Business and Money Tips

Exercise for you: once a day, look out for someone close to you - can be a family member, colleague, boss, Facebook friends, relatives or just friends - and give them a Mindful Compliment. Most people give compliments that are neither mindful nor meaningful.  Many are just flatteries, some are even sarcasms disguised as compliments.  Others compliment just for the sake of it, with no intention or mindfulness behind. Many people commented that when they give out compliments, the receiving person often block it."Oh, I am not perfect", or "Not really", "Today I am not in top form" or even start analysing the compliment and give their comment or rebuttal of it. In fact, being given a compliment creates vulnerability.  Some people may become wary of compliments at work, for the compliment from the boss often follows some kind of extra work and stress.  In adolescence, people often get compliments and later were stalked or teased.  Many people are not su...

The PAP always tells us that we have to Pay and Pay as nothing is free in this world.  Everything we have to pay a price, sooner or later. Most people think of payment as paying money, but the biggest thing we pay in this world is Pay Attention .  Other than that, Paying Respects is also another big payment.  We also have to Pay our Dues and most importantly need to Pay on Time .   By far the most liked payment is Pay Compliments .  We also like people to Pay us a Visit, and people who Pay their Fair Share.   Since Pay Attention is the most important, we should pay attention to it or pay the price later on.  What is Pay Attention?  It means to give care, to give thought to .  Its opposite is Ignore, Disregard, Neglect, Overlook, Misunderstand and Forget.  The 13 most important meanings of Pay Attention are as follows: Listen See Observe Attend Be Aware Be Mindful Watch out Look Consider Follow Regard Take to heart Ob...

Yes, everybody work for a living but we need to be happy at work or we will be working like slaves.  Whether you are working for a large MNC, local SME or medium-sized company, if you too want to get ahead and get the promotion and bonus that you desire, you need to have high work satisfaction. You'll know that you have work satisfaction when you can keep on working and never feel tired.  If not, you are having work frustration and not work satisfaction.  The following are the 5 Cs ways to have high work satisfaction: Competency . Make sure that you have the capability to do your work well. If you find that you always struggle at work and have to be reprimanded frequently by customers or bosses, it means that your competency is below the passing mark. Get trained by your company or sign up for external courses .  The 3 most common courses are communication , management and sales . Create Value.  You must not just work but really create value in your wor...