Padawan and the Retail Master

Starting today, I'm counting 5 days more and I'm going to lose a very special friend and a mentor. A person who added things in my Book of Principles "Should Be" and a person who invades my mind with his powerful words. Nope he is not a preacher and I don't think he will ever be =). I considered this person a stranger at first for I don't really know him that much and I don't think I will ever have a chance to meet him personally for he lives on the other side of the world. Yet, he proves to me that distance is not a hindrance for him to teach me THE GREAT SECRETS OF RETAIL and divulge me most of the things he knew about the reality of our work. Well, I was able to get along with this person for we share same attitude at sometime plus he always tells me stories about our Grand Masters wanna be… =), just kidding.
Honestly, I don’t really get the point why companies sometimes take the risk of loosing such great people like him, replacing with someone cheaper. I remember he quoted me the words "If you think experts are expensive then wait ‘til you see how much new people will cost you" which is absolutely right. I mean, is it really part of their knowledge about business to lose people with real great minds and expertise and tend to those people with no idea about their work at all? Well, maybe because I am not a businessman or a person who studied management that’s why I don’t really get the point of this.
But either way, even if I personally voice out my points regarding this, I don’t think people on higher management will listen to me, probably because I’m just one voice who never understand the reasons behind this principle. Plus the fact that it will never change the reality of this world and one of this is that this great man that I’m referring to will be out of this company just because of company’s decision. I don’t really feel good at all about this although this friend of mine already told me that he will always keep in touch. But for me it is still different knowing that I’m working with him on some of our cases, having a chat every now and then about things regarding our company.
And to you my friend, I wish you good luck on your next journey and hopefully this "PADAWAN" can become a real GREAT MASTER like you.