If you think career change is only for those in their early careers or with unfortunate circumstances, you need to listen to Joval’s inspirational story. Joval Gan is currently co-founder and chief revenue officer of Advocado, a cloud-based loyalty consumer engagement platform for small and medium enterprises. In his first job straight out from university, he joined a direct sales and marketing company, where he ended up spending 14 years, during which, he moved his family abroad to start the Hong Kong office. In his own words, he was living the luxurious and high life. But what made Joval quit his $500K career at its peak and return to Singapore with no concrete plans? How did his family and friends react and adjust to this decision? In this abridged episode, we find out the answers to these and more. If you enjoyed this episode and are keen to listen to full conversation where Joval and I talked about so much more like what he ended up doing right after he came back to Singapore, his advice to those considering career change, differences between Singapore and Hong Kong, how he co-founded Advocado, how to do well at sales, check out the following episode.  Time stamps: (02:12) First job (04:32) How Joval made up for his lack of experience in sales (06:19) Moving to Hong Kong (07:51) What made Joval quit (13:24) How long it took Joval’s family to accept decision (16:49) What made Joval so sure (18:37) What if...... Episode show notes on https://www.johnlimcy.com/podcast-show-notes. This podcast episode was recorded in Sep 2021. About the host John Lim: Currently based in Singapore, I’m a husband, father and a curious business and tech enthusiast. Bulk of my career so far has been centered around business development, technology, entrepreneurship and startups. I have made rather huge career switches across diverse and unfamiliar industries. You can learn more about my career journey here. Consider subscribing and following the podcast wherever you are listening or watching from so you won't miss out on new episodes. Kindly rate, review and share this podcast if you have enjoyed it and/or found the episodes helpful. You can also connect and share on Linkedin, Facebook and Instagram; and watch (parts of) the conversation on YouTube. Support the podcast: Subscribe, rate and review ✍️  the podcast wherever you are listening or watching from.Follow, comment and share 👍 on the podcast’s social media (LinkedIn preferred) if you have enjoyed it and/or found the episodes helpful.The two above will enable the algorithm gods to make the podcast more visible and suggested for larger audience who are likely to benefit from the content.Buy me a coffee ☕ - literally. Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/johnlimcy) Support the show