Friday, June 29, 2012

From Left-Brain of a Right-Brained


I am a right brained person, according to the test I took.

It was a pretty useless test, if you ask me, because the test only checked what I liked to do, and not what I am good at. Those two are entirely different things although people often confuse them as similar. I like doing the right brained stuff but I am good at the left brained stuff. So what am I?

I owe a lot to the left part of my brain, and that is what actually made me graduate. And everything I am today - which is not much, I have to admit - is because of the left part of my brain.
In fact, the right part of my brain has always been responsible for my poor show everywhere. I could have probably done better of me if I really wanted to and allowed my left part of the brain to take over. But then again, it is the right part of the brain which really makes me happy- and there is nothing I can do about it.

So while I do have the potential to be a Rancho or a Chatur, my right brain and my quest for following my dreams has made me a Farhan - or a Hari - or whatever the name of those two losers in 3 Idiots was. But it has also made me happy, happy than I ever could be by being a topper or anything.

Down and low, I sailed over the net. And then I came across this Venn diagram representation of the ideal job (Courtesy: Bud Cadell).

I tried putting my own perspective on the Venn diagram and the results were not positive. These were the results:
a) My current job was probably outside the Venn diagram. I am not very good at it, I definitely don't like it much and it does not pay good money. Well, okay, okay, it pays but not good money.
 
b) The work I was good at was mostly left brained things like number crunching, quantitative analysis, qualitative analysis etc. While the things I liked doing were creative writing, chattering aimlessly, playing sports and the likes. Almost a certain mismatch between the two except probably for solving few analytical puzzles. Thinking of best about my jobs is that it pays. So my Venn diagram became the following.
 



And now I am totally confused. My left brained skills and my right brained passions have left me little choice, about what to do. The Venn diagram leaves me with only the following options then: 
a) Open a Sports Analytics Company
b) Go around Philosophizing
c) Become a Creative Writer
 However, being a left brained person, I also try being practical. And that practical aspect of me is afraid to take the next big step. A step towards being happier.

-Back to work.