Business and Money Tips

From 1 April 2022, Singapore has re-opened and life is almost back to pre-COVID days, except for the need to mask up in indoors and do contact tracing.   What it Means: 1. Online activities like Zoom meetings, zoom training, etc will become less attractive (except for overseas people).  People prefer physical meetings.  If you throw in FREE meals, your attendance is guaranteed to be higher than others.  2. Expect jams and delays in transport, and people may resort to online meetings to avoid delays and reduce transit time 3. Networking events, trade shows, exhibitions, and road chows will resume.  P eople can once again replenish their database with real people with real contacts 4. Online Scams will be reduced because people's online time is reduced.  But frauds and scams involving physical meetings and buyers remorse will increase.  This is because people will be tempted to make hasty decisions at physical events (e.g. buy expensive training c...

  Yijing's core is about Appropriateness or 'Du' 度 in Chinese.  This means, neither too much nor too little.  Here are the top 10 'Too Much' that will lead you to trouble 1. Too Happy will lead to Saying the Wrong Things .  You offend people fastest when you are very happy, for you will become insensitive to others' feelings of jealousy and inferiority.   2. Too Angry will Lose Your Dignity An angry man is more like an animal, not only will the mouth be bad, so will the hands and legs.  Take a deep breath, leave the argument for a while and take five 3. Too Shocked will Lose Manners When you are too disturbed, you become emotionally unstable. Showing such instability is the fastest way to make lose confidence in you.  The solution: hold on and control your temper 4. Too Sad will Lose Your Looks You'll never realise how ugly you look when you are overcome with grief and sadness.  The key is to let go and look forward when you are sad. 5. Too ...

How to Be Happy Every day Every Time, Everywhere and with Everyone 1. Lower your expectations and requirements of others .    When I serve my customers and prospects, I do not expect anything from them other than to try my best to answer their questions and clear their doubts.   I often tell people to go back and consider again before they commit.  And when they are ready to buy, I ask them, 'Are you are going ahead?"  Some will be shocked and ask me why I ask this question.   My answer is, "I want you to be sure of wanting to purchase this out of your own will, not because of me or anything else because I want long-term recurring patronage from all my customers, at least for the next 3 months to a year.  2. Face Everything in Life with a Normal Heart Whether something is good or bad, I face it normally, as if I am not in the picture.  When I won 2-years in a row for my company's top sales (individual and team), many people congratulated...

H istory has it that when the ancient Chinese decided to live in peace, they made the Great Wall of China; they thought no one could climb it due to its height. During the first 100 years of its existence, the Chinese were invaded thrice and every time, the hordes of enemy infantry had no need of penetrating or climbing over the wall, because each time, they bribed the guards and came through the doors. The Chinese built the Wall, but forgot the character-building of the wall-guards. Though the Great Wall has over the years become a powerful symbol of the country’s enduring strength and spirit, it has actually been a good reminder to the Chinese of the superiority of human character. The Chinese realised much later that the best defence against the enemy is not a fortified wall, but a fortified character. Thus, the building of human character comes before building of anything else. What are you building today? Walls of bricks or walls of character?  Building Buildings or Building...