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Gong Xi Fa Cai 2026 - Year of the Fire Horse

2026-02-19T15:56:00.001+08:00

May the Year of the Fire Horse brings you swift progress and huge success.

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Merry Christmas 2025, and a big THANK YOU !

2025-12-26T19:14:00.003+08:00

Merry Christmas 2025, and a very Happy New Year 2026.

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李子柒 Li Ziqi : Inspiration of Sustainability

2021-06-13T22:19:00.005+08:00

The world is a wonderful place despite the global challenges humans face at every hour. You would have read and watched the many videos of a beautiful soul by the name of Li Ziqi. She lives in the province of Sichuan, China, and well known for her food and craft preparation videos using the very basic & natural ingredients and traditional Chinese methods.

We draw inspiration viewing her videos and documentaries of her daily life, and share with our clients that the world we live in, be it our social or corporate life, can be a better place when we have the will.

We invite you to view her latest video presentation (at this time of publication) of how she created a wine table of winding canal. The amazing thing is, the table is made out of a bed !

Let us all be inspired in our every unique way and create magic in the life we live in.

Enjoy the video below,

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Work Hard, Simply Outwork Everyone

2021-01-21T02:19:00.007+08:00

Elon Musk.

A living legacy, must get-to-know. But how much do we know about him and how he works his dreams. Will you put in 100 hours a week of work whereas everyone is only putting in 40 hours ?

Watch this video of this Alpha man of extraordinaire, a rare gem, and be inspired.

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'Discover, Uncover & Shine'....we made it for 2019/2020 !

2020-07-01T03:03:00.004+08:00

"I must write", whispered in my head the entire day of 30th June 2020, at the culmination of a year term of wonderful achievements and menacing challenges. A day where many Toastmaster members and Clubs around the globe will celebrate the end of a term of service and handing over to the succeeding team.

But I must write about my home club, MAICSA Toastmasters Club (MTMC), where I cherish a sense of belonging as a second 'home' with the most cheerful family members for the last 19 years. And an ode to the Immediate Past President, E Son Lee, Distinguished Toastmaster (DTM), a leader of choice by the members of the Club.

As I reflect the pages of the EXCO Report of our 18th Annual General Meeting held on 21st May 2020, hats off to Son Lee's remarkable leadership and tenacity in holding the fort of MTMC throughout the 365 days. Her team met with unprecedented challenges in maintaining our focus of the Toastmasters' Promise, the receding bid of the traditional C&L program, the untested waves of Pathways Manuals, and fulfilling every item of the Distinguished Club Program (DCP) all the 10/10 goals... glory does not and never come easy.

MTMC endured the various grinds of drifted away from our regular meeting venue due to the Institute's building renovation; suffered dented blows on our Club's funds and eroded our budget; and slapped with unexpected shift to online meeting platform due to the Covid-19 virus pandemic that swept our country and globally. Our Club was also placed in the District 51's strategic revamp of all the Divisions, Areas and Clubs Realignment proposal for the coming term, and we nearly got removed from our homeground footing of 19 years in Division W, to Division J. MTMC members might not have known that in the District Trio Chat platform, we made our stand to remain in Div W.

IPP Son Lee, strategised with 11 Past Presidents and Incoming President, Pauline Lye, & presented our thumping reasons to the District Realignment Committe Chairperson as to why we should be retained in Div W. Glory did not come easy, but we persevered and we won our forte.

Four years ago, I wrote about DTM Son Lee in my blog, the term when she was the Division W Director 2016/2017. (Jump link to the blog page here : "Are You Making A Difference?"). I observed my leader who led her team to a successful year that's beyond Club level. MTMC produced successful leaders, who served with the aim to create more successful team of successors. That is Servant Leadership, a priceless subject not taught in management encyclopedia.

Another feather to the cap, under her leadership and supportive Exco members, MTMC carved another milestone in history to enlarge our scope of membership to benefit more MAICSA members and their staff, with the professionally-designed Pathways manuals of Toastmasters International. Our sacred MTMC Constitution is always alive and evolving to cater for current times'.

'Discover, Uncover & Shine'....
we made it for 2019/2020 !

