Living in an ultra World

A Dollar and Some Ambition: Jim Rohn

2012-01-31T09:14:00.004+08:00

Capital in your business isn't what matters. It isn't the money that buys you a future; it's your skills that buy you a future. Money and no skills, I'm telling you, you are still poor. Money and no ambition, where are you? Money and no courage, you're broke. A little bit of money and a whole lot of courage is all we need.

When looking for people, don't always look for the ones with money; money doesn't matter. What matters is somebody's willingness, somebody's ingenuity, somebody's willingness to try. If they have a dollar to invest, that's plenty for me. A dollar and some ambition and I can show you how to get rich and it will be one of the classic stories of the company. When recruiting somebody and they would say, "I don't have any money," I'd say, "I've been looking for you for six months! Let me show you how to do it without any money."

Because here are the rules of capitalism: you can either buy and sell or, if you are in certain circumstances, you can sell and buy. That is, if you've got ambition. Now if you haven't got ambition we can't cure that and money can't cure it—lack of ambition. But if you have a dollar and some ambition I will show you how to get rich. Even if you don't have a dollar I will show you how to get rich, because you can sell and buy. Somebody says, "As soon as the product arrives I'll sell it." No, no, you don't understand. You don't understand the magic of fortune if you say “I have to wait till the product gets here.” And you probably don't understand the value of your own story.

By selling and buying you are simply sharing from your own excitement and belief about the product and the opportunity. Once the customer says yes, ask for the money and then go get the product. After doing that three or four times you will be able to buy and sell, but never let money keep you from an opportunity when you have in its place true ambition, faith and courage.

Makanan Kegemaran Nabi

2012-01-06T07:06:00.000+08:00

MAKANAN KEGEMARAN RASULULAH S.A.W

1. Barli – Bagus untuk demam jika dibuat sup.
2. Kurma – Nabi berkata rumah yang tidak mempunyai kurma adalah sepert rumah yang tidak ada makanan.
3. Buah Tin – Buah dari syurga. Boleh mengubati buasir.
4. Anggur – Nabi suka buah anggur. Ia membersihkan darah, menguatkan buah pinggang, membersihkan perut
5. Madu – Ia adalah makanan segala makanan, minuman segala minuman, ubat segala ubat. Mengubati cirit birit jika dibancuh dengan air panas, membuka selera, menguatkan perut, membuang kahak. Elok diminun waktu pagi dengan air suam.
6. Tembikai (Segala Jenis) – Nabi berkata wanita mengandung tidak akan gagal melahirkan anak yang baik dari segi karater dan wajahnya.
7. Susu – Nabi berkata susu baik untuk membuang panas badan seperti tangan membuang peluh dari dahi. Menguatkan belakang, memperbaiki otak memperbaharui pandangan mata, membuang kelupaan.
8. Cendawan – Baik untuk mata, perancang keluarga.
9. Minyak Zaitun – Rawatan kulit dan rambut. Melambatkan penuaan, merawat radang perut.
10. Delima – Membersihkan tubuh dari syaitan & bisikan syaitan selama 40 hari.
11. Cuka – Nabi selalu meminum dengan minyak zaitun (Trend yang popular di restoran Itali)
12. Air – Minuman terbaik. Jika dahaga hendaklah disedut perlahan-lahan. Jangan diteguk. Mudah mendapat sakit pada hati. Ilmu yang bermanfaat harus dikongsikan.

Should we skip college?

2011-12-19T22:08:00.000+08:00

Billionaire to Pay Kids to Skip College

If you have an idea while you are in college, what normally people will advice? Focus on finishing your study first. Then you can do everything that you wanted to do.

Unfortunately this mantra doesn't work anymore, or at least it won't be the wisest thing to do. In today's society, everything is moving super fast and most people are moving at the super fast speed. If you wait until you complete your study, somebody else might come out with the similar idea and your idea might be no longer relevant.

A billionaire is willing to pay people to skip college. If billionaire is willing to do so, what is the message that they are trying to convey?

Most self-made millionaire or even billionaire is dropped-out of college. If they did that and make tonnes of money, which steps should we follow?

Copycat to Success

2011-11-22T11:57:00.001+08:00

This is a write-up which I will use for my Toastmaster project speech #10 - Inspire Your Audience. Yes, it should be a motivational speech - however, I would try to deliver it differently by explaining people on How we can succeed through Copying.

Copycat To Success

We Live in a World of Copycats.

As part of human being, we are naturally the creature of copycat. We copy from the Cradle to the Grave! Copycatting starts the day we were born. We copy the language we speak, the food we eat, the hairstyle, the way we walk and the way we dress. When we were in primary school, we were taught to copy alphabets. When we get older, we copy how others drive a car. When in Rome, we Do as the Romans Do.

James Baldwin once said "Children have never been very good at listening to their elders. But they have never failed to imitate them."

If copycat is part of our nature, then,

Why we are not good at Copying?
It is our education system, they don't call it copying - they called it Plagiarism. It is consider a form of cheating and those who are caught will be punished. During examinations we are not allowed to use notes, to refer to friends and to have any form of reference.
But do you think in current ICT era, this still applied? Later on when we have a job, we still refer to the website, to our friends and books.
Because of this plagiarism concept, most of us think that copycat is wrong and originality is the best thing to do! So we try to create something by our own starting from scratch. I was once a student - as most of you were. In one particular assignment I tried to do it by my own. But the result, my friends who are copying 100% gets higher marks than me. The next time I did my assignment, I tried to find some 'source' first, from there I improvise whatever answer script to the assignment, and amazingly my marks always get higher compared to the 'source' that I refer to. Isn't copycatting works?

