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Mar 19, 2017
Learn and teach... Take Home #628
Life does not teach. It's we, who must learn from it. Life just happens.
Is the 'Dream Job' real enough?
As I woke up to the morning sky, on this Sunday morning, everything wasn't as usual. Something stuck me from within and I'm in no time here at my blog to put down what's been going on in my mind for a while!
Going back in time to the days of my graduation at Bapatla Engineering College, famously known as BEC in engineering students' circle, I used to start the Sunday mornings by standing in que for Ravva Dosa in girls hostel. I tried a few times to be one of those early-birds to walk away with Dosa without needed to be in the queue. Sleep had always been that hurdle to cross. Late Saturday-night's chitchat being the culprit.
No one so far has been successful in figuring out where the girls' chitchat starts and where it ends. Our chitchat wasn't different either. It used to start during the after-dinner wander on Saturday night and would continue until late night, sometimes till the wee hours of Sunday! In all those lengthy discussions, never we shared with each other about our dream job! Dream company used to be mentioned once in a while though, mostly the choice used to be on the salary basis.
While I was in IIT Delhi to pursue masters, I realized that the basis for choosing the dream company by graduation students was not much different from that of what we had back in BEC. Salary. On the contrary, my classmates and friends from post graduation used to mention about a 'core company' being their dream one. Campus placements did not let everyone settle in their dream companies for the obvious reason. Competition. We moved onto our respective jobs post IIT. Some to their dream companies but none to the dream jobs to be blunt.
Dream company need not give us our dream job. Dream job need not be done at our dream company. This is the reality we missed to count on, back in college.
Does company matter or job? The former can gives salary. And the later, satisfaction. Salary undeniably is important and the basic need too, only until we have handful enough for acquiring a comfortable living. What about satisfaction? It's important too. But the tricky part is, the necessity of satisfaction is usually understood after we earn enough to have a comfortable living. As the 'comfort' is perceived differently by different persons, everyone realizes the need of satisfaction at different times. Some never realize; exceptions exist as everywhere.
Dream company can give us great salary and dream job can give us great satisfaction; excluding the rarest of the rare case where both exist together. All's well?
Does a dream company really give great salary that we stop thinking about a change-over? Does a dream job really give greatest amount of satisfaction that we do not look here and there searching for something more? A dream company exists in reality; but a dream job, does it exist at all in reality? Is the dream job real enough?
Yes and No.
Dream job is a period reality. It exists until we realize something new about ourselves, about something else that can give us better satisfaction, better sense of doing, and a better sense of being. The journey of self-realization does not end unless we breath the last; hence our perception of a dream job keeps upgrading itself without our conscious intervention. With our conscious intervention it upgrades to a different level altogether and that's a way different topic. As long as the perception exist, the dream job exist. The moment the perception changes, our way of thinking of a dream job changes too! It's a fact that we cannot always pursue our dream jobs, given the socioeconomic conditions we and our families are surrounded by. However, once in a while we definitely keep thinking to pursue it. Some people go ahead and pursue it no matter what. Pursuing it itself gives a great sense of relief and satisfaction; whatever that we gain from it is just a bonus.
We must try to pursue our dream jobs, if not full-time at least we must spend sometime doing them irrespective of the profit-loss statements. Life does not blossom with profit and it does not succumb to loss. Life, just like a dream job, is a period reality. We must give our best shot.
No one so far has been successful in figuring out where the girls' chitchat starts and where it ends. Our chitchat wasn't different either. It used to start during the after-dinner wander on Saturday night and would continue until late night, sometimes till the wee hours of Sunday! In all those lengthy discussions, never we shared with each other about our dream job! Dream company used to be mentioned once in a while though, mostly the choice used to be on the salary basis.
While I was in IIT Delhi to pursue masters, I realized that the basis for choosing the dream company by graduation students was not much different from that of what we had back in BEC. Salary. On the contrary, my classmates and friends from post graduation used to mention about a 'core company' being their dream one. Campus placements did not let everyone settle in their dream companies for the obvious reason. Competition. We moved onto our respective jobs post IIT. Some to their dream companies but none to the dream jobs to be blunt.
