Friday, March 28, 2008

What do you want to be when you grow up?

A few weeks ago I was invited to talk at the National University of Singapore, to about 300 young students who were about to enter the university. Of course the theme was on careers and choices that people have. True to style, I changed my presentation completely minutes before I was to speak.
Some of the things that I focused on were
- you really do not need to know what you want to be when you grow up!!
What is much more important is that you know who you are.
- what drives you, what you excel at, what you are passionate about, and what success means to you?
Another aspect that surprised a few of the young attendees at the session was that each of us change with time.
The discussion then went towards what success meant to different people. We had a few answers from the audience, but the truth is that success means different things to different people. For those of you who come across this entry in my blog , do let me know what success means to you

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