These words have been cast in stone - when Aamir Khan used this line in his movie three idiots.
I started my career - chasing misplaced career Goals like - "To be a VP by the age of 35" . Very soon i gave up that aspiration and decided to be the "best retail experience designer in India, running a profitable retail company"
My first job exposed me to corporate world (no wonder still hold that group in high esteem). It was a job that was about branded wholesale business. Gave my heart, soul and everything to learn the fundamentals for five years. My batchmates, had changed 3 jobs by then and were at 2-3 times my CTC package.
My second job was my first step in the business of branded retail (which is very different from wholesale). Two years of hard work, doing things with passion, experimenting without any fear of failure, mastering the art of planning and operations - i proved to be a good student. Did not work for grades (promotions) but invested two years to learn retail.
My third job - helped me grow from a functional expert to a business head. Here i was, learning things about business plans, P&L statements, legal documents, Lease agreements - things that i always thought i will never be able to do. All credit to my CEO for pushing me into doing all of that. He was the one who was never satisfied with 95% application. He just wanted nothing less than excellence (it is another fact that even 115% did not satisfy him ever). Never bothered about people with much lower IQ at better or similar positions or salary.
And here i am in my fouth job - with the responsibility of handling multiple businesses. I have got this break so early in my career - only because of the way my learning happend in the first three assignments. Am going to give my heart, sould and everything - just like my first job - again - to make this a perfect organisation that i have always dreamt of.
The fact that my package is twice that of my B school batchmates - helps me to confidently state that chasing perfection is more profitable than chasing success !!!
