Friday, July 20, 2007

Prince: Hectic work schedule is killing!

Finally rest assure at home!

Have you ever feel yourself so break away after work? I do, always, especially the past 2 weeks.

Trust me, working 14 days non-stop (no holiday, no weekend, no leave) is absolutely nut!

Emotionally aggravated by the frustration planted in my work, wrenching my thought for work, and exacerbated by the study of Japanese language amidst my hectic schedule! Trust me, I feel like absolutely out of my mind!

The moment the Japanese tutor gargle Jap at me, I might just drink a bottle of aperients hoping I can flush whatever I know out of my brain! Somehow it just isn’t happened.

Anyway, one thing I learn, ‘keep the shit with you, thing will get better’; that’s true though!

With all shits I’ve been through, no matter how feculent bog I trudge through, I remain myself; those around me immaculate & happy just because I’ve never transmitted my hatred to anyone. (* well, Nag is inevitably, of course).

Prince: Da most expensive Ad???























Prince: Art at work...





Saturday, June 30, 2007

Prince: You see, you know...




Prince: I give trust, b4 I am given one...

As a leader, becoming a ‘transducer’ is crucial. You may take as much ‘heat’ from ‘unreasonable’ person as much as you can bear with, but make sure all are transduced from heat to ‘breeze’ that carry motivation to your subordinates.

I took blame, furious from others, frustration & disappointment as claimed by others, and unreasonable nag; but I manage to take a deep breath and sigh away, so that I am able to breath ‘better’ air, and release better air to others…that’s my job…and working with me you feel pressureless, and you have my trust, with me given you mines before I earn yours…that’s my duty.

Prince: .......

‘The Day of Judgment is the day of verdict, also the day I left…’

“One day when you are asked for the ‘right’ and ‘wrong’, you know from your heart you are always right, that is when you make the unforgiving mistake that carve in your mind for long…”

“I can see many people many years from now, but I can’t see myself in my future…and that’s pathetic!”

“Who has the heart to push further if they know they have given up?”

“If you think your company is smart, you won’t be here anymore…."

Prince: Trust is earned, not given...???

I start to learn that leader who constantly claim to think positive in the field, are the one who always start with negative thinking, and lack of trust! It is ironic to know that most leaders are born the same.

Taking below scenario for example:

  • ‘A’ went out to pick up some personal stuff and supposes to come back within an hour, has somehow late for more than 2 hours.
  • ‘B’ who is ‘A’ superior has a choice to choose his thought; somehow, he chooses to be furious. At that moment of his choice, the 1st thing came into his mind is to pin the blame on ‘A’ for returning late, and took the liberty to attach him of having improper working attitude.
  • ‘B’ should have thought positively & took the hassle to inquire before he drops the judgment. Who knows ‘A’ may have met with accident!
  • If you were to reprimand ‘B’ for his negative thought, he may then argue, ‘A’ should perform to earn my trust; trust is earned, not given’.

‘Trust is earned, not given’...???

What can you do in order to earn trust? Hardworking, be smart, or wipe your boss ass?

What I am trying to say here is that Boss always has excuses if they want to pin the blame on you.

And it is strongly depend on leader’s behavior.

If they are smart leaders, they should provide a proper definition of how they define trust, but most often, they won’t! because if they do, they are not entitled to shout ‘‘Trust is earned, not given’ to anyone anymore.

Prince: Bad Day ahead!

27 Jun is certainly not a good day!!!!!


T
oday is not any brighter for me. I get 5 shots today, 4 shots from the same person, and 1 shot from sales department.

I sit down and think through carefully hoping that I could improve myself further, but eventually, I come to conclude that ‘it may not be entirely my fault’.

2 weeks after I joined the company, and to date, I receive an average of at least 1 shot per day. Well, it could be from anyone but mostly from 2 persons, and one of them occupies the most!

I cogitated, and I realize each ‘shot’ is merely to pin the blame on me; it is a cloak for inefficiency of the others. Take today as an example, which occurs at 4 different occasions in office:-

  • (Early in the morning) - If you make mistake, I have to be responsible, that’s why I scold you…- and blah blah…started for at least 5 minutes…everyone in office heard about it…
  • (Reaching 5pm) To be a good leader, I must ask you to tell me what you want, not I give you the solution; so just give me the solution! And blah blah… everyone in office heard about it…
  • (Noon) You always forget what you’ve done in the past, you’re careless! You should read your email & follow up! ¬ ‘I didn’t receive the email, can you re-send it to me?’, I demanded – and in fact I didn’t receive the email… what the heck!... AND everyone in office heard about it…
  • (After 6pm) You both are the leaders of this project, and should tell me what you want! ¬ ‘Ok, we plan to go for this, this, & this’, we explained. ‘No, this is not what I want, I want that one! What have you been doing, did you try to call and follow up on my idea?’ we were being asked!...AND.. Everyone in office heard about it…

How much longer I can hold… No one knows, no one cares, and certainly not myself!

No matter how hard you try to improve, it has never been enough. Sometimes, it is about the leaders who make the biggest mistake.

Prince: Time to get loan for my education...

20 Jun...I request for a letter of statement of charges from Open University, and will soon receive it from my supervisor; why…because he called to say so!

It is certainly a surprise to me when my supervisor called me today, and he apologized as he was on leave, and promised to send me in two days. What surprise me the most is when he conversed in ‘Hokkien’, and I only to learn that he used to work in Kedah…Well, Kedahan converses Hokkien.