Thank you, IPP Son Lee.

All's well that will lead well, the change of guard at MTMC will witness a new wave of Leaders. President Pauline Lye, with her unwavering Exco members have pledged to catapult MTMC to higher clouds for the term 2020/2021 themed, "Learning Together, Growing Together".

MTMC enriches every member to learn and grow together and we will.

I have written, during the wee hours of the morning, before the sun ray pierces the valleys. Ready to face the challenges and aiming to crystalise them into sweet memorable panes.

Epilogue : 2020/2021 will be a greater year.

From thoughts to thoughts,

Vincent Hor, DTM.

MAICSA Toastmasters Club.

It's A Bricks Life

2019-12-23T00:19:00.001+08:00

Are you tired in the corporate world?

Do you feel like quitting some time in this ever challenging arena?

Or are you simply the go-getter and never-give-up energetic achiever?

Congratulations!

Wherever we could be in the business stage, take a review of your executive journey thus far, especially this year 2019. Are you on track? It is never an easy Bricks Life.

Well, we ought to strike a balance between work and social life. We've been through 25 years of this mortar life. Recently I participated in a Humorous Speech Contest at Division W level of District 51, Toastmasters International. Here is the clipped video link recorded which I'd like to share with fellow readers. Hope you do share the similar corporate moments you had experienced, and enjoy the speech in this video...

It's A Bricks Life

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Alibaba Started Here... Never stop dreaming

2019-09-16T20:25:00.000+08:00

Following our previous post about the great founder of Alibaba.com, the illustrious Jack Ma, we would like to share this video to remind and inspire us all...

Always remember where you started, and never stop dreaming.

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December: Write A Business Plan Month

2018-12-04T01:04:00.000+08:00

Time passes at the speed sand travel through the hourglass - our favourite line each time we mentioned about time or accomplishment topic at large. And dear readers, hello December 2018!

First question, have you achieved your goals thus far ?
What's your pulse-check on your business ?
How will you progress this month itself ?
Are you prepared for the year 2019 ?

As December is the month for Writing a Business Plan, we penned down salient thoughts to catapult your business plan for 2019:-

1. Take a quiet moment away from your office or workplace, grab a cup of coffee, some papers and a good writing pen. Now draw, sketch and put into words anything related to your business. What do you really do as your business ?

2. Strategists always work on their SWOT Analysis. What are your Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats in business ? Draw, sketch and put int those words in each quadrant. For each item identified in each quadrant, what are you going to do about them ? Add in Timeline to achieve them. Factor in costs and receivables for your planned actions.

3. Review your financials for 2018. Extend a column next to each transaction as Budget for 2019. Fill in the digits and let them scare you. If the numbers aren't big enough, add another 10-20%, be it a debit or credit item, Profit Statement or Balance Sheet.

4. Review your business actions done for 2018. What were your major decisions ? Were they encouraging or damaging ? Document them visibly on your workplace, desktop or mobile gadget. Check on your allies and your competitors' actions.

5. Let your Business Plan incubate. Set aside and clear your mind. Revisit after a few hours or the next day. Re-examine your entire plan and make amends where necessary.

6. Execute. A tortoise makes no progress unless it sticks its head out. Practise a quarterly review on the deviations and take immediate realigning actions. Apply the "CTRL-ALT-DELETE" principle.

Work on your Business Plan each day of December to firm up as the Plan for 2019. A good business plan has to be set to test. Don't be afraid of errors or failures. Calm seas never make a good sailor. A docked ship is of no use if it hasn't faced the roughest seas. This December 2018 is crucial for your next 12 months ahead.

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Make time for Coffee time 2...

2018-03-10T23:01:00.000+08:00

Work stress ! Common 2 words in almost everyone's life.
We are often bogged down with mountainous work and related stress.

Take a break. Chill out. Go out there & feel the sun. Inhale deep breath.
Shout. Sing. Dance. Play. Do all you might and rejuvenate.

For us, professional work and training is our expertise, but Coffee is our passion.
It is our elixir of life and antidote for stress. It calms us and prepares us for the
next drive. Coffee is our motivation to excel.

