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1/31/2008 ...Today is really an unlucky day. Specifically, the moment I reached home from work.
The first thing I saw was one of my fishes died. These fishes I have been rearing more than four years. A bit heart broken.
Then I went for my aikido class. Trained with a junior. A bit over confidence with myself and I got a direct hit right on my cheek with his elbow. I was caught off guard. I deserved it. So "malu". Hopefully it doesn't leave a blue black on my face tomorrow. If not, how to work.
Then reached home after the class, walked into my room without turning on the light, and somebody leave the wooden chair in the middle of the walking path. Accidentally, kicked it and it was so painful. Immediately, blue black.
Ai, how come. What's happening today... 1/21/2008 Seven Career KillersI just started my new job. As a supervisor. My previous jobs, I had a handful of supervisors to assist me. Now, like demoted and really have to work like a supervisor.
 As long as they pay me good, I don't mind what post. I am having good time now with my new job. So much fun. Everyone is eyeing on me. Guess I got to go lower profile to avoid making unneccessary "enemies" especially the hidden ones.I found this article in Yahoo. It is quite nice. Happy reading!
Seven Career KillersJohn McPhee, Forbes.com  Kudos to the paltry 14% of us who keep New Year's resolutions. The vast majority -- a full 86% -- go right back to our counterproductive ways as it relates to personal health, careers, relationships, and otherwise. Forgo the ever popular New Year's resolution to lose weight and, instead, commit to avoiding a simple list of career-killers that so often result in hearing the feared words, "You're fired," again and again in the course of a career.
Avoiding these seven deadly sins will also help individuals balance their "whole life" and assure they are ready to take on new workplace challenges as they are presented -- and execute them well.
Peter Drucker, the famed management author, guru, and teacher said it best: "Lifting a person's vision to higher sights, is the raising of a person's performance to a higher standard." Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes.
Deadly Workplace Sins
At least seven "deadly workplace sins" detail key emotional offenses professionals should avoid at all costs to better assure upward career mobility. A few common sense tips will help aspiring pros get on the path to the ever-elusive paycheck promise land.
Pride
First, there's pride. Far too many who experience "workplace wins" take full credit for these achievements, regardless of any support or assistance received in the process. What often goes unrecognized is that people around, and especially below, the serially solo-successful resent the egocentricity, and may actually begin to actively undermine that person's efforts in the future. While one's pride wants all due recognition, a team philosophy can build the grass-roots support that can fast-track a career. Indeed, a dose of acknowledgment of and appreciation for one's peers and subordinates, so they may share in some of the glory, can go a long way to foster one's long-term success. Envy
Moreover, while it's OK to recognize other individuals or organizations as they achieve, lamenting "what should have been yours" can be destructive and can adversely impact your own ability to focus on the job tasks at hand. Becoming envious of others in the workplace can sabotage your self esteem, which is one vital characteristic of every successful worker or executive. Rather than being envious, let the accomplishments of others become motivational fuel for your fire in working toward your own successes. Anger
Anger is another motion that needs to be held in check. Begetting nothing but disagreement, dispute, tension or conflict, anger provides no benefit in the workplace. There is simply nothing productive about anger, which impairs one's objectivity, poise and self control. Don't let a bout of righteousness damage your reputation and image in the workplace. It's fine to feel passionately about your job or a project at hand and to disagree with others, but learn how to channel those emotions into actions that will work to your benefit in the eyes of others -- especially your superiors -- rather than against it. Those prone to angry outbursts rarely get promoted; they are seen as being poor leaders who cannot inspire or motivate others. Short-sightedness
One's selfish desire for "more, sooner" is what motivates many in the Western culture to achieve their career goals. But taking this notion to the extreme can and will be self defeating as core values become misguided and life becomes unbalanced in the process. The road to success requires a long term approach in all aspects of one's job duties. Those laser-focused on quick, short-term gains may do well for the moment, but will be ill-prepared to take things to the next level. Complacency
At the other end of the spectrum, sloth, or simply put, complacency and laziness have no place whatsoever in the workplace -- especially for those with high aspirations. Expecting one's past achievements and successes to carry them forward in their long-term career is imprudent. Today's uber-competitive global marketplace ensures that only those who continue to grow, evolve and make fresh contributions of value will succeed. In a global environment where outsourcing is becoming a norm, everyone at all levels of the employment "food chain" is now replaceable. So treat every work day and every project as if your job, and your future at large, depends on it. It very well may. Imbalance
Many individuals move up the corporate ladder so fast that they actually end up failing as a consequence. More isn't always better -- especially if you're not ready for the challenge at hand. It's important to ensure that you are not only professionally ready to take on a new and bigger challenge, for which expectations are equally bigger, but also that your personal life is ready for the new demands and strains to be placed upon it. Achieving career success also includes maintaining a life balance, and a misplaced professional desire can create a backlash both at home as well as amid peers for your perceived obsessiveness. Lust
At times this can spill over to lust. An overly intense desire for what others have achieved at work, or being chronically dissatisfied with one's own status, is a surefire career killer. Spending an inordinate amount of time fixated on what you don't have rather than what you do will foster a bad attitude and negative overall demeanor. Above all, one's overall "presence" in the office plays a big part in who gets promoted and who doesn't. No matter how ambitious, it's prudent to be present and make the most out of your current position at this moment in time. Organizations recognize and reward those with a good attitude who make the most of a situation. Winners recognize other's success with sportsmanlike conduct, while at the same time exhibiting an air of confidence that they, and their team, will realize their own great achievements.
