This article is nicely written by one of my buddy Arun Sharma , who
has very energetic and dynamic personality. He shared his wondering
thoughts with me for making me known of life’s purpose and obstacles
coming.
Although this article is for middle class family background guy/gal but after reading it I realized every person faces these kinds of problems somewhere in Life. So thought to share with our Rockers, and get some precious feedback/comments/advise on it:
Although this article is for middle class family background guy/gal but after reading it I realized every person faces these kinds of problems somewhere in Life. So thought to share with our Rockers, and get some precious feedback/comments/advise on it:
“I have been a part of a regular middle class family and have even thought of starting something of your own, am sure you’d associate with the headline itself!Where are your going , not finished yet …please share your thoughts/comments after all IT’S OUR LIFE & LIFE HAS NO CTRL+Z.
I don’t intend to hurt anyone here, still if you did, sorry about it! Getting to the points, straightaway!
Marriage:
About a year back one of my very close friends told me about a product idea. I liked the idea and told him I could work with him on that if he’s willing to seriously build it. His answer was – “yaar abhi job nahi chhod sakta, 6 mahine mein shaadi hai” [Dude, I can’t quit job right now, getting married in 6 months]. Okay, get married but why do you want give up on an idea you believe in? Your girl will understand, won’t she?
Guess what? Obviously, he never build it and few months back I saw someone roll exactly that product out and is quite close to getting funded too! Yeah, my friend’s “happily married”, barely at 26!
Oh! And that concept of getting your kids married at the right age => guys before 28 and gals by 24-25 max! I’ve always stressed, there’s nothing called such as a “right age” – why not just get married when you are ready – 25 or 32 – how does it matter? I hope you’re not thinking about that old shit about retiring and then marrying your kids before that <- actually="" i="" is="" problem="" root="" that="" the="">->
Family:
Sorry to say, but the uncles and the aunts in our (normal middle class) families are the worst. They will keep asking your salary, some of them every single month. These relatives are probably the ones whose kids would have done “nothing” in their lives, graduated from some (worthless) A league institution in India and landed a fat paying job. And believe me these are absolutely good for nothing folks. If you are a startup guy, you already know that, don’t you... They would join a company through campus placement and would be too scared that they would spend their entire life within that single organization – without even doing something innovative! These uncles would be happy to show the entire family that the ad in TOI today was done by their kid while all that ad would have is a bollywood diva holding a soap bar in her hand. THAT’S IT!?! That’s all you learnt in your fancy Tech/B School?
To share another case, one such highly respected family member told me to look for a career in animation, back in 2006-07. Recently, I met him at another family gathering a few months back and he said “tum animation me kuch kyu nahi try karte?” [Why don’t you try something in animation?] I was like…dude? You are still the same! Your thoughts are still stuck where they were 4-5 years back! By the way, this member is probably the highest respected person in my family and heads delivery at a multimillion business and travels abroad every month. Yeah, (sadly) that’s what puts the stamp on his authority!
Am quite sure even Steve Jobs or Bill Gates would have spent more time with their families at his age (and still earned much more if that’s what you want to hear).
Flat:
The other fantasy about middle class family people owns a flat! I never get this point. I, really don’t! Why do they want your kid to buy a flat and then spend the rest of his life paying back the loan? Coming from middle class, we’ve never had loads of money to spend. So the way out always is to pay probably a 10% or even less initially and then take a loan for 60% for the next 15-20 years.
And is duly supported by our financial system! Go and try to raise money for your startup and the same money for a home, you’ll know what I mean!
Once you have a loan on your head, that too a home loan, for not less than 40-50 Lacs, am sure you wouldn’t be willing to take a risk, would you? And that tension of repaying that loan! Anyways, there is very little probability that our kids would stay in that house for long. They’d go places, do stuff in life and make it big themselves!
I realized most people, even though agreed to this, say it’s inconclusive.
I must add this: The point is that people, who can bear all these pressures and can still achieve one goal of their heart, are the ones whom we call SUCCESSFUL!
Thanks… “
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