Dream company need not give us our dream job. Dream job need not be done at our dream company. This is the reality we missed to count on, back in college.
Does company matter or job? The former can gives salary. And the later, satisfaction. Salary undeniably is important and the basic need too, only until we have handful enough for acquiring a comfortable living. What about satisfaction? It's important too. But the tricky part is, the necessity of satisfaction is usually understood after we earn enough to have a comfortable living. As the 'comfort' is perceived differently by different persons, everyone realizes the need of satisfaction at different times. Some never realize; exceptions exist as everywhere.
Dream company can give us great salary and dream job can give us great satisfaction; excluding the rarest of the rare case where both exist together. All's well?
Does a dream company really give great salary that we stop thinking about a change-over? Does a dream job really give greatest amount of satisfaction that we do not look here and there searching for something more? A dream company exists in reality; but a dream job, does it exist at all in reality? Is the dream job real enough?
Yes and No.
Dream job is a period reality. It exists until we realize something new about ourselves, about something else that can give us better satisfaction, better sense of doing, and a better sense of being. The journey of self-realization does not end unless we breath the last; hence our perception of a dream job keeps upgrading itself without our conscious intervention. With our conscious intervention it upgrades to a different level altogether and that's a way different topic. As long as the perception exist, the dream job exist. The moment the perception changes, our way of thinking of a dream job changes too! It's a fact that we cannot always pursue our dream jobs, given the socioeconomic conditions we and our families are surrounded by. However, once in a while we definitely keep thinking to pursue it. Some people go ahead and pursue it no matter what. Pursuing it itself gives a great sense of relief and satisfaction; whatever that we gain from it is just a bonus.
We must try to pursue our dream jobs, if not full-time at least we must spend sometime doing them irrespective of the profit-loss statements. Life does not blossom with profit and it does not succumb to loss. Life, just like a dream job, is a period reality. We must give our best shot.
Mar 7, 2017
Mar 6, 2017
Table land and Mapro garden - PramsPhotography #84
#2015 @Table land and Mapro garden, Mahabaleswar, India
Mapro garden is located on the way to Mahabaleswar from Panchghani. There is a chocolate factory in it and eventually a lot types of chocolates are available over there. Various food outlets are available. Having the refreshments midst the beautiful flowers is undoubtedly a refreshing experience. And table land is a wonderful place to hangout and getting lost.
Mar 5, 2017
Sugar cane juice - PramsPhotography #83
#2016 @On the way to Shirdi, Maharashtra, India
While we were on our way to Shirdi, we saw a sugar cane vendor on the roadside. Instantly, we stopped our car on the roadside and ordered sugar cane drink. Usually, sugar cane juice vendors use a machine to extract juice. But for the first time, we saw this sugar cane vendor extracting the juice using a cow! The cow powers the sugar cane crushers as it walks around the wooden-made sugar cane juice maker. Did not feel good to drink sugar cane juice which were extracted that way but we had it.
Two peaks in a click - PramsPhtography #82
#2016 @Narayanpur Balaji Temple, Pune
I'm not a temple goer usually but otherwise with few relatives. We went to the Narayanpur Balaji temple last year in the month of April on a Ugadi festival day. Sun was scorching on our head yet this view I caught on my camera. The peak of the temple, a beautiful man-made one, and the peak of a mountain, further more beautifully made by the mother nature, appear in this one frame! Somehow feel good about this picture.
The glittering bangles - PramsPhotography #81
#2015 @Hyderabad, Telangana, India
I was not an ornament lover; of course I'm not either. However, certain occasions need to be respected, people's interests need to be respected above our own thoughts. I started wearing the ornaments willingly only from the time of my marriage onward. Out of all that I wore on my marriage, what I liked the most were the bangles. They weren't made of gold but with sand and some colours. The above picture was taken at a cousin's wedding. These bangles were of her of course; we neatly arranged them for a pre-marriage function. Love them and this picture.
