The "Real Exiting Challenging Experience" of the Writer of this Blog practicing as an Independent Business Lawyer Self-Employed for more than 17 Years and nearly reaching 18 Years since 1 June 1998, is that you are really freedom to choose the place to perform your work it could be in your home or in the cafe or any other places and free to elect the time to perform your Legal Service for your Client.- Please don't get me wrong the freedom of being an Independent Business Lawyer or Freelance Lawyer is not that you are lazy to work hard, but it is more of a matter of how to "Work Professionaly Smart" as an Independent Business Lawyer who is responsible to render the most best effort high quality of services to your Client.
There are many types of manner in seeking to be a smart worker, There are individuals who likes to be free and independent and choose not to be like a "Robot" being forced and programmed to always be in the office from 8.00 until 17.00, but without actually doing anything having value added to the Company that you work with nor increase your professional talent and just pretending to appear as if you are busy to satisfy your so called " Boss"....and sometimes you feel there are plenty of hours that are waisted and could be more optimized to gain value added to the quality of life. Well frankly speaking the Writer's professional Journey had been a combination of Experiencing as (i) Employed personal as Lawyer in a Law Firm and In House Legal Counsel in Companies for 15 Years and (ii) Self -Employed practicing and Venturing his own Experimental Life in pursing as Independent Business Lawyer for more than 17 Years since June 1st, 1998.
He started his career as a Self-Employed Professional Independent Business Lawyer, when he reached the age of 46 Years old reaching 47 where based on his past work experiences, he felt strongly that he has to be Free and Independent and Self-Employed to enable challenging his further career professional path in pursuing his obsession to be a Professional Independent Business Lawyer.
When he entered the Faculty of Law at the University of Indonesia he was actually planning to be a Diplomat, where he took the International Law as his speciallity thesis; However for one and other reason he was initially trapped becoming a Legal Consultant/ Lawyer, when he was preparing and finalizing his thesis. The lovely thing being in this profession is that back in his mind he had this "wild idea" that at one day he can be freedom in practicing his Law Profession by daring to "jump out of the Box" or "Comfort Zone" in order to follow his real passion which is to become a real Professional Independent Business Lawyer.
So the "real object issue" which the Writer wanted to Focus and highlight in this article is not the type of Professional that he chooses, but more to the "Freedom Chances" being Independent Accountibility Professional Independent Business Lawyer, where you must be really Independent and not trapped with the Characteristic of the Corporation that you are dealing with.
In principal the Writer of this Blog feels and is very much inspired and influenced by the teaching and reminder under the Holy Book of Al Quran, which was actually confirming (the relevations) which came before it (Taurat which was send down by ALLAH to the previous Prophet Moses and Injil which was send down by ALLAH to Prophet Isa (the son of Maryam) and corrections to the wrong interpretation made by the followers of the said above previous Prophets upon the Holy Books to emphasize that Monotheisme Concept of Worshiping the One and Only Creator of this Whole Universe - including who creates the Sun, the Moon, the Stars, and the World we live in, and making the rain falling from the Clouds which showered the Dry Land so that all the Plants, animals, which are created and dedicated for human being, can live, which are the real signs of the Greatness and Mercifulness of ALLAH the Creator of this World as referred under the Holy Books including the Holy Al Quran.
- In light with such set of mind and believes in our Heart without any Doubt, we have to build and continously maintain and guard this "Faith" firmly, to enable us with the Permit and Help of ALLAH, to get, reach and gain the "Light" which are needed by whatever our profession are, to unable to see and reach the End of the Tunnel of our Life Journey, whereby each of us will be really taking our own Responsibility to the Creator in the Day of the Hereafter, in the Day Of Judgemnent, for which each of us consequently must be able to obtain and get the "Right and Proper" answer upon the Hard Questions which will be raised by ALLAH as the Creator in the Hereafter, as shown in the Wordings of ALLAH in the Holy Books, among others :
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How was our Asset being accumulated ? Were or was it gathered in the Rightious Manner in accordance with the Honesty and fairness and fairplay principle and spirits as guided under the Holy Books ? Did we obtained it by stealing from other Individual or party's right ? or by Falsifying the data unfairly ?
