My teenage self was incredulous that he would put his career over my popularity. My pleas to stay back at boarding school were to no avail.
I fell from the height of popularity to being a nobody and was forced to make friends. In the process, I developed a lifelong appreciation for the underdog.
He taught me that the long-term consequence of every decision can't be foretold. But better than being paralysed by inaction is to act with the best information at hand.
The inherited habit of deliberation mixed with a certain fearlessness of failure has enabled me to take chances in life and career.
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