UNBOXING MEMORIES-Yamini Patel,SIBM Pune

The idea of success seems to change at different stages of life and when I was in college the only thing I wanted was to get a good placement and a good career ahead. Because that meant respect and recognition. Don’t we all want that? There were very few companies that came to our college so I made one of them as my dream company. I prepared for the placements and was hell bent to get into it and I actually used to visualize myself working in it. And then on D-day I got rejected in the very first round and everyone I knew around me got selected. And snap all my “dreams” shattered. To be honest this was my dream company also because it seemed easier to get into. After wallowing in self pity for days I geared up for next company’s placement and I made a blunder at the very first step i.e the form filling. Convinced, that I would not be considered for recruitment process I still thought of giving a try after talking with my college placement coordinators. Though my chances were bleak I was allowed to sit for the process. And at that point of time their decision to allow me to appear for the test was enough. The result just did not matter. And within two days I had a mail stating that I had been shortlisted and that was one of the best days of my life. Now when I look back there are a few things that I learnt. One would be that if you lose something in life it is only to make way for the better things. Second, my primary reason to get into company was to get recognition, respect and the secondary was the intent to learn and curiosity and I feel it should always be other way round. And the final one would be that everything that happens in life good or bad is a part of life and not life as a whole.