Innovation Start From Copying

Every innovation starts from an idea then combined with another idea. Everybody here knows that China is the greatest copycat in the world. They copy almost everything in this world aren't they? There is one chinese lady in Shanghai, who work with IDEO the leading creativity consultant in the world. She said "You westerners, you obses with innovation. Innovation means that you come out with something new. You consumed by copyright. She said it is not about copyright. You know copyright here, copyright there. It is not. It is about COPYING IT RIGHT! and this is absolutely brilliant.

One day a guy name Fredrik Haren was in a conference in China called INNOVATIVE CHINA. There was head of Motorola in China, head of Nokia in China, head of Ericsson in China and he's sitting next. And the moderator asked "So how can China become an Innovative Country?"
Then the guy from Ericsson said "If China wants to become innovative, you need to stop copying!" Then the guy from Nokia said "If you want to become innovative, you need to stop copying!" Then the guy from Motorola said "If you want to become innovative, you need to stop copying!" And then Fredrik look at them and asked "Excuse me, for the three guys who are talking about doing things different, you guys sound very much the same." And then he looked at them back and asked "Excuse me, which one of you who invented the mobile phone?? Bacause the other two must have copy it!" Who invented the mobile phone??? Motorola... Motorola invented the first mobile phone. And Ericsson made the first mobile phone system. Because without the system, mobile phone is pretty much useless, isn't it? And Nokia made it a global product so that everybody could afford. So, who invented the mobile phone? All of them... It is almost impossible to invent anything without copying!

The greatest creative human that ever live, perhaps, is Pablo Picasso. Famous for being different right. What does he said? "Good artist copy. Great artist steal!"

It is not about copying blindly, but we need to take the best of the things that we see and combined it and create something new and make it better!

J. Paul Getty said in a quote "If you want to get rich, just find someone making lots of money and do what he's doing!"

One of the great business in the world is McDonalds! McDonalds have been very successful business not because of they make a better burger than anybody else. But they invent a great system, and they allow people to copy it. And they called it "Franchise!"

One of the owner of McDonalds, Max Cooper who own 45 McDonalds franchises said:
"I've always felt that I don't have to be an originator - just a good duplicator"

Even in corporate business, the successful companies copied one another.
Look at the product. Doesn't they copied from the competitor?

And the question is not about who copied who. The question always come out is which one is better?

And a company who copied a successful companies, chances are, they are going to succeed. Just look at this two companies. Aren't the logo as much or less the same. With white font moving up and red colour as the background.

Even the website also look pretty much similar.

And if you are familiar with this guy, he is quite famous with his appearance in TV and Billboard. He creates a huge success in his motivation seminar. Do you think he invent himself? No, in one of the seminar "Marketing & U" he mentioned that the success of his company is actually because of he duplicate another company based in Canada, the Peak Potentials created by T. Harv Eker, the author of The Secrets of Millionaire Mind. Look at the image below! How he positioned the finger pointing to the mind!

So, as a conclusion, aren't you think that copying is great. Burke Hedge said in his book - "If there's one thing, every single person in this world is good at - it's copycatting!" You all are actually good at it. The only thing you need to learn is to copy the right thing and the right way! So let us copycat ourselves to success!

Influencing Your Boss

2011-11-16T01:30:00.001+08:00

I have been working in 4 different types of organizations. When I say 4 different, it does not only different organization names, but the industry, the size, the background, country of origin, and so-on. What makes this unique is I have learned different organizations have different direction, management style and disciplines.

However, the fundamentals are much less the same. To survive in all of these organizations, the fundamentals to succeed is still the same, the ability to communicate and influence people. Either working with low-level or higher-executives levels, it gives different outcome from the communication ability.

As influencing other people is importnat, influencing our own boss is more critical! In some cases, some might say 'bodek' or what-ever terms that they wanted to use, but for me, if you can influence your boss, and bring you up to a level, that is consider an achievement. But what other people does not like about these 'kaki-bodek' is not how they influence the bosses, but how they are getting trusted by bosses when they can't perform the duty at least at par. But if we can learn how to 'bodek', apply it right and get our duty above par, wouldn't it be better - rather than we are doing an excellent job but heading nowhere because the boss aren't seeing anything from us?

Today I just would love to share some tips from Al Colemen and Anita Attridge on How To Win Over Your Boss. (Articles source: Forbes website)

1. DO YOUR JOB, AND DO IT WELL. - This is fundamental. Before we start to do anything else, we need to make sure this on covers up.

2. REALLY GET TO KNOW YOUR BOSS. - This is much of rapport. The theory is, if we need to maintain a rapport, we need to get into 'their' world. It would be easier to handle a person when we are 'inside' their world. Don't complain, just go along with their preferences. For example, if they like face-to-face communication, instead of phone call or e-mail method, then we should communicate in that manner.

