Over the years we have seen many
personal development gurus talking about how important it is to find what you
like to do, what you are so passionate of doing. The reason is this passion
will drive you to go beyond your capacity. These statements was misleading me
and I was talking with few of my other friends with similar backgrounds, are
you doing what you really like, and are you passionate about what you are
doing. They were doing exceptionally well at their current positions and surprisingly
the responses were not in line with what the famous personal development gurus
were thinking.
Majority of us are not sure of
what we really want out of life or what we are really passionate about. For
most of us life is a mystery, which at times does not make much sense. But further
analysis showed the success behind some of the young executives is not mainly
due to their passion on what they do. They are challenge seekers. Generation Y
unlike Generation X are driven with challenge and there is red ocean
competition between young executives to prove that one is better than the other.
Generation Y has built a lot of self-ego
around them and continuous challenges has proven to become a critical motivator
for these young executives representing the Generation Y. Time has come to
revisit the traditional techniques and methods that were deemed to be the
mantras of success.
One has to challenge himself to
understand his boundaries; it may as well be limitless. Time is ripe for most
of us who spend 9 hours working on the same old job, same old role to rethink and
challenge our status quo. More comfortable you are in what you do, the
opportunity to grow is hindered. Time has come to challenge ourselves to go beyond
what we have already achieved.
May be you could be wondering why
your next promotion is not working, what to do to ensure that you get your next
promotion. I was going through a motivational video and the advice was very
simple. You need to “Work on Your Work”.
You need to continuously improve on the way you work, how you work, processes
or tools used, invest on skill building or it could be investment on a
professional qualification. Unless you are willing to challenge yourself, our
horizons will always be limited.
I agree. Some people say you need to stop doing what you are doing if you are not happy and some say you need to go experimenting until you find what you love. In reality, you might not necessarily know what your passion is. For some it could be doing different things and not sticking in to one field or sector. But, is the environment, society, economy facilitating anyone follow their passion?
ReplyDeleteYes I agree with your point. Most of the life's decisions could be driven by the external environment. For example you might take a job for the simplest of reasons of having a good pay and you are in need of money. Even within those circumstantial decisions the trend in Gen Y tends more towards seeking challenge and its one of they key things that they sought after. What are your views on this?
ReplyDeleteAgreed totally about the fact that the Gen Y tends to prefer being challenged. Yes but for someone challenging could be shifting fields every five years and being great at it because with the faster learning curves Gen Y possesses, one industry, one field some times turn in to stagnant situations. But does the real world facilitate these moves? No. So no matter how much passionate you are from shifting to marketing from finance few years down the line, the financial barriers would stop you unless you find one of those rare companies who would accept you with a risk.
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