No shame fessing up

"I can't stand him. He is Mr Know-It-All. He pretends to omniscience," Anh sounded irked.

While it's bad form not to know what we clearly should, it's no shame fessing up to not knowing something we'd like to know or need to know.

Play the cards and play them well

Don't miss what is happening now while waiting for something else. There is nothing fundamentally wrogn with our lives or our present challenges.

I always try to play the cards I am dealt, and play them well, until I get dealt a new hand.

I live each day on purpose, one small step at a time. We never know what surprises await us.

Parent of determination

ACE achieved 88% in his Maths prelims...finally beating his long time buddy's score of 82%

Commitment is the parent of determination and determination is the one quality I find common in the lives of all successful people.

OW and UP

The lacquerware I bought from HCMC were a great bargain. A jewellery box for only 80,000dong. But wifey just found out that it's grossly full of defects

Most of us have been overseas to buy some souvenir, only to discover that while it's cheap, the workmanship is poor. Only quality people produce quality work.

When it comes to salary, an overwhelming majority of people feel they are overworked and unperpaid: OW and UP

And since many people feel they should be paid much more, the tendency is to produce Minimum Acceptable instead of aiming for Maximum Possible. But quality people give a quality performance. That's what I do. Count on me for quality. No discounts. Regardless of the actual pay.

Don't be a negatron

"This cannot be done. We don't do paper RFP," Elle snapped.

We all know negative people - or "negatrons"- in the workplace. They're the people who are contritutionally incapable of saying something positive or complimentary to any suggestions. You could walk into their office with the cure for cancer and the 1st words out of their mouth would be, "Let me explain why that won't work." This is pure unadulaterated negativity under the guise of being helpful.

If you fall into that category, you would be wise to monitor your statements....because it turns people off. This is a serious flaw

After tradeshow backlog

My colleagues from Jakarta and Melbourne came to say g'day. They are in town for our Marketplace tradeshow event on Thursday.

When we return home from trade shows, there's all the things that are stacked up while we were at the show. We, sales leaders who attend trade shows are often overwhelmed upon returning home and focus on daily activities to most avoid the show follow-up.

On the contrary, I ensure I schedule time after the show to follow-up, refusing to let other activities degrade my show investment.

from left: Dom, Dennis, Kim

Expressing strengths

"Britain's top officer said he expected around 3,000 people to face the courts over the riots,"the Economic Times reported.

Restlessness grows like a cancer. It can choke the life out of us, in the form of workaholism, divorce, throwing in the towel and quitting our jobs. I see far too many people out there: working in jobs they hate, often because they are operating out of their weaknesses, rather than expressing their strengths.

To me, finding out who I am, and being able to express my gifts and talents, has been a most beautiful and fulfilling experience