Meaningful Living

I attended a course on communications.  Since the course content is trade-marked, I wont be naming the course title here. One of the topics was knowing who our audience is, and saying the right things to them in order to obtain the expected results.   To cut the long story short, I am summarising using the story below. The Story A cruise ship was sailing in the North Seas, hit an ice berg, and was sinking. There were not enough life jackets on the ship. The captain wanted only the women and children to have the life jackets. So he needed to speak to all the guys on the boat to persuade them to jump into the water without the life jacket. He first came up to a group of  British  guys, and said: "Gentlemen, it is an  honour  to give up the life jackets to the women and the children."   Without hesitation, the British guys yelled: "For the honour!", and  all jumped into the water without the life jackets. The captain next found a group of...

Self-fulfilling prophecy  ha s a very powerful psychological effect on us.  Eg:  If I believe I am stupid, I predict I will not do well in the future.  I therefore don't have the motivation to study hard, because I think that it makes no difference. Because I never study hard, I don't do well in my exams. And because I don't have a good certificates, I struggle in life. So, my believe and my prediction came true! This is self-fulfilling prophecy. On the other hand, if I believe something will work, I will find all means to get it done.   In the end, it gets done.   To cut the long story short,  Stay close to people who are positive.  Avoid listening to people who are negative.   The more negative things we listen, the more negative we become in our attitude and thinking.  This is bad for us.   That is why the rich-poor gap becomes wider and wider.  The rich believes they can, they seek possibilities and keep...

  I was at a Design Firm to discuss some matters with the Design Director.   During the break, he told me this: "The younger generation now are really  not employable .  Their attitude is very different, and they think very highly of themselves........  No matter how good a designer is, he will still not be able to meet exactly what the clients want.  So we need to listen and make changes where required.......  They take very long to learn, and are not keen to remember what was being told......"   Sounds familiar.   So what he does is he hunts for experienced designers from other companies instead of employing young people.    To cut the long story short, d o our best to  stay ahead   of other people. Find out how to make our boss wants to keep us, and other bosses want to poach us.   Discipline our mind, control our temper, watch our attitude. Thank you, I and D, for the picture.