.
Say, career is A, and there are many other things in life which are in B to Z.
To fix A you have to fix B to Z too. But people often keep saying how can I fix A, when XY and Z are posing limitations? They are not able (nay, mostly, not willing) to fix XYZ. The reason invariably is that XY and Z happen to offer them other alluring benefits which don't allow people to tinker with them, and eventually they end up with A unfixed.
To identity and fix things, go on asking Why Why Why at every level, starting with, Why are you not pursuing your interests? And that way everything that needs to be fixed (of B to Z, that is) will be clear before you. Then think what these things offer you for which you are unwilling to fix them.
As for the social barriers, think what these people offer you for which you can't act against their expectations. Maybe your loved ones want you to be a computer engineer while you want to be a singer. But you are unwilling to go against their expectations to fix this problem because you don't want to lose their love.
Maybe you have a financial responsibility towards your family because of which you are compelled to do that job which gives you enough money at the moment. In that case you may not be able to give enough time to pursue the thing of your interest. But remember, it's never too late to start living! You can always change your field when the circumstances improve. All you will lose is your comfort zone. But you have got to understand the importance of what you would gain. A truly intelligent person certainly will understand that fulfillment in life is the highest goal. Now if you tell that circumstances never improve then that's not true!
It's up to you whether or not you want to fix things, and how you want to go about it. It may take time, with no limit, to fix things. But important is to work on it.
For the other two reasons, too, the solution is along the same lines. You have got to fix everything, from your circumstances to your attitude.
What's the point?
You may ask, what's the point of this career guide? The point is this: Making a career out of your interest is absolutely in your hands. It just depends on whether or not you are willing to fix what needs to be fixed of "B to Z", that is, give up on alluring benefits your present situation offers you (be it parental love, social acceptance/admiration, financial abundance, or anything else that makes up your comfort zone), and sincerely follow your true nature with perseverance.
If you are unwilling to fix everything then forget about making a really successful career and stop grumbling about it if you are.
Personally, as a truth-seeker, I don't think career is that important a thing to make. I believe in making a successful life. And success is not wealth, but fulfillment. Career and everything else is immaterial. Here, career is not to be confused with life. Career is just one fraction of life. When your life itself is successful, it goes without saying, that everything in it is but success!
I do not believe in working. Life is to live. But still, in this world you can't survive without earning money. For that reason I have written this career guide which is unique in that it keeps successful life as a primary goal and then shows how you can make a successful career in real sense.
How to make a really successful career? – A Career Guide
The always-up question in the minds of confused career-chasers is this: What to make a career of? Meaning, which field to choose as a career? Most people never try to figure out the answer to this question. Some people try it, but fail at figuring it out. Some people think they have figured it out, but are actually blind to see that what they have figured out is not true! Result: Seldom is one fulfilled in life. I am saying life, because what good is career if there's no fulfillment in life!
What is the answer to this question?
Well, I think you should try to make money out of something which you would anyway do in your life even when you didn't need money. Something which is your true interest. Like, what's your favorite pastime activity?
Don't frown. I know that there's nothing new in what I just said. You have probably heard this million-dollar piece of advice a hundred times and found it to be good-for-nothing. But let me tell you, this is the only way to make a successful career in real sense! And I am now going to say some new things as you read on, to make this piece of advice at least good-for-something for you this time.
Where's the problem?
Most people find this piece of advice good-for-nothing for the reason that they think there's no scope for career in the things (activities) they are interested in.
But the fact is, in this world, if one is creative enough then one can make a career out of anything. If you are creative enough then you can make money even by selling shit. And everyone can be that creative, too. But most people never realize this in their blind pursuit of worldly things which is encouraged by the borrowed wisdom they live on.
