Working Together

Hey,

How's your career and business? I am praying to all of you to get a wonderful career and business. Two days ago my business got a new project. I have a business consultant that focused on small medium enterprise company, we analyze and creating marketing, financial, and corporate strategy. We have a vision to become a well-known business consultant in Jakarta and Singapore by the year of 2017. I will tell you about my business in another time.

We are working together to be a great business consultant firm. Me and two of my friends have our own expertise, one in finance industry, I am in marketing industry, and one in strategic industry. We believed that you don't need to be an expert in many field, but you need to be expert in a few field and become the master in that field. This kind of philosophy also can be a great insight to you. What's your favorite subject regarding in your career and business? Dig it deeper and become the master, to fill up your weakness you need to find a partner whose a master in your weakness.

Let's take an example, let say your marketing skill's point is 8 and your financial skill's point is 6, what will you do to comprehend it?

I say, why don't you increase your marketing skill so you will get 9.5 points rather you increasing your financial skill to get 8 point. A lot of people have the same mark as you in financial (8) you will become an average person, but in marketing (9.5) just a few people and you will become the expert and many people will pay for your expertise.

Look inside your selves, what's your passion, what's your greatest skill, what's your biggest concern in your life, what's make you wanted to learn much deeper in the last 3 months. Learn it deeper, gather knowledge based on your greatest skill, become a master in that field.

Choose to increase your strength than overcome your weakness, make benefit from your strength, make people pay you more for your expertise let others help you to overcome your weakness, you don't need to become an expert in every field, that's make you not focus in your skill and it will eat you alive.

Have a Happy Working Together Day
-EZ


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Move Along with Your Live

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How's your weekend? I hope it was great.. If not then smile and look for the brighter future, there's something hidden behind every problems. I have a great weekend, spending my time with my little family hanging around and celebrate my grand mother's 80th birthday. She not asked for a long life but she asked for a healthy life. Make sense, if you have a long age but most of the year was sick then it sucks, healthy is priceless, wow found one thing again to fill up my "Money can't buy things".

Yesterday I met with a women age likely almost 50, her name is Marcellia. I want to tell you a story in her life. She used to be a rich women with a lot of business, she make many creative ideas in her business. She created a new market and had a partnership with the government. Sadly, she was using every single things to get what she want, so she started to bribe the governments staff to get the project. Year after year she survived in this business using that kind of way. Suddenly in the year of 1998, Indonesia hit by a great depression, monetary crisis, and high inflation occurred in Indonesia. Goods price getting higher and citizen become restless with the government, so there's riot everywhere and made the government down.

This monetary crisis made a new era of governance in Indonesia, it's reformation era. In this era, Marcellia couldn't bribe the government's staff anymore, her business collapsed and she went bankrupt. She lost her houses, cars, offices, buildings, and her life. She felt devastated and becoming poor. In here, She know that what she did in the past is a bad things to do in business. She accept the punishment and move along with her life.

Now, she is making a refugee houses for the needed and homeless person who live under the bridge or in the street. She helped many homeless people, adult, teenager, or still a baby, having a proper life. She also sent the orphan kid who live in the street to a proper orphanage. She helped many people happy. Does she rich? Marcellia also work as a "Ojek Driver", it's kind of transportation that quite famous in Indonesia. The income from this job? very little, She is using her neighbor's motorcycle to do this job. You don't need to be rich to help a lot of people.

I asked her, do you happy today with her life like this? She seems okay with this kind of life. Even though she only making money as an Ojek Driver, she can make her four children going to college, one in Japan, one in Australia, and two still in Indonesia. How? all of her children got a scholarship. Someone help her to move along with her life, and that's God.

I am very proud of Marcellia, she was rich but now she is poor, but she move along with her life not grieving with the condition. She know that she did a terrible things in the past but she look in to the future and want to change her life. Now She's happy with her life and live her best life.

How about you? sometimes we get a hard rocking problem ahead of us, don't worry, that's the essence of surviving in the world. The way we see and act with the problem will determined our selves in the future.You can cry and feel sad with the problem, it's a common, we are not a robot who can't feel emotion. But don't make the emotion overcome your future.

