The Mt Kenya Times 
By: N. George
Worth Noting:
- The veterinary medicine could turn to a farmer perhaps be supplying animal feeds and become passionate in it. Had he knew that such a venture could be lucrative to him perhaps he could have bothered studying veterinary medicine instead he could have ventured into it directly.
- Going to the market to purchase a certain cloth you may find a new arrival or a certain brand which you never knew about as well as the one that you wished to buy. Upon conversation with the seller he analyses for you the clothes he have stocked and you find that the unknown brand to you is superior than the one you had in mind.
But instead of what our imagination makes us suppose and which we worthless try to discover, life gives us something that we could hardly imagine. ………… Marcel Proust.
Growing up in 1980’s and 1990’s we used to admire to be the best things we see around us and hear about with careers like teaching, veterinary medicine, human medicine, secretarial and legal studies being seen as highly esteemed in the community.
Parents motivated their kids to join such careers and the lucky kids worked towards them and they graduated in them. Over the years you can just count a few who have continued in these paths while others went into related as well as different fields. This is due to new revelations that they have got along their way.
Some of the teachers have quit teaching instead become businessmen who have setup academies. Much as they are in education field they are serving other interest.
A law graduate may opt to become a lecturer in law school instead of practicing in hospital law firms and courts. He may also become a company secretary and restrict himself to this area only.
The veterinary medicine could turn to a farmer perhaps be supplying animal feeds and become passionate in it. Had he knew that such a venture could be lucrative to him perhaps he could have bothered studying veterinary medicine instead he could have ventured into it directly.
Going to the market to purchase a certain cloth you may find a new arrival or a certain brand which you never knew about as well as the one that you wished to buy. Upon conversation with the seller he analyses for you the clothes he have stocked and you find that the unknown brand to you is superior than the one you had in mind. Wearing it overtime you come to like the material and change your preference where you no long have loyal for your former fashion.
A farmer who encounters challenges transporting his farm produce like milk, eggs, hides and skins to the market may find a gap in the market and venture into transport business where he could be offering services to those encountering a similar challenge. If it turns to be more profitable than agribusiness then he may specialize in to so you could be left wondering what converted him from a farmer to a logistics business.
A sportsman could easily become a coach and sport consultant once he masters the game and identifies the gaps in the industry which he works towards filling. What was seen as a short term career gives birth to a long term career which he will do even in his seventies and eighties.
The couple experiencing domestic conflicts in their home to an extent that they have become laughing stock of the estate could be counseled and reconciled their differences thereafter turn to marital counselors citing their example as a practical case that the warring families could reunite becoming harmonious in their relationship.
Having worked in a foreign country, in the course of your stay learnt their language may make you attractive to the companies owned by natives of such people in your country as they seek someone who could easily understand their work ethics. The government could also consider offering to you an ambassadorial role in such countries as you will be easy to master their political, social and cultural landscape hence transact with them at ease.
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