I just had a conversation with a dear friend studying in one of the best MBA Colleges of India.The Internship week is coming near and so he was busy giving the final touches to his CV.The problem with being among the best is that whatever you might be or have achieved in your life , is mitigated by someone or something.
As they say "There is always a bigger fish".
So this friend who has superb Academics and Extra Curricular record is tense about his CV and the competition and whether he will be selected by the Companies.
Is there any end to this.Personally I like competing.The Sweet taste of victory one experiences is Brilliant but i feel it is also suffocating.
What is more important .Competition or being happy?
Until you know that your neighbour drives a better car than you ,you would not start thinking about it.People say that don't look what others have.But such things do affect us,the magnitude varies from person to person.
Somehow i am not a very ambitious person, or that is what i feel , so somehow after such thoughts creep into my mind i find ways to pacify myself into being content with what i have got.
But the point is , what is all this competition leading us to.Yes competition brings out the best in us but what is the limit of competition. When is it enough to secure something and say yes this is it.Now i have proved myself and I am out of all this competition.
Sadly in today's Capitalist Economy with Cut Throat Competition where Running is the key to survival this case looks just jike a figment of Imagination..
Though i say all this , I am also running the same race.
But the problem with such "Rat Race" is that even if you win you still are a RAT...That too running even after reaching the finish line since the track is circular and there is no Beginning and no End....
October 1, 2008 at 1:02 PM
Figments of imagination seems familiar.. ya d story book in class-X.. :)
Neways frnd i have something to say on this one...
Our needs will never be done unless we want them to..
What i feel is one's 'improvement' will be a more balanced and justified word than 'competing'..
So when you are happy with your progress, nothing else really matters..
waahhh kyaaa baat kahi hai mainee... hehehehehe...
enjoyyyy n tk cr..
October 1, 2008 at 11:34 PM
he he .... kudos abhi....
haan ekdum 4 aane sach baat boli hai !!! :)
October 9, 2008 at 10:43 AM
very true dude....
now think of a guy who is also caught in a similar environment, that too with a bad academic and extracurricular record :(
October 10, 2008 at 4:49 AM
hmmm.... i can understand what u must b experiencing ....
dont worry... u wil manage just fine....
just keep going !!
October 19, 2008 at 1:25 PM
U have just written in plain and simple english the truth of life, my friend... How's this as food for thought....
"Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must outrun the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning in Africa, a lion wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the slowest gazelle, or it will starve. It doesn’t matter whether you’re a lion or gazelle - when the sun comes up, you’d better be running."
October 19, 2008 at 10:05 PM
Yes i know.. but seems simple and obvious is not always the easiest to incorporate in life...
October 28, 2008 at 12:14 PM
your THAT friend is my room mate... :-)
Nice chain of thought though.
January 9, 2010 at 5:22 AM
mani....
tm jaise ho waise hoache ho..
bilkul mat badalna...
jus b normal n dnt get into stupid competitions...
ok honey!!
lov u...