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Problem Solving vs Problem Finding
I read an article of what employers want from the graduates. And one of the answer is problem solving skills. Is problem solving still the critical skills that industry really want? There is an interesting research that explains this. In his book – To Sell is Human, Daniel Pink explain on a study by the
5 Marketing Lessons that I learned from Jay Abraham
“There are only two things in a business that make money – innovation and marketing. Everything else is cost.” – Peter Drucker A photo of me with a replica of Jay Abraham I attended a session with Jay Abraham, the legendary marketing guru. Some might called him the marketing wizard because of his ability to
Wisdom from the President – Prof. Tan Sri Dr. Ghauth Jasmon
Prof. Ghauth was the founding president of Multimedia University, the first private university in Malaysia, where I earn my engineering degree. With his leadership the university grew dramatically and ranked at top 200 universities in Asia in less than 10 years of it’s establishment. Me with Prof. Ghauth and Prof. Rasat Today I have a
Why Job Description is outdated why should we replace it with Job Mission
Many organization provide their employee with Job Description (JD). Every job description will tell people on what to do and sometimes, perhaps how to do it. In my humble opinion, this work well in the past where compliance is very much needed. But in this competitive environment, things have changed. People don’t do routine job
High Income Nation – Are we training our people in the right direction?
Malaysia is moving towards high income nation. To realize the vision 2020, we set our target to achieve GNI per capita of US$15,000. One of the initiative is to train our people. Training has been seen as effective method to upgrade the skills and knowledge of the people. However, are we training our people with
Everyone Can Become A Leader
Everyone can become a leader. But that is not the question. The question is whether they want to or they don’t. Leadership is a choice and I do believe that it is your responsibility to decide whether you want to be one, or you just want to follow someone, or some organization. Tipping Point Some
Music and It’s Application in Learning
Last year, as I went to the new IOI City Mall, in one of the home furnishing store I just have this mood of buying. The environment was set in such a way that people will ignite their sense of buying things because they give the feeling of comfort and elegance. I look at the
Inside the Mind of Cheryl Yeoh: 5 Powerful Lessons from the CEO of Magic
Successful people have a certain pattern that makes them successful. By learning some of the thought, we can take some valuable lessons. Most of the successful people might do it unconsciously but when they share their stories, we can can conclude into some certain principles. Today, I attended Mindvalley’s Project Renaissance featuring Cheryl Yeoh the
10 Ways to Achieve Bigger Success in 2015
Happy New Year 2015! When we talk about success, I believe we should not do exactly what successful people do. Because all successful people do things differently. No one successful people whom I know do exactly what another successful people did yet they became as successful as the former. But what I do believe is