When I recently moved to DehraDun to start my own music company, I felt like a 17 year old again. The joy of doing what I love, the ability and willingness to go unconventional, not worrying about corporate titles, and actually giving up some fancy ones. Why would I not feel 17 again?
When I speak with young people today (and I speak with a lot of them), I know that this generation is smarter, more informed, take bigger risks and generally have; what a lot of us, now in our mid thirties, could never dream of. These guys actually ‘dream’ and think they can become whatever they want. Well, they dream…and then they have parents.
Honestly, I don’t blame the parents for being concerned about their children’s careers. We live in a world where success comes from first being able to afford some things. And that’s quite all right; my problem is with this sea of humanity that continues to slog in jobs and assignments that they have no interest in, but can’t get out of. They just get paid to do what they don’t like.
In this column, we would not talk about what careers are available or which exams to crack to be able to get into certain colleges. This column is about the dreamer in all of us. The little voice that tells us the truth about ourselves, and the one we usually ignore.
A lot of people ask me, “So, what shall I do?”, as if I am in some way responsible for dreaming and planning for them. My question to them of course is: “so, what do you think will make you happy?” If the answer is “I don’t know”…I definitely know I can’t help. You see ,if you were to ask me the way to Mussoorie, I can show you a road map, or tell you the way, but if you wanted to go to a ‘nice place’, I really would have no idea of what a ‘nice’ place is.
So here’s the deal, if you have a specific question about a career dilemma, your own or of people you know, I’ll try and answer truthfully. You may or may not like the answer, but that’s really beside the point. Isn’t it? Welcome to the first edition of ‘DehraDun Full Plate’ and have a great year ahead.
Vineet Panchhi owns and runs AudioWagon, his lifelong passion and now a music company. He blogs at Unplanned Journeys and can be reached at vineet.panchhi@audiowagon.com
When I speak with young people today (and I speak with a lot of them), I know that this generation is smarter, more informed, take bigger risks and generally have; what a lot of us, now in our mid thirties, could never dream of. These guys actually ‘dream’ and think they can become whatever they want. Well, they dream…and then they have parents.
Honestly, I don’t blame the parents for being concerned about their children’s careers. We live in a world where success comes from first being able to afford some things. And that’s quite all right; my problem is with this sea of humanity that continues to slog in jobs and assignments that they have no interest in, but can’t get out of. They just get paid to do what they don’t like.
In this column, we would not talk about what careers are available or which exams to crack to be able to get into certain colleges. This column is about the dreamer in all of us. The little voice that tells us the truth about ourselves, and the one we usually ignore.
A lot of people ask me, “So, what shall I do?”, as if I am in some way responsible for dreaming and planning for them. My question to them of course is: “so, what do you think will make you happy?” If the answer is “I don’t know”…I definitely know I can’t help. You see ,if you were to ask me the way to Mussoorie, I can show you a road map, or tell you the way, but if you wanted to go to a ‘nice place’, I really would have no idea of what a ‘nice’ place is.
So here’s the deal, if you have a specific question about a career dilemma, your own or of people you know, I’ll try and answer truthfully. You may or may not like the answer, but that’s really beside the point. Isn’t it? Welcome to the first edition of ‘DehraDun Full Plate’ and have a great year ahead.
Vineet Panchhi owns and runs AudioWagon, his lifelong passion and now a music company. He blogs at Unplanned Journeys and can be reached at vineet.panchhi@audiowagon.com
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