If you are a fresh graduate, are you worried that you will not be able to find a job during this recession period? Or if you are an experienced professional, are you worried to change job since the new job might not be that stable? Or if you’re one of the unfortunate people who got retrenched, do you find it difficult to find job out there?
During such recession period, there are still ample of jobs out there but to be honest, the good paying jobs are quite limited. Every business is trying to cut cost and some are trying to reduce their total workforce. But that doesn’t mean there’s not enough job for everyone.
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There is. It’s just a matter of whether you want it or not. It might not pay you that well, and it might not give you the benefits you used to have, or it might not give you the things your other friends get from their employers…but it is still a job. And when one is really desperate, any job will suffice, even as a newspaper delivery boy (man). Because a penny earned, is always better than Z-E-R-O.
That’s why when people start complaining about there’s no job and start asking the government to help them, maybe they should think about it a little. There ARE jobs out there but are they willing to take those jobs? Or do they think they are too “high-class” for such jobs? Or more realistically, are their current commitments too much for those low-income jobs to support and that is why they don’t want to take those jobs…and instead opt to complain?
When one wants to find an excuse of not doing something (such as finding a job), he or she will come out with a lot of nonsense stuff. I’ve met people like that before. But in my opinion, there are still a lot of opportunities out there. It’s just that some of them require a lot of hard work but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible.
At the end of the day, it is all about the attitude. Are you the type who likes to complain without taking any action on anything else…or are you the type who prefer to stop complaining and take the appropriate action? Which one do you prefer? One might bring you some results, while the other won’t.
It’s your choice.
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Posted in Career, Life.
Tagged with attitude, Career, choosy, economy, interview, job, people, personality.
Do you have something that you really want to do but have yet to do? Do you find it very difficult to take that first step? Do you believe that after taking the first step, the journey will be smooth and you will have no problem at all?
If you answered “yes” to all the above questions, maybe it’s time to change your mindset a little because the first step in doing something might not be as hard as it seems. It is relatively easier than the steps which would follow the first one.
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Why do I think so?
- It’s easy to force yourselves to make the first step especially if you can convince yourselves that you have nothing much to lose.
- After passing the first hurdle, your excitement will somehow “cool off”.
- And to reignite your excitement after the first hurdle can be very difficult, which means your 2nd, 3rd and n-th steps will be more difficult than your first step.
- That is the big problem because at the end of the day, without maintaining the momentum, it will be hard to achieve whatever you initially wanted to achieve.
That is why in order to be successful in something, taking the first step IS important but it will not be enough to make it successful. You will need to continue with the momentum, or better, increase it. But that requires one to have a very good discipline. If you do not have the will to keep doing it, then you might as well forget it. You will just give up after the first step.
So, think carefully what you want to achieve and plan ahead. And be sure to follow that plan of yours and not giving it up after the first hurdle unless you really feel it’s not meant for you. Also, don’t take the first step for the sake of taking it. Don’t waste your time.
Maybe that is why some people from the older generation often says “If you want to do it, then do it properly, don’t do it halfway!”
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Tagged with decision, difficult, first, habit, hardest, Life, motivational, routine, step.
Are customers always right? Not exactly. But does that mean they are always wrong? Not exactly too. However, one important thing which every business needs to know is that, they are the one who bring revenues to your business. They are the one who keep your business alive.
I think that reason alone is enough for you to keep your patience when dealing with them. But rather than just tolerating them, maybe it’s better for us to think and look at things from the customers’ perspective. It’ll also be easier that way since tolerating cannot last forever.
Today a fellow blogger Apple talked about “Customer is always right“. Actually, I’ve seen pretty nasty and unreasonable customers though I have not dealt with them personally before. I must admit that some of them are indeed notoriously unreasonable and don’t make sense at all. But there are times when we ourselves are customers.
For example, a customer who claims the car is having some engine problems might not know the problem actually has something to do with the car brake because he is not the mechanic. He might act smart and keep insisting it is the engine problem, but that is based on his perspective. From our perspective, we should understand that this customer knows nothing about the problem and that is why he comes to us though it might require some efforts to convince him.
Similarly, someone who wants the IT system to look like this might not know it is actually not the best way to do it. He just does not know any other way. What we can do is to provide examples and let the customer know the best way to do it aka our recommendation but if he does not want to change, then we will have to follow what he wants. He’s the one paying the bill after all.
What I want to say here is that one needs to be patience when dealing with customers especially the older customers. I know some of them are very arrogant but they approach you for a reason - they need your help. We ourselves are customers to other businesses. We ourselves have been in those situation and believe me, the idiotic customers of yours? We might look that way to other people too.
However, there are times when some customers are very nasty and rude. They might scold you for their own mistakes. That is when you need to tolerate. But I do understand that everyone has a limit. So if you can’t stand it anymore and this customer is just too rude and unreasonable, feel free to cut him off. It might be too expensive for your business to continue retaining this customer.
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Posted in Business.
Tagged with Business, customer, marketing, opinion, perspective, service.
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