Long time ago, daddy read that success is not about what you have but what you are willing to give up, and this statement stick to daddy's mind like no other statement. So, whenever he wants to do something, he questioned on the things that he can trade in, the things he can give up.
He figured out he probably would not find great success in his present post and worse, in the long run he might have to give up his sanity. Sometimes, stress comes in the form of lethargy.
Of course, it usually starts with a catalyst. The fire starter was the departure of his boss. I mean, this is a man that stood for his subordinates. The integrity and loyalty is beyond words, but because he and the "bigger" boss dun click, he was asked to leave...That is sick.
What happens to loyalty, integrity and trust? Oh, by the way, that happens to be the credo of this "bird nest" logo company! Anyway, the way the company function is crazy (or maybe it is because daddy is crazy).
What he saw make him sick (as in the way the company function), you gave out your whole life to a company and the moment you are old, there are in a hurry to rush you out. If you spend 25 years in a company, you probably spend more time there than with your love ones and the moment you outlive your usefulness, you are out of there!
He saw it happening to few of the colleagues. At the time of the writing, many people are worried about the toxic nature of food (tainted milk from china and stuff), it is sure bad, but the damage is limited. At least, for the older kids, there is cure.
What is worse are toxic emotions. Once you get it, it is very difficult to get rid of it! So, ironically, people are worried about the world largest food company producing toxic food when what is actually does is just generating huge amount of toxic emotions that are killing its employees.
Daddy left the job not because he has better offers or great ideas that would reap him millions. He left, so that the emotions can be contained, there was a book written on this topic a couple of years back. Not really a bestseller but one he thought should be look upon, given the high stress level of executives in Singapore...
His professor told him years ago, that some folks are entrepreneurs by choice, some are forced to be one. I guess daddy belongs to the latter. Although, daddy does fulfill the first criteria of being an entrepreneurs -he is always dreaming.
Walt Disney says this "if you don't dare to dream, what do you dare to do!" and so, at least daddy has an element of moving forward to pursue his dreams. What he need now are probably some brain power, a lot of motivation and huge amount of tenacity.
At this moment, everything seems shaky, very uncertain and he is really glad that there are somebody always beside him -his wife, my mummy!:) Sometimes, if you think about it, if you think daddy is leaving his job to pursue his dream of fulfilling other people dreams brave -mummy is braver! she never doubt this man and she never once discourage him. In fact, at times when daddy worries about his decision, she was there to encourage, this would be classic lesson 101 on how a supporting spouse is.
Hey, today daddy is being very "emotional", nothing trigger it. It was just the random thoughts and the idea about how blessed he is to have mummy and Jesus. Oh, and of course eugenia too!
Guess should stop here before daddy shed any tears...:) He was supposed to use this page to do some marketing of his single serve coffee maker, guess with such emotions, it is just difficult to do huh...
