Sometimes back, when I was back in Singapore (my homeland) for a visit with my baby girl, a close friend of mine questioned me on the choices I’ve made. In case you are wondering, this is how it went: Friend: Are you back in Singapore for good? Me: Nah, I’m enjoying my life in Kuala…
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It’s the time of the year again. What am I talking about? The dreadful appraisal. I’m not afraid of writing my own appraisal or being appraised by my peers. It’s when I am asked to appraise someone and that’s when I find the task simply dreadful. I don’t usually procrastinate but this is one task…
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Sigh! This topic is close to my heart. I am still very much a workaholic even though I no longer work in a corporation but on my own now. Sometimes, I think it might be even worse, running my own business that I have given a slip once or twice to allow my work take…
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As I was carrying my child, I was pondering about the entitled maternity leave that was offered in Malaysia. I know for a fact that Singapore provides 4 months of paid maternity leave for mothers and 2 weeks for the new dad. As for Malaysia, it is 60 consecutive days for the new mums. Some…
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Being a founder, CEO and driving force of a business on a day to day basis can be truly exhausting. There is so much that you have to worry about that it can be overwhelming. When you start out, you have to do everything because otherwise your business will simply not exist. That means sourcing…
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There are great sales folks that you might even vision yourself being friends with them or you are already awesome friends with them. And then…there is the other flip side of the coin, the sales folks who deploy hateful unethical tactics to lure customers like yourself to buy stuff or signing up services that you…
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As a business owner, you have a lot going on a day to day basis. There are deals to be made, marketing strategies to develop, numbers to crunch, and so on. One thing you may not give too much attention to is the health of your workplace. However, making sure that your team of workers…
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Running an office as either the owner or a manager is not an easy task. You need to ensure that you are on the backs of everyone, ensuring they are doing their job, whilst also focusing on your own work. It is even harder if your business is new and you are just starting out,…
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Time and time again, you have missed out that major promotion. You question yourself “Are you not good enough?” You felt defeated, you are ready to give up and in fact, you don’t even care if your boss sees you browsing through Monster.com. Don’t give up yet! Let me share my secrets of grabbing that…
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*As told to Kally from someone who wishes to be anonymous It feels good to get this off my chest. I’ve been carrying around an evil secret. It’s so bad that it could get me fired from my job. This incident happened 2 years ago. I have been promoted as a senior in my retail…
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*As told to Kally from someone who wishes to be anonymous It only happened recently this year and as much as I would thought I would beat myself up or feel ashamed of my actions, I actually don’t. I do believe that my means justifies the means. Before you jump into conclusion that I am…
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Everyone has their bad habits when comes to personal lifestyles, your work style is not spare either. Meanwhile, if you are an employee, you probably will be told of your bad habits during appraisals but you won’t be that lucky if you are a freelancer. As a freelancer, one con to this career path is…
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I recently left a part time job with great hours and a great location because of bad training, and it wasn’t the first time. Training can make or break a candidate. Systems knowledge and confidence are key when speaking to customers. Why then do companies so often use shadowing as a training method when it…
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As I look through my blog stats, I wonder if everyone looks at their stats the same way. Do folks question if the likes are by people who really read the whole article? Or are they awarded because of their support for you and your website? Do you ask yourself why? This is the same…
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Today, I came across a very sad and disturbing news. A young woman of 24 years old took her life due to work related stress. Some may think it is silly or out of this world to lose your life to something tangible like your job but I think it is one of the saddest…
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Sleep deprivation is becoming a dangerous trend and where it’s affecting our health, happiness and relations, it’s also putting a serious dent on our work performance. Many of us may believe that snoozing is losing, though research proves otherwise. Sleep deprivation compromises cognitive functions such as concentration, working memory, mathematical capacity and logical reasoning, all…
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