Have a Moving Day
-EZ


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What Money Can't Buy

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Do you know the definition of priceless? it's Something so rare, unique or desirable that it transcends normal concepts of price, often used as hyperbole for something with exceptionally high value. I got it from wikipedia hehehe. The point is priceless is something that you can not  change it with money that can make you really happy, it's a situation that make our five senses experienced something incredible.

You can have priceless moment everyday, in fact you can tell me what's your priceless moment in the comment section. I want to tell you some examples of priceless moments, and because it's free, you can also experiencing it.

1. When someone special calls you up just to say "I love You"
2. Coming home late after an exhausting activities and taking a warm nice bath.
3. Fresh bed sheet.
4. Doing a favor to a stranger without them asking and watching them smile about it.
5. Quitting a terrible job after getting a new job offer somewhere else.
6. Watching your loves one laughing and smiling.
7. First fresh bread that still warm for breakfast.
8. Seeing your family chatting and laughing in the family room.
9. Seeing your son or daughter eating so happy because they really hungry waiting for the foo to come.
10. Drinking nice warm drink in the rainy days.
11. Watching DVD still in blanket at 10 AM in the workdays because you take a day off.
12. When you are working in something that you love that make you forget the time.
13. The smell of brand new book.
14. When someone you love hug you when you need Him or Her.
15. Drinking cold water after taking a hard exercise.
16. Make someone laughing because of your joke.
17. Looking a really great sunrise and sunset in the beach.
18. When your aging parents are in good health.
19. When you receive unconditional love from your family, friends, and lover.
20. Watching your love one sleep.
21. Find some money in your old bag, jacket, purse, in time that you don't have any money.
22. Get a compliment from your boss.
23. Listening to great music.
24. Seeing your son or daughter playing in the park.
25. Win a competition.
26. Spending an evening with your best friends talking about random stuff.
27. A good dream.
28. Listening to someone about their happy moment.
29. When your lover, family, or friend suddenly hug you when you need a hug.
30. Spending a great time with your loves one in a dream place that both of you have been dreaming on.
31. Making prank jokes with your friends.
32. Watching your favorite movies in the TV, DVD or PC.
33. The cold side of the pillow.
34. The freshness you feel after a shower.
35. Being alive.

I still can go on thinking about the priceless moment in life. Actually we are having a great day everyday but we usually hide it from our feeling because we are thinking about something important. Relax and enjoying your life, find many precious moment that money can't buy. You can be happy without spending a single money.

Have a Happy Day
-EZ


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Never Give Up

Hey,

Do you watch champion league final between Bayern Munchen and Chelsea? Very exiting wasn't it? Bayern Munchen dominated for majority of the game. Most of the game, Chelsea's player were in defensive stance to keep their goal safe. Bayern Munchen scored first before Chelsea made it even with Didier Drogba's goal. Drogba only need one corner kick before made the goal that made the score 1-1 and the game need to get through extra time.

 In extra time, Bayern Munchen got a penalty kick because Drogba's fouled Olic in the penalty area. I said to myself that this is it, Munchen will win the game because Arjen Robben took the penalty kick and He is a great player in terms of penalty shoot. You know what, Cech (Chelsea's goalkeeper) made a fantastic save and keep the score still 1-1. So the game need to get through penalty kick between both side. The penalty kick's event made the atmosphere thicker, Bayern Munchen almost win the game after Neuer (Munchen's goalkeeper) made a fantastic saving. I also thought this is it, Munchen will win the game. Suddenly Cech made a great save too and make the score even. in the last kick, Munchen's player Bastian Schweinsteiger made a bad kick and lost the goal. Drogba made the last kick for Chelsea and made Chelsea won the Championship League.

I was amazed by Chelsea, they make it, they won the championship league even though majority of the viewer in the world hope that Bayern Munchen will win it. In here I see the determination and "Never give up" mental that Chelsea's player have. They keep defending and believing that they can win the championship trophy. Chelsea need 9 years in Abramovich's (Chelsea's owner) regime to get that trophy. And it's worth it.

