IWD is a day of reflection and to celebrate. Moving at the speed of culture comes with a whole set of challenges, the biggest being our limiting beliefs. Looking back at my own journey, I see I was given opportunities to push myself and make the role my own. Could I have done more? Yes. Did I? In many cases, no, I didn’t.
In the early days of my career, I took on my role and responsibilities with enthusiasm and tried so hard to be what I thought I had to be. This was reflected in the work I produced, which was inauthentic and vanilla, leading to me feeling disenfranchised and unhappy in my workplace. My dad told me life is meant to be loved, including what I did for work.
As a turning point in my career, I decided to be openly creative with personality, which landed me a regional role based in Singapore. We laugh to this day as Eric and Suinee Wong Lomas say I was…