3. ASSIST AND SUPPORT THE BOSS'S PROFESSIONAL GOALS. - One of the reason we are being paid is to make our boss life easier. See how we can help our boss to accomplish their goals and they will be happy to assist us in making our life easier.

4. BE LOYAL TO YOUR BOSS. - Nobody is perfect. So did our boss. When something went wrong, try as much not to talk around especially with colleagues, or worst outsiders. Once this rule have been broken, then there will be a lot of unwanted words spread around and the boss will become the next 'Hosni Mubarak'. And if you were Mubarak's staff, can you imagine what will happened to you and your career?

5. MAKE YOUR BOSS'S PRIORITY YOUR PRIORITY. - In an organization, everything need to be accomplished in a team effort basis. In every team, there must be a lead. Even if we does not consider some task as priority, once the boss declare it as priority, automatically it will become a priority.

6. TAKE THE INITIATIVES WITH PROJECTS AND ASSIGNMENTS. - Taking initiative is always the thing, not just your boss, your colleagues, even your competitor will salute you especially when it provides result. However, don't overload with too many initiatives. The best is something that you can deliver without too many guidance and supervision from your boss - especially they will share the credits without having extra trouble.

7. SEEK SOLUTIONS TO PROBLEMS. - The normal thing people do is to asked the solutions from the boss especially when things goes wrong. We don't want to be normal don't we? Finding a solutions to a problem will make our boss happy because they don't have to hustle to think on solving problems. Your boss have other problems to solves.

8. SHOW AN INTEREST IN AN ACTIVITY YOUR BOSS IS PASSIONATE ABOUT. - It's true that work is work, life is life. But a successful businessman will normally go beyond the 'business' to get the business. They play golf even when they don't like it. If we can copy what the successful businessman do, don't you think we will be getting the same result?

9. DEMONSTRATE A LONG-TERM INTEREST IN YOUR ORGANIZATION. - Think long-term always pay. Even for the gen-Y, normally they don't want to stay long in a company, but it should not stop us from thinking long term aren't we? Like Tun Mahathir, he does not even know he's going to live in the year 2020. But he did plan something, for the benefits of others. You can do the same, even you are thinking to resign another 24 hours. If your can think long-term for the organization, don't you think your boss will think long-term for your career and remember you when you are now longer his boss?

Above is some key-points and my version of elaborations. It is a reminder to me as well, in my journey of continuos improvement of my personal development.

The Power of Gratitude

2011-11-11T07:42:00.000+08:00

Imagine, one day you are complaining about your country:

1. The public transportation isn't efficient enough!

2. I drive a second hand car! I can't afford good car because the government is taxing heavily on cars.

3. The weather is too hot!

4. We got dirty toilets!

5. The broadband are too expensive! and SLOW!

What did you get when you are complaining? You feel that here is not the place that best suit you, isn't it?

The thing is, you are complaining to the wrong person. When you talk to your friends, you brothers/sisters , or even talking to yourself, what did you get? Nothing but the feel of frustration and worst you are focusing on it! You are actually attracting crap to your life.

If you understand the Law of Attraction, you will understand that your mind is like a magnet. When you read all the above statement, do you feel like Malaysia is not a good place to stay? If you do, simply because you agree with the statements and you are focusing about how bad it is.

TURN IT AROUND!

Stop thinking about bad things, start focus on the good thing! Why? Focusing on good thing, even a small simple thing, will allow us to expand the good thing!

"The truth is it takes much more courage to appreciate what we’ve got—no matter how little it may seem—than it is to surrender to the scarcity model and let ourselves off the hook for taking action because something isn’t enough." - T. Harv Eker

How can I turn it around?

The simple method is to use - "AT LEAST" after the word you are complaining, see things from different perspective, or compare with the cons of the other alternatives.

1. The public transportation isn't efficient enough! - At least I can arrive safely on-time. If I live in some countries, I would take 3 hours extra to travel within the same distance.

2. I drive a second hand car! I can't afford good car because the government is taxing heavily on cars.- At least I can drive and arrive at my destination. Some countries, having motorcycle is considered luxury.

3. The weather is too hot! - At least we don't have earthquake or Tsunami here.

4. We got dirty toilets! - At least nobody pee around the staircase. And I can settle my what I intent to.

5. The broadband are too expensive! and SLOW! - At least I can access to the internet. If I am out of coverage that would be worst.

If you were to complain, make sure you are complaining to the right authority!

COUNT YOUR BLESSINGS!
You will feel much better when you count your blessing, instead of complaining. Focusing on what you have:
1. I have a great family, that always support me! I have wife, and kids that keeps me happy!
2. I have a car that can bring me around!
3. I have a good stable job with good benefits!
4. I have good friends that always encourage me to be successful.
5. I have a good looking face and good brain, that is my biggest assets!

"If we want to look young, we must be happy. The happiness of being in love is very noticeable. It is difficult of course to be happy all the time. But if you count your blessings every morning, you will feel happy." - Tun Mahathir, Memoirs Tun M. pg 584

Sebenarnya dalam Islam, kita diajar untuk bersyukur. Dan janji Allah, sekiranya kita bersyukur,

"Jika kamu bersyukur pasti akan aku tambah (nikmat-Ku) untukmu dan jika kamu kufur maka sesungguhnya siksa-Ku amat pedih". Ibrahim (14): 7

"Maka ingatlah kamu kepada-Ku niscaya Aku ingat pula kepadamu, dan bersyukurlah kepada-Ku dan janganlah kamu mengingkari (nikmat)-Ku" (Al-Baqarah (2): 152)

Perkara ini telah diajar oleh Allah dan Nabi. Namun kadangkala kita kurang mengamalkan, kerana kurangnya peringatan kepada kita. Mungkin peringatan diberikan tetapi dalam keadaan yang tidak menarik minat dan perhatian kita.

