Ambitious

Kanina, while having lunch, I remember my very first job interview after graduation in college. I applied at Metrobank. I was interviewed by some bank officers and one of them asked me this question…

Where/how do you see yourself 5 years from now?

Without batting an eyelash, I told him that I believe I’d already be a manager by that time, probably managing a small group of accountants.

The man laughed at me. I was too ambitious, he said.

5 years from that interview, I was already with a call center company, managing a group of 3 accountants, second to the finance director of the Philippine business unit.

I forgot the name of the bank officer. I didn’t harbor a grudge against him. I just think that some people by nature tend to belittle their fellow human being that they forget a vision can become a reality once you focus yourself into achieving it.

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