In life, we can be a successful person if we never give up our dream. We are not a loser if we lost, we are a loser if we stop trying. Many successful person failed a lot of times but they don't give up and keep learning and working to get what they dreaming on. Bill Gates  won't be a great person if he stop trying to make a great software computer. We are living in candles for light if Thomas Alva Edison gave up to make a lamp.

Another example, Have you seen the movie “The Pursuit of Happiness”? It is based on the life story of Chris Gardner, a man who went for the lowest of the lows in an environment where most people would give up (no money, no job) to the highest of the highs (A millionaire with his own investment firm). If you ever think about giving up, watch this movie!

Lance Armstrong

Lance was diagnosed with serious cancer that had spread throughout his entire body. He had cancer cells the size of golf balls in his lungs. Despite all odds he overcame the cancer and set out to win the Tour de France 6 Consecutive years in a row.

So, what's your dream? how long have you been pursuing it? have you given up your dream? keep trying and pursue your dream, make it your destination. I know you will be a successful person one day and we will see each other in a some great place : )

Have a Great Day
-EZ

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Thought of the Day

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Here’s a Thought of the day, your life is your choice to become something in this world. If you want to be a monkey then you will become a monkey, if you want to become a success person then you will become a success person. The differences are the way you pursue and your way to get what you want.

Think about it and you will be amazed with your life hehehe

Have a Thinking Day
-EZ

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Way to Smile

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When did the last time you smile? The more you smile at others, the more others will smile at you.  And life’s a lot more pleasant when everyone around you is smiling.

Appreciate all the good things in your life, no matter how small.  You already have some amazing things in your life, whether you realize it or not. Think every little things as a bless, You can read this post is a sign that you have a pc, laptop, smart phone, money to rent an internet, or friends who have the pc. there's a lot of people who don't have the privilege like you. Think that you can breath this wonderful oxygen for free, imagine what will happen when you need to pay for every breath you take.

Most of us have incredible family members, friends, other loved ones who love us back.  Learn to appreciate what a miracle that is.  Most of us have good health, which is another miracle.  Most of us have eyes, with which to enjoy the amazing miracles of sunsets and nature and beauty all around us.  Most of us have ears, with which to enjoy music, one of the greatest miracles ever.
Be grateful for each of these things, and more!  Take time every day, throughout the day, to thank life for all that it has given you, to thank others for what they give you, to be grateful.

You can use your imagination to be happy, believe me. Children laugh more than adult and you know why? because they have an imagination, have you ever build your own fortress when you were young age? I had, I make a fort with a lot of pillow and sofa. It's great you know to have an imagination.
How is it that we are born knowing how to enjoy life, and yet after learning all of the wonderful things we adults learn, we somehow forget how to have fun?  It’s almost like we get dumber in this regard as we get older.
The solution?  Counteract the aging process with the full power of your imagination.  You don’t have to pretend bananas are rocket ships – although that would be fun – but try to imagine something that makes you smile at least once a day.

O yeah when did the last time you help an elderly? next time when you see senior people having a struggle taking her groceries, make a move to help them carry it. You will feel something happy deep inside your heart. You can offer any kind of help to them, help them cross the street, help them carry something heavy, help them order a cab in the street, anything. Try it.

This moment is your life.  Enjoy it.

Whatever you’re doing, regardless of the circumstances, pay attention and appreciate it.  Reading, writing, talking with a co-worker, taking a shower, walking up stairs, eating, washing dishes, sweeping, etc.  These small moments make up a huge portion of your life.  They can be enjoyed if you open your eyes and ears, and pay attention to what you’re doing.  Happiness is found with steady awareness.


You should never be too busy to smile, because creating happiness in your life does not take a lot of time.  You just have to do a few things right.

Have a Happy Life,
-EZ

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Pursue Your Dream

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Do you have a dream? Of course, majority will say that, but just a little who have the balls to pursue their dream. I want to tell you a real life story about Tania Gunadi.