Mari kita kupas, dengan apa yang telah disampaikan oleh 'pakar2' dari barat, dan relate-kan kembali dengan apa yang diajar oleh Al-Quran lebih 1400 tahun dahulu.
Jika kita syukur, nikmat akan datang lebih. Bila kita fokus pada kelebihan kita, kelebihan itu akan bertambah.
Jika kita kufur - seksa Allah beri itu amat pedih. Dalam konteks ini, jika kita kufur, tidak bersyukur atau kita complain - kita fokus pada benda tidak elok, maka perkara yang tidak elok itu akan bertambah. Contohnya: "pendapatan saya kurang..." - Maka pendapatan kita akan bertambah kurang. Tidakkah pedih sekiranya pendapatan kita bertambah kurang?
TURN IT AROUND - "Syukur, dengan pendapatan ini saya dapat memberi nafkah pada keluarga, belanja rakan2, pergi melancong, membeli gadget terkini dan melabur." Fokus kita terus berubah dan Insya-Allah, nikmat kita akan bertambah!

Jom, marilah kita panjatkan kesyukuran kita terhadap segala yang telah dikurniakan! Semoga kita beroleh rahmat!

6 Levels of Entrepreneurs with Brad Sugars

2011-11-10T18:53:00.001+08:00

Are you an entrepreneur? Doesn't metter if you are still employee, you are in the process of 6 levels of entrepreneur as mentioned by Brad Sugar - but in one condition, you must learn as much as possible during this stage.

The second stage is self-employed. It is where you are the see-saw. The third level and above is on my way. I am getting information about it and I will reach the top level of entrepreneur. The sooner, the better. To understand more on the levels, play the video.

Brad Sugar is the founder of ActionCoach - the fastest growing business coaching franchise in the world. If you have a business, and you don't see your business is heading anywhere, hire ActionCoach. They will align you to the right direction and gives you tonnes of money as the result!

Prejudice

2011-11-04T07:30:00.000+08:00

Loan / Financing payments are accepted without prejudice to any recovery action, pending or contemplated, for the full outstanding amount(s).

(Pembayaran pinjaman / pembiayaan diterima tanpa prasangka terhadap apa-apa tindakan untuk mendapatkan semula jumlah keseluruhan pinjaman / pembiayaan tertunggak, sama ada sedang dijalankan atau dalam perancangan.)

I have no idea why everytime I pay the loan, this message will appear. Why is the word prejudice is always appearing, either I am paying it on time, or late payment. Anybody would want to give some thought on this?

Frustration , dissatisfaction, disappointment, and discontent

2011-11-03T22:18:00.001+08:00

I believe frustration, dissatisfaction, disappointment, and discontent are good things in the face of mediocrity. Man normally transform when they face frustration - and transformation is indeed a good thing. Living in an Ultra World, things aren't always easy. If things are easy, we will always be living inside our comfort zone. There's a saying by Robert Allen - "Everything you want is just outside your comfort zone."

While the frustration, dissatisfaction, disappointment, and discontent is something un-comfort; facing it smartly will slowly move one outside the comfort zone. It does not feels good when you are facing it, but when the thing is over, you will smile back - looking at your past - and express your gratitude that the thing happened brings you where you are now!

So, be grateful because everything happens is always with a good reason. You just need to focus on what good in it. Of course, this is a reminder for me, and those who are facing challenge right now!

Tribute to Steve Jobs

2011-10-06T09:09:00.002+08:00

Steve Jobs has inspired many people. He was not only a great innovator, he was also a great presenter, a great leader, and a great human being. He always has the 10-year ahead vision and doing things people would never think off and widely accepted by the people.

He has gone through the ups and downs of the technology business, created the first Apple Macintosh, been sacked by the people he hired, founded another company, Next, founded Pixar and produce Toy Story, and again bringing the Apple to the top. Ever since he took over back Apple Inc. the shares fold more than 100 times (imagine if you bought the stock that day).

Watch this video on his documentary.

Lesson from Steve

Steve has never been graduated from college. Yet he spoke to a graduation ceremony of Standford. Watch this video to learn some lesson - to follow your heart and about connecting dots in your life.

Making life “easy” for children usually makes life “hard” for them in adulthood.

2011-10-05T18:08:00.001+08:00

Del Smith, the millionaire founder and chairman of Evergreen International Aviation, has often said, "Thank God I was born poor; I learned how to work." Like many others who made it to the top on their own, Smith believes that the greatest gift that can be given to a child is to teach him or her the value of work. It is a gift that can never be lost or stolen. It's a natural desire of parents to give their children material things they didn't have as children. Such generosity, however, often deprives children of the greatest gift you can give them: confidence in their ability to take care of themselves. When you make life "hard" for your children by requiring them to learn the value of work, they will have a far greater likelihood of success as adults.

