"Look at this person, he was born in a poor family. Worked hard. Studied well. Now he is a software engineer in USA. You know what he drives a brand new Lexus car. His salary is more than XX million dollars. This is how you should be successful...."
"Have you seen this photo in this magazine. This person worked so hard that he finished the XXXX professional course. Now he has got his own consultancy. Look at this, recently he constructed this big bungalow costing 5 crores...."
I was overhearing a mother coaching her young son during one of my recent train travel looking at the photos from the magazine that she borrowed from me.
We don't lose single opportunity to coach our children to be successful. No doubt we want them to be successful. But are we telling them the real meaning of success or trying to just give them the thought that success means acquiring so many gadgets in life whether big or small?
Great salary.. big bungalow... big position.. work at abroad.. big caaaars.. i phones.. dining at five star.. travel by flight.. designer suits.. exorbitantly priced perfumes..farm houses.. holidays in foreign destinations.. great bank balance... the list is endless.
The more one acquires the above the more successful he is.
When we read the rags to riches stories like Bill gates, Michael Dell, Richard Branson, Steve jobs, Ambanis, Narayana Murthy most of the time the focus is on the wealth they amassed. People are baffled at thousands of crores of wealth that these success icons accumulated.
To get there we have always a success formula written in stone..
Read well.. work hard.. don't waste even a minute.. make it to IIT, make it to IIM, then join a overseas conglomerate and you arrived in life.
Is it something like human life is meant for amassing wealth? Are we missing some vital link here?
Probably we are only looking at the glamorous side of the success icons. (excuse me for being partially judgemental)
The attitude that these success icons developed towards work and life, the discipline which they acquired, the vision with which they worked seem to be completely ignored.
Why not we concentrate on building character of children than just making them ready to be money machines?
Why don't we teach them life skills like being emotionally balanced, having clarity on what to do in life (I am not talking about IIM or IIT) ?
Why can't we concentrate on making them the better human beings?
Then should we ignore the hunt for money concept?
NO.. but let not... the hunt for money become the only purpose of life.
If having so many gadgets and having lavish life style only are the success parameters then Dawood Ibrahim also should be considered as most successful person.
"Have you seen this photo in this magazine. This person worked so hard that he finished the XXXX professional course. Now he has got his own consultancy. Look at this, recently he constructed this big bungalow costing 5 crores...."
I was overhearing a mother coaching her young son during one of my recent train travel looking at the photos from the magazine that she borrowed from me.
We don't lose single opportunity to coach our children to be successful. No doubt we want them to be successful. But are we telling them the real meaning of success or trying to just give them the thought that success means acquiring so many gadgets in life whether big or small?
Great salary.. big bungalow... big position.. work at abroad.. big caaaars.. i phones.. dining at five star.. travel by flight.. designer suits.. exorbitantly priced perfumes..farm houses.. holidays in foreign destinations.. great bank balance... the list is endless.
The more one acquires the above the more successful he is.
When we read the rags to riches stories like Bill gates, Michael Dell, Richard Branson, Steve jobs, Ambanis, Narayana Murthy most of the time the focus is on the wealth they amassed. People are baffled at thousands of crores of wealth that these success icons accumulated.
To get there we have always a success formula written in stone..
Read well.. work hard.. don't waste even a minute.. make it to IIT, make it to IIM, then join a overseas conglomerate and you arrived in life.
Is it something like human life is meant for amassing wealth? Are we missing some vital link here?
Probably we are only looking at the glamorous side of the success icons. (excuse me for being partially judgemental)
The attitude that these success icons developed towards work and life, the discipline which they acquired, the vision with which they worked seem to be completely ignored.
Why not we concentrate on building character of children than just making them ready to be money machines?
Why don't we teach them life skills like being emotionally balanced, having clarity on what to do in life (I am not talking about IIM or IIT) ?
Why can't we concentrate on making them the better human beings?
Then should we ignore the hunt for money concept?
NO.. but let not... the hunt for money become the only purpose of life.
If having so many gadgets and having lavish life style only are the success parameters then Dawood Ibrahim also should be considered as most successful person.
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