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- Hello - it's been a while - from John Lim
How would you sum up your 2023?
Hi there, it’s been a while.
Since I got impacted by the global layoff at my previous company in May 2023, I have been focusing on getting my professional career back on track - hence the hiatus for this newsletter.
2023 is probably the most challenging year of my career so far.
As I begin to reflect on the year, I am choosing to over-index on positivity and gratitude:
- While I couldn't control what happened to me, I chose to focus on what I could control - my response and attitude
- While I can’t choose who I get to meet through work and life, I get to choose who stays
- While it sucks to be abruptly pulled out from working with amazing humans in an empowering work culture, I’m grateful to have experienced it and now know what to strive for
2023 shall be a year where I take away many learnings - reflections, test and reinforcement of my values, perseverance, reinvention - and what to say no to.
I’m grateful to folks who have reached out, followed up, listened, and / or offered your network or simply a kind word. Thank you! I don't take you for granted.
How has your 2023 been? What words come to mind if you were to sum up this year?
As 2023 comes to an end, I wish you happy holidays and a happy healthy prosperous 2024 ahead! Here’s to a better 2024! 🎉
Best,
John Lim
Every man has two lives, and the second starts when he realizes he has just one.
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Kindly send these to me - and I hope to get them answered for you. Your identity will be kept anonymous.
About John Lim:
John has had an unconventional career by Singapore / Asian standards - with several career switches. He started his career in banking before co-founding a laser tag events company. After building the business from ground-up, growing the team to 20+ and running Singapore's largest indoor laser tag center, he joined an early-stage tech startup to lead business development across Southeast Asia. In 2019, he took a leap of faith to join the e-commerce industry, seemingly unknown sector, until a few months later when Covid-19 pandemic brought the world to its knees.
While John finds himself lucky to have 'survived' the career switches relatively unscathed, he has never forgotten how it feels like to be at the crossroads of your career and life. Now, he has started On My Own Terms Podcast - to provide the resources and perspectives he wished he had - and to help you make the most of your career to live your best life. Join him as he speaks with unconventional career changers and risk-takers, taps into their experiences and perspectives and discusses all things career. Together, they will provide you nuggets of wisdom, inspiration and actionable insights to start living life on your own terms.
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DISCLAIMER: Opinions expressed in newsletter and podcast are solely my own and do not represent the opinions of past, current or future organizations that I was, am and will be part of.