美国畅销书作家雅莉珊卓．罗宾斯（Alexandra Robbins）2001年首度提出「青年危机」（quarterlife crisis）：20岁至30岁的双十年华阶段，从校园进入社会，从单纯走向复杂，从稳定落入不稳定，青年面对了心里面临极大的冲击。
It has been a long time since I last updated this. I could have many reasons for it: being too busy, too many things to so, etc… but those are all excuses. There is only 1 correct answer, and that is – laziness.
Time really past very fast and I am now 1 year back as BSH. How time flies. And sadly, my current CFO is leaving at the end of Aug. I still remembered 5 yrs ago when he first stepped in, with all those requests leaving me thinking that this is just some guy from HQ. I didn’t really work a lot with him back then, but I appreciated that he has really pushed me a lot, especially when it comes to work and analysis. After being back and after a year of working closely with him, I have really learnt a lot – his logical trend of thoughts and seeing the big picture, his ability to connect different topics, his relentless drive to make things happen, his uncanny ability to look behind the numbers and his knack to tell & sell stories. He has been a great boss to me and is also the first boss to make me think so much in life. It is sad that he is leaving us – although I know that some of the colleagues do not like him, but as I have told him “You can’t please everyone”.
We went for a lunch last week and it was when he asked me “What do you want for a job?”. At that time, I replied him that I am fine with most jobs, if I had a great team and a good boss. He also asked me, “If I were free from all pressures, what would be my ideal job?”. My answer was being a volunteer teacher for kids, which is BTW my current retirement job plan. However on the way home from work, his words suddenly make me think again: What do I want for a job?
Delving deeper, there are a few ways to find out the answer to the question:
1. What do I not like?
– Persuading people to hit your KPI i.e Salesman
– Liaising with too many people – coordinator (though it is part of my job now)
– Dealing with unpleasantness eg Customer Service
2. What motivates me?
– Mental challenges
– Ability to change things for the better
– Making people happy
3. Why do I quit my previous jobs:
– DOS: boring job, lack of changes
– NUS: things are not moving
– WGS: things are not moving, not being involved in action
In conclusion, perhaps I would like a job which challenges me mentally, being in the thick of action and being able to make changes. Perhaps, it is like a midfielder in soccer – being able to dictate the play, being able to change play, dynamic and challenging… The above is not conclusive, but it is at least a start – to get to know myself better (and not to be in quarterlife crisis, though I maybe too old for that :P)