John McKee, founder and president of BusinessSuccessCoach.net, is the author of "Career Wisdom - 101 Proven Strategies to Ensure Workplace Success" and "21 Ways Women in Management Shoot Themselves in the Foot."
Copyrighted, Forbes.com. All rights reserved. 1/20/2008 ...I sprained my wrist during the aikido training last week. It was painful. Even now, I still can't twist my hand nor lifting heavy heavy things. However, I still go for aikido class. It is so painful whenever my hand is stretched or twisted. Most probably the ligaments is swelling. The injury become bad. Now, I have to wear wrist band and rest for few days.
I learned something here; never push to limit, always must keep some reservations. To have resources to prepare myself better for a comeback. 1/14/2008 Truly inspiring. Never look down on yourself.I am just speechless. It is so fascinating everytime I play and replay this video. And I just learned how to embed video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1k08yxu57NA This is just one example; "Not everyone can be very successful, but the very successful ones can come from anywhere and anytime." Believe in yourself and never afraid to fail. Failure is a great teacher to success.
1/9/2008 Learn from these two guys, Bill Gates and Warren BuffettSubject 1: High school address from Bill Gates
High School address from Bill Gates to: MT. WHITNEY HIGH SCHOOL in Visalia, CA.
Subject 2: "Live a simple life", Warren Buffett
There was a one hour interview on CNBC with Warren Buffett, the second richest man who has donated $31 billion to charity. Here are some very interesting aspects of his life: 1. He bought his first share at age 11 and he now regrets that he started too late! (I bought mine at 23! Far too late!! )
So, from me, Chen Hing, I feel that it is best we learn from these two successful guys. Sometimes, we are too hook up with our daily routine which makes our life so complex that we forget that things in life are much simpler than it look.
Those who wish to seek true freedom must first find the meaning to live. So that you will not lose your focus when you are on your way towards it.
1/7/2008 Job...Good Job or Bad Job (2)Survival at job is critical. And I just realised that and lots more that I don't know. (So much foolishness in me!)
I went in this company and after four months, I opt for a change again. These few days will be my last days in this company. I have been thinking much lately. Those who be with me seeing I am quieting down.
Everyone says I am changing for good. My closest subordinates also asked me to change job for good since day one. Can you imagine that! Then lots more people who work 20, 30 even 35 years asking me to leave by everyday, every week and every months. Even managers said that to me. At the beginning, no one understand why I joined this company then only less people who understand. I stayed on for four months until now looking for a reason. But I never found one, the very genuine ones for me to stay on. Most probably I don't have the faith to stay on anymore.
Too many people who stays long enough that changed them into very negative without they realising it. I feel pity for them. When I joined this company, these people laughed at me saying I am a foolish ones to join. When I am facing troubles, these people would just stand aside to see me fail. But I never want to give up in front of them. When they learnt about my resignation, they are laughing and telling me, directly at my face, waiting for me to leave. I never feel angry at these people. I feel pity and sad for them. Because very soon, I will be standing outside from the fence of this company looking at theim continuing their lives. In this company, these people is like a body without soul anymore.
However, there are still good and great people working inside this company. These people always encourage and motivate me to move on. These people spotted my mistakes and corrected me before it got into deeper troubles. They are the people I look up to when I am facing problems. Thankfully, I meet them.
