Happy to have a schoolmate-GM

Eric is my boss's boss, the GM of this company. I love to talk with him because every conversation I can also learn something from him. But due to the company reconstruction and merge with other branch, I didn't talk with him for a long time neither from work nor break time. Last night we finally had a talk because he wanted to say thank you to me for my hard working from last Saturday. Of course mouse has no reason to reject because of his vainglory and greed.

During our conversation, we had ever shared our overseas experience from young, because we both studied in Canada Toronto. But! What I just knew is that he studied in the same college as me, which calls Bronte College! What's a coincidence! He was about the first generation student in Bronte, around 3 years earlier than me. But the circumstance is much more different. He and his friends are smart, ambitious, energetic and rich in Bronte, therefore his experience is much more and wider. No doubt that attitude of a person is not because of circumstance, but circumstance can stimulate a person to grow. This is another evidence to prove that, "If you did what you always does, you will get what you always get".

If my calculation is not that bad, it can prove that he is not older than me more than 3 years. But what his experience is so different with me. He did work in some giant companies for some important position, traveled overseas to establish new business. Life for him is always challenging and changing, but he still can overcome and absorb it. I can't imagine if that was me, how can I suffer in this big ocean. Obviously, what I can see is that a correct attitude is built by a strong foundation of spirit which I was totally lack of in my young childhood.

He is also an open-mind person. He did share some company strategy and evaluated some colleague's characteristic with us. He is not afraid to tell us some sensitive topics because he already knew that what we will think after we know. This is a good move to tell something "secret" to your friends or colleagues or followings if you can handle the "secret" already.

We had a very nice talk last night for around 3 hours. I hope this is not the last time we talk, because it inspires mouse a lot and also this is good for mouse’s career relationship.