Let me tell you about Jack.
Jack grew up in Montreal within the framework of the Canadian vertical mosaic. Jack, an orphan and thus a widow’s son, graduated from McGill University with an honors degree in Electrical Engineering (he earned his degree through hard work and paid for his semester by playing piano at a posh downtown bar). His Profs wanted him to go on to graduated studies, but Jack had other plans.
Jack wanted to see the world .
Jack joined a multinational and he did well. He did so well that he became one of the most respected professionals in his domain (Jack managed to take a short break from his career and complete, at company expense, an Msc. in Administration from SLOAN; Jack wanted to see how it would be to study and live in Boston). Subsidiaries of the company were so eager to have him guide them, that they insisted on putting him at the most expensive local hotels whenever he found the time to pay them a visit. For example every time he travelled to Dublin (one of Jack’s favorite destinations), the local company always put him up in one of the executive suites of The Shelburne hotel next to St. Stephen’s Green (JFK’s favorite hotel and notable for its bar which hosts the Dublin, Dun Laoghaire and Dalkey elite Thursday nights). Now anyone with deep pockets and their own business can rent a room in a luxury hotel, but there’s always something more to be said when someone else is willing to pay for such comforts (which also included a limo for his home away from home urban travel needs).
A number of Jack’s friends, while Jack was continent hopping, established their own business and made money. But Jack wasn’t interested in money. Jack wanted to see the world. On Tuesday afternoon Jack was walking through the alleys of residencial Polanco 
and on Wednesday afternoon Jack was entertaining a fine Athenian lady under the Acropolis. Jack respected the importance of money, but also understood that he would live only once, and the more he could absorb from this world, the better. So Jack did not underestimate the power of money, but he didn’t overestimate it either. There was a time and a place for everything.
Of course the years passed and Jack eventually left his multinational, Business wasn’t what it use to be and since it got quite boring, Jack decided to call it quits; of course with a little help. People shy away at leaving their work in their forties, especially in the midst of a crisis, but Jack see’s it as the natural thing to do. His line of business went down, he’s seen the world and savored its flavors, so now its time to do something that will be in tune with the times to come. Jack’s right now on the Trans Siberian hoping to catch a good view of Kazan. He’s coming back in a couple of weeks and he’s gonna be doing something totally new. He won’t blend into any traditional modes or predefined paths; he’ll use his imagination and create something that fits his way of life, his style, his essence, his raison d’etre.
Don’t get me wrong, Jack isn’t working out of the system.
Jack IS the system.
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