Work Hard, Work Late

I believe in hard work, but i don't believe in working late night just to finish up tasks in general that is why in software extreme programming methodology, 40 hour week is strictly employed. When people are working late, it means something is inefficient thus it should be fixed and/or eliminated.

Tonight i am working late because i have no choice but work late. Commitments should be accomplished, agreements should be fulfilled and business should survive. This is where people become great and where reputation is built.

In my case tonight, i am still up because something significant has changed. And that change makes me work at the moment because i am anxious/excited to a new business strategy/product model. For me, business is a financial and social game, it's like a betting game whereby you gamble on a strategic decision. Sometimes you win and sometimes you lose and when you're on the verge of losing you have to make a bold move.

I have been winning and losing for the past 8 yrs in this company. Sometimes i win profits, and if i don't, i see to it that i will win happy customers. At the end of the day, its how you play the game...its not personal.