Taken from Napoleon Hill Foundation
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Your View Matters

2011-09-09T03:07:00.000+08:00

As I grow older (ok, I am not that old enough), I noticed that a lot of people are arguing with each other on small issues that most of the time does not really makes any senses. Statements can produce a whole lot of argument and this will create bigger things; quarrels, fightings or even bad mouthing. The reason is very simple - the quotes below explains everything.

"People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them." ~Epictetus

Politics are heavily influence by this. In everything, there are always a lot of angles one can view. And whatever one might say, they are probably right depending on which view they are looking at. Currently the issue Mat Saby saying that Mat Indera, the pro-communist guy was the hero of the country has created a nationwide issue with everybody saying things to justify their view is the correct ones.

Previously, the Bersih 2.0 issue also was the nationwide issue. I do believe it is a political influence- or if you did not agree, you just simply have a different view with me. Once a statement is out, everybody is debating based on their view they take of them.

Whatever you view is, my advise is to make sure to always look at the positive side angle and always think about what benefits you can derive from the view that you have given.

Doing the hard thing!

2011-09-02T00:49:00.000+08:00

"You need to be willing to do what's hard. Why? Because if you're willing to do what's hard, my friend, life will be easy. If you're only willing to do what's easy, life will become very hard. There is a difference, and I encourage you not to fall for the BS that your mind keeps giving you."

This is quote by T. Harv Eker at his wall today. I post this to my blog to remind myself and remind you, the reader of this blog.

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Petua Meluaskan Pintu Rezeki

2011-08-05T16:37:00.001+08:00

Assalamualaikum…..

Ilmu untuk dikongsi bersama………… dan sebarkan kepada semua

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Alhamdulillah masih diberi kesempatan untuk terus menulis dan berkongsi dengan anda semua.
Orang kata hidup dalam zaman ni kalau tak berhutang, kiranya tak sah. Tak kisahlah apa hutang sekalipun. Ada juga yang berhutang sehingga sanggup meminjam dari along dan sebagainya. Akibatnya kaum keluarga menjadi mangsa, sama ada diganggu ataupun dibunuh.

Orang kata tidak mustahil kerana wang kita sanggup berbunuhan antara satu sama lain, dan kerana wang juga kita sanggup melakukan apa saja, meskipun ia melanggar batas-batas kemanusiaan.
Adakah jalan keluar untuk kemelut yang dihadapi ? Bagaimana kita nak meloloskan diri dari beban hutang yang dihadapi. Saya kongsikan cerita dan petua ini.

“Aku tidak melihatmu di masjid semalam,” Rasulullah s.a.w. menegur Sayidina Muaz Bin Jabal r.a, sesesai berjemaah Zuhur.

“Maafkan aku, wahai Rasulullah. Aku tidak berpeluang untuk menunaikan solat Jumaat semalam. Semasa dalam perjalanan ke masjid, aku telah dihalangi oleh seorang kaum Yahudi. Aku dikurung dirumahnya dan tidak dibenarkan ke mana-mana,” jawab Sayidina Muaz dengan panjang lebarnya.

“Kenapa?”

“Aku telah banyak berhutang kepadanya,” akui Sayidina Muaz terusterang. “Sehinggalah aku merayu dan berjanji akan menjelaskan hutang-hutangnya apabila beroleh wang nanti, barulah aku dilepaskan,”
Rasul tersenyum sambil menepuk-nepuk bahu Saydina Muaz berkata, ” Aku ajarkan kepadamu dua potong ayat. Jika engkau mahu mengamalkannya, Allah akan meluaskan rezekimu untuk menjelaskan semua hutangmu, walaupun hutangmu sebesar gunung banyaknya.”

“Mahu..mahu, wahai Rasulullah,” jawab Saydina bersungguh-sungguh.

Rasulullah s.a.w. pun membacakan dua ayat al-Quran dari Surah Ali Imran iaitu ayat 26-ayat 27. Sayidina Muaz mendengarnya dengan cermat dan teliti, sebelum ikut membacanya semula. Selepas itu dia terus mengamalkannya dua potong ayat yang banyak khasiatnya itu. Sehingga Saydina Muaz menjadikan ayat tersebut sebagai wirid hariannya.

Berkat daripada kata-kata Rasulullah tersebut, akhirnya Sayidina Muaz telah menjadi orang yang berjaya dan maju dalam bidang perkerjaannya. Dengan jayanya itu membolehkan ia melunaskan semua hutangnya.
Mungkin kita juga boleh menjadi seperti Sayidina Muaz yang berjaya melunaskan beban hutang yang ditanggung. InsyALLAH dengan pengamalan wirid ini akan melapangkan pintu rezeki kita. Saya tinggalkan anda semua dengan terjemahan bagi kedua-dua ayat yang dimaksudkan.

Surah Ali Imran Ayat 26.
Katakanlah, “Ya Allah, yang merajai kerajaan, Engkau memberikan kerajaan kepada siapa yang Engkau mengkehendaki, dan melucutkan kerajaan daripada siapa yang Engkau mengkehendaki, dan Engkau memuliakan siapa yang Engkau mengkehendaki, dan Engkau menghinakan siapa yang Engkau mengkehendaki. Di tangan Engkau yang baik; sesungguhnya Engkau berkuasa atas segala sesuatu.