Now, please make yourself a cuppa and sit back while enjoy this video we made.
Let's relax....

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How Tech Companies Own Your Day, And What Will You Do About It?

2017-12-23T19:06:00.002+08:00

Hi Readers!

When you wake up in the morning, what is on your mind? And what is the first thing you will do even while you're still in your comfort bed? Do you think you could be living in a digital world today with so much technology in your life? Ponder a while.

Take a look at the chart above from Bloomberg. Is there anywhere you are not involved? Are you stressed? Or are you living it well with the many gadgets and social media around you? Do you benefit from your surroundings? Do you have time outside the digital social media?

What will you do about it?

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Make time for Coffee time...

2017-08-05T11:01:00.000+08:00

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" If You Think He Will Be Your Boss In 5 Years, Hire Him! "

2017-07-08T23:25:00.001+08:00

Videologue: Jack Ma's tips on Hiring...watch till the end.

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~ Your Partner In Corporate Growth

Role of the Company Secretary

2017-06-24T01:06:00.001+08:00

Corporate Secretaries are highly skilled professionals in advising on the areas of Company Law, Corporate Governance, company secretarial practices, board and management practices, conduct of business and compliance. The role of a Company Secretary can be briefly illustrated in the following video.

A closed FaceBook group of "Corporate Secretaries Malaysia" has been created to provide a platform for like-minded group of company secretaries both in public & in-house practice to share ideas and discussions of corporate laws and knowledge globally, in particular Malaysia.

https://www.facebook.com/groups/845544968822818/

Undeniably, with the increasing complex growth of business and corporate laws around the world, the role of a Company Secretary is utmost important in ensuring good governance, corporate compliance at the same instance ensuring professional development of the great minds of this industry.

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Will You Sell Me This Pen ?

2017-04-12T11:32:00.002+08:00

A very interesting article we found on Linkedin recently, which made some rethink of their corporate strategy especially in sales and marketing. Often not we pay attention to the process but engrossed on the closing or desired results. Thus created heaps of pressure on the delivery rather than the development.

Copied below is the article we'd like to share with our readers and clients.

T.H.I.N.K. and we grow.

I personally never thought anyone would actually say, “sell me this pen” in a sales interview. I was wrong. It will happen to you too. And to avoid panic, you should know exactly what to say back.

I am going to give you the right sales framework to respond perfectly every time. The point is, one day it will happen to you and I want you to be prepared. Because if you start to describe how smooth the pen feels and how shiny the pen looks, just like you saw in the Wolf of Wallstreet…

You probably won’t get the job. You can memorize the script, but more importantly, memorize the sales framework at the end.

Here you go…

CEO: Do me a favor, sell me this pen. (reaches across to hand me the pen)

Me: (I slowly roll the pen between my index and thumb fingers.) When was the last time you used a pen?

CEO: This morning.

Me: Do you remember what kind of pen that was?

CEO: No.

Me: Do you remember why you were using it to write?

CEO: Yes. Signing a few new customer contracts.

Me: Well I’d say that’s the best use for a pen (we have a subtle laugh).

Wouldn’t you say signing those new customer contracts is an important event for the business? (nods head) Then shouldn’t it be treated like one. What I mean by that is, here you are signing new customer contracts, an important and memorable event. All while using a very unmemorable pen.

We grew up, our entire lives, using cheap BIC pens because they get the job done for grocery lists and directions. But we never gave it much thought to learn what’s best for more important events.

This is the pen for more important events. This is the tool you use to get deals done. Think of it as a symbol for taking your company to the next level. Because when you begin using the right tool, you are in a more productive state of mind, and you begin to sign more new customer contracts.

Actually. You know what? Just this week I shipped ten new boxes of these pens to Emaar’s Head Office and 15 to Damac's Office.

Unfortunately, this is my last pen today (reach across to hand pen back to CEO). So, I suggest you get this one. Try it out. If you’re not happy with it, I will personally come back next week to pick it up. And it won’t cost you a dime.

What do you say?

CEO: (picks jaw up off floor) Yes.

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See how simple that was. The CEO loved it. Why?

