Despedida and the WoWs

Last night the whole B12 gathered together to have a simple dinner that also served as our despedida for our Mother Hen who just resigned from Aqua Comp (not the real name of our company). After several exchanges of messages, Mother Hen gave us 2 Words of Wisdom that we, as young professionals should always put in mind- -and in heart. I would just like to share to you what she said:

WoW #1: Deliverables, targets, TMSs, KRAs will always be there and meeting/delivering them will be as important as maintaining your employment to ANY company. However, when you leave a company, no one will remember you for how well you've accomplished your workloads, neither will anyone recall the numerous awards that you earned. People in the office/workplace will only be able to remember one thing and that is how you were as a person. In other words, no matter how committed you are to your accountabilities at work, in which there is completely nothing wrong about, you should never compromise your personal values. You may be a very professional manager/head/officer in the office, but you are still YOU- -a person. And no accomplishment could ever outweigh the relationships that you built with people that you may have just encountered in the workplace, but definitely have become part of who you are right now. Bottomline: Professionalism is good especially when the PERSONHOOD is intact, value your work but value yourSELF more.

WoW #2: No matter how much money you make now, it will never be enough to cover for your health. This one is simple and many may have encountered it already, yet we still need to be constantly reminded every once in a while about it. We work for a living, we do not live to work. So always put your health first before anything else that you need to deliver at work.

There are only two of them so hopefully, we will all be able to be guided by those WoWs as we go on with our yuppy lives.