Learning from the bosses

So I’m not going to The Philippines after all.

It’s alright because I’m given a very important task here in Singapore. But I was looking forward to Philippines, much more than Japan and Korea. Partly because I knew going overseas was entirely possible, unlike the uncertainty felt when planning for the previous trips. More because I was looking forward to experiencing Philippines, a place I would otherwise not likely visit.

So much for the jokes about “poor people going to far away places to work” and going to work in a place where most of the citizens work overseas.

The best thing is, Big Boss sees what I’m doing as value-adding, and so the boss made the trip sounds like it’s a mandatory thing just to complete the round of trips around the distributors when the person going on the trip is not around. That’s why they’re the bosses.

Learning point: If you can’t give grapes to everyone, make the grapes seem sour to the one who doesn’t get it. ;P