Here’s the simple sales framework I used to answer “sell me this pen”. Memorize it for yourself.

Find out how they last used a pen (gather info)
Emphasize the importance of the activity they last used a pen (respond to info)
Sell something bigger than a pen, like a state of mind (deliver info)
Ask for the buy (closing)

Remember, it’s not about actually selling a pen. It’s about showing how well you can sell a product.

And even though there are an infinite number of answers to this interview question, it’s easy to memorize a simple formula. Take 15 minutes today to practice the script above. I promise you will benefit. Plus, would you mind doing me a favor. Share this with ONE person in sales. It could save their career.

Source : http://senatorclub.co/best-answer-to-sell-me-this-pen-i-have-ever-seen/

Regards,

Heena Mansuri

Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/Heenamansuri

Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/heenamansuri/

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To Be The Better, Go The Distance.

2016-12-19T00:45:00.000+08:00

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Be fierce. Keep Going!

2016-10-25T01:06:00.004+08:00

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Do You Need A Board ?

2016-09-21T00:23:00.001+08:00

Every corporation begins with a dream, conceived by its founders, shaped into a business model and executed the Board. It worked for hundreds of years in mankind history. In today's corporate landscape, multi-type of organisations emerged filling every nooks and corners of the world. From brick & mortar, to digital, to the internet, the dot-coms, virtual reality, and beyond WWW, WWW2, WWW3, WWW4, there's no stopping of business evolution. Managing the business, we need people, and led by the decision making entity/level, ie the Board.

Question is....is the Board relevant today?

Source:

Published on May 11, 2016

In our first ever Radiate ProGuide, Scott Kurnit, founder of About.com and Keep.com teaches startup CEOs the basic things they need to know when starting out. In the first chapter, we'll examine whether startups need a board and how that board changes over time.

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Revolutionary Wealth

2016-07-13T23:25:00.001+08:00

It grabbed our interest a few years ago of the above publication by futurist, Alvin Toffler and his wife Heidi; and we thought it will be a good re-visit.

The book focused on wealth creation in all economies, all stages and all cultures. The three deep fundamentals circled around Time, Space and Knowledge.

Time : Different people react to changes at different speed. In wealth accumulation process, relationships are being transformed. Businesses and people synchronise along the way.

Space : We are increasingly being influenced by global factors in geographic and market transactions. The internet has revolutionised the way we accumulate wealth across borders, with ease and beyond limitations ever anticipated.

Knowledge : An undergraduate will find that by the time he reaches his 3rd year, 50% of what he learned in his first year is outdated. We acquire new knowledge as fast as our knowledge obsoletes. We can label is as "obsoledge". Thus knowledge is not scarce, it is infinite and exponentiates itself. Our generation is now experiencing a knowledge economy that defies all classical theories and fundamentals.

We believe that every organisation can increase its wealth in a revolutionary way and momentum. Time and tide waits for no man nor digital progress. Organisations have to act fast by the day progresses, by the hours and minutes, in adding wealth; be it in crunching profit numbers as well as employees' development. Intrinsic wealth can be quantified in human capital accounts, thus presenting a favourable balance sheet in organisational books.

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Wishing You a Very Prosperous and Happy Chinese New Year 2016.

2016-02-07T01:03:00.002+08:00

May everyone be well and happy.

Please enjoy the video.

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Are You Making A Difference ?

2016-01-26T02:06:00.000+08:00

At the Division W (District 51) Toastmasters Club Officers Training (COT) last weekend, I witness the team of the Division W Council members worked cohesively in making the training a resounding success. I am most proud of the team led by my fellow home Club member, DTM E Son Lee, who not only inspired the crowd with her impeccable speech, she moved the audience just by being humble and simple & always encouraging her team forward.

A true leader does not require a position to lead, nor much of a title to be at the front. When I was the Div W Governor 2010/2011 then, my goal was to ensure the Division moved to its righteous position in the District. I never wanted to succeed until and unless my successor is successful. And my successor achieved greater success than I did. I was proud. I guess I did make some difference in others.

And time over time, the leaders down the journey of time achieved roaring heights, and each made the difference in others.

