Daddy’s little girl

Admittedly, I’m one of those. I’ve been blessed to be born in a family where I’m entitled my opinion, and advice is given with reason and not imposed - different from many Asian families.

I think of late, my dad has reached a point where he no longer wants to “understand” why I’m working the way I work - be it for the love of the job, or the ambition to climb up the imposing career ladder.

I received an email from my dad the other day:

Finally got some time to read today (because my team seems to be missing) and was wondering what success story or secret regime Roger Federel had to keep himself on top (dad shares things like that ALL the time).. and then, I found it!

I believe this was his message: *hint hint*

“For the fire to burn, you need to be smart in how you do it and I think I’ve really found the right ways to do it and I’ve always had this good perspective.

“Instead of chasing everything and the money, I made a conscious decision in 2004 when I became world No.1 to have that extra time for myself and for my life, to grow, and not just be a tennis player because it’s not enough to be a tennis player.

“You need to also be the person. It was always very important to me - family, friends, values and to keep those up and to make sure that even with the travelling we do that we do enjoy the time on tour.

“So that not all of a sudden you get burnt out at 26 or 27. That’s not the point of tennis.

“It was a dream as a boy to be a tennis player so you don’t want to feel like you have to play tennis. It was an opportunity and now that I have it I want to savour it as long as I can.”

Good ol’ dad. How subtle..

=.=

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Oh, and my bitchy streak thought - contrast that with Tiger Woods.. when I saw this:

“Having kids and being a father now, and being married, definitely enhances everything.

“I knew fatherhood would be great, that being a married man would be good, but I never thought it would be this amazing.

“I mean, that’s why I’m such a happy person today to see how well everything is working out for me.

OK. Snap out of bitchiness.. start looking for team mates - AGAIN!