How to do well in academics, therefore, is NOT the primary question we need to pose ourselves. What do I want to become, what is my dream are better questions to ponder over. Take time to introspect. Your dream gives you the energy to do well academically. The more passionate you are about your dream, the more intense your desire the more energy you will have to pursue your goal.
Generic dreams like I would like to be a millionaire, I want to own a car, I want to do very well in my job etc are of no use. The PATH that leads you to your dream should also be clear in our mind.
Quite obviously, for a student who wants to excel in his career, the path is education. Know your subject, know it well.
I shall share another experience which had a tremendous impact on my approach and attitude.
During my CA early internship days, we were deputed to audit a very big company. I was just few months into my Articleship and was being inducted into audit by my seniors. One day, our boss called us and informed that there is a Board Meeting of the company we were auditing, scheduled at 11 am on Friday and that my senior and my boss need to attend that as auditors.
As fate would have it, my boss could not make it that day because of his mother's ill health and my senior missed the bus and called up to say he will not be able to reach the company till 12 pm. I frantically called up my boss to inform. He asked ME to attend the meeting since it is mandatory that the internal auditors attend the meeting. I had no clue what a Board Meeting was, what I was supposed to do and was absolutely intimidated by the very thought of sitting in that room with all those directors!. I expressed my fears to my boss. I was told to attend the meeting, sign on the register and inform the Board that any queries to the internal audit shall be answered the next day.....
Generic dreams like I would like to be a millionaire, I want to own a car, I want to do very well in my job etc are of no use. The PATH that leads you to your dream should also be clear in our mind.
Quite obviously, for a student who wants to excel in his career, the path is education. Know your subject, know it well.
I shall share another experience which had a tremendous impact on my approach and attitude.
During my CA early internship days, we were deputed to audit a very big company. I was just few months into my Articleship and was being inducted into audit by my seniors. One day, our boss called us and informed that there is a Board Meeting of the company we were auditing, scheduled at 11 am on Friday and that my senior and my boss need to attend that as auditors.
As fate would have it, my boss could not make it that day because of his mother's ill health and my senior missed the bus and called up to say he will not be able to reach the company till 12 pm. I frantically called up my boss to inform. He asked ME to attend the meeting since it is mandatory that the internal auditors attend the meeting. I had no clue what a Board Meeting was, what I was supposed to do and was absolutely intimidated by the very thought of sitting in that room with all those directors!. I expressed my fears to my boss. I was told to attend the meeting, sign on the register and inform the Board that any queries to the internal audit shall be answered the next day.....
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