Surah Ali Imran Ayat 27.
Engkau menjadikan malam memasuki ke dalam siang, dan Engkau menjadikan siang memasuki ke dalam malam, dan Engkau mengeluarkan yang hidup daripada yang mati, dan Engkau mengeluarkan yang mati daripada yang hidup, dan Engkau memberi rezeki kepada sesiapa yang Engkau mengkehendaki tanpa perhitungan.”

Prestige Leadership Programme

2011-07-29T10:08:00.000+08:00

I am currently in Awana Genting for the PLP, Prestige Leadership Programme. This programme is intended for the middle management which is potential to be the future leaders, leading one division of an organization. PLP is designed for Malaysian GLCs to explore the potential, dig in their talents and equipped them with the necessary tools to become a future leaders.

Today, 5 days past and I am at the final night in room 19554. It was a tiring moment especially the programme running from day to night with little rest in between. Before I came here, I was thinking to absorb all the knowledge possible that I can gain throughout the entire session. However, being a secretariat, with the table location at the back of the room, my mindset is set to be the secretariat more than the participant. After all, I need to be sensitive to the environment. The roles and duty makes my focus changed hence I did not learn the most. Of course by listening passively behind, not much I can learn, unless I participated during the discussion, asking questions and giving opinion during the session.

All and all, I enjoyed every moment I spent here. Aside from the abundance of foods, I have learn a lot of valuable lessons through all the execution of the programme as well as observations. Things does not always goes well, and from all this mistakes and hiccup I learn better. The speakers involves, Dato' and Tan Sri, aside from all the professors. These people, especially the Tan Sri have the ability to give a good insight from the little words that they said. The little words comes from experience and experience is something too much valuable.

Hope to have more opportunities to learn through this kind of programme in the future and may Allah grant my wish.

Kepimpinan Belia Dalam Dunia Siber 2011

2011-06-27T19:06:00.000+08:00

Persidangan Belia Dalam Dunia Siber 2011 Peringkat Kebangsaan was initiated by Kementerian Belia Dan Sukan and MMU was invited to supply the trainers and facilitators. What was the most interesting thing happened during the event was my existance there as the facilitator. :)

I have been working in few companies and I understand different working cultures. However, working with government certainly have a different culture and protocols need to be followed. For example, the formal malay language (as per subject Bahasa Melayu in school) is actually what they are practising. It isn't something good or bad, but it is their way of communicating especially in a meeting. Syazly can explains more on this I guess (btw, Syazly is the handsome man that sitting beside me - or I can describe better as the second handsome man after me :) ). And the most exciting part was everybody start to imitate the way of speaking during the event and it continue until now.

It was indeed a good experience to handle 100 crowds from different background, but they are all Belia. The topic was interesting, about dunia siber. But the youngsters catch-up faster when it comes to IT. All the cyber-thingy can be understood easily by them, even they know better than the trainers in most cases. Working with the body who have the funding (i.e. the government) is indeed some kind of luxury where you can stay at the 5-star hotel, having free food and yet they pay you with certain fees. This is the lifestyle that I desire, where I am preparing myself to and hopefully in the next few years I will achieve this kind of job. Giving a speech, people pay me, people give me good accommodation and people feed me with good food. So, let us become trainer, having a lucrative rewards and enjoy luxury lifestyle. :)

How to gain Happiness

2011-06-10T09:28:00.002+08:00

National Achievers Congress 2011

2011-05-30T01:47:00.001+08:00

I just came back from the NAC2011 at Sunway Convention Center. The seminar is featuring the Incredible Hulk - Lou Ferrigno as the highlight of this year event. Other speaker such as Ron Kaufman is part of the most well-known in personal development industry and author of many books in the customer service field.

There are several interesting speakers to name, but the one among all that I don't know prior joining the event which I felt a very good impact is Andy Harrington. He's way of delivering his talk is similar to Tony Robbins, and he did shared with us that he's attended Tony Robbins' "Unleash the Power Within" and "Date With Destiny" Programme And he did share some of his story during that events. No wonder he's method is similar to Tony Robbins - and he also mentioned during his 2nd session that "I'm going to be your Anthony Robbins".

Of course as per every year of the congress, many of the featured speaker will give some information or teach few basic techniques and principles before they sell their so-called 'advanced' 2 or 3 days seminars. And I find out that the way Andy Harrington sells his seminar was quite unique and something that I can learn. And his offering one of the most cheapest seminar which is RM2997.

What so special about him is he really can connect with people during his speech. He did shares some of his techniques such as you need to talk to individual for about 5-7 sec before you scan to other places. I have never tried this before but maybe... I said maybe because it could only my theory... maybe by looking at that specific person, you are talking to an individual rather than talk to many, in terms of your presentation. But then you random to another person for 7 sec. The message will sounds like personal, but it is being delivered to the mass.

Other that that, Kevin Rae also telling something about Joint Venture - the most effective (and probably cost-effective) technique to grow your business. For example, Disney partnering with McDonalds and it really create a synergy between the two. Kids will like the toy as-well-as the food when they gone to McD and the toy will indirectly influence the kids to asked their parents to watch the movie. Brilliant! But there are several steps to create an effective JV. I can't explain it here because I don't have the notes with me. It's in my bag and I am very lazy to open my bag which is 2-feet away from me.

