Barely a few months after I had joined the Bank of Mauritius in 1976, I had a very brief encounter with the then Governor of the Bank. That memorable encounter had instantly made me, as someone neither uber-ambitious nor loquacious as many of today’s young professionals, realize that the road to success is always under construction.
I was made to understand that education does not always lead to more success in the real world. The better you perform in the world of academia, the worse you may turn out to be at solving real world’s problems.