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Posted at: Wed Jun 2 02:58:16 2004 (GMT)

   I agree with the statement that to achieve professional success, sacrifice
   of personal aspect is essential. There is no doubt that we have achieved a
   great deal of professional success in this century and there are lots of
   by-products to it. I would try to prove that, we have achieved our
   professional success by sacrificing personal life, by examples.
   
   The topic might not be totally applicable to all and sundry. But it can hold
   the ground for the majority. Effort that a human can exhort is finite. If we
   need success in professional life, we need to put more effort there and this
   decrease the energy left for personal life. Human can’t increase the limit
   of his/her energy. And human body can’t cope up with the unlimited demand
   of modern profession. In the globalize world, where the possibilities are
   infinite and most of us are willing to spend bulk of our focus in our
   professional life. Achieving success in professional field is getting more
   important than happiness in personal and family life. 
   
   The conflict of family and a demanding career is an apt example. How far can
   a human being juggle between these two roles? At the very end, we need to
   find a compromise. It’s either job or the family. This conflict is more
   prominent in developed world than anywhere else. Many socio-economic
   problems can be traced to shift of focus to professional success. Divorce
   rate is rising, as we don’t value family any more and we don’t value
   each other as well. Most of the developed world is facing baby-crisis and
   this is the direct result of career aspiration. Family has become a
   hindrance on the way of a career objective. Living together rather than
   getting committed to each other is getting popular, as people are seeking
   pleasure rather than commitment. Human being is running after professional
   success so much that we don’t have time for other commitments. So concept
   of family might be wiped out soon. Single parents are getting more common.
   But have we paused and thought how miserable the life of the kids might be.
   We don’t have time for it. Juvenile crimes are on upward trajectory.
   Teenage pregnancy is getting common in developed countries. Alcoholism and
   drug abuse is increasing. These are the direct result of break-down of
   social structure. Parents don’t have time to take care of children. And
   maid can’t be a viable alternative to a mother. So children are mostly on
   their own and are ending up being less human and more zombies. People do not
   have time to take care of their elderly. So in the old-age people are ending
   up in old age homes. The silent suffering of our senior citizen is because
   of our negligence. 
   
   But at the end of the day, we ourselves are not spared. Diabetes,
   blood-pressure etc are on rise. These are in direct proportion to out
   prosperity and material aspiration. Piling heath care bill because of
   unhealthy lifestyle is becoming a cause of concern for Governments.
   
   Why all these are happening? The answer might be: we are more devoted to our
   professional objective. Definitely, we are more advanced than we used to be.
   We have all the material comfort we need. So we have sacrificed out personal
   objectives in search for professional success.

Posted at: Mon Jul 23 05:12:50 2007 (GMT)