So the other day I was getting my hair cut, oh yeah I do that too, although many of you may think otherwise :P. Anyways, there I had an interesting conversation with one of the hair stylists. It was that conversation which made me curious to think about what is important in our life & obviously it prompted me to give you all a piece of my mind ;).
So in the salon they had this big LCD on which they were watching Indian Idols Junior. For those who were occupied with their work/life and don't know if such a show was aired or not, then let me tell you that it was aired on Sony Entertainment Television. Where, as the name suggests, the participants were children, below the age of 15. So coming back to the topic, the thing that bothered me was that children who can't differentiate between right and wrong were showing off their talents. But the boiling question is that can you substitute a kid's talent with a his/her education?
Now I am not against allowing a child to follow their dreams no matter how bizarre they may seem. But for me education holds a very important place in a person's life. Think of it this way, you are a superb dancer. But you can't dance all your life. After a certain age you would be out of the business. Now you would say, yeah so what, if I can't dance, I would make others dance & open my own dance school. But to run a successful dance school you not only need to know how to dance but also how to manage the other aspects of the school apart from dance. If you are thinking about money and management then you are thinking correctly. Now to some, the management part comes naturally but not all are like that and they are the ones who fade away. And in today's world you can't survive, leave 'growing' out of the picture, if you limit yourself to a limited skill-set. You've to be diverse in nature and skill-set as well. I think today what we need is to follow our natural talent as then work will be a joyous journey and to top that you will earn for enjoying. Remember that our parents laid a lot of emphasis on education. It's coz they foresaw this day, that times would be tough in the future and take my word it ain't gonna get any easier in the future as well. But today and in the future what we all need to focus is on our natural talent and education. Be a talented singer, dancer or app designer but along with that, try developing some entrepreneurial skills. These skills combined with your natural talent would take you to unimaginable heights. Also don't forget it's never to late. If you weren't able to goto school in the past because of any situation, but are presently doing well then, don't be shy to enrol yourself in some kind of skill building classes. Forget what the society would say or your relatives/friends would laugh at you for doing that. Remember they aren't paying for bringing up your family, also you can always take all that negativity and make it your driving force.
I know I went way off topic but the crux is neither mere talent nor education would enable you to survive in the coming future so be diversely-talented or if you think that you've lived your life then pass this advice to your kids.
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