Ron White, the #1 Memory Expert (you can google or youtube the name if you don't believe me!) also shared his technique (which I find quite difficult to follow) on memorizing effectively. According to him, it is nothing wrong with brain. But the reason why people can't memorize is because their brain is not been trained. He taught us one technique of memorizing and the rest of the technique is paid for RM5000++ (seriously I can't remember the price and I actually need to attend his course). To make sure that he is really good, he start his session by recalling more than 40 peoples name and it came to surprise that he can recall each and every one correctly. And to make things more interesting, he call out 25 participants and each give a pair of random number. He can recall all the 50 numbers and not just that, he can say it backwardly.

Before I attend that seminar, I was wondering, why they called up Lou Ferrigno to become their main highlight. Because he is incredible hulk? Or because he won the Mr. Universe twice? Until the last session I can't figure out why is it the 'incredible hulk' is their main speaker. Why not Ron Kaufman who wrote so many books and featured in some megazine - including Malaysian SME as a columnist. Beside he's session was so very much interesting.

The CEO Richard Tan is asking Richard Branson to come for the next year session and if this really happens, the next year NAC would be something that everybody needs to look forward. But if he rejected, hopefully they don't invite George W. Bush as their main speaker.

All-and-all, congratulations to Success Resources for an awesome event!

Alya@Columbia Asia

2011-05-15T15:11:00.003+08:00

Alya Mysara, my second daughter was admitted to HTAN - Hospital Tuanku Ampuan Najihah, Kuala Pilah. The symptom was the stomach is abnormally bigger. She was admitted on Thursday to the ICU for babies. After the next day, most of the lab test was found normal. However, the root cause still unknown. They took some sample of the feces and the sample can only be sent to Seremban Hospital and HKL on Monday. The result probably on Tuesday.

Because of the frustration of waiting and slowness of the diagnostic process, I have decided to transfer the baby to Columbia Asia Hospital. After all, the hospital is the panel for my company and the insurance will take care of the bills.

Been admitted to Columbia, the process was so much faster and action taken also firm. Even on Saturday, the doctor at least provide us with some reasonable progress and results of all the test. The visiting hours also more flexible and the location also very convenient for all close relatives to visit the mother and the baby.

As this is the 3rd time my wife stayed at this hospital, the environment is very familiar for me. And for the past 2 times, I've been accompanying my wife and shared the bed at night. But for this time, the nurse didn't allow me to stay overnight. She asked me to go back home or sleep outside. From the words she used, it is clear that the lady stayed at next bed wasn't feel comfortable with my existance. As a tolerate person, I pack my things up and straight away travel back home at 11.30pm. I don't blame the hospital nor the lady because by being in their situation, they have their right in asking so.

Today, as the measure taken yesterday to stop breastfeeding to the baby, the results show some positive feedback. The stomach slowly getting smaller. The doctor asked my daughter to stay for 3 days for observation, hopefully after the 3 days she is back normal and we all can be back home.

Thoughts Become Things!

2011-04-22T07:00:00.002+08:00

Have you ever read the Secret or at least watch the video? You might familiar with the Law of Attraction. This is a sample speech of Toastmasters International which the speaker participate in a contest which I don't know the location.

As human being is always forgetful, it is indeed a great reminder in case you did not visualize what you always wanted to have, and it is a reminder for me as well!

Put your law of attraction to work!

p/s: Have you created your vision board?

The Power of Words

2011-04-21T07:14:00.001+08:00

Simple changes in your words might help you to change your world. It is the matter of how you say it determine how people react to it. I learn on my daily job how some people easily convey their ideas and everybody buys that ideas. On the other hand, another people have a good solid idea but because of the way they convey was not good enough people just ignore them. Worse case happens when people took the idea and sell it to other people. This video perhaps can give some illustrations on how to convey your words.

CHANGE YOUR WORDS, CHANGE YOUR WORLD!

Managerial Types

2011-04-20T22:30:00.001+08:00

UP THE HIERARCHY

In lower management

You work hard and pray hard.

In middle management

You work smart and pray harder.

In top management

You play smart, move faster and watch who is behind you!

Once you involved in career world, management skills is a necessity in order for you to climb higher or get promoted. No matter which department you are working with now, there will be a manager (or some company might define as head, VP, etc). But first you need to know which type of managerial you are.
In his book "How to Manage Effectively in the New Millenium", Dr. Henry R. Meyer has mentioned there are several types of Management:

(a) COMMANDER : authoritative, stern, forceful.

(b) AVOIDER: sets low goals, not ambitious, routine work, asute.

(c) PLEASER: PR type, applies 'placebo psychology', popular.

(d) ATTACKER: argumentative, demotivating, hot-tempered.

(e) PERFORMER: like prestige, recognition, impressionable.

(f) ACHIEVER: sets high objectives, dynamic, workaholic.

(g) STRATEGIST: Skillful, calculative, diplomatic, suave, intelligent, has showmanship.