The toy pair - PramsPhotography #80
#2015 @Home, Inkollu, Andhra Pradesh, India
We bought this show piece made of coir at the Mapro Garden, Mahabaleshwar. Mom took this to home and arranged it very neatly, which is her regular style, on a land line phone holder. After the landline phone has been disconnected, the stand remained empty. Now that this toy-pair occupied it, it has got its importance back allover again!
Mar 4, 2017
The liquid clock - PramsPhotography #79
#2016 @Berlin, Germany
It was around 4:30 pm local time when I clicked this picture and the liquid clock in the photo shows the same. The left most column show the hours and the right most show the minutes. We need to see the number of vessels/rounds that are occupied by the liquid, to know time. I was never aware of something like this existing before seeing this one; absolutely amazed I was for the efforts the designers must have put in to get this into reality. You may google it further to know its operating principle.
Berlin Memories - PramsPhotography #78
While we were walking towards the Berlin gate from Berlin Cathedral, we saw the beautiful statues made out of marble stone The one above and the last picture of the post are of this kind. I could not unfortunately check about the background of these statues being there!
In all flight announcements one thing made me emphatic with the engineers was about the usage of Samsung galaxy phone on board. How humiliating it must be for those who designed this phone! Here at Berlin, with the back ground from flight, I was surprised to see the advertisements of Galaxy model!
Caught a bird on camera at a snacks outlet. Looked as if it was hungry too like us!
Berlin wall was something that I had read about. Of course, I could not get to see it but got to purchase its remains in the form of small stones from a shop and could also click the above picture of its memoir, probably!
Such a huge pass through gate is the Berlin gate. I could not realise from pictures online but realized it after passing through the gate personally! Good experience all in all.
#2016 @Berlin gate and walk nearby, Germany
Berlin Cathedral and Altes museum - PramsPhotography #77
#2016 @Berlin Cathedral and Altes museum
It was on a Sunday that we landed in Berlin. Nonetheless, went to roam around the places. Berlin Cathedral and Altes museum were to two eye catching buildings we saw and we got down from the bus, in which we were actually on our way to Berlin (Brandenburg) gate. The cathedral from a close look appeared as an amazing art work. The paintings of Jesus were lively too! We could not visit the museum as we did not have time as well as it was closed on Sunday! Outside the museum's main entry there was a statue, which is shown in the first picture above! It felt so ferociously attractive on the fight sight itself.
Fields' side - PramsPhotography #76
While travelling from Pune to Bhimashankar, this particular spot on the left side of the road caught my attention. We got down to see these beautiful views and clicked a few of them. Next time while travelling through the same spot we got down at the same place and to our surprise the place appeared just normal to wonder if it was the same spot or not! Moments later we realized that the neatly arranged fields, as in the below picture, were the real attraction when we visited this place for the first time. Thank those farmers for these beautiful memories.
#2016 @On the way to Bhimashankar, Maharashtra, India
Taking criticism... Take Home #626
Encouraging constructive critics and being open to take such criticism can help anyone big time in accomplishing anything; tougher goals, especially!
Perception... Take Home #625
Perceptions and opinions cannot be changed inside four walls. Concurrence on the given topic can be achieved though! Change of perceptions and opinions must be worked upon outside the walls and sometimes beyond all boundaries.
Mar 1, 2017
From within... Take Home #624
Whoever may say whatever, what comes from within is the best thing in any given moment. Moments are largely circumstantial. Oneself is the most responsible judge, though not the best; right and wrong are undeniably subjective.
Feb 18, 2017
Defining value... Take Home #623
Neither occupation nor designation define our value. How we treat others does.
Proving to oneself... Take Home #622
Proving to oneself is not the ultimate achievement but the basic need!
Dominate vs surrender... Take Home #621
It's a myth that people dominate. Actually, people surrender; sometimes to circumstances and sometimes to love!
Reality... Take Home #618
The less time we take to accept reality, the more time we allow ourselves to face it.
Reality can only be faced not postponed!
No pampering... Take Home #617
Contemplation helps better than pampering, provided it's constructive and contextual.
Accept challenge... Take Home #616
Accept every challenge and be willing to either learn lessons or accumulate memories.
Greater responsibility... Take Home #615
Greater beginning brings greater responsibility. Never lose a chance to fulfill it.
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