I recently got a chance to speak at Illinois Institute of
Technology's Graduation day.
Sharing thoughts at an event like a graduation ceremony is
usually the reflection of one's own lifelong learnings and experiences.
But this post is not about my speech. This is about the
speech of my friend and mentor Tathagat Varma (TV), which I found quite
inspirational. The detailed speech can be found here,
but sharing quick summary and a sketch note as below.
His top three advise for graduating class were:
1. Be a Learner
It is important to
be a lifelong learner. If we sit on the laurels of the past, we are eventually
destined to become irrelevant.
The real
"learning" will only happen when you start putting all that to
practice and realize that there are things that you don't quite know, or you
begin to question what was taught in the classroom.
2. Be a Maker
If you want to
continue being relevant in your careers, make sure you discard the charms of
being a manager and simply adopt the seemingly-less sexy but more gratifying
life of being a tinkerer, a builder, a maker.
3. Be a Giver
Education is an obligation, education is a
responsibility...to give it back to the community, to enrich the society, to
help those lesser fortunate than us to get an education.
I found this profound as this is applicable not only for the
graduating class but also for everyone else. Thank you TV for this
inspirational speech.
2 comments:
Thanks Anuj....this is awesome stuff. You did much better justice to the topic with this visual than I did with my speech!
Thanks TV, I enjoyed the experience of drawing this one while reinforcing the meaningful messages you shared.
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