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With the current craze on Belt and Road Initiative, many people have taken a serious look at China again. From my several trips to China in the past one year, there are 7 reasons why I like China: #1 - The people are friendly, although they may not be courteous or wanting to please you. But they get things done.  And from my interactions with them, people in China seem to be happy. #2 - The food is delicious and cheap. A good meal for me costs about 10 to 20 RMB, which is very cheap and good, for they often include rice, soup, meat and vegetable #3 - Safe. Crime rate is low in China, and risks of terrorist attack is low due to the tight control of the government over everyday life in China #4 - Transport is cheap and good. Public transport by bus, train and high speed trains are cheap.  Metro starts at 2 RMB while Uber-like taxis (Didi) is often half price of taxis, which starts from less than 10 RMB.  #5 - Abundant business opportunities due to the high growth rates o

Most trainers will ask their students to not use their mobile phones during training. Not for us at Asia Trainers. Our Chief Trainer Coach Andy Ng does the opposite: we require all our students to continue using their smartphones as follows: Use our free wifi and put their phones to silent mode All can check updates on their mobile phones every hour. People that need extra time may request for it, with the condition to stay back a little to make up for lost training time All are given free links to further learn on their smartphones via Udemy, Youtube and blogs (eg www.AndyNgTrainer.blogspot.sg) and sites like www.changingminds.org  We incorporate hands-on exercises using smartphones (eg colour personality analysis, handwriting and numerology) FOC We provide free training on how to use WeChat effectively (15 minutes demo session) Optional: students may take another 15 minutes to learn FOC on how to create and create professional videos with only their smartphones and nothing e

On 14th May 2017, China ’s President Xi Jinping sought to attract countries to join his ambitious “Belt and Road Initiative” at an international forum on Sunday. Xi’s massive trade and investment grand plan seeks to connect nations along the new Silk Road routes through economic cooperation and infrastructure development. We sum up Xi’s key offerings as covered in his keynote speech at the Belt and Road summit on Sunday morning. Boosting funds China ’s Silk Road Fund will increase funding by 100 billion yuan, Chinese banks will extend 300 billion yuan in overseas capital, the China Development Bank will splash out 250 billion yuan, and the Export and Import Bank of China will add 130 billion yuan in special loans to Belt and Road projects. In all,  China pledged at least 780  bllion yuan for this grand belt and road initiative plan . Countering protectionism “ China ’s Belt and Road Initiative is based on the historic roots of the Silk Road, it focuses on Asia, Europe

As China’s only indigenous religion, Taoism’s influence is found in everything from calligraphy and politics to medicine and poetry. It represents the unknown, and inspires us to go to places to discover more about our nature. Taoism has achieved an incredible resurgence in the West in recent years, and for good reason. It’s full of wisdom on how to live a life of passion while remaining detached and free of the ego. Here are my 5 favorite quotes from Taoist spiritual masters which provide a great introduction to mindfulness and the Taoist way of life. 1. Be faithful to your nature  “The moon does not fight. It attacks no one. It does not worry. It does not try to crush others. It keeps to its course, but by its very nature, it gently influences. What other body could pull an entire ocean from shore to shore? The moon is faithful to its nature and its power is never diminished.” ― Ming-Dao Deng 2. Know yourself “A man who knows how little he knows is well, a man who kn

An interesting talk by the MD of Daimler Benz a bit mind blowing really. An interesting concept of what could lay ahead. In a recent interview the MD of Daimler Benz (Mercedes Benz) said their competitors are no longer other car companies but Tesla (obvious), Google, Apple, Amazon 'et al' are…… There have always been the 3 constants ... Death, Taxes and CHANGE! Software will disrupt most traditional industries in the next 5-10 years. Uber is just a software tool, they don't own any cars, and are now the biggest taxi company in the world Airbnb is now the biggest hotel company in the world, although they don't own any properties. Artificial Intelligence: Computers become exponentially better in understanding the world. This year, a computer beat the best Go player in the world, 10 years earlier than expected. In the US, young lawyers already don't get jobs. Because of IBM Watson, you can get legal advice (so far for more or less basic stuff) within seconds, with 90

