Tonight I’m writing from the Curve Bar at The Vibe Hotel just across the street of the Milson’s Point Station in Sydney. I’m enjoying a nice cabernet sauvignon by the window overlooking the street. I like this bar quite a bit actually. They have Carlton Draught on tap, a number of microbrews in bottle, and what seems to be a good assortment of wines so far. The décor is quite colorful and it completely matches the ambient trance music playing in the background. There are some tennis ball green colors, deep reds, yellows, browns and so forth. I’d say it has a modern look to it. The view from the window is of the train station, but the reflection of the bar itself is mainly what you see.
This cabernet is very nice – it’s light for a cab and not overly dry. Having some knowledge of DJ Tiesto, 4-Strings, and PVD helped me get a few tastes of other wines before choosing this one. The food here is good, but not blog-worthy good. At least the wine made it in.
So here I am, 30th May, and nothing written since last weekend. I suppose I could get into my hesitation with this whole Australia thing, but I prefer to discuss its resolution. Here I am in Australia, employed by a company that has increased my income by 500%, allows me to be creative in what I do, and has enough confidence in me to put me in charge of a country (which used to be a prison). Well, I suppose when I pull my head out of my ass I realize how fortunate I am to have that. It’s not that I didn’t feel fortunate for all this, or appreciate it, but rather that things are now moving very quickly around me and I’m forced to challenge myself to keep it. The kid’s in the big time now and needs to step it up. I’m scared of not keeping up.
I spoke with my boss Sam about this today, which has really taken a lot of weight off my shoulders and given me a new level of respect for my boss. That in itself is important to me. So what’s happened is that my time or tour here has been chopped up more so it’s easier for me to manage and understand. As of this afternoon my schedule in Australia ends at the end of this year and with that change I am still guaranteed employment at my company in the United States. The “reason” I am here is to obviously sell our products, but also to show a presence in this part of the world; to educate the market; and also to impact our Asia-Pacific team with my experiences out of our headquarters in the US. Being out of HQ has it’s advantages over being hired out locally. First, I know how the company works. I know who is a pain in the ass, who needs to be called for what, and the limits to how far you can push people at HQ to get stuff done. That’s not in any training and regardless of being told who your go-to people are you never ‘know it’ until you truly know it. It’s also a brand new team and I have the most tenure within the company, so now there’s some longevity and experience on the team. Oh, and I know our CRM/database the best of any sales person in our company, plus the fact I used to work for the manufacturer.
That is why I’m here and that is how I can start to act. I’m good with that and being able to look at this in six month commitment terms and not just two years. Plus I’m a badass.
It’s now 20:19.
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