By Yasmine C. Hidalgo Philippine Daily Inquirer

Overseas Filipinos dream of success. They want to earn a lot of money to care for their families and also to achieve self-actualization in the process.

The United Arab Emirates is a top choice for many overseas workers, especially professional and skilled workers. Salaries are tax free in the UAE.

But its easy to lose sight of ones goals therewhat with the wide array of luxury brands on display in shopping malls, and the many leisure activities in swanky hotels and dining places.

Jeffrey Ramos, a Human Resources professional, discovered this the hard way. He had landed a good job as a personnel officer with a prestigious hotel chain in Dubai. He enjoyed his upscale lifestyle. He indulged, you might say. Then one day he lost his job.

Losing ones job is an eye opener, he shares, adding that it sent him through a wrenching personal crisis.

In the UAE, as in many Middle East countries, ones working visa depends on the sponsorship of an employer. A foreign worker is given one month after losing his employersponsored visa to find another job or leave.

When you lose your job, your whole life crumbles because you put everything in your career. You dont know what to do. Success went to my head, he admits. He realized that he had wasted time and opportunity. Time is a gift of God, he adds.

Painful loss

Losing a job is totally demoralizing. Grieving about this situation is not the solution, he goes on.

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