The stars were strangely aligning when I graduated and joined the life insurance industry back in 2009.

Being young and fresh always has the advantage of looking at new things through new and clean lens. Of course, I was confronted with personal challenges with lack of family encouragement or peer support, but I chose to stay on to continue working to increase my marketability and pitching skills. I was very fortunate that I had a great mentor, Joseph, who guided my early steps.

Having become mommy three times in my life, I learnt how to deal with overcoming obstacles and crises back-to-back or all at the same time. Standing beside me the whole time is my mom and hubby who supported me at home and at work, thereby contributing to my success and happiness.

After bagging several awards in over fifteen years of financial planning career, I understood the priorities of both family planning and the A-Zs of financial protection for families. I continue to focus on insurance for couples and those with young children, from endowment to retirement planning—in the same vein as I could relate to this demographic in a real and personal way. The fact that I did not have to switch my career is the isthmus evidence that this was and still is the right profession for me even as my roles today have continued to evolve to become ever more demanding. While Science and artificial intelligence will always be one step ahead of us even in the most complex form of financial advisory work, it is the empathy, personal connection and the sensibility of a human reassurance that will forever stay relevant.