Commitment and Passion

To succeed in our professional careers, we need to have a lot of commitment and passion. The successful ones have both of these characteristics in plenty. But today unfortunately, young professionals want to have it the easy way. It doesn’t dawn on them that success is a byproduct of an activity and canot be tasted without hardwork. The early days of ones professional life is very crucial towards achieving great things in life. Money should not be the first prerogative during that phase. It is the learning that is important. In those formative years one must cultivate good attitude, wiliingness to give oneself to the job in hand and a passion for whatever one is doing. Once these characteristics have taken seed, then there is always a chance that succes may come your way. I am the head of a software training center where I mostly employ young graduates as trainers. These youngsters have no clue about the industry and its requirements. All that they know is that there is money in the field and they want to make as much of it as possible in quick time. At the outset they are not interested in training, but have joined us because they could not get employment anywhere else. After having gotten in, their attitude is so pathetic, that we regret why we employed them in the first place. In spite of groming them, they are always on the look out for a different job. To them, Training is a menial job meant for people who are not capable of anything else.Astounding!!!!.

I have dedicated my career to training and I dont regret a wee bit. My point is not everybody can teach. So its perfectly acceptable that one may want to move on life to more suited areas, but once into a job there must be total commitment to it. Otherwise ,there is no justice at both ends. Any job for a fresher should be a dream come true. Its the first straw they hold to climb up. They must use it as an oppurtunity to refine themselves for better oppurtunities. A time will come when the organization cannot hold them, that is the time to leave and seek greener pastures.

I have witnessed innumerable cases where despite tutoring freshers in all these aspects, they would still go their own way. I feel sad when that happens because they will learn the importance of all these the hard way, when they will have no choice. Well, if it is their destiny then nobody can change it. It is my firm opinion that any job done with sincerity and commitment would result in the betterment of that person. Successful lives are testimonials to this principle.