What I Believe is.....
" Don't just have career or academic goals. Set goals to give you a balanced, successful life. Use the word balance before successful. Balance means ensuring your health, relationship, mental peace are all in good order. There is no point of getting a promotion on the day of your breakup. There is no fun in driving a car if your back hurts.
Life is one of those races in nursery school where you have to run with a marble in a spoon kept in your mouth. If the marble falls, there is no point of coming first. Same is with life where health and relationship are the marble.
So, don't take life seriously. Life is not meant to be taken seriously, as we are really temporary here. We are like a pre-paid card with limited validity. If we are lucky, we may last another 50 years, which is just 2500 weekends. Do we really need to get so worked up?
It's ok, bunk a few classes, scoring low in a couple of papers, goof up a few interviews, take leave from work, enjoy with your friends, fall in love, little fights with your loved ones. We are people, not programmed devices.
Don't be serious, be sincere. "