It is happening again!
When I was ready to join the neighborhood art school, I was forced into the traditional one. I was ready to accept my masters in Sanskrit, I joined Engineering by sheer peer pressure. I was about to join my dream PG course in Medical Electronics, I was pushed to start a business. I had a great opportunity to present my MBA paper at business sustainability conference in Sweden, I missed the flight! I was about to finish my PhD course, found a bug in the heart! I stayed on… on the sidelines of my moving life!
But in real time, I did not know that – the art school got closed in middle of the year leaving students stranded for a while; only two out of 55 of classmates in Sanskrit school got paying jobs!; Medical Electronics as a degree is yet to yield good value for the profession; Technical snag on the plane which I missed had a disastrous crash; I get to know the real value of life, thanks to my second birth…
Neither did this stop me from – getting several awards for my performances on & off stage; recognition for best Sanskrit playwriting; 5 patents for work on first generation medical devices; being a resident judge for the annual business sustainability conference at Sweden; guiding 4 students in their PhD work and continuing to climb the mountain of fear, everyday!
I thought this is over. I’m on the mainstream, with life.
But, not yet – looks like.
I met this guy in the evening who wanted me to join his company to take the position of its CEO! I asked him why? He says there is a lot of potential in the company – the right guy can explore to make it the best! I asked him why, me? “Oh, I heard that you are always looking for a cool job that will make you happy.” I asked him, why do you think so? He says it is obvious! Not sure what he meant, though.
After a 30 long minutes of grilling, I had to say the truth – “No! I can’t”. “Why not?” was the question. I told him that it is possible for me to build something from scratch and make it big. But, I’m not good at taking care of someone else’s creation or brain child! That’s my biggest weakness.
Just when he was convinced, I get this call from my VC friend asking to take up the managing director’s role in his new firm called – Nirvana!
I think it is happening again!
Looks like it is good to go with the wind, as always! If I’m strong, will remain on course – if not, off course! As binary as it can get! Every coin has two faces that seem to be different – but part of each other!
Doing/being something is more joyful than trying to be someone!
~ from the dairy of a dreamer doer, I admire!