Why so workaholic?

There’s a lady in the office who is very workaholic. Even when she was in her honeymoon, she couldn’t let her mind off her newly launched brand. Even as a newlywed, she still worked until very late, unlike other newlyweds who may prefer the joy of being a new couple. Even when she was very sick, she persistenly came to the office and run meetings after meetings.

She has an extraordinary performance for sure. She is able to create something that is literally the true talk of the town marketing activity – a real definition of BUZZ to the MAX. And, I adore her, for sure. I want to be able to achieve to the extend of what she has achieved, and even better. I mean, she is one of the rising star, and she’s truly my inspiration.

But, being a workaholic. Really? I don’t think so.

She loves her job, that’s for sure. And I love my job, that’s also for sure. But, work and life balance is important to keep you sane. I believe, dwelling too much in your job would potentially blinded you from a world full of inspiration out there. At least, that’s what I was feeling a couple months ago, which led me to realize the importance of having something else to do other than my work – no matter how fun my work is.

Anyway, to find inspiration means you have to go out, watch, see, listen and experience. That’s why they call it ‘finding’, there’s an active indication in it.

And, plus, as one of our mutual friend had said to her, “Please don’t be as workaholic as I was. Life is just so beautiful to be wasted on one single activity. You don’t want to only have your work colleague surrounds you at your funeral – all with a low personal touch though extremely high professional respect.”

Agree.

HK

Strong Drive and Passion is all what matters…

Last year, I read a post in Kaskus.us about the rich Indonesian in overseas. And I found a name that was not familiar at all Sehat Sutardja. I just remembered that I was so shocked to know that there’s an Indonesian that can achieved so much and respected in such a way in the US.

He is the founder and CEO of Marvell Technology Group Limited, a company specializing in designing semi-conductors, which he built with his Shang hai-born wife, Weili Dai, and his brother, Pantas Sutardja, in 1995. The three make up Marvell’s CEO, vice president and director, respectively. Not only that he is a big CEO, he is also an inventor who held a Phd degree from a University of California Berkeley. He has 150 patent under his name and was awarded as Inventor of the Year by the Silicon Valley Intellectual Property Law Association in 2006.

He is smart indeed; and he came from a well-off family. His grandfather lived in Singapore. He went to one of the best school in the country (St. Kanisius) and his parents could afford his first year tuition fee and living cost in Iowa State University. But it was his persistence to pursue the things that mattered in his life, that he was very passionate about that lead to his success. Regardless of what people said, he just did what he was very passionate about and have a strong drive.

 

So, it’s not the family wealth of political connection (as opposed to most Indonesian rich people) that lead to his success – it’s her very strong determination and passion to be what he is right now.

 

 

I read some of his very inspiring quotes from jakartapost.com and I put it here:

“On a personal level, a strong drive to pursue what one believes in and is passionate about was critical to success”

“I only cared about something that I felt would satisfy me, even though I did not know what it would mean 10 to 20 years later after I had followed that path”

“We need to do our part. We need to use our unique skills, knowledge and capabilities to contribute to our society”

Those are his three quotes (from that article) that inspires me the most.

This guy is definitely one of my inspiration now 🙂

HK

 

Detail article from Jakarta Post can be seen at http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2011/06/16/sehat-sutardja-from-radio-boy-ceo.html