In my over 17 years of training with Asia Trainers transforming tens of thousands of people in 15 countries in sales, management, and finance, people often asked me, Andy, how do you get people to believe in you?   To me believing in me is the lowest level, for I don't want people to just believe in me, but also do what I believe. There are 7 levels in this ladder of persuasion, courtesy of author Andy Ferarri Norman: Level 1: Literature. This includes the vendor's posters, flyers, brochures, write-ups, e-mailers, websites, videos, slides and any posts from the vendor in social media. It is the lowest in terms of persuasion because it is biased as it comes from the vendor. No customer will be believing this 100%, right? Level 2: Social Media. Nowadays people believe and trust social media more than vendor's literature, but this can get overkill. Social media is more powerful not because of its reach, but because social media is read at a casual way and people are less

Yes, you are sick and tired of prospecting and looking for new customers. You know that spending money on advertising and Facebook marketing, Google Adwords and YouTube advertising may not work. So are the methods of hiring more sales representatives and looking for more agents and distributors as they incur too high capital. We know the secret to China's number one mobile phone company BBK Electronics: they conquered 41% of market share beating veterans like ZTE, Lenovo, Huawei and high flyer Xiaomi.   In this high power one-day course on marketing, business development and sales, we at AsiaTrainers combine the best of our past 17 years of training into this one course.  If you truly want to create more business without spending high cost, this is the course. We offer guarantee whereby you will earn a return that is higher than the course fee or we'll provide free coaching.  Contact Andy at 8201-4347 for details.  POWER-PACKED CONTENTS INCLUDE: Single reason why

Amazing. Without a single cent of advertising with Google, if you search for 'sales training in Singapore' and ''one belt one road', you can find me on the first page of www.google.com  LIMITLESS SELLING  (NEW) How to Sell with No Limit to Achieve Limitless Results for Your Clients   Date:  5 May 2017 Friday 9 am to 12.30 pm Venue : The Plaza #02-346, 7500A Beach Rd (inside Parkroyal Hotel building)    Fee: $199 each, $149 each for 2 and above, $99 each for 5 and above (with 1 FREE Seat) No GST but with PIC 40% cash grant Yes, the world has changed and since all of us have decided to do things differently this year, we need to change our goals. From now onwards there is simply NO LIMIT in what we are selling. Limitless Selling starts from ourselves: where we burst all barriers and attain the unattainable. We will work out a plan to double and treble our sales in the next 12 to 24 months. All our products and services need to be revamp

Chow Yuan Fat acted as Confucious in this movie. The 7 lessons I get from watching this epic: If you hate a person you are defeated by them What the superior man seeks is in himself, what the small man seeks is in others Whatever you go, go with all your heart When anger arises, think of the consequences Looking at small advantages prevents great affairs from being accomplished When it is obvious that goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps It doesn't matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop Confucius 孔子) is a 2010 Chinese biographical drama film written and directed by Hu Mei, starring Chow Yun-fat as the titular Chinese philosopher. The film was scheduled to screen later in 2009 to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, as well as the 2,560th birthday of Confucius himself. The film begins with Confucius as an old man, thinking back. Then we see him in his early 50s,

1. You will learn lessons. Life is a constant learning experience, there are no failures or success, only lessons 2. A lesson is repeated until it is learnt. A problem that continues is a lesson that we haven't learnt yet. So to blame others for your misfortunes is not taking lesson for yourself.  Because of this blame, you will continue to make the same mistakes, abeit in different situations. You will only stop making mistakes when you have learnt the lesson.  3. Others are merely mirrors of you. What we dislike in others we also have that same dislike for ourselves.  4. What you make of your life is up to you. You yourself must walk the path.  Others can guide or help you, but they cannot do it for you.  5. The answers lie inside. No matter what people tell you, happiness can only come from inside you. In order to find true inner peace, you need to trust yourself and accept yourself, then you can find the answers within you and not keep on looking outside for an

US Coach Dan Millman was the 1966 Olympics gold medal winner for gymnastics.  He went through many ups and downs in his life, including breaking his leg and two near-death accidents. Since 1980, Dan dedicated his life to inspire others based on what he learned from gurus from China and India .  Dan wrote 9 books, including the best-seller, "Way of the Peaceful Warrior" in 1985. This book has since been turned into a movie called "Peaceful Warrior" (2005).  In the movie "Peaceful Warrior", Dan Millman  said that most people live their entire lives without being awake. We thus need to 'wake people up' if we want to help people break free from their own self-limiting beliefs and get closer to their potential.  This course, which we have been conducting since 2008, was based on the strategies and tactics in Dan's work. It answers many questions that people face at work: how to motivate people other than money, how to persevere in

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