a milestone

Things come, things go. Everything.
Partings. Reunions. Reflections.


It's been 4 years since I left school. I'm now leaving my first job for another. I've always talked about changing job due to the high stress level, lowly pay, lack of appreciation etc etc etc... the list goes on. But there must be something more to the complaints I have about the job that kept me going and going for these 4 years.

I don't want to go around pretending that everything is rosy and nice. If there'll be something that I felt should have been better, I'd like to make it known and heard. It also helps to relieve the bottled up stress. Friends who know me will understand that; I don't work well under stress.

Several have asked me if I have any plans or targets for the coming years. Frankly, I haven't been thinking too much about it. Given how I am, I know I will make the best of each and every situation to ensure that it helps me grow in the general direction that I wanted. And I think that is enough to see me through for at least a few more months.

think different

leadership

There was this discussion at work about what makes a good leader and what is good leadership recently. My first thought about this was this is an every-now-and-then discussion topic that surfaces, hundreds if not thousands of books published about it and uncountable articles written. I posted something similar like this in a blog shared among colleagues; this is improved upon the original.

If you ask me for my 2 cents worth, this is what I feel a great leader should be:

He may not be your friend in good times but is your best friend in bad times.
He is whom you will seek advice from when lost; and whom you will follow when instructed, and whom will inspire you to go further than instructed.
A great leader is not really your friend, but can be your friend, and is more than your friend: He is your leader.

What do you think?