Friday, January 28, 2011
A humbling fact
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Shoes @ tradeshows
Friday, January 21, 2011
It all depends on what we are looking for
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Create options
Wednesday, January 19, 2011
A totally freeing thing
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
Be the encourager
Monday, January 17, 2011
Marriage calls for compromise
Sunday, January 16, 2011
Listen through their ears, see through their eyes
Because we spend so many hours at our workplace, it's vital that we find ways of making this time more meaningful. As managers, colleagues or customers, we could all benefit from knowing how to make every encounter more valuable and worthwhile.
Yes, our roles often require communicating with others, working together, providing service, negotiating, handling several people at once, dealing with interruptions, handling crises, calming unhappy clients and much, much more.
I am confident our staff and colleagues will stay loyal and be more committed to us if we make an effort to try to understand their uniqueness, listen through their ears and see the world through their eyes.
Vic (left), Rosnah (middle)
Friday, January 14, 2011
True sympathy
Thursday, January 13, 2011
The "legend" I grew up with
When your father is well-known in his profession the general public in that industry views him as bigger than life. And as much as I wanted to be like my Dad, I didn't want to compete with the "legend"for fear of not making him proud.
My father had little formal education (he didn't make it in his O levels) He put great stock in education and had a great love of reading. He always stressed a good education to me.
In my early 20's, I took up a job a sales job in the same industry as Dad - in insurance (He was a MDRT winner for a few consecutive years). That was when I discovered I had no reason to feel intimidated or unworthy when it came to my father and his reputation. I was my own person with my own style, which has grown, developed and matured with life experiences.
Today, after more years as a sales leader (now in the hospitality industry) than I care to admit, I'm delighted the "legend"I grew up with no longer holds me in awe, but instead fills me with gratitude. I know how lucky and blessed I am because I loove what I do.
Dad, ACE and Mum
Wednesday, January 12, 2011
Worst times can have value
One day, we will look back on our "worst time" in our lives as a fortuitous event. I am convinced that even our worst times have value and can become, in retrospect, our best times.
Tuesday, January 11, 2011
CVs is...a roadmap and spokesperson
CVs are more important than ever: on 1 side of the desk, they function as a time management tool. using them to screen out candidates, rather than interviewing every applicant, saves employers time and money,
A good CV opens doors, acts as a road map for interviewers, and serves as your spokesperson long after you have left the interview.
Monday, January 10, 2011
Lead others to lead themselves
I lead others to lead themselves and not bossing them. This ideal has helped me through challenging times.
We need the best that everyone has to offer. Each of my team member must become a self-leader - a confident, capable, uniquely valuable resource. We, directors of sales and sales leaders will only be effective as our team because employees are the source of strength and wisdom that can help us soar to new heights.
Sunday, January 9, 2011
The scariest ride
I don't remember the day. There just came a time when he was too old for bedtime stories.
But the desire for exciting thrill never fades because now ACE and I go for rides like Tower of Terror and Jurassic Park.
It is life outside the amusement park that truly scares me - whether ACE is learning to cross the road for the first time on his own, going to Shanghai with his school class, dealing with tough kids at school, or making important life choices - all while I outwardly try to act serene and unruffled as I queitly bite my lip and pray like mad for him.
Parenthood is the scariest ride you can climb aboard. And we can't get back in line for another turn. Unlike my adventuresome bedtime stories, there is no guarantee of a safe and happy ending.
Friday, January 7, 2011
Parenting is...
Albert, my friend, parenting is taxing, exhausting, difficult and maddening. It is also wonderful, fulfilling and an important call. But even in the best of circumstances, parenting is hard. Accept the fact and keep plugging away at it.
The rest of you lots, if your kids are young, let me encourage you by pointing out that no matter how difficult a time you are having, things will get worse when the raging tween hormones kick in.
Sunday, January 2, 2011
We're a team
Kevin Flynn played by Jeff Bridges told his son in the movie TRON: Legacy : "We're on the same team."
A healthy, loving husband-wife relationship is not a master-slave relationship. It is not a mother-son relationship or father-daughter relationship. It is a sharing, complementing relationship. It should be a union in which each person expresses appreciation of the other's contribution. Lasting marital happiness requires team effort.