Last week, I had the chance to travel out of Malaysia to Austria for the summer and with the 13 hours flight route, I had my chance to catch some movies that I had missed. One of the movies that I have enjoyed during the long haul is Annie. It’s one of the songs “Opportunity”…
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This is one of the contributing factor to your success and your enjoyment at work. Sometimes, if you are fortunate, you get to pick your own team or a partner to work with.
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Let us start this week with a story. Steve met Tanya at a bar. Tanya was with her girlfriends on a girls night out. Steve was with his colleagues after work. The two groups decided to hang out the rest of the night. During their conversation, they discovered that they both like the same author.…
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Beside upgrading yourself in your own line of work, have you ever thought of learning a new language? Let us today explore why it is important to be multilingual instead of having only English as your native language. 1) Going Global Local companies are recognizing that your own country is only so big and the…
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I have provided advice on how to treat your team, your peers and your employees correctly. One area we must not forget is our biggest boss – our customers. Coming from an Asian background, it is pretty much drone into us that it’s our customers who are paying us hence they are always right and…
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Inspired by a fellow writer Jonathan Noble on a comment left on one of my articles, I decide to branch out on the topic of sharing information with your team. Most managers he and myself know, don’t readily share information outright, especially directive from the management. This is dangerous as your team members could be…
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In our lives, there are bound to be conflicts, even more so in the workplace where everyone want their tasks to be completed on time and many of the times, it’s just not up to you whether you can submit that report on time, you’ll probably tapping your feet impatiently as you wait for your…
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I came across this poem in one of the writers I followed, the first thing it strikes me is how apt this is in describing the way I felt during those days in the corporate world are tough and bad. After tossing and turning during the night, with the poetic words of emotions swirling in…
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My post today is to tell you don’t be a Garfield at work.
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Wow! Its amazing that what I have written for the past 1+ months to have readers like you following my website, it even more mind blowing to be recognised by fellow writer Rob Goldstein. His website is one of the few that I read everyday the moment I woke up, it is utterly inspiring. When I started this…
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Let’s talk about something fun and to look forward to. What else but a holiday, of course! So put your mobiles, iPads and laptops aside and get ready to take the plunge – Going Unplugged.
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If you are manager, you’ll know the difficulty of making the decision whether to hire within or externally. Even you are not involved in decision-making such as this, understanding where your boss comes from, will help yourself to improve the chances of promotion the next time round.
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Begin the mid thirties, you then realized the job you are holding is not enough to satisfy you anymore whether it is passion, money or the career ladder you wished you have climbed. Welcome to the mid-thirties!
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This is a special edition post where I’ll like to thank my readers for following my website so far. I also like to take this opportunity to share a bit of who I am and my journey starting as a writer. I resigned from my full-time job which I loved very much to close the…
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There are too many people out there struggling to stay afloat when expectations are not set correctly in the first place. This doesn’t only happen in the workplace but in our daily lives as well.
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There is an old saying “Actions speak louder than words” and I beg to differ. Of course, if you only brag loudly to everyone and not practice what you preach, your actions will definitely speak volumes.
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Among the people, there are vast difference for the definition of passion. It differs due to age, generations, background, education and of course, your experiences. But it shouldn’t let stop you from finding joy in the work you do day in day out for 8 hours a day.
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The key thing to have a successful relationship with them is not only to respect their differences but to understand their culture before you acknowledge the differences.
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I am sharing this experience with you to let you understand that every job out there, you always can achieve more. I believe every job, any position, big or small, you can always innovate and push yourself further as long as you are passionate in what you do.
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In my first article, I talked about qualities being a Manager and as I was penning down the article, inspiration came to me that I must find time to write about this as well. In more than 10 years of managing people, I have seen some folks who used to be extremely good star player reducing…
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