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You can view the website here and find me by searching for Nicholas Murray. I’m not really sure what the point of it is, but it’s nice to see my name up there.

I’m also now listed in the CFA Public Member Directory, and yes, the information is correct and I am taking on clients who meet my minimum balance requirements!

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I came across this short video on Vimeo. The artist also happens to be called Nick Murray.

I intend to blog more about motivating yourself to become psychologically unemployable, but for now, this is a great place to start.

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My old office in the 118 story ICC in Kowloon

Bonus time is almost here. Tomorrow morning after confirming that my account has been credited, I shall be handing in my notice. I know that I will receive countless queries as to “why?” from my managers, colleagues, family and friends so I have decided to prepare a brief summary of 14 reasons why I have decided to quit.

1. I don’t want to have to wear clothes that require dry cleaning every day
2. I don’t want to have to travel to work at peak times and cram myself into an overcrowded train
3. I want to be able to use whatever technology and software that I choose (not the Lenovo ThinkPad, Windows XP, IE6 and Office 2003 that I have been forced to endure for the past 3 years)
4. I do not wish to be told which internet sites and services I can and cannot use
5. I want to be able to work when I feel at my most productive, rather than on-demand between 9.00am and 6.00pm
6. I want to spend my time and energy building assets that will generate a residual income rather than building “discussion points” on my CV
7. I want to focus my creative efforts on activities and projects that have a strong correlation between the effort I put in and the reward I receive
8. I wish to narrow the gap between the value that I create for others and the income that I receive
9. I do not want to have to compete for a share of the value created by others; I do not want to have others compete for the value that I create
10. I want to be able to leverage the ideas and efforts of others for the benefit of myself and my partners, rather than for the benefit of a faceless shareholder or management hierarchy
11. I want to focus my energy in developing and leveraging my strengths rather than being directed to develop my weaknesses
12. I want to receive sincere and candid feedback on my work and on the value that I create for others
13. I need a significant challenge like not having a regular income to rekindle the “fighting spirit” that I had much earlier in my career
14. I want the security that comes from knowing that I have the ability to independently generate as much income as I require

I’ll be back to let you know how it goes. More information about what I am planning to do, and why I fell confident of success can be found on my about page.

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