Vision counts more than formal education degree...

It is a common conviction that formal education and higher academic degrees are pre- requisites to be successful and super achievers in life. However, if we give even a fleeting view to the successful people around the world we would find there are plenty of mortals who have had dismal educational background but went on to earn the title of ‘living legends’ in their respective fields. Numerous examples could be cited to validate the point that a strongly desired vision coupled with firm determination and perseverance counts more than university degree to succeed in life.

For instance, Rabindranath Tagore, India’s greatest polymath of all time was a school dropout. But did that affect the bard in reaching milestones and carving out a niche for himself anyway? The answer is no. It was his great vision and wisdom that helped ‘Gurudev’ reach the acme.

Similarly, wizard of the willow, Bharat Ratna Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar is not even tenth standard pass. But his ‘less education’ was in no way an impasse in reaching greatest heights and making mountain of records in his cricket career. The urge to do something out of the box and sheer tenacity were the attributes that made Sachin what he is today.

Outside India, Bill Gates, former world’s richest person and founder of the Microsoft Company didn’t complete his education at Harvard University. In spite of this, he wrote history and gifted the world with the greatest software company- Microsoft Corporation. Another American Mark Zuckerberg left Harvard University only to invent social networking site- Facebook which has 1.2 billion monthly active users worldwide. 

Thus, the bottom-line is that education, indeed, is important in one’s life but more than mere knowledge it’s wisdom, vision and attitude towards life that determine the fate of a person.