I am a self-professed armchair mountaineer, having spent most of my life reading books written by some of the world's great mountaineers: Walter Bonatti, Herman Bull, Kurt Diemberger, Reinhold Messner, Jerzy Kukuczka, Doug Scott, Ed Viesturs, and many others.

Firstly I found many similarities between high altitude trekking and running a marathon. It's an endurance sport. One has to keep on going, one step at a time. There were several times during the trip where I felt questioning myself : why am I doing this? How far still do I have to go? I had to keep on pushing myself to the limit. Perseverance. Grit. Never giving up.

The promise of clear blue skies, fresh air in Bali, in Lombok or in any other tourist destination and doing some good to help our kin suffering in the tourism sector is worth the risk of flying for me. I am coming back.

Making a Decision on your next career is never straightforward and simple. And I have to admit, after getting my "second MBA" at PT HM Sampoerna, it has taken me a while to decide between the several career options I had

I would have to say that my marathon journey has certainly played a key role in the preparation for my Reboot journey and also my running experience and learnings have certainly helped to sustain my first 6 months in my new job.

I was on the plane the other day, and I had to smile when I read in the INT newspaper a new advertising campaign from UBS : "What if I live to 100?", "Should I make life simpler? Do I have the right plan?"

I mentioned in one of my earlier posts that I would be making a life-changing decision. After about 9 months of deliberation, I have made the decision to leave Egon Zehnder by the end of the year.