MARRIAGE

Don’t ever marry if you are not madly in love with your better half. For most people, they would only marry once in a lifetime. Don’t make a wrong choice for marriage; you will regret it for life.

FAILURE

Experiencing a failure is a common thing. Disappointed and sad…but don’t get carry away. Don’t be afraid of failure, because if you fearing failure, then you are defeated even before you are going to war.

PLEASE ASK YOURSELF THIS QUESTION EVERYTIME YOU END YOUR WORKDAY

Do ask yourself this question every time you end your workday. “What have I done for the company today?” If you started having difficulty answering it, please consider take some days off and take a rest. After taking your day off, please focus your attention back to your job more intensely.

PRACTICE SAYING “PLEASE” & “THANK YOU”

Practice using the word “Please” and “Thank You”, including to office boys and parking attendants.

Say it to all the people whose we often interact everyday, regardless of their ranks or positions.

STAY COOL, ALWAYS!

It doesn’t mean that angry is forbidden. Get mad once a while, it is needed sometimes, but don’t get angry everyday.

If that is being done too often, it would become less and less effective.

LOOK FOR FRIENDS & NOT ENEMIES

Look for friends, not enemies. Most of us would agree that if we have many friends, life would be healthier, easier, and happier.

Usually during bad times, at the end friends would help. Once again, look for friends and be a good friend.

DEBATING

Learn to listen to others and accept the view of other people if you would agree so.

Be a gentleman and avoid lengthy stupid argumentation. Don’t ever think that what you know is the truth. Never show your emotion while debating.

NEVER GIVE UP

Never, ever, ever give up on whatever which you are trying to achieve as long as it has a chance to succeed.

BE A ROLE MODEL

The easiest thing is to criticize others, and if we ourselves could not behave as we told others, then you have invented a rule so called double standard. Hence, the best thing is to set a good example without having to preach anything.

SUBORDINATE

If you already having subordinate(s), help them to excel. Never, ever claim their idea(s) to be yours.

WORKING OVERTIME

If you happen to have to work overtime with your boss, make sure you offer yourself to take the most difficult part of the job and go home the latest. Offer your superior to go home earlier and do the rest of the job as best you could.

IMPROVEMENT IDEA

If you happen to have an idea to improve work system or whatever improvement at your work environment, please ensure that the idea is submitted with all possible alternatives, including each respective analysis and your recommended choice of solution.

Submitting idea without a clear solution would only sound as a criticism.

WORK & PRAY

Pray as taught by your own religion or believe as if everything would depend on God. However, at the same time, work as hard as you could, as if everything would depend on how hard you tried.

MAKING A CONTRIBUTION

Learn to contribute at every meeting.

Try not to always quiet and passive. Contribute by expressing your original ideas. Talk with your firm voice and be logical. Review all alternatives, each with sharp analysis.

LEARN TO ACCEPT CRITICISM

It is understandable that at the beginning is difficult to accept constructive criticism with an open heart from others. However, please do try objectively evaluating yourselves. Thank the person who criticizes you if in fact his criticism is valid. Commit to a continuous self-improvement program immediately.

TALK LIKE A PRO ON THE PHONE

Always answer the phone using a standard answering sentence:

”Good morning, James speaking, may I help you?”

GIVE ATTENTION

While being on a business trip abroad or out of town, set aside some of your allowance to purchase small gifts such as key ring or bottle opener. Give it alternately to secretaries, office boys, security officers, and other employees at the lowest level.

DON’T BE SHY

If anything is unclear, please do ask. Don’t be shy, because what started as shyness at the beginning could develop to becoming an embarrassment moment.

COMPUTER KNOWLEDGE

Digital era is already started and would continue to spread at very rapid pace. Internet would be here to stay and many experts already accept the great usefulness of Internet. Once a month, buy a computer magazine. Spare your time to learn software and hardware.

MAKE READING A HABIT

Be it at the airport, waiting for your children at school, or at home before falling asleep; make a habit of bringing an unread book.

LEARN ONE NEW THING EVERYDAY

No one will help you except yourselves. Improve your skill capabilities every day. Remember the real world competition would be getting tougher each day. The trend is toward employees with multi skill capabilities. Ensure that, if necessary, you could become secretary, chauffeur, office boy, manager, director, and commissioner.

BE YOURSELF

Don’t try to be someone else. You are you. Trying to be someone else would only make you look awkward (as if you are acting on a shop opera). Trust that your style is the most appropriate for yourselves and be proud of it.

DISCIPLINE

Practice self-discipline by all means. Always prepare a work schedule and try to stick with it.

Do weekly evaluation and make some improvements.

Plan-do-check-improve… Plan-do-check-improve…

SPORT

Do some sport at least once a week.

Master the kind of sport, which usually played by business people like golf.

However, if that is not possible, do some sport by walking around the nearest sport stadium or around the place where you live once a week.

TIME

Never give out reason: “I don’t have the time!” because we are all given the same amount of time within a day, which is 24 hours.

INNOVATION

Try to look for fresh innovation at work.

Suppose your job is selling a particular product, think the possibility to also sell the training.