Rock your career boat once in a while!
By: Kiran Prabhu D P
Tags: Purpose Of Life, Mentoring Matters, Careers, Purpose Driven Life, Financial Freedom

Rock your career boat once in a while!

Statistics show that more than 80% of the work force ,specifically in IT are unhappy with their job or job profiles they are in . There are various reasons stated as part of that research . What ever may be the reason , there is a strong evidence out of all these factors that is worrisome to the industry. Many of those unhappy souls are in the same role for a long time and even worse , does not know what to do about it ! Biggest factor of all is , they can’t take chances because there are EMI’s to pay to secure the future . This is an Irony of life because you are trying to secure a future putting your present career in danger . What ever may be the reason for this stagnation , there seems to be a gap between not knowing what to do and not knowing what we love. We seem to be doing things in an auto pilot mode , because the work guarantees a fat check even when things are not well. When the career is in auto pilot mode , you are not likely to think deep . This leads to frustration towards the later part of the career , because it would be too late to change or you simply give up ! So as a first step , here is what has worked for some of the successful people around the globe. When I say success , do not associate the word to having lot of money but link it to fulfillment in the role you play and the growth you see hence . So Successful people know one thing for sure— The very purpose of their existence. They would inquire into why they exist and hence what they love doing even if it is not “Lucrative enough” in terms of monetary benefits . Sure it’s difficult to know what you really love doing because you are busy and cannot think. So rock your career boat once in a while and see what you really like doing . Change roles , Switch jobs , get trained or any other steps which would lead to single realization of why you exist :) . In short , get exposed and get vulnerable so that you know what you like to do. Sometimes it could be an extension of what you are already doing or it could be a completely different domain which you love digging into and dirty your hands. Remember the movie “3 idiots “ where in one of the protagonist is an engineer. He really loves photography but never been able to decide to take a plunge until a friendly nudge comes from a friend :) .Not everyone are lucky because not everyone will have a friend like Rancho ! There you go , your work just got bigger . You do not know what you love and you do not have a friend . But certainly you have one thing — A realization that you are not happy with your current role and that would act as a guiding principle to let you know what you want to do ! once you manage to figure out what you love , you will have everything at your disposal to embrace it because there is more than just the motivation to earn , there is a purpose to your madness and that will guide you to succeed and hence achieve fulfillment towards your life ! Here is a simple picture that summarizes my thought — “Rock your Career Boat” . You have to decide if you want to have a “Good ride” or a great “Wow factor” in your ride . Choice is right within your reach !