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[Questioner] I just want to know how one would be able to identify their own potential or talent and what to focus on?
[Sadhguru] Currently, in this society, especially in India, at the lower India,
but I think particularly in South India, right from your childhood,
the parent's situation, in most homes - there are exceptions, but in most homes,
the parent's situation and the social situation is such they are constantly making the child
think in terms of what kind of activity would make them survive best,
what kind of activity would get them a good job, what kind of activity would get them good money.
They are only thinking on these terms.
When you orient a child like this, right from his early age, then whatever innate talents he has,
maybe there is a Picasso in your, in your house, but now you make him into a doctor,
you know, he will only smear blood on people.
Simply because, right from his childhood, he was never allowed to think beyond survival.
If you are really interested, if you have children, it's very important just allowing them to develop.
Don't be in a hurry that they must find a job, do something.
See, it's not necessary, everybody by the time they are twenty five, they must have a job
and they must be going, they must be married, they must have children --
it is not necessary. Different people will mature at different times.
If they find their jobs at the right time, if necessary if they marry at the right time or go beyond it,
whichever way, according to their natural tendencies,
they would definitely evolve into more complete human beings.
You may become an engineer or a doctor or whatever,
but a very disturbed human being, not finding expression for anything within yourself.
No, maybe you would have made a good carpenter, but now you are a doctor.
You can imagine our plight.
And, nothing wrong in being a good carpenter. You can become a great carpenter, isn't it?
But such a thing is not there at all. You must become a doctor.
If you cannot, you must become an engineer - now, of course, software.
This is how they're going, isn't it? They try for medical college - don't get, engineering college.
Where is the connection?
If you don't get a medical college seat, ayurvedic college, veterinary medicine or at least become a witch doctor.
But, you don't become a doctor, you jump into engineering, where is the sense?
That means you are only interested in proving something to somebody.
You are not interested in making your life beautiful, isn't it?
[Questioner] What is the best paid job? If they should be doing something else?
[Sadhguru] That's what I am saying. Survival, just survival.
See, every human being has necessary intelligence and strength to survive in the world --
maybe not like somebody else, but in his own way.
But, if he is doing something that he cares for, if he is creating something that for which he has a natural liking,
then whether he does it on this scale or that scale, he will still be happy. Yes?
Now, you are doing something for which you have no natural tendency,
simply because socially you are oriented that way,
now there is a sense of frustration about the jobs that you are doing.
You continue of course, because you invested five years, ten years in education, so you can't go back.
You keep pushing yourself, isn't it? It is unnecessary to orient the society like this.
Now, every ten years, the society is shifting its idea of what is the best education.
Now there are too many doctors. Nobody wants them anywhere. Yes?
Now people are thinking something else.
They thought 'software, software' - half the people were sent back from other countries.
Now, they are desperately looking what is the way.
I know survival is important. With the kind of over population and competition we have,
survival is important, but still giving at least fifty percent of your life open, seeing what you could do
is a good thing to do for children because they live more complete lives.
I know many people may not have the means to do it, there are many difficulties,
it's not as easy as it is said -- all those problems are there.
But still it's worthwhile to make an effort to create a next generation
which is little more harmonious within themselves, isn't it?
Whatever the effort it takes - still worthwhile, isn't it?