I have been looking for my failure in this company lately. No one would tell me direct to my face. Everything is blamed on other people and the management. But someone, a friend, a person with wisdom who always give a fair judgement, really enlightens me.
Now, I know if I can't work in this company, I can't guarantee myself will work anywhere. This is a fact. And I also learn that wisdom and knowledge is not same. You might have high knowledge but with low wisdom, you will never survive anywhere. A person with high knowledge can be easily identified by seeing his qualifications like Master degree, PhD etc. But if you have no wisdom, you will never able to apply the knowledge, never able to influence others, never able to lead anyone and never able to gain respect by others.
In my new coming company, I will be humble but not soft. I will be knowledgable and wisdom. I will learn their work, culture and the people. The most important, I must learn to adapt well and not to change the company first. Be practical but not idealistic. Hopefully, I will be stronger after this. 1/6/2008 For thy sweet love remembered, such wealth brings...When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself, curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featur'd like him, like him with friends possess'd
Desiring this man's art, and that man's scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least:
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
Haply I think on thee, - and then my state
(Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven's gate;
For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings'. 1/1/2008 An Off Road AdventureLast Sunday, 30 Dec 2007, my friend drove his newly bought Nissan Frontier for an off road experience.
So, we start our journey at 2pm and looked for a good place to test out. We scouted along the roads from Batu Caves to Ulu Yam. Equipped with my friend GPS system in his PDA so that we won't lose our direction. But we do found a lot of roads un-registered into the GPS map. So, technically, we are not on the road but on some terrains in the GPS and the coordinates is still shown in the screen there. This is totally awesome.
We got off from the main road many, many times to look for some good terrains. Most of them are just normal tarmac. What a let down. Until the very final ones, it was totally crazy things to do. Please know that the Nissan Frontier is just a normal 4x4 vehicle. The tires, body, suspensions etc are just very normal and not designed to climb hills or crossing rivers. But we did all that at the final course.
When we reached the river, we clearly saw a few guys are bathing there. Just only few meters down the stream. We just like ignoring them. So, one of us went down and surveyed the depth of the river. After checking all OK, and convincing the driver and owner of Frontier to go ahead. When we were on the river, we can heard a few guys shouting at us. Probably calling us mad. And we did safely crossed the river. After the river, there is another much more exciting terrain lies in front. We saw a slope. A very high ones. Probably more than 30 degree of gradient. Maybe 45 - 50 degree. So, this time, I went down and surveyed the terrain. It was quite taxing for me to climb. So, I climbed one hill after another. It was like endless. I stopped after climbing three hills. Then, I found myself got a bit trouble getting down. It was definitely too steep. When I was going down, it was like a snow surffing downhills. Not much brakes available. To cut the long story short, we decided to climb the hills with the Frontier. It was a total adrenalin rush. When you are sitting inside, it was like looking up the sky. After that, we decided not to go any further on climbing because the hills are getting steeper and steeper. So, we make a U-turn. It was so difficult to make a U-turn, because we were on the hill side! Any wrong move, we will just slip and fall about few hundreds feet below. So, after U-turn, going down is truly another superb experience. Much more fear and excitement than in a roller coaster. Just don't know how to describe anymore.
This kind of excitements I get when I am doing my investment too. My blood boils everytime I see opportunities. Just like this adventure, we scouted a lot of places before getting good ones. In the market, I also scouted a lot of deals before making one, the good one. Because, there are so many bad deals in the market and we need to see with our "eyes". And from this adventure, I learned about control. Every aspects of the Frontier are critical; not only the tires, suspensions, engine, wheel lock, driver's skills but also side mirror, seat belts, air con, etc. The riskier the adventure, the more details of attention you need to pay into to avoid making costly mistake. It is all about control. The more control you gain, the lesser the risk going to be. It gives me a better understanding for me to do my investment further. At least now, I know there are lots more for me to learn.
We have some videos recorded. Most recorded at those exciting places. But sadly, I still don't know how to upload into here. Those who wants to watch them have to come to my house. This is one of the good crazy things to do before end of 2007! Adios. A New Year ~ 2008Another year had passed and another year has arrived. Feel like time is passing to fast.
People say it is good to make new resolution at every new year.
So, what is your resolutions? Mind to share some here?
And also I would like to give a welcome to the my new friends who join my blog, recently. They are yinkang, carolyn ngoh and Arc. Hope you enjoy reading my blog and feel free to put in any comments that comes into your mind.
Happy New Year to everyone!
And I wish you all the best and your wishes come true.
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