JOBISM

As a fledgling person, having been born and raised in Kenya, studied here, Living here and currently working here and definitely going to be buried here, the conviction of the guys I’ve grown up with, looked up to and who look up to me have been earnestly besmirched from when they first stepped in to a class room. Pravin, a young lad, talented in sports, football to be specific, wants to be a neurologist when he grows up. For a boy still his age, 10, his dreams are valid (LUPIRER hehehe…). He still has room to change his mind and spoilt for choices on what to take up. He can be a barrister, a dentist, a lecturer, an engineer, a banker, an artist or even the president. See what I did there? All the raved up careers we have inculcated and made believe to the people around us that have attractive rewards are what these fresh minds endeavor to be. It’s okay, every one of us wants to see their son, daughter, brother or sister be something worth being allied with in the community. Vanity, a sense of belonging, self-worth and self-importance is what we all strive to achieve. But does this come at a cost of having a whole generation being over reliant on employment? Job hunting? The education system being corrupt since we all want to pass assessments and get good grades and join a blue chip and having to introduce yourself as so an so from this place?

The situation, JOBISM. Definition, over reliance on employment. This is corroding the creative young minds leading to a redundant crop of citizens. Employers are looking for people with so much involvement than the average graduate can qualify for to take up a position. Psychometric tests given to interviewees to analyze their logical capacity before taking up a role. Its no longer what your papers say about you but what the outcome of your engagements and decisions reveal about your disposition.

JOBISM can be likened to a person having 100 chicken. He pays you 1 cent per to feed the chicken and clean the houses and all other chores around, sells each egg laid Ksh10 and keeps both the chicken and the profits. Few tend to deviate from the norm and cut a niche for themselves and the other few are just too petrified to take a leap of faith. Scared that they won’t afford to pay bills and other expenses that we impose on ourselves. Some prefer to take a futon and relax once employed. They wouldn’t want to risk whatever small they have over uncertain situations. Not risking in life is not living, one Virgin Airways founder and CEO, Sir Richard Branson said. So, stop viewing investing and setting up your own enterprise as a very long time to get returns. Don’t you think being employed is a very long time to remain broke?

Get over JOBISM or die from *BROKE-ISM! CHALLENGE YOURSELF, LIVE, INVENT, FAIL, LEARN, BREAKTHROUGH ACHIEVE!

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