Self-Actualization...at work? NO WAY!!!

Last January 17, 2007, I filed my resignation (again...yep, again for the Nth time)with my boss, whom I'd consider to be one of the best bosses I've had since I started working. After all the discussions on pending work (I had 4 on-going engagements at the time), clearances and staff assessments, our talk went to the "why" zone...

Why? Aside from me being a restless soul in the midst of all the busy work schedule, client demands and school work, it would all boil down to what I can provide. Yes, I'm a provider. In my early posts, I sometimes would consider it a curse that slows me down and delays my gratification from the things I want. BUT, I never told him that.

Instead, I said the company I signed up with had a better benefits package, global presence, trainings (which I never had with the firm I'm leaving) and it had better leverage in terms of providing better compensation. It sounded nice, for me ... but his reaction wasn't what I expected. His comment felt more like a low blow and sounded like a sour-graping boy.

"...(verbatim)How about your need for self-actualization? So your decision was based only on economics..."

Economics, I agree 100%.

But self actualization, from his point of view, NEVER. I understand where his coming from, his work is his life. His daily routine is to work from monday to friday, get a massage and hang-out with friends on weekends. He's single at an age a decade away from retirement.

I, on the otherhand, see my "self-actualization' in the satisfaction I get when I see my family, wife and kids happy and content. Work is work, and it will never give me the satisfaction I need.

A Touch of Reality and Humility 1.19.2002

Mga Pare!!!!

Kamusta na!!!???!!!

Happy New Year sa inyo, pasensya na kayo medyo tight ako ngayon and di ako maka-gimik...medyo higpit muna ako ng sinturon.

By the way, ok 'to pareng Jak at last we got our own yahoogroup.

Pareng Erik, musta ba...baka nakakalimot ka na dun sa tinuro mo sa 'kin dati....PAMPER YOURSELF!!!!

Don't put too much pressure on yourself...that was my mistake...a step at a time dude!!!

Remember, we're still young (forget the aches and beer bellies...hehehe) bata pa tayo mga p're siguro the time we've spent lingering on the possibilities were enough to make us see things with a touch of reality and humility.
Salamat mga P're, Mabuhay tayong lahat!!!!