Does your job requires you to be away from home so often that you hardly saw your spouse and young children?
As a human being, no matter how senior or successful your position is, if your family is the most important thing in your life, there will come a time when you ask yourself if all [...]
Most often, bosses are afraid to offer constructive feedback to their staff, especially if it is a negative feedback for fear of backlash. It takes courage and good leadership skills to be able to tell the staff that he/she is having some weakness that undermine the staff’s work performance without angering the staff. Some employees [...]
There are reasons why we buy products from certain companies instead of others. Most potential clients would form the first impression of your company via the salesman because the salesperson is usually the only person that they will deal with. To illustrate my point, let me give you an example of 2 salespersons selling a [...]
I believe there must be a number of people out there who are seriously thinking of quiting their jobs go either go for a lower paying job or go travelling. Because that is how I noticed a number of visitors have found my blog and stayed on to read more articles.
Since I have experience quiting [...]
I found this article on the October 2009 copy of the Malaysian Business magazine (quite a good read as some writers discuss controversial topics). The tips is offered by Idrus Ismail:
1. Be debt free as far as possible and have 6 months of pay in fixed deposits, just in case.
2. Place resume in every popssible [...]
The world today is moving towards passive income. Money making gurus are advocating earning passive income as the way to go- that you can make money while you sleep, play golf, go on vacation, etc.
Passive income is a smart way to earn money and should be the way forward compared to active income. Or it [...]
Normally, we make our decision not from that momentarily ’struck by lightning feeling’. But from an inner voice that persisted and refused to be silenced. One day, when we trust our voice enough to take a risk, we find that we learn new things.
You may know Robin Sharma from his book called “The Monk who [...]
All things being equal, I told him, I would always vouch for the candidate who has a life beyond work, who is capable and yet not self-centered and who thinks of the common good and not personal glory”, Soo Ewe Jin, StarBiz 5 October 09- Soft Skills- an often overlooked asset.
Soo Ewe Jin was writing [...]
Stay at home moms can also make some side income through various income streams from home. Between managing the household, taking care of the kids and putting everything in order, moms are generally left with limited time for anything else.
Still, if there is a will, there is a way. To find time to better manage [...]
Firstly, you have to access yourself honestly and know what are your core values and beliefs. There are people who can never compromise their personal beliefs for money- for when they do so, there may be lots of inner conflicts and unhappiness.
Some indications that you are unhappy with your job because it clashes with your personal [...]
