Anything good takes time

"I will be going to study my masters in Dubai in September," Illiyan said.

"I have just started on my Finance studies," Ms Nga told me. "I have been a cabin crew for a decade. I have been invited to go for my promotion interview at the end of this month."

I know that anything good takes time. Just as it took several years of learning and hard work to achieve my spot in career and finance status, there is a learning curve that needs to be mastered in the next 10 years of my life.