Of course, if anybody thinks that once you graduate, life would be a bed of roses, nothing can be further from the truth. You may end up even more frustrated than you are during your worst exams. Finding jobs is another chapter in life which is worth writing a book by itself. Even for medicine, the four months waiting for job placement was enough torture for me. Lucky for me, as a doctor my job is guaranteed. By the way, that is another skill a player needs to know. Would you put your money where the chance of winning is remote? Similarly, why bother doing a course if it guarantees no job. In Malaysia, at least for now, there are only two fields of study where you can be guaranteed of jobs. The Health Sciences (nurse, pharmacy, doctors etc) and the education field itself (teachers). Of course another way of betting is by applying for private company’s sponsorship that provides you with job. Please, this is the most logical skill to play the cards, put your money where the ‘job’ is!
My first year as a doctor (or House Officer) was absolute nightmare. It was the most hectic year of my life up to that point. Boy, I thought facing final year exams was bad. Apparently this is worst. However, undeniably this was also the year where my learning curve was the steepest. I think I have learnt more of the art of becoming a doctor in that one year alone compared to my whole six years of doing medicine. I learnt a lot even though I hardly sleep, no social life, zero fun and in essence no life. But I persevered.
In 2000 I was transferred to a small district in Sabah called Kota Belud. It is about one hour drive from the capital city. I became the boss of the health department in the whole district. Life was better. I continue to work hard and diligently.
By the time I was writing this book (2003), I was the Assistant Director of Sabah’s Public Health Department. Career was almost at the peak. And I was looking far beyond.
Looking back to what I have achieved, I am immensely proud of myself. Not so much of what I have attained, but from where I have begun. There is no way I could get here by chances alone and definitely not by miracles either. I have come here because I have something that my friends on the starting line did not have. That what I have I will share with you in this book. I hope the book will give you a new hope and a new way to look at your life as a student and as the best player in this casino of ours. Whatever stage of life you are now, it is never too early. At the same time, you can never be too late to benefit from this book. I humbly admit that I am not the only one who has the success story in life. There are many more out there. Some of them have accomplished more than what I have. What make me different is I am willing to write a book about my secret of success and share them with you.
The following are my ten essences of success.
My first year as a doctor (or House Officer) was absolute nightmare. It was the most hectic year of my life up to that point. Boy, I thought facing final year exams was bad. Apparently this is worst. However, undeniably this was also the year where my learning curve was the steepest. I think I have learnt more of the art of becoming a doctor in that one year alone compared to my whole six years of doing medicine. I learnt a lot even though I hardly sleep, no social life, zero fun and in essence no life. But I persevered.
In 2000 I was transferred to a small district in Sabah called Kota Belud. It is about one hour drive from the capital city. I became the boss of the health department in the whole district. Life was better. I continue to work hard and diligently.
By the time I was writing this book (2003), I was the Assistant Director of Sabah’s Public Health Department. Career was almost at the peak. And I was looking far beyond.
Looking back to what I have achieved, I am immensely proud of myself. Not so much of what I have attained, but from where I have begun. There is no way I could get here by chances alone and definitely not by miracles either. I have come here because I have something that my friends on the starting line did not have. That what I have I will share with you in this book. I hope the book will give you a new hope and a new way to look at your life as a student and as the best player in this casino of ours. Whatever stage of life you are now, it is never too early. At the same time, you can never be too late to benefit from this book. I humbly admit that I am not the only one who has the success story in life. There are many more out there. Some of them have accomplished more than what I have. What make me different is I am willing to write a book about my secret of success and share them with you.
The following are my ten essences of success.
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