Jun 29

Anda suka berangan-angan ? Anda sentiasa perasan ? Memang syok berangan bak kata orang “Angan-angan Mat Jenin”. Memang setiap yang di idam mesti berputik dari angan-angan.

Soalnya, adakah angan-angan kita memberi inspirasi kuat untuk kita bekerja kuat ? Adakah ia memberi motivasi strong enough for us to take smart-calculated risk ? Adakah angan-angan anda boleh membantu orang lain ? Sekiranya jawapan anda benar, memang pun, boleh, maka inilah ciri-ciri angan-angan yang sihat dan insyaAllah jika dilayan boleh membawa lebih kebaikan dalam hidup seseorang.

Angan-angan takkan ke mana, if no follow-thru – no action taken. So check and tafsir your dreams, mimpi, angan-angan – are they worth it ?

Nak tafsir mimpi anda ? Cuba tanya Mat Jenin dan Mat Dreamy (Doctor @ Grey’s Anatomy) :

Jadi pilih dan hanya layan impian yang berfaedah. Tak salah berangan-angan  asalkan “Angan-angan Mc Dreamy”.

Mat Salleh kata…

“Its good to build castles in the air, now go put some foundation under it !”

Jun 28

I read a recent article in Personal Money magazine this month – MAJOR MILESTONE IN A PERSON’S LIFE and it states the following :

  1. First Job
  2. Getting Married
  3. First Property (home)
  4. Have Baby (s)
  5. Caring for Aged Parents
  6. Children’s Higher Education
  7. Start own business
  8. Mid-Life Crisis
  9. Preparing for Retirement
  10. Real retirement

Which got me thinking of a shorter journey – what if we look at our Unit Trust Biz, where can we place MILESTONEs as a Unit Trust Consultant ?

What are milestones anyway ? Milestone usually marks the end of a stage (tahap) that marks a completion of a phase or job – typically marked by a high level event which signifies endorsement (pengiktirafan) of job done. I believe the following TANDA BATU can shed some light and gauge our progress as a Unit Trust Consultant.

  1. Sit for Unit Trust exam
  2. First sales transaction
  3. First downline recruited
  4. Promotion to Agency Supervisor
  5. First Overseas Trip (Los Angeles, New Zealand, etc)
  6. First time “your face published” in newpaper (due to item 5.)
  7. First RM1,000,000 deal (in 1 transaction)
  8. First time walk on stage to receive Award during Annual Dinner
  9. Promotion to Agency Manager
  10. Promotion to Group Agency Manager

Why are milestones important ? Yes, it is endorsement of progress, achievement and how a person developed. It serves as a benchmark indicates the quality of performance – once achieved we feel puas hati, seronok and probably bangga dengan pencapaian diri. Its about GENUINE recognition and the feeling of “I have arrived !”.

More importantly, it is like building blocks to allow a person to achieve even higher standards. Once dah rasa makan sedap, you know how it taste and feels, and you would always remember “that first bite” and want more and more of it. Up to a certain level, you get jelak and want to eat something else.

And even more important, once you’ve MATURED and GROWN, you realize that its the journey and NOT the milestone itself that is more important. As we learn from doing and experiencing many things during the journey, we learn and unlearn skills and gather knowledge. Yes we may occasionally stumble and fall, it may be painful but you will remember and try not to repeat the mistakes. We sharpen our instincts and gut feel. We know who to trust, who to rely on and who are your true friends and partners. Its all in the game ! That, my friends, are the facts of life…

Jun 15

Listening to Lee Sheng Chow of Urut Tradisional PB, this morning on BFM 89.9 Radio, I realised and totally agree “To be happy, you must first learn to be grateful”. Hanya bila kita rasa bersyukur, barulah kita boleh rasa happy.

Is this the formulae of happiness ?

You can listen to Lee Sheng Chow at http://www.bfm.my/open-for-business-lee-sheng-chow-urut-tradisional-pb.html

Lee Sheng Chow is the first person commercializing the blind urut tradisional, more than 20 years ago, in Malaysia. His business is located in Brickfields and houses blind masseurs, man and woman. What so special about Sheng Chow you may ask. Plenty ! He has vision even though he became blind at age 21, starting the blind traditional massage business, putting his entire savings in the business, struggling in the early years to market and secure clients. He is a paralympic swimmer until today and by the sound of it, am sure he is physically fit. And ditakdirkan, has a handicap daughter – bed ridden and able to eat only soft diets.

Inspite of all these, Sheng Chow remains chirpy, optimistic and speaks of a larger purpose in life. I ask you, how many of us can still look at life, if Allah challenges us, testing our faith ?

Where does Sheng Chow gets his strength and determination ?

What about us – Unit Trust Consultants. Where is that source of energy and inner strength ? How does one grow it over time ? Probably it starts with “the right attitude” and “the right kind of D-N-A” that each unit trust consultant must have. Check and ask – do you have the following : ?

Each of us must find that “sense or purpose” – mengapa kita di dunia ini, untuk apa, untuk siapa ?

Memang kita tak perfect, tetapi DNA di atas boleh di “inherit” dan “dipelajari” dengan berkawan dengan rakan-rakan yang mempunyai DNA Super Sales Consultant. Positive energy is contagious (berjangkit).

As you know that even Superman has his weakness – krypton will make him weak. As with Super Sales Consultant, we may be weakened by certain genes.  So if nak tambah super power anda, jauhkan diri dari the following negative genes :

So amacam ? Boleh jadi Super Consultant tak ? Saya yakin anda boleh. Jika anda mahu….