Which Managerial Type that suit you?
Me? I believe I am a PERFORMER or a STRATEGIST. But you need to asked those who close to me to give more accurate answer. :p

Reference: Pardon Me, Are You The Boss? Managing Without Executive Diapers! by Dr. Henry R. Meyer

Entrepreneur in Rembau

2011-04-08T20:44:00.001+08:00

On my way back to my wife's kampung, I dropped by at Petronas. There is a burger stall, yup - as u can see in the picture. After make a phone call with my wife, we decided to buy the burger.

While waiting, being a 'peramah' guy, I started a conversation. They just started for about 2 weeks. When I asked on their daily sales, he said about 60 - 80. He's working as a postman and doing this business as his part time together with his wife.

Analysis:
The burger per pc is RM2.50.
Frankfurter per pc is RM2.00.
Special/cheese per pc RM3.50 - RM4.30.

If average gross margin is RM1.
80pcs = RM80.

Monthly income : RM2400.
The amount is more than his monthly income as a postman.

I believe after 2 weeks the numbers will grow. They might have sales about 100+ per month. i.e. RM3000 per month.

He's earning the pay as per executive working in KL by doing this part-time and he's living in Rembau.

All the best to the brother and hope he can sustain the business. Hopefully one day he might be another 'silent millionaire'.

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Waiting for the End

2011-04-07T21:07:00.002+08:00

This song is dedicated to bro Farid. Why? Simply because he's using this song as his caller ringtone. In my daily job (also for other personal activities) I always call Farid for consultation, business matters, lepaking and jamming. After thousand and one time calling, the song stick in my mind. The worst part is when I asked Farid about the title of the song, he said he doesn't know and he accept the caller ring tone because it is free.

After a few month of searching I finally find out from local radio station mentioning Linkin Park and this song was on air. Googling the title I finally found this song. Started from there, I viewed the video at Youtube and download it's mp3 and mp4.

Based on current situation, the lyrics kinda suit with the environment. It can relate with what happening around me.

Initially, I hated people who play a single song repeatedly. However, this is the first song ever in the world that I repeat more than 20 times in a row while doing my work. This song has already anchored (as per NLP definition of anchor) inside of me and I will remember Farid with this song.

Hope for a fantastic future undertaking for my very good friend.

Waiting For The End

This is not the end
This is not the beginning
Just a voice like a riot
Rocking every revision
But you listen to the tone
And the violent rhythm
Though the words sound steady
Something emptys within em

We say yeah

With fists flying up in the air
Like we’re holding onto something that’s invisible there
Cuz we’re living at the mercy of the pain and the fear
Until we dead it forget it
Let it all disappear

Waiting for the end to come
Wishing I had strenght to stand
This is not what I had planned
It’s out of my control

Flying at the speed of light
Thoughts were spinning in my head
So many things were left unsaid
It’s hard to let you go

I know what it takes to move on
I know how it feels to lie
All I wanna do is trade this life for something new
Holding on to what I haven’t got

Sitting in an empty room
Trying to forget the past
This was never meant to last
I wish it wasn’t so

What was left when that fire was gone
I thought it felt right but that right was wrong
All caught up in the eye of the storm
And trying to figure out what it’s like moving on

And I don’t even know what kind of things I said
My mouth kept moving and my mind went dead
Picking up those pieces now where to begin
The hardest part of ending is starting again

All I wanna do is trade this life for something new
Holding on to what I haven’t got

This is not the end
This is not the beginning
Just a voice like a riot
Rocking every revision
But you listen to the tone
And the violent rhythm
Though the words sound steady
Something emptys within em

We say yeah

With fists flying up in the air
Like we’re holding onto something that’s invisible there
Cuz we’re living at the mercy of the pain and the fear
Until we dead it forget it
Let it all disappear

Bill Gates & General Motors

2011-03-31T09:07:00.000+08:00

For all of us who feel only the deepest love and affection for the way computers have enhanced our lives, read on...

At a recent computer expo (COMDEX), Bill Gates reportedly compared the computer industry with the auto industry and stated,

'If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving $25 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon.'
In response to Bill's comments, General Motors issued a press release stating, "If the auto industry kept up with the computer industry then…"

1.          For no reason whatsoever, your car would crash........ Twice a day.

2.         Every time they repainted the lines in the road, you would have to buy a new car.

3.         Occasionally your car would die on the freeway for no reason. You would have to pull to the side of the road, close all of the windows, shut off the car, restart it, and reopen the windows before you could continue.

For some reason you would simply accept this..

4.         Occasionally, executing a maneuver such as a left turn would cause your car to shut down and refuse to restart, in which case you would have to reinstall the engine.

5.         Macintosh would make a car that was powered by the sun, was reliable, five times as fast and twice as easy to drive - but would run on only five percent of the roads.

6.         The oil, water temperature, and alternator warning lights would all be replaced by a single 'This Car Has Performed An Illegal Operation' warning light.

7.          The airbag system would ask 'Are you sure?' before deploying.

8.          Occasionally, for no reason whatsoever, your car would lock you out and refuse to let you in until you simultaneously lifted the door handle, turned the key and grabbed hold of the radio antenna.

9.         Every time a new car was introduced car buyers would have to learn how to drive all over again because none of the controls would operate in the same manner as the old car.

10.        You'd have to press the 'Start' button to turn the engine off

PS - when all else fails, you could call 'customer service' in some foreign country and be instructed in some foreign language how to fix your car yourself!!!!