One year older again. Every birthday, we’ll have birthday wishes and looking forward to bigger milestones in life. Every time at this point of the year (or should I say this particular month of September), I will think back on what I did for the last 12 months and plan for the next year ahead.
As always, I reflected on myself so much more during this period of time than any other days in the past 365 days. The past 12 months, I would say, it’s truly a roller coaster ride – lots of ups and downs.
The first few months had been pleasurable – winning the ‘Best Forex Education Project in Asia’ in November 2009 and been approached by Phillip Capital CyberQuote to run our ‘Forex Intensive’ programme with them in January 2010.
Maybe it’s complacency. Maybe it’s forces of nature. Somehow I realised the following months were indeed not as easy! Maybe it’s the entire environment, or is it when one gets older, it ain’t getting easier? Only time will tell. It had been another year of experiences and discovery.
For whatever I had faced for the past 12 months, I understand things will not get any easier. Things are getting more and more chaotic. When times are good, be humble. When times are bad, keep a watchful eye – anything can easily spin out of control.
My 3 biggest lessons these 12 months:
- People may not always reciprocal your kindness.
- Execution and results matters – talk is really cheap.
- Money really tests friendship.
Like what I always thought, we are really on a slope. If we don’t move up, we move down! But it’s precisely because of these tough times, we become stronger and tougher.
Time to move on, always!
One year older again. Every birthday, we’ll have birthday wishes and looking forward to bigger milestones in life. Every time at this point of the year (or should I say this particular month of September), I will think back on what I did for the last 12 months and plan for the next year ahead.
As always, I reflected on myself so much more during this period of time than any other days in the past 365 days. The past 12 months, I would say, it’s truly a roller coaster ride – lots of ups and downs.
The first few months had been pleasurable – winning the ‘Best Forex Education Project in Asia’ in November 2009 and been approached by Phillip Capital CyberQuote to run our ‘Forex Intensive’ programme with them in January 2010.
Maybe it’s complacency. Maybe it’s forces of nature. Somehow I realised the following months were indeed not as easy! Maybe it’s the entire environment, or is it when one gets older, it ain’t getting easier? Only time will tell. It had been another year of experiences and discovery.
For whatever I had faced for the past 12 months, I understand things will not get any easier. Things are getting more and more chaotic. When times are good, be humble. When times are bad, keep a watchful eye – anything can easily spin out of control.
My 3 biggest lessons these 12 months:
- People may not always reciprocal your kindness.
- Execution and results matters; talk is really cheap.
- Money really tests friendship.
Like what I always thought, we are really on a slope. If we don’t move up, we move down! But it’s precisely because of these tough times, we become stronger and tougher.
Time to move on, always!
klchoo | 
11 3rd, 2010| 
