4 P's of success

On the first day of the communication week we were introduced to the ‘Four P’s of Success’ framework to help us find the right career. Our group spent a session on one of the P’s namely Passion. We used a funnel approach starting from broader interests narrowing it down to our passions, before finalizing on a singular item that we could relate to and communicate effectively. There was a common thread linking a lot of my interests which culminated in the final selection of ‘identifying trends/making forecasts’ as a passion for me. One of the reasons I cherish my old job was that I had a chance to work in the strategy/business side for a bank during the recession which helped me use this quite regularly. At the same time, I felt like there was another ‘passion’ that I needed to check and was the primary reason for getting additional exposure by coming to a B-school in Europe, contrary to the advice of a few of my friends and seniors. This is my deep interest in playing team sports and my desire to set up a platform for sports infrastructure in India. Conversations with a couple of teammates helped me identify that the underlying reason for my desire to follow sports is the impact it has had on my growth as an individual and a professional. I have already volunteered for consulting projects for a multinational through the Sports Business Club and hope to use this avenue to identify if this passion is something that can satisfy the 2 other P’s of Potential and Paycheck. In the meantime, I will focus on the previously identified passion.
Having worked for a big bank in the US, I feel that the financial sector in India is in a nascent stage. I would classify playing a key role in the impending financial revolution in India as my purpose for the future. I think that a key differentiator (potential) will be the ability to better identify the root causes driving certain behaviors and predict future trends, something that requires a mixture of training, intellect,