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In early 2002, I returned to Beijing and entered a new company --- TaiLin (Magic Vessel) Digital, which had separated from the HuangHe Group. At that time, I was looking for a new challenge and a new starting point. TaiLin Digital was just launching new ERP products at the time and the market potential was highly promising. I was hoping to increase my sales experience, so I told the company's leader that I would like to take on the task of ERP sales. After several days of consideration, he endorsed my request. I had no experience with this type of sales so I would be starting from the grassroots level. But he also told me about another opportunity, which he thought that would be more suitable for me - a position as the deputy general manager of the business management department. This position had a better salary and was much higher up on the company ladder. I was given only one day to decide which of the two positions I would take.

It was an extremely difficult decision for me, particularly because of the time constraint. Almost all of my immediate family members, relatives and friends were telling me that I should take the deputy general manager position because it would allow me to live a better and more relaxed life. For once in my life, I ignored my gut feeling and accepted the post of deputy general manager. As time passed, I realized that I had made a mistake - this job was not what I really wanted to do. There was no challenge, and no matter what I did, I felt no sense of achievement.

This brought me home to the importance of being loyal to my own ideals. I should not have lost my direction simply due to pressure from others. What was far more important was the fact that I should have been more courageous in giving up some temporary interests and not have worried so much about some minor gains or losses in company position. I should have spent more time listening to myself rather than listening to others. I learned that decisions that affect long-term interests require an overall cost-benefit analysis rather than taking the road that leads to the quickest gratification. Long-term planning must take precedence over short-term satisfaction.