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.