• Posted on Dec 18, 2023

Here’s what Simu Liu did and how it went. He also has a message for those in the back:

“𝑵𝒐 𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒎𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒚 𝒊𝒔 𝒘𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒎𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒗𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒆𝒍𝒇. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒑𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒖𝒊𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝒂 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎 – 𝒀𝑶𝑼𝑹 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎 – 𝒂𝒈𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒔….𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕’𝒔 𝒘𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒊𝒔 𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒂𝒃𝒐𝒖𝒕”

𝗦𝗶𝗺𝘂 𝗟𝗶𝘂, a former Deloitte accounting worker and actor (played in Barbie, Shang-Chi And The Legend Of The Ten Rings, TV show Kim’s Convenience, etc) 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲𝗱 from his fancy job.

He used the circumstance to self reflect and pursue HIS dreams, not his parents dreams.

There’s SO much for learn from his experience.

✔️ Failure is a rite of passage to success.
✔️ You need to follow your own dreams!
✔️ Sometimes a “failure” is a blessing/opportunity in disguise
✔️ When life hits you hard, don’t rush into something else. Reflect first and make a plan. Sometimes it can take years. But when you arrive – you’ll be glad you believed in yourself! 

Below is what he shared in an Instagram post:

“I was lead into my managing partner’s office at Deloitte and told that they were terminating my employment effective immediately.

A lady from HR and a security guard escorted me back onto the floor in front of the entire open concept office. It was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.

Nobody moved, offered a whisper of encouragement or even looked in my direction.

I fought back tears of humiliation, grabbed my things, and never looked back.

Ten years ago I thought my life was over.

I had wasted countless time and money that my family had invested in me. Years of schooling, gifted programs, trying to live up to my parents’ expectations. It all came crashing down in an instant…

My goodness, what an incredible journey it’s been.

I spent four of those years running around like a headless chicken trying to figure out how to break into the industry, struggling with credit card debt and taking any job I could.

Another three years were spent trying to break into Hollywood, sinking my precious life savings into something many would call a pipe dream. It’s really only been these past three years that anything I’ve done has begun to bear any fruit.

I know luck has played a substantial role in my successes but I am sure that if I hadn’t been cast in two life-changing roles, I’d still find purpose and meaning in the pursuit of success on my own terms. Not my parents’ definition – MINE.

I don’t know who needs to hear this right now, but no amount of money is worth compromising your vision for yourself. The pursuit of a dream- YOUR dream- against all odds… that’s what life is all about.

To Paul Gibbon and the offices of Deloitte Toronto; sincerely, honestly, THANK YOU.

You did for me what I never had the courage to do myself; you destroyed a life that I was building for someone else, so that I could finally begin to build a life for me.”

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