Meaningful Careers – in 5 not-so-easy steps

If you’ve attended a few  15th year  (or higher) MBA reunions, you would have encountered a large number of your old mates  who are trying to  figure out ‘meaningful’ ,‘interesting’ or ‘fulfilling’ things to do. In fact at one alumni meet I attended, an entire 2 hour session was convened where the braves who had taken the plunge (like me!) , offered tips and inspiration to the others who were ‘contemplating’ such changes.  Very often, the contemplation remains just that because people can’t quite figure out what to do, and often the ideas remain at the level of the vague ‘I want to be on my own’ or the more clichéd ‘I want to start a restaurant’.  A few months later when I was invited to speak briefly on the same subject at a book launch, I decided to convert my new found ‘expert’ views into a (MBA friendly) five- step process – here goes:

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