Saturday, March 30, 2013
5 -year plan
5 year plan...I first heard of it when I was in my social studies class. My teacher explained to us that India will need to plan ahead and decide its welfare priorities and so will make a plan to achieve in the coming 5yrs... this is a concept I grew up learning from a very young age. always think ahead, plan, execute and achieve.
its been grt so far...as i always had something I wanted to achieve..very clear ambitions..it was to get into top university in india..get a job...join the top university in the world to do my higher education, get a job in investment bank, get married to a beautiful n a wonderful girl :)..and all this has happened well according to my plan. all my life i have jumping from one to another and focusing all my energies to achieve them. well after my studies frm cambridge, got married and working in citi...i kinda got complacent and have started to relax and was off the track for a while....well all due to the excitement of having done these things at the same time has to led me to focus on life and being content...i am happy.
All was great until i started seeing a bit of stagnation in the career financially. I gave it a thought as to why this is happening. I realized that I have to make myself more organised and set my priorities and give a direction in my life. I am scared that little lack of direction has bothered me. May be because i was so used to it. Now I made peace that I have a great life and career and how I would want to make it to the next level both career wise and even financially. I just dont want to do at average but want to be extraordinary.
Another aspect that presses me is my failure at my attempts to get into World bank/UN type organisations. I got little confidence that UN is achievable but requires substantial planning and hardwork.
This year has been bit disappointing owing to lack of goals and failure to meet my min expectations. This discomfort at certain level has made me focus on to understand what I want in life and come up with my 5year plan to prioritize, plan,execute and achieve my goals.
Family wise - Plan for the baby this 2013. Plan for house n land in hyd. Looks like all is set to 2014.
Career wise - There are two tracks for me here. One is the UN route and other is the general career route.
I am now 30 and have 3 more attempts to UN. This time I have gone through initial screening, general exam but failed in the specialised exam. I will make it to UN in 2013.I will prepare for IT on the lines of the exam and gain a much more understanding of UN body. Consider ADB/BRICS/World Bank/Unesco for options.
In the meantime try to move to a new company by the end of this year and get the relevant hike. I need to work on interview skills and practice maths.
Communication - I am working to gain more confidence by improving my speech skills. This is my biggest fears and I being an introvert to an extent will need to practice bit more to overcome it. Toastmasters - I will complete atleast 25 speeches by the end of this 2013.
Get the residency from UK and move to US/Singapore.
Get into the top MBA schools and with funding. Easier option looks like to be the ISB but US ivy league is good to get firm into senior positions. Plan GMAT etc. Practice math regularly.
Grow to the level of a senior VP and achieve a min salary of 200000 GBP. Get more thought around how to achieve this.
its been grt so far...as i always had something I wanted to achieve..very clear ambitions..it was to get into top university in india..get a job...join the top university in the world to do my higher education, get a job in investment bank, get married to a beautiful n a wonderful girl :)..and all this has happened well according to my plan. all my life i have jumping from one to another and focusing all my energies to achieve them. well after my studies frm cambridge, got married and working in citi...i kinda got complacent and have started to relax and was off the track for a while....well all due to the excitement of having done these things at the same time has to led me to focus on life and being content...i am happy.
All was great until i started seeing a bit of stagnation in the career financially. I gave it a thought as to why this is happening. I realized that I have to make myself more organised and set my priorities and give a direction in my life. I am scared that little lack of direction has bothered me. May be because i was so used to it. Now I made peace that I have a great life and career and how I would want to make it to the next level both career wise and even financially. I just dont want to do at average but want to be extraordinary.
Another aspect that presses me is my failure at my attempts to get into World bank/UN type organisations. I got little confidence that UN is achievable but requires substantial planning and hardwork.
This year has been bit disappointing owing to lack of goals and failure to meet my min expectations. This discomfort at certain level has made me focus on to understand what I want in life and come up with my 5year plan to prioritize, plan,execute and achieve my goals.
Family wise - Plan for the baby this 2013. Plan for house n land in hyd. Looks like all is set to 2014.
Career wise - There are two tracks for me here. One is the UN route and other is the general career route.
I am now 30 and have 3 more attempts to UN. This time I have gone through initial screening, general exam but failed in the specialised exam. I will make it to UN in 2013.I will prepare for IT on the lines of the exam and gain a much more understanding of UN body. Consider ADB/BRICS/World Bank/Unesco for options.
In the meantime try to move to a new company by the end of this year and get the relevant hike. I need to work on interview skills and practice maths.
Communication - I am working to gain more confidence by improving my speech skills. This is my biggest fears and I being an introvert to an extent will need to practice bit more to overcome it. Toastmasters - I will complete atleast 25 speeches by the end of this 2013.
Get the residency from UK and move to US/Singapore.
Get into the top MBA schools and with funding. Easier option looks like to be the ISB but US ivy league is good to get firm into senior positions. Plan GMAT etc. Practice math regularly.
Grow to the level of a senior VP and achieve a min salary of 200000 GBP. Get more thought around how to achieve this.
# posted by Ravi Shankar @ 10:57 PM
