Lessons Learned from the People I love in Teletech (I will miss you all!)

I'd take this opportunity to show my appreciation to the people I have found, to those whom I have held a great relationship with while working here in Teletech. Thank you is never enough in exchange for all the valuable lessons learned.

So, in parting, let me pass on the things I have acquired from the people I have loved dearly here in Teletech: my colleagues, my friends and my trainees... here are the things I have unraveled
and realized during my journey here with all of you.

Here it goes:

- Seek for your real gift and hone it, and if you are getting good at something else, you still have to come back and use your gift. You do who you are, not you are what you do. Never take your gift for granted, coz if you do, you betray it. You betray yourself. So dig deep, find that innate gift of yours and be confident enough to use it.

- Never be afraid of failure, of rejection, or mistakes. It is a reality of life. You really can't recognize the right one unless you get to know the wrong ones. Do not limit yourselves once you fail. It doesn't mean it is not for you. That's bullshit you know. Maybe it's not the right time, maybe you don't have enough power or skill, maybe you don't have enough knowledge as of yet, but never think that it is not meant for you. You try again, if it doesn't work, you wait and while you're at it, make good use of yourselves. Learn a new skill; increase your power by learning. Our mind is like a muscle. You have to work it out. A new information, gives you a new choice. A new idea gives you a new muscle, and those muscles will arm you towards success. If all these won’t work then you start praying, and pray harder.

- Positive is good, but reality bites, so be ready for anything that could hurt. Never let the pain put you down, chain you on a pole. Abraham Lincoln once said, "Once you familiarize yourself from the chain of bondage, you are preparing your limbs to wear them."
Trust me, you don't want to wear chains all your life, it's certainly not fashionable!

- Dreams are good. Dream big, so they say. However, dreams are for those who sleep a lot. Dreams happen and materialize when we are asleep. You have to make it real. So wake up and act it out. Make your dreams your goal, and do something to achieve it. You do, you fail, you learn, you win. Whatever the outcome is, you have to be awake to make it happen. Win, lose or try again... that is the essence of living. Live and keep yourself up to make your dreams come true.

- Love… a word difficult to define, it’s a breath a fresh air, but somehow it gives your heart a constricted feeling. Love is like wind, you can see it but you feel it. I don’t mean to sound like a hopeless romantic, but indeed I am. Really, I tried to make myself sound logical in explaining this, but I guess I have to quit trying. After all the thought and over-thought, after defining and redefining, I have obtained this fact: Beneath all of the pain, there exists an unbroken place where boundless joy is possible and all wounds heal. Love is a safe place to rest a heart and soul. Love is common to all of us, and yet, it is impossible to explain. Love is our intangible and inexplicable common denominator.

- Laugh. That, I must say, is the best of it all. Laughter is the shock absorber that eases the blows of life. It is the spark of our spirit. And as for me, if I ever stop laughing, I guess I am dead. Laugh as much as you breathe and love as long as you live.


With immense pain and pleasure, I cherish every step of the way I took in this company, and indeed the people around me enriched my lost soul. But now I believe I am somewhat equipped to take on a new chapter, it's time to improve my life. I am praying that I have chosen the right path. I am taking the risk.

Thank you for giving me the chance to learn all of this.
Thank you for making me see how it is to truly live.
Thank you for loving me and for making me love.
Thank you for making me laugh and for laughing with me.

Our lives have crossed paths and for sure it will happen again sometime. Again, thank you for a year and a half well lived and spent here in Teletech. I will miss you guys. See you around.

Learn. Live. Love. Laugh.