Treat Life as a Workshop to find out Who You Are

"The problem of our world is not just that there are people who are ideologically unsound; Our problem is that there are too many people who are not properly fitted for their jobs. An important part of the political solution to many of the problems of our age cannot be found in the politics. It goes back to education and it goes back to the individual. Many people are in vocations that are at odds with their true natures. That is not the best way for them to contribute to this world. When you are at odds with your vocation, you acquire a skewed view of the world. And what you give to the world winds up being skewed too. Bad politicians lead to bad policies. Bad journalists lead to bad journalism. If only more people would be true to their sense of their vocations, we would have more happiness in this world." Says Nigerian novelist Ben Okri in the article 'Treat life as a workshop to find out who you are' in Ode magazine.