So it has been three weeks after the awesome kickass Japan trip and at the same time three weeks since I moved to the B side of my team. The B side is different from the A side in that while the A side plays a much more central role overall within the whole organisation, the B side plays a much more independent role and only looks toward the A side for guidance. In a sense this gives a whole lot more scope for B to do stuff as B would not need to look at what other parts of the organisation is doing to plan its own activities. This move was meant to be a 3 month rotation so that I could learn more about B before doing a better job at A. However, what with the frustrations of no promotion this year in a year where so many other departments were promoting, the boss suggested this change and also a further move to Team C after the stint. So, even though the departure from A was meant as a short term change, it seems that I will not be going back for quite a while, perhaps a very long while.

It is so interesting because you can plan and plan for yourself and sometimes just not know what the future will bring. How true is that ? Exceedingly true of course. Here I was thinking how I could contribute more to A, while actually my moves were being planned ahead. Yes of course I could have had a say by refusing point blank or moving to another organisation, but what would that serve ? In life, there comes a time, when you can get too comfortable and everything seems to be going smoothly. It is at this time that you should be very careful and reassess your position as this means you are not being challenged enough and may not be making a difference in the world. This I picked up from the Big Boss, and I want to adopt this thinking. How can I make a difference ? To myself, to my organisation, to my friends and family, to the world. What good will be my life if I did not manage to leave a mark upon the world, or within my individual teams for that matter? I realised that as I was working in Team B and wondered why I was putting so much pressure on myself to improve the work process, and to find out all I could to make sure the work ahead for the teammates in B would be easier later. Perhaps that is just how I work.

After all, just before I found out about my move, at a luncheon (part of an award I received last year) my fortune cookie was as follows; Your life will get more and more interesting.

Interesting.

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As you can see from the picture, it was always fantastic to be staying on the inside, feeling all warm and cuddly while having hearty breakfast. We would look at the icicles falling from the trees or at the snow, which lumped around like so many millions of tiny marshmallows.

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