Just after graduating from IIM Ahmedabad, I was going to Sri Lanka for our post B-School trip.
As
I stood in line and instinctively showed my institute card for
verification (I had got used to it for the past year and a half), the
security guard looked up at me and said in Hindi “Are you from IIM
Ahmedabad?”
When I said I was, he looked at me and said:
“Sir,
you have stayed awake for the last twenty years so that you can sleep
peacefully for next fifty. We slept peacefully for the last twenty years
and now will have to stay awake for the next fifty”
As
he handed back my card and requested for my passport, I stood numbed by
his deep insight. Focus on working hard when you’re young, rather than
enjoyment, so that you can live well for the latter part of your life.
I have never forgotten his wise words.
-Aviral Bhatnagar
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