Metro: Malaysia’s ‘retirement home’ for Gen Z speaks volumes about global work culture

What If We Didn’t Wait Until Burnout to Pause?

I was recently quoted in a Metro article exploring Malaysia’s Gen Z “retirement home” and what it says about global work culture.

Beyond the headline, the story raises a bigger question: why do we only legitimise rest once we are exhausted?

By 26, I had already moved through three different careers and set up my own business. None of it was linear. Every step built skills I would not have gained by staying on one path. What looked like change was actually growth.

Careers are often framed as acceleration. But sometimes they are about recalibration.

The real risk is not changing direction. It is continuing without reflection.

Pause with intention.
Lead with clarity.

Read the full article here.

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