I had a call today from this chap living in Dubai. His current job is great job, high basic salary, a prestigious role with global responsibility for multi-country operations and with international travel, London, Paris, New York….
His only issue being, he was living out of a suitcase and didn’t see his family during the week and often not at a weekend – his role saw him working anywhere but home (Dubai) and always long distance London, New York, Sydney etc. He wanted to make his home Dubai, more of a permanent thing, spend more time with the family.
He called me seeking my advice – he’d been offered a new job but was in a dilemma should he accept.
I asked his motivations for a move – the main one, to spend more time with his family. What else, bigger responsibility and more money. Did this new job offer all of these things YES.
The reality of his predicament was simply, letting go of something familiar and safe.
He called me later in the day to say he would be accepting the new role.