She's an Indonesian born-actress who went to USA after she won a green card lottery in the year of 2000 right after she finished her senior high school in Bandung, Indonesia.  In the first couple of years in USA, she struggle to life in high cost life in USA, so she started to do a part time job. Tania got a job as a telephone receiver at Pizza Hut. One day, she mistranslated customers pizza order. As a result, her position was then slipped into a chef. Can not distinguish the sauce and chili sauce, Tania had a downgrade position to became a dishwasher. Considered to have failed to clean dirty dishes, Tania was forced to work in the toilet.

She was crying and thought that she can be rich in USA but instead had to clean the toilet. She didn't give up and just flew away back to Indonesia instead she tried so hard to become rich and famous in USA. She began pursuing her acting career after booking her first role in a commercial for Disneyland. Since then, her television credits include guest starring and recurring roles in It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, Boston Public, The Inside, Even Stevens, and series regular roles in FOX Wiener Park (pilot), DISNEY XD Aaron Stone, and  filming in Los Angeles for an exciting new TV series. The most recent film that she is doing right now is Mymusic as a main role player act as Techno.

She was interviewed by many radio, magazine, and television include CNN. She is pursuing her dream to become an actress and become rich and famous. She also a passionate philanthropist and works hard to ensure that the many charitable events and foundations she believes in are taken care. She hosting Pasar Senggol Indonesia benefitting Roslin Orphanage, a local orphanage in West Timor that provides food, shelter and education to more than 45 children. She also Building wells, giving food and providing financial support to less fortunate people in small villages in Java, Indonesia. She also Volunteering for Read Across America, a motivation and awareness program that calls for every child in every community to celebrate reading, and many other charitable events. 

I want to tell you that you have a big dream but you need to pursue it. You can see Tania now in her success life, but do you know how hard she struggle to get this kind of life that she's been dreaming?

What have you done in order to pursue your dream? and what will you do to get closer to your dream? You live only once, why don't make it meaningful for your self and for others.

Have a Great Day
-EZ

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Growth Mindset

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How's your day? I hope it's great and happy. I want to talk about mindset in here. Have you ever ask and see why some people reach their potential while other people who are just as talented don't.

There's two mindset that actually revolve in our life everyday. first is fixed mindset and second is growth mindset.

A fixed mindset is when people believe their basic qualities, their intelligence, their talents, their abilities, are just fixed traits. They have a certain amount, and that's that.
But
Other people have a growth mindset. They believe that even basic talents and abilities can be developed over time through experience, mentor-ship, and so on. And these are the people who go for it. They're not always worried about how smart they are, how they'll look, what a mistake will mean. They challenge themselves and grow.

You can see from your school life, there's some people who excel in their mark, get straight A's in a lot of subject, become a student council, have a great exposure in the school, was a head of school society but their life and career just simple. You can looked in the past that some person actually can be a CEO in a company or having a top career in his or her life but actually stuck in a middle management area or worse be nothing in particular.

It's sad to know that and you know it's all because their fixed mindset. They want to be perfect and they become afraid of making mistakes. They become afraid of tarnishing their image and taking new challenges. They only act and think about what they think is right and don't listen to others people insight, advice, and suggestion.

Some people have a growth mindset but suddenly stop after they get the top position. People with the growth mindset suddenly feel they need to secure their position with the competitive market and suddenly BAM they come to the fixed mindset. it's scary..

People always need to grow, you can learn from everything and everyone. In a growth mindset, you're focused on the process, the process that you engage in to bring about your successes, and the processes you engaged in that may have created your failures, but you can learn from them and do better the next time. So every time you feel yourself sinking into fixed mindset thinking, worrying about a challenge, feeling measured by a setback, worrying about the outcome rather than the process, try to slip yourself over into more growth mindset thinking.

Sometimes I think that the success person is not a genius person but a person who have passion, dedication, growth, attitude, and learning, not genius.Genius without passion is a wasted, genius without dedication is a mess, genius without growth is selfish bastard, genius without attitude is useless, and genius without learning is fixed mindset.

Learn from many thing, learn from failure, failure is good and a great way to get to your success life.

Be a person who have a growth mindset and you will thanks to me in the future hehehe. Are you a fixed mindset person or growth mindset person? let me know, we can learn together.