The training ended on a high note, plus a motivational video to wrap up the high feeling and aspiration. I'm most proud of DTM E Son Lee, and her team. They are really something.

Our aspiration is to continuously enhance the Board and employees' values, and organisational effectiveness by building a solid mechanism towards Excellence. We have many Management and Leadership principles in store to keep us busy for ONE aim -- to enrich your organisation !

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How to Be Successful in Life, Amazing Interview with Jack Ma

2015-10-03T14:37:00.001+08:00

The incomparable man on earth, the one & only Jack Ma, held the world's history.

His illustrious biography...

"Former English teacher Ma captured the world stage like no other Chinese businessman in September 2014 with the record-breaking $25 billion initial public offering of his e-commerce powerhouse Alibaba Group on the New York Stock Exchange. His Ant Financial Services Group, is pushing beyond its Alipay online payment business into financial services, including a consumer money market fund and a private bank. Ma has said he plans to take it public in China. He also has more than a dozen other investments, from a stake in a soccer team to a film production studio. An active philanthropist, he sits on the board of the Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences with fellow billionaires Mark Zuckerberg and Yuri Milner. Ma has claimed that he got rejected from Harvard 10 times."

Watch this video to learn his advice on how to be successful in life,

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The Global Risks 2015

2015-09-26T18:21:00.000+08:00

Countries or industries are facing a common challenge - risks, and collectively as a whole, global risks. Studies and researches had focused on the critical areas that brought about what's affecting every nation, and what's going to impact us within the next 10 years.

The Global Risk 2015 report by World Economic Forum, identified and grouped the 5 major categories as follows:-

i ) economic risks

ii ) environmental risks

iii ) geopolitical risks

iv ) societal risk, and

v ) technological risks

We often ask ourselves whether the many risks documented do form a trend, and often economists and strategists will try to forecasts/predict the movements after the analysis. With escalating prices and lows in products/services quality, how can we survive better, let alone make profits ?

If trends are going to be for long term, what can organisations and the nations do to curb the risks we are facing ?

Among the Economic risks are unemployment, fiscal crisis, assets bubble (burst), inflation/deflation slap, and poor national policies.

We cannot avoid weather extremes, natural catastrophes and collapses in ecosystem. It's simply ain't green no more around us.

Interstate conflicts, state collapses, poor governance & corruption, terrorist attacks and weapons of mass destruction form the geopolitical factors across the borders.

Many countries are also facing food and water crisis, migration and refugee-surge, epidemic and social imbalance, and all these could spread over every dwelling land.

Commercial enterprises are threatened by cyber attacks/fraud/malpractices, data theft and espionage, mishandling of technologies and information. Billions of wealth can be wiped out in split of the seconds by some genius greed.

What else can we do as an individual ? Helpless ? It'll take trice the effort to turn-around it all, from ethics to practice. Continuous education may offer some light however snailing at the slowest pace. Bureaucratic hurdles is an uphill task for the genuine reformers to initiate any change, if at all ever able to lay it on the discussion table. At least we can and ought to commence somewhere. We are unable to foresee concrete solutions to what's degraded for more than 2000 years of human evolution. It appears that risks are part of our lives at present/ We can delay risks, or mitigate it, and in time to come to rebuild what was once our pride in nation capital.

We can restart the engine of correct-and-develop with education and inculcating the right mindset in the young generation, from macro zooming down to the micro level. There's still a ray of hope available ahead to pave the right course.

We hope the problems and challenges risking our lives can only be temporary in human's pursuit of better life. Bringing this quote below, let us work towards a better world we are living in.

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Ref : http://reports.weforum.org/

How Talented Women Thrive

2015-08-23T10:31:00.001+08:00

Flash back to an article that we once researched and just a timely opportunity to focus on women in business. Near 55% of the global workforce are women at present. The growing numbers is a welcoming sign as women education is much emphasised in families and society now.

Published in the McKinsey Quarterly 2008 : "Centered Leadership: How Talented Women Thrive" by Joanna Barsh, Susie Cranston and Rebecca A. Craske, we took a look at the McKinsey Leadership Project, which concentrated on the initiative to help and enhance professional women at McKinsey and elsewhere, to learn what drives and sustains successful female leaders.

