Hi,
Let me take a hypothetical incident to make you understand clearly which I am going to say. Here is the mindset of modern students towards the highly organised education system. And remember, this is only a hypothetical example..!
"I am a student who is doing my Masters (PG) but these 2 years, i feel I've made a mistake in coming here. In the past, I was a topper at school and my under graduation also was very good. But now, i am not able to shine as much as i did then. I do not have a great GPA. When my friends talk about their GPAs, i dont even open my mouth. i just keep quiet. I feel inferior inside. But i keep telling myself that I have other talents that they don't. But i also realize that what matters is my academics. I also want to do an internship and end up in a good job, have a good resume like my other friends. But i feel i am not even qualified inside to do all this. I feel my self respect has taken a great blow. My only aim in life right now is to study well, do my thesis and end up in a good job...I am afraid if this will not happen. I am very confused."
Well, there are so many answers to the above questions which is impossible to give it all here. Here is the short form of it. But before you read it, buckle your seat belt and prepare for some brutal honesty. Because what I am about to tell you might go completely against what you "want to" hear from me.
First off, you are correct that you do have many other qualities that your classmates don't have. In the same way, they have many qualities you don't have. However, the problem with our socio-economic programming is that, we are brainwashed to believe that only doing good in a standardized test is the most important quality to possess. Which is simply rubbish! Why is it rubbish? For many reasons!
If you do a little bit of your research on the great academic, business, artistic, political geniuses of the world, you will see that many of the most famous ones never did so well in school, many of them never even made it to college, and yet others were thrown out of it because they were such a misfit. So as it appears, having great grades is in no way a sign that you are a genius. Look into the lives of Einstein (high school dropout), Thomas A. Edison (one of the most famous inventors who apparently had less than 3 months of schooling), Henry Ford (no formal education at all), Bill Gates (college dropout), Sylvester Stallone (the man once sold his dog because they had no food to eat), Steve Jobs (college dropout), Michael Dell, Larry Ellison (Billionaire CEO of Oracle Corp)... etc etc.
Okay, lets leave the genius people for a moment, how about the common folk? Well believe it or not, the people who are going to graduate from the top of your class are NOT going to be the most successful people in life at all!. They will probably get nicer job offers in the beginning but that's where it ends.
Secondly, this whole attitude of "i want to get good grades and get a nice job" is the perfect formula for selling your entire life making someone else rich! Ask yourself is this what you really really want? Do you really want to live a life where you will be told when to wake up, when to work, when to go home, when to take a vacation, when to have lunch? Is this what you really want?
Remember, your life is a gift. You are carrying something very unique that none of us have. Something, when you will decide to give or live it, will transform your entire life into an adventure most can only dream about! And when you try to go against that, when you try to sell yourself short, life will always be a drag! It will always feel like a constant struggle! Remember that.
So what is your gift? I don't know. But if you want to find out, start with the question: "What makes me really really happy?" And follow that. The answer will contain all the guidance that you need. Remember, having good grades and going to a good college or even getting a good job may bring some level of success in your life, but that success and happiness will be very temporary and empty if you are not aligned to your true purpose of life. Look around and see millions upon millions of "white collar slaves" all around the world who have followed this exact same formula only to become a deeply unhappy person complaining all the time with the classic phrase: "Life is Hard!" No wonder life is hard for them, they made it that way. And if you are fooling yourself by saying "yeah but I'll be happy", well then good luck my friend.
Remember, you were not sent in this world to be a "drone bee". You are part of God! You are a creator yourself. Start to realize that even if it's terribly difficult to believe right now. The universe is perfectly designed to assist you in achieving EVERYTHING you want only if you know how to go "with the stream" and not against it.
Thank you,
Let me take a hypothetical incident to make you understand clearly which I am going to say. Here is the mindset of modern students towards the highly organised education system. And remember, this is only a hypothetical example..!
"I am a student who is doing my Masters (PG) but these 2 years, i feel I've made a mistake in coming here. In the past, I was a topper at school and my under graduation also was very good. But now, i am not able to shine as much as i did then. I do not have a great GPA. When my friends talk about their GPAs, i dont even open my mouth. i just keep quiet. I feel inferior inside. But i keep telling myself that I have other talents that they don't. But i also realize that what matters is my academics. I also want to do an internship and end up in a good job, have a good resume like my other friends. But i feel i am not even qualified inside to do all this. I feel my self respect has taken a great blow. My only aim in life right now is to study well, do my thesis and end up in a good job...I am afraid if this will not happen. I am very confused."
Well, there are so many answers to the above questions which is impossible to give it all here. Here is the short form of it. But before you read it, buckle your seat belt and prepare for some brutal honesty. Because what I am about to tell you might go completely against what you "want to" hear from me.
First off, you are correct that you do have many other qualities that your classmates don't have. In the same way, they have many qualities you don't have. However, the problem with our socio-economic programming is that, we are brainwashed to believe that only doing good in a standardized test is the most important quality to possess. Which is simply rubbish! Why is it rubbish? For many reasons!
If you do a little bit of your research on the great academic, business, artistic, political geniuses of the world, you will see that many of the most famous ones never did so well in school, many of them never even made it to college, and yet others were thrown out of it because they were such a misfit. So as it appears, having great grades is in no way a sign that you are a genius. Look into the lives of Einstein (high school dropout), Thomas A. Edison (one of the most famous inventors who apparently had less than 3 months of schooling), Henry Ford (no formal education at all), Bill Gates (college dropout), Sylvester Stallone (the man once sold his dog because they had no food to eat), Steve Jobs (college dropout), Michael Dell, Larry Ellison (Billionaire CEO of Oracle Corp)... etc etc.
Okay, lets leave the genius people for a moment, how about the common folk? Well believe it or not, the people who are going to graduate from the top of your class are NOT going to be the most successful people in life at all!. They will probably get nicer job offers in the beginning but that's where it ends.
Secondly, this whole attitude of "i want to get good grades and get a nice job" is the perfect formula for selling your entire life making someone else rich! Ask yourself is this what you really really want? Do you really want to live a life where you will be told when to wake up, when to work, when to go home, when to take a vacation, when to have lunch? Is this what you really want?
Remember, your life is a gift. You are carrying something very unique that none of us have. Something, when you will decide to give or live it, will transform your entire life into an adventure most can only dream about! And when you try to go against that, when you try to sell yourself short, life will always be a drag! It will always feel like a constant struggle! Remember that.
So what is your gift? I don't know. But if you want to find out, start with the question: "What makes me really really happy?" And follow that. The answer will contain all the guidance that you need. Remember, having good grades and going to a good college or even getting a good job may bring some level of success in your life, but that success and happiness will be very temporary and empty if you are not aligned to your true purpose of life. Look around and see millions upon millions of "white collar slaves" all around the world who have followed this exact same formula only to become a deeply unhappy person complaining all the time with the classic phrase: "Life is Hard!" No wonder life is hard for them, they made it that way. And if you are fooling yourself by saying "yeah but I'll be happy", well then good luck my friend.
Remember, you were not sent in this world to be a "drone bee". You are part of God! You are a creator yourself. Start to realize that even if it's terribly difficult to believe right now. The universe is perfectly designed to assist you in achieving EVERYTHING you want only if you know how to go "with the stream" and not against it.
Thank you,
