My Dream Boss…

Everybody has his/her own dream of a perfect boss right? I’m sharing mine…

My dream boss would be someone who is very knowledgeable but humble and willing to share his knowledge wholeheartedly. Someone who flip the cone and said to me, Irvan I will do anything that I possibly can do to help you succeed in this business as long as you don’t quit on me. Someone who trust me enough to say that I’m wrong and praise me when I’m right. Someone whose character is always calm but firm, never hesitant and never force me to do something that I definitely cannot do. I want to work for someone whose integrity is proven by time and whose respect is earned not given.

Hopefully I can find him/her as soon as possible because that’s who I’m aspire to be… if you find one just like that, please do let me know.

 

Don’t Get Over Your Head, Boy !!!

It’s important to know what you are capable of…

Every human being has talents that was given by God, and it is our duty to find it and use it as a human being in order to be a blessing for our-self and peoples around us. Lots of people who are dreaming that one day they will become a CEO of a great multinational company, own a very big mansion, drive a 2 million dollars sport car and 7 digits yearly income. However, most people is not being honest with themselves therefore, all those dreams will frustrate them even more since they know that they will never achieve that dream. In the end they will become bitter, depressed and blame everyone else except themselves for their failure.

 

Entering a New Job…

Things to do / Consider

1. Allow some time so that everything sinks in.
2. Observe the culture, it’ll be better if you know them beforehand.
3. Make your expectations known and know your employer expectations of you.
4. Ask lots of questions, Debby Johnson told me once – “It’s better to be a well informed pain in the as than a smart ass who knows nothing”
5. Ask questions to new colleagues regarding their work and /or job descriptions, you’ll need them as much as they need you.
6. Make friends, a workplace without a friend is a living hell.
7. Don’t be a know it all been there done that smart ass (you might be a big shot in your old place but respect the new employer’s employee).

Do this and hopefully your transition to a new job will be better.

 

Peaches or Lemons…

Peach and Lemon has been used in the UK as a review for used car for a while now. If your used car is a peach it means that it’s a good used car and a lemon means that it’s a bad car. We can apply this terminology in our daily lives such as in the work place. You must know somebody who is a peach and there is at least one lemon in a company no matter how small the company is.

 

The Parable of the Old Ugly Swan…

Once upon a time, there was this really beautiful swan in Broncho Lake*. Everyone who passes the lake could not have missed her. She was there all the time, showing off her beautiful feather with her elegant and graceful attitude.

During her glorious days, she made a mental note that she wanted to be beautiful forever, she made a commitment that she would not want her beauty to end. And years passed by… time has taken its tolls toward the beautiful swan… eventually she had (Oh my God… here goes, I can’t even write it….) WRINKLES…. *grasp….