Are we making Good Deeds in this World or are we only following bluntly and blindly to our Client's request, in running their Business Operations for pursuing profits to capitilize their Wealth - without taking any consideration upon the Moral, Ethics, reminder, fairness, and teachings to not becoming "Too Much Greedy" by taking in force of other people's Natural Resources which was created and granted by ALLAH the Creator in their Mining and Mineral Resources Location, like Faraoh during the Egyptian Empire which was reminded by Moses over and over again not to be cruel, unjustice and unfair to the Bani Israil Tribes? Thus in this real life there must be a real and solid implemention in bringing Down to Earth upon the teachings and the moral, ethics under the Holy Books in the real work in our temporary life in the Earth; For instance in the real world you may frequently find Signifcant Gaps between the Real Cash -In in terms of Company's fasilities for the the Management Level and the Employees Level, which therefore Labour Union is needed to narrow such Gaps; We can also frequently observe strikes made by the Labour Union against the Company, in the mass media, if the Employees feels that they are being treated unfairly in terms of their salaries and benefits;
In the Management level there are also struggle to be choosen as member of the Management team where Corporation Politics frequently are also being felt when you worked as an employee in a Corporation; There may also be differences of expectation between the shareholders of the Corporation; These all arises due to the real facts that in every human being there are "animals instincts animals spirits" which has to be tammed not to be too greedy in achieving their needs and goals. As an In House Legal Counsel you have to manage yourself not to be too one sided bluntly to the Management as well as to the employees which are being presented by the Labour Union. For sure the Directors are being hired and fired by the Shareholders General Meeting. Below the Directors are the CEOs From President of the Corporation the Senior VPs, VPs to Managers. 
If the Corporation is a Mining Company for instance than based on the Contract Of Work - or IUP licences issued by the Government who are representing the People of Indonesia as the owner of the Minerals based on Article 33 (3) of the Indonesian Constitutional Law, you have to viewed it from several angles. From the Mining Corporation prespective they of course wants to achieve Return of their Investments and for sure gain Profits immediately from such Mining Operations. But on the other hand from the Government's side, their goal is to Optimize the Government-take from the Cash - in Flow from such Mining Operations to increase the Social Welfare of the 250 million people of Indonesia, where the State Budget in a running year depends on the Cash - in flow from the Mining Operations, if Commerciality occurs and Explotation and Production commences; But we have to remember that the Economic Value of the Minerals if it is not explored and exploited by the Mining Investors,and left below the Ground the Value remains " Zero". Thus we as Independent Business Lawyer have to face the fact and reality in balancing these perspectives.
- The Government and the House of Representantive in establishing the rules has also to view the prespective that all the Minerals are actually formed and exist based on a Universal system and mechanism under the process of creation which was designed and created by ALLAH as the Only Creator of this Universe including the World we live which is one of the several Planets which is rotating and circulating the Sun in its orbit where there is also (1) one Moon that rotates around Our 1(one) World which is referred under Surat Yasin Verses 37 - 38 -39 - 40 of the Holy Quran.
Accordingly, based on the Writer's real experiences for 30 Years, there must be a "certain distance" that you have to maintain in order to enable you to be "Freedom Independent Professional Business Lawyer" for making this Temporary World to be a Better World as being Wished by ALLAH the Creator when ALLAH sent Down Adam and Eve from Heaven; Thus The Real Boss that we have to really "worship" is ALLAH the Creator of this Temporary World, because we have to be Fully Aware that life in this World is "Just a Test" - for us - to be challenged which of us are really in Faith :
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(i) Following the Wishes of the Creator by Firstly - Worshipping the Real and Only One Mighty ALLAH as the Creator of this Universe, and than must be intergratedly
(ii) followed by the reflection and implementation in doing the real Good Deeds - Down To Earth - as shown in the Teachings and Reminders under the Holy Book during the periode of life-time of each of us Who are being trusted and choosen by ALLAH to make this Temporary World a Better Place to leave in by fencing ourselves with the Teachings of "What Must be Done" and "What Must Not be Done" by us as being taughted by us in the Holy Books which was sent down to us through the Messengers of ALLAH.
Jakarta, 5 March 2016 revised 26 March 2016
Agung Supomo Suleiman
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