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....
