Moot over Experience That Matters

I am at a point in life - where career counselling is an everyday dinner table topic , given my teen is gearing up to spread her wings in the vast wide world. Every counselling has been based on analytical and logical aptitude test ; which I feel is a way to box people and limit options and I am detractor of this approach.

We were lucky to meet an unconventional counsellor - a passionate educator and an entrepreneur ; during the counselling sessions he referred us to a book "The Mosaic Principle: The Six Dimensions of a Remarkable Life and Career" and a copy of this book made its way our home and I was the chosen one to receive the book on delivery and get my hands on it first.

The book is about Lovegrove's thoughtful case for broad experience, instead of specialization, really resonated with me. I attended a B-School and graduated with an Commerce degree; have been in an industry which highly specialized , from aerospace to automotive to now in electrical. Lovegrove argues that the breadth of experience and problem-solving skills students gain are necessary and important for recent grads - in a nutshell i call it "applying common sense" . Additionally, Lovegrove illustrates his points with profiles of different interesting people. This was my favorite aspect of the book. Although I had not heard of most of the people, the people he profiles, like Paul Farmer known as "the man who would cure the world" inspired me with all they have been able to achieve in their careers as well as all the good they have been able to do for the world. Overall, Lovegrove makes a powerful, well-argued case against over-specialization.

While this is a personal anecdote, it does give a sneak peek of our surroundings and society that we can succeed only when following a certain structured career path, I resonate with the authors argument, that by acquiring experience in different fields makes us have a unique point of view and a broad approach to life- helping reuse knowledge and apply it into practice in different fields of life. My takeaway from the book - is to Live a broad spectrum of careers and life , be curious and challenge yourself to be a novice over and over and over again. This book aligns with my personal life philosophy, I would definitely recommend this book to other recent grads and anyone who needs to refresh their approach to their careers or lives. I wrote more marginalia in this book than any other book , with hope to read this book all over again.

Link to get a copy of book if you are interested