Have a Growth Mindset Day

-EZ

I got the picture above from Carol Dweck's book "Mindset: The New psychology for Success" 


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Law of Attraction

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When is the last time you give something to the needed one? or let say when is the last time you donated something, it can be money, clothes, food, to the needed one? think about it..

Giving is a law of attraction, the more you give the more you get. don't believe me? let take an example;

1. Bill Gates, one of the riches man in the world and guess what, he also one of the most giving person in the world. He donated a lot sum of money to the needed one in the world, mostly in Africa. Does His money getting lower? until today He still the second richest man in the world.
2. Warren Buffet, also one of the richest man in the world and also one of the most giving person in the world. He gives almost all of His money to the needed one and you know, He still in the top ten richest person in the world.
3. Donald Trump, when He got bankrupt in the 90's, He sold His remaining asset and gave it to charity. Now He become a rich person again.

There's a lot of people in my community who give big sum of money to charity and still rich. I never heard someone going bankrupt because of giving wealth. Do you believe in the power of "law of attraction"?

The law of attraction is a pseudo scientific belief or theory, that "like attract like" and that by focusing on positive or negative thoughts, one can bring about positive or negative results, let focus on the positive mind shall we?

The More You Give the More You get.

See someone around you who giving so much in charity, or always treat you in lunch, or always give something to the needed one, do they become poor? I don't think so.

Giving is a cure to your sadness, sorrowfulness, sickness, poor, anything negative that come to you, There an experiment, someone who doing a charity or donating something to the needed one usually have a boost in His or Her healthiness. You can try it and it's easy to doing it.

Giving is the pill of Happiness, if you want to be happy then start giving something to the needed one, the more you give the more you get. The more you give money the more you get money, and believe me it not only money, you will get connection, self esteem, friends, way to get out from your problem, and the most important things is Happiness.

Have a Giving Day.
-EZ

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Life is a coin

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How's Your life? is it good? or bad? good life and bad life is like a two side of coin. The coin is spinning and drop, sometimes it's drop in the bad time and sometimes it drop in bad times. But it's okay, good or bad is depend on how you look at life. The way you look at something can determine your point of view with your own life. You can say that your job is sucks but can you see that there's a lot of people out there bust their ass to find a job? You can say that you can't control your kids but do you know that out there a lot of people willing to do anything to get a son or daughter? You can say that your home is small but do you know that out there a lot of people don't have shelter to sleep? 

It's in your mind whether you want to become happy with life or feeling miserable with life. I choose to look  my life in a happy way. If I made a mistake I can learn many things, actually the one who never make a mistake actually the one who never learn anything new. So, it's fine to make a mistake but don't do the same mistake over and over again, that's just plain stupid hehehe. The most powerful propeller for success is failure.

There's some way to make failure become your weapon to success:

1. Not avoid mistake but learn from the mistake.
2. Look inside the internal self before blaming to external cause.
3. Lose early - make sure if you make a mistake it's in the early stage of your business or career, if not then it's okay as long as you can learn something from that.
4. Always keep the spirit of happiness to move forward to become a better you.

Mistakes are tuition, no failure equals to no serious effort in making things happen. O yeah never give up, there's actually many people who succeed because of they fail in the first place. Remember Thomas Alva Edison (you don't say meme)? He make a thousand failure before actually making a different in humanity, yes He made the light bulb. Let see for the new star, Adele, She was dumped by her boyfriend and instead of sulking all day long she made a lyric that showing her feeling toward the breakup. Guess what now she's famous and rich now because of her song and can shout to her ex-boyfriend "Thanks for the broke up bitch".

Don't afraid to make mistake and always look the world in a brighter day, there's someone out here that actually wanted to be just like you. Be a happy person because only happy person can make others happy. remember that Sun Always Shine for everyone.

Have a Happy Day
-EZ


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Great Insight

Hey,

I have some pictures that will blow your mind and actually motivated you. Please see the picture, read the words, and think deeply and easily. Maybe these pictures will inspire you to be a better you.

Are you live or living? are you a winner or a loser? Are you happy with your live or unhappy?

You only live in this world once, so make it memorable to others and make it happy with your live.

Have a Happy Live
-EZ