At 16, if you were asked, ‘Where do you see yourself in five years?’ Were you in a great position to answer? Why then should a 26-year-old live by the vision of their 21-year-old self? You don't want to constrain yourself by saying, ‘I had thought of a future - a vision at the age of 16, and now my entire life, I live by that vision.’
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Questioner: Sir, right now, the placements are going on, so one recurring question is always occurring that ‘Where do you see yourself in five to ten years?’ So, I have seen many people who have that answer, and they have a clear vision of where they see themselves in five to ten years. But I find myself not able to answer that question with precision, or in other words, there was not a particular vision for me. That was the same five years ago, and that was the same ten years ago. And I don’t want to continue doing that, so how can I actually find an answer to this question? How can I see that, okay, I want to do this in my life in the next ten years, you see, in the next five years?
Acharya Prashant: This question needs to be addressed at two levels. One from the perspective of the employer, second from your own self. From the perspective of an employer, let me tell you, no employer is looking for a clear-cut answer to this question. Where do you see yourself in five to ten years? The one who is interviewing you does not know where he will be in five years. Most probably, by the time you join the company, he would already be out into some other greener pasture. Getting it? So, there's no point cultivating a fake answer; it all looks so artificial. For you, it probably is the first interview; the ones who are interviewing you, they have met hundreds of students like you.
