I always say to the team that we are like in learning process. It’s like playing game. In the very beginning of our career we are still level 1, with simple assignment. If we can pass thru it then we will go to the next level and so on. This proccess has no shortcut. We gotta earn it to level 10. Then usually aftwr level 10, you can just continue repeat this last level 10 or you would like to choose another game which has more complexity and difficulty. And you might want to start it from level 1. Because you have the experience into level 10 at the first game, perhaps you can get into level 5 very quickly then gradually improving the skills and capability to level 10 again. And repeat this overall circle again. By this we continiously to have new excitement, new skills, developmeny and go to the biggest most complicated layer; government, worldwide.

Few months before, I was in my very comfort zone. I have less thing to care, I can fo back at 5pm and I can do marketing as I am sure I can be very good at. But I have urgency that I can fall into very confort zone, that I can lose my capability and the skills. Because I will just want to do that one thing that I like. I have the feat can not grow. Then I will become specialist. Therefore I choose another round. I choose the work that I think my skill in the field still low, the work that I am not expert yet..the work that I dont really like it as I am not very familiar with it… the environment that more fierce and tough and in different level of people mangement… somehow I feel happy about that condition… perhaps because I know I am growing my skill, my capability, my experience.

In my first 7 days (5 working days) of my new carrer, somehow I dont feel any regret. Instead, I feel contented. “Knowledge is the best friend” and I think so. I like to learn things and continue learning things. There is a quote saying that we become averagoe of people surrounding us. And I think I am in right direction. I meet up many new friends / network who I can learn from. They are sniors. And not mention in this company, I can explore all information, trainings, to improve my knowledge and skill. I really feel content. And that is the most important one.

These few days, as I still try to work out witth new traffice to the new job, I always use apps taxi which are uber and grab. This morning i have a policeman whi drove me to the office. He is such a gentleman and his car is more like a racing car. He drove in different road, through the port which very close to the sea and it’s a new experience for me. What a journey! Even thought I spent 1 1/5 hours on the road, I arrived office at 8.00 am and it made me finish my first batch of Microsoft Marketing University. And it made me earned my 1st Microsoft badge! And only on the 4th day working days in Microsoft 🙂

Just 2 days on board, I have face challenge about the traffic. I usually only spent 15minutes from my house to office, but today I spent 1.5hours + another 2 hours back … my baby Allen was sick and I wanted to artive home at 5pm. It turned out arrive at 6pm. Even though, I believe this is one of the challenge that I could walk thru with solution. Thinking in another side, with this challenge, I forced to manage my time more efficiently and it will build up my time dicipline as well. So, I still think this is a good change and a good challenge for me.

There is several big decission that become my turning point in my life. The first one is to make decission to study in Jakarta for University. Ar that time, I really didnt want to spend my whole life in a cubical shop. I could say it wa not bad, but it would just became a comfort zone. Second turning point is to choose between working in ASUS or another company. It is a very important decission because it decided my next 12 years life. And the last one I have just made is to decide to start over again from the bottom at Microsoft. The same thinking as the first decission. It is not bad to continue working in ASUS as I have gained respect and honour. But I just think comfort zone is not what I want. Now I start new journey and adventure. And it makes me feeling content and excitement.

Recently my mom told me a story why she encouraged me to make a change in my career life. She said, I have been grown up seeing many family who has a shop or a business and also many children.  Some of the children would fight each other to be the owner of their parents’ shop or business. While some of the children would stepped out from the circle and started their own adventure. Perhaps it was not that easy in the very beginning. But years passed, the children who have their own adventure became more successful from the ones who fight for internal family business. My mom is very inspiring person. She has the growth mindset and that’s how I also have it 🙂 I would say thank you to my mom.

Few days ago, my friend gave me a book and I have started to read it. In the first chapter, it mentioned about Yin and Yang. Its about life law. Yin& Yang symbolized with 2 fish. One black fish with white eye. And another white fish with black eye. This is like what is going on in real life. There is no eternal sadness, there is no eternal happines. The real is when there is the sadness there will be happiness in other side. And vice versa. And it will continiously to happen. Sometimes things happened and it seems that we “win” over the other stuff. But it could be we “lose”. At our lowest point, we find the way to reach the greatness.

Many people thought the decission of the change is because of “Baper” (take things personally). If I rethink over and over again, the reason of the change ia because of the need to have the content. The need to learn. The need to have excitement. The need to fight like we are a hunter, a warrior. The decission is more on rationale reason rather than an emotional one. Because I have passed through many this kind of condition, and I still worked anyway. This situation is just become an excuse for me to exit. Exit to the new adventure.

I couldnt hold my tears when we gathered together in the room we usually use for meeting and training. When I arrived, all friends already waited. The last moment in the company really make me sad. Somehow I am very excited with the new adventure.

Perhaps some people thought I will be in the tough way. Indeed it is. But thats how we grow. Some people think they are winning but perhaps I am.