I had an interesting discussion with a good friend regarding career choices. He asked me an interesting question : If money was not a factor,what do you want to do in life? At one level ,this is a great question because it liberates you from the realities of life, of planning the future and of taking care of family and that may enable you to make choices with no constraints.
But life is not so simple! Hence, this is a question not to be asked at all. If money had not been a factor in people's career choices , we would still be in stone age. Almost all great historical events were driven by a motivation to become powerful and rich. The Industrial revolution started with the curiosity to make more things in shorter periods of time and hence become richer faster. Information Revolution was largely led by military research. Again to become more powerful. Space Age was started by competition between USSR and USA : competition for power. Nothing significant could have been achieved without a desire to become rich and powerful. Given a chance, I am sure all of us would love to sit in the comforts of our homes and relax all day long. Motivation to work harder comes for a pursuit of money, power or fame. Of course, if the job makes you happy, it is just a side benefit!
There is a very minuscule minority of people in this world who would be willing to work for free. Competition,money,power,fame,stability are some of the few things that influence people's career choices. Take it all away, and we are left with nothing but aspiration-less homo sapiens hunting for the next meal of the day.
But life is not so simple! Hence, this is a question not to be asked at all. If money had not been a factor in people's career choices , we would still be in stone age. Almost all great historical events were driven by a motivation to become powerful and rich. The Industrial revolution started with the curiosity to make more things in shorter periods of time and hence become richer faster. Information Revolution was largely led by military research. Again to become more powerful. Space Age was started by competition between USSR and USA : competition for power. Nothing significant could have been achieved without a desire to become rich and powerful. Given a chance, I am sure all of us would love to sit in the comforts of our homes and relax all day long. Motivation to work harder comes for a pursuit of money, power or fame. Of course, if the job makes you happy, it is just a side benefit!
There is a very minuscule minority of people in this world who would be willing to work for free. Competition,money,power,fame,stability are some of the few things that influence people's career choices. Take it all away, and we are left with nothing but aspiration-less homo sapiens hunting for the next meal of the day.
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