\u201cLife doesn\u2019t happen to you, it happens for you.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This was a chapter title in my book Brave<\/a>. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n It\u2019s also a maxim I\u2019ve had to remind myself of many times in recent years as my well laid plans have derailed and I\u2019ve found myself in circumstances that were a far cry from those I\u2019d been working toward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I won\u2019t go into the messy details (which I shared in You\u2019ve Got This!)<\/a>.\u00a0Suffice to say that the plot twist which brought me to Singapore 3 \u00bd years ago was not part of my vision four years ago!\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n Yet amid the family disruption and the challenges of parenting four children across the globe, this chapter of my life living in Asia has been tremendously rewarding, deeply broadening and wholly transformative \u2013 both personally and professionally. (Being named a Linked In Top Voice<\/a> last week beside Singapore\u2019s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong affirmed just how much.)
Long before Covid-19 turned jolted us all from our comfort zones, I was forced to embrace my own advice that \u201cgrowth and comfort can\u2019t ride the same horse<\/a>\u201d and to look within myself for the certainty I couldn\u2019t find elsewhere. In the process, I\u2019ve discovered new reserves of resilience and developed new dimensions of courage that I\u2019d never have otherwise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n