my CEO coach friend

i met him on the first day of my third job... he too had joined the same company in its pr department a few day before me... his employee number was 1482, mine 1495... we were the same age, same academic batch, came from the same city, spoke the same language and lingo... so the bonding was quite close... what intrigued me about him was that he was a total misfit for the job... he did not remember tasks assigned, lost papers with impunity, made no excuses for not working late, or coming on holidays, went for comparative mythlogy classes at Mumbai University on saturdays afternoons, while i slogged away with one publication after another...in a word he hated all routine work and took interest only when we had to meet the chairman/MD for ghost writing their speeches... he did these well... but amongst 10 jobs assigned, he completed 4... so he was moved departments and locations... we maintained touch... then he went west... that was the last we met sometime in 2001...
some months back, googled him and now he is a CEO coach... wow! what a fanciful occupation, he hobnobs with the brightest minds, hops business schools across continents, sent him a mail... pat came the reply and i knew that despite being the coach of CEOs, he was his old self... my friend, simple, still a misfit in routine, now of course it does not matter since he has secys to do them... wish you all the best in life...