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My Life’s Journey Andy Harjanto

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Sharing my life's journey and lessons learned along the way.

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Page 1: My Life's Journey

My Life’s Journey

Andy Harjanto

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Stay Hungry, Stay Foolish

Steve Jobs, 2005

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17,508 islandsBorn and Raised in a Tropical Country with

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That’s over there

Equator line

Indonesia

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Absolutely love water!

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..and fast sports

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I spent hours, fascinating with building stuff with blocks and Lego

That’s my best Christmas present

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At 19, ready for a new adventure

…threw a dart at the map

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Michigan, here I come!

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What was happening back then in US?

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Wait….

I don’t speak English

Well, That’s part of adventure

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In my apartment, I watched countless episodes of Sesame Street and Three’s Company to improve my English

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Still, I had many embarrassing moments

Excuse me sir, where can I find hookers?

?

??!!

Hook is verb, then its noun must be…

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My first winter was interesting

Lived for years in 90s F, and

Now, winter in 20s F

..but snow sceneries made up for that

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5years latergot my degree, MBA, MSc

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NexVision, IncDeveloping Windows Applications

Start my own start-up

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I was Young and Stupid

money ran out quickly

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Next 4 years, Do consulting work for companies around the world

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Got married

andhave a kid

(in that order)

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And then, Redmond is calling…

Pacific Northwest, Here I come!

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More importantly, I met amazing

people fromall over the world

A team in Microsoft is like a group from United Nations

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Still, Can’t Shake

My DesireTo Be

AnEntrepreneur

Look Ma, NO parachute

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Co-Founded Guppers.comCloud and Mobile

Access Business Data on Any Cell Phone

3 min Tour

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What I learned about live so far

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You Can Achieve Whatever You Set Your Mind To

Well, not quite. Let’s revise…

You Chance of Success Increases Dramatically Whatever You Set Your Mind To

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Journey into the unknown has many twists and turns, but hardly you’ll regret it later

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‘Been in many places, and worked with peoplefrom around the world, I can honestly say:

Human in all races, religions is the same

Many good apples, just few bad ones*I love to tell you stories about this

Unfortunately, media all over the worldmagnifies only the bad ones

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Mediocrity is your worst enemy for achieving realprogress in life

Either you’re very good at it, or really bad at it

So, you can take the appropriate actions

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In the age of Globalization and Democratized Information Technology,

6,781,439,196+You’re competing with

people

Stand up andBe Noticed

Channeling your passion is one heck of a strategy

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Starting is perhaps the hardest thing to do.

But think of it this way, You’re ahead of 90% of people if you start

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Opportunity knockingyour door is anomaly

Go outside, play, andfind opportunities

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The biggest innovation

I’ve ever witnessed,

is to simplify, reduce complex

problems

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Do not obsess withyour competitors

They may be even more clueless than you are

In this rapidly changing market,

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Keeping Team Happy is Simpler than You Thought

ProgressOwnershipTransparency

My POT Recipe

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Most of all, sometimesyou should just…

Have Fun

Break some rules

Be Foolish

Expect the Unexpected

Jump from the airplane

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What I hope in my remaining journey in life ?

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Making a dent in the universe

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make dent in the universe

But together, let’s

hole

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Call To Action

Share your story, knowledge, passion andexperience to others

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