The leadership model designed comprising five broad and interrelated dimensions:

-- Meaning, or finding your strengths and putting them to work in the service of an inspiring purpose.

-- Managing energy, or knowing where your energy comes from, where it goes and what you can do to manage it.

-- Positive framing, or adopting a more constructive way to view your world, expand your horizons and gain the resilience to move ahead even when bad things happen.

-- Connecting, or identifying who can help you grow, building stronger relationships and increasing your sense of belonging.

-- Engaging, or finding your voice, becoming self-reliant and confident by accepting opportunities and the inherent risks they bring and collaborating with others.

Forbes has voted some most powerful businesswomen in the world in 2012, to name a few...Ginni Rometty, first female CEO at IBM; Sheryl Sandberg, who led Facebook through a much-anticipated IPO; Irene Rosenfeld, key person in splitting Kraft into 2 public companies; Marissa Mayer, from a top Google exec to the CEO seat at Yahoo...

These women inspired all to strive for excellence and break the male corporate dominance across the globe. And more to follow with the growing importance of women in education and personal growth. We can envisage the percentage to exceed 60% in less than 10 years. Organisations now must re-develop its training and retention programmes to enrich employees' skills to create a more dynamic intellectual workforce. Technology 2.0 and various Emerging trends will be the centre of opulent management strategies and plans. And swift action is atop of the list.

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Cut My Above

2015-05-15T22:52:00.000+08:00

Dawn breaks.

I sent my better half to Putrajaya for a meeting. Smooth drive along the expressway and back.
Reached KL by 8.30am. Swerved to my auditor's office & done some banking matters.
Back to my neighbourhood & decided to go for a haircut.

Found an Indian barber just around the corner. The man welcomed me with a smile.

Sat down, 1 strip of tissue paper wrapped around my neck. Then the towel on my shoulders and
a dark blue cloth draped around me in my seat. For an instance I looked like a small kid on a highchair.

The barber asked what style I wanted... I asked him, what's the name of the shop. He replied,
"Cut My Above". Ok, that's what I wanted.. ie cut my above! and make me handsome.

Moments later, with his swift hands, a master with the scissors and comb, an eye for every
detailed angle... he cut my above!

It has been really some time ever since I step into a traditional barber shop...hmmm, was it 20 years
ago? All these while, many people have frequented those modern hair saloon and have their crowning
glory sculptured to perfection at steep cost, myself inclusive. Today was a good day for me.

Moments soon, my mind drifted 20 years back...
What have I done since I left school.
What have I gained since I left college.
What have I learned since my first job.
What have I enriched since I started my own business.
What have I achieved thus far in life.
... I smiled to myself.

Snapped back to reality, Mr. SwiftHands has finished cutting my above.. and ahem ahem..
do I look handsome! Self affirmation is my recipe for the day.

Uh oh... it's neck massage time...in just 30 secs, i felt so light!! I can see my past and future at
the turn of my neck. Phooo! And a touch of modernisation when he took out from the drawer
a hand-held massager ! Another round of satisfying relief on my back ! I felt so much stronger.
Another Phooo!

Done. I thanked him & he thanked me. In fact I thanked him more. Had I not decided to go for
the haircut today, perhaps it will take me some time to sit down in peace and reflect. It was
a good decision I told myself.

I smiled all the way to my car.

My only cut on my wallet today... US$3.00 !

7 Lessons to take home:-
1. Management by Instinct
2. Management by Flexibility
3. Management by Trust
4. Management by Reflection
5. Management by Tools / Technology / Skills
6. Management by Recognition
7. Management by Appreciation

Our aspiration is to continuously enhance the Board and employees' values, and organisational effectiveness by building a solid mechanism towards Excellence. We have many Management and Leadership principles in store to keep us busy for ONE aim -- to enrich your organisation !

To find out how we do it for your organisation, let's have a coffee session and we will chat about your organisation's consultancy, training & development needs.

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Vincent Hor
Corporate Services Provider, Trainer & Professional Speaker.

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