Let me not miss out a very important bit of knowledge here. You will find such interest and the way to make money through it only if you look at money as a tool to decently survive in this world, and not as wealth which has to be collected as much as possible. If you look at money as wealth, and not as a mere tool to decently survive in this world, then you will never make enough of it by following your interests or otherwise. In that case, whether you think of your career as successful or not is unimportant, because I am sure there won't be fulfillment in life. In my view success is not wealth. So, a really successful career is that when you are doing only what you truly love and making money just enough to decently survive in this world. If you can accumulate wealth then great, but if not, that's not the object at all.
Coming back to the point, it's about creativity. You can not say that there's no scope in what you are interested in. Let me throw light on this. What is your interest which you think there's no career in? Writing? You can find successful people living today making good enough money writing. Photography? You can find successful photographers living in the same time and in the same world as you. Music? There are enough of successful musicians around to dispel the doubt about scope in music. Painting? Good number of painters are making decent money. You see, the point is, you name a field and there are people living off it quite decently. If there's no scope then how did they manage it? Have you ever given thought to it?
At this point, people come up with the argument of opportunities. It says, some people get opportunities while most people don't. And so, it's not easy for everyone to make a career in something one is truly interested in. Well, to some extent it is true. But in most of the cases it's just an excuse made up to conceal the lack of enough creativity. Giving such an excuse to oneself helps psychologically to avoid depression-like feeling. Besides, remember, creativity always finds opportunities sooner than later.
Still not helping?
If what I said so far is not helping then here I am giving some of the possible reasons why it's not helping and a solution, so that you can work on it.
It's possible that –
- You have got social barriers. Meaning, some social responsibilities owing to which you are unable to give time to your interests. These responsibilities may be anything from emotional to financial.
- You don't want to compromise on your social status. Maybe the activity you are interested in does not command as much social admiration as you desire. Social acceptance and admiration is dear to you even at the cost of genuine fulfillment in life.
- You are simply obsessed with wealth and fame and opulence, and you are seeing career as a tool to get just that.
This list can be enlarged, but that's not necessary.
Basically, here's the problem and the solution: It's imperative to understand that in order to get one thing right, one has to make many other things right too, which may not be directly related to the thing in concern. That's where people fail.
Say, career is A, and there are many other things in life which are in B to Z.
To fix A you have to fix B to Z too. But people often keep saying how can I fix A, when XY and Z are posing limitations? They are not able (nay, mostly, not willing) to fix XYZ. The reason invariably is that XY and Z happen to offer them other alluring benefits which don't allow people to tinker with them, and eventually they end up with A unfixed.
To identity and fix things, go on asking Why Why Why at every level, starting with, Why are you not pursuing your interests? And that way everything that needs to be fixed (of B to Z, that is) will be clear before you. Then think what these things offer you for which you are unwilling to fix them.
As for the social barriers, think what these people offer you for which you can't act against their expectations. Maybe your loved ones want you to be a computer engineer while you want to be a singer. But you are unwilling to go against their expectations to fix this problem because you don't want to lose their love.
Maybe you have a financial responsibility towards your family because of which you are compelled to do that job which gives you enough money at the moment. In that case you may not be able to give enough time to pursue the thing of your interest. But remember, it's never too late to start living! You can always change your field when the circumstances improve. All you will lose is your comfort zone. But you have got to understand the importance of what you would gain. A truly intelligent person certainly will understand that fulfillment in life is the highest goal. Now if you tell that circumstances never improve then that's not true!
It's up to you whether or not you want to fix things, and how you want to go about it. It may take time, with no limit, to fix things. But important is to work on it.
For the other two reasons, too, the solution is along the same lines. You have got to fix everything, from your circumstances to your attitude.
What's the point?
You may ask, what's the point of this career guide? The point is this: Making a career out of your interest is absolutely in your hands. It just depends on whether or not you are willing to fix what needs to be fixed of "B to Z", that is, give up on alluring benefits your present situation offers you (be it parental love, social acceptance/admiration, financial abundance, or anything else that makes up your comfort zone), and sincerely follow your true nature with perseverance.
If you are unwilling to fix everything then forget about making a really successful career and stop grumbling about it if you are.
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