Category — Attitudes
Crisis, What Crisis?
Here is a story to remind everyone about the current financial crisis.
Muthu, a kacang putih man at a small town, sells kacang putih for many years. He has a lot of customers because his kacang putih is fresh and tasty. He also puts up a few signs near where he sells to increase his sales as part of his simple marketing strategy. Being uneducated, he does not know anything about the economy. He orders more stock to sell to replenish his stock.
One day, his educated son came back from overseas and told his father just how bad the economy is. He told his father that banks are closing, people are getting fired and everywhere, business is just plain bad.
Since his son is the educated and he believed his son, Muthu didn’t bother to put up his signs everyday, he ordered less kacang and started to work less hours.
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February 2, 2009 Comments Off
Goals Reloaded
I got this article from Seth Godin which I read from time to time. Seth is a best selling author, marketing and agent of change. Good books I’ve browsed through included The Dip and Purple Cow. The reason I read Seth’s post is that he thinks ahead of the curve and in many instances, as a thought leader, you create or influence the work, business and social environment.
In a short post a few days ago, Seth Godin talked about the freedom and flexibility of NOT having goals. He wrote,
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January 30, 2009 Comments Off
Ill Prepared For Retirement
Retirement bring about thoughts of new plans, new freedom and a phrase of life that many look forward to. According to a recent survey, the results which we published in a local daily:
79% say health and well being is most important after retirement
39% say it is important to [Read more →]
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May 22, 2008 No Comments