But amid these activities requiring high technical knowledge and emotional quotient, I came across the biggest driving force in the blue planet today, i.e. finance. To all my actions of proposing ideas of process improvement or ease of operations, there was an equal and opposite reaction of my bosses with their inquiries about the financial aspects of my suggestions. After several situations of beating around the bush, I decided to test the financial waters and started studying about the most widely used term in businesses today - finance.
After a few weeks, I was captivated by the vast depth of the subject and the far-reaching implications that financial decisions have in our world. Just like Neo realized the matrix around him, I was awestruck after acknowledging the presence of the financial world. The macro and the micro aspects, a whole world of financial products, the exotic options, the valuations and the risk involved with every decision left me speechless. This made me believe that this is the very domain where our decisions have a wide-reaching impact and have the potential to bring about a change never thought before.
There was also a very interesting thing happening in India at that time. In a nation where cricketers are praised as gods and actors have their temples, the youth had found a new role model in Raghuram Rajan. It was the first time that an Indian economist had gained such a lot of fame. His actions and policies made him a common presence of Quora questions, Facebook posts, newspaper columns and intellectual discussions.
All these happenings had a great influence on me and motivated me to pursue a career in finance. Since then, I have cleared CFA Level 1, FRM Part 1 and FRM Part 2 examinations and gained admission to one of the premier institutions to study finance. I believe the next two years will be the befitting main course. I have reached an inflection point in my career from where I will put my best foot forward to become a finance professional so that I can have an impact on the corporate world and the society.
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