May 04 2013

Personal UBAH Posts on Facebook

In time for Malaysia’s 13th general election in 2013, I’ve made some posts on personal change in Malay language on Facebook using the currently hot UBAH theme (Ubah means Change).

Ubah #1 – Sembahyanglah sebelum disembahyangkan. Ubahlah sebelum diubahkan. Buatlah sesuatu positif selagi kita masih boleh buat.

Ubah #2 – Dulu di UM tulis karangan falsafah 1,000 patah perkataan kerjanya tak susah. Sekarang nak tulis FB 20 patah pun berminit-minit kena fikir. Sikap acuh tak acuh akibatnya masa perlu guna bahasa tak fasih. Ubahlah sikap kita, ubahnya tindakan kita, maka ubahlah hasil kejayaan dalam kehidupan kita.

Ubah #3 – Kita orang Malaysia kurang baca buku. Namun, berapa banyak kita baca tak sepenting berapa banyak kita laksanakan dalam kehidupan. Ubahlah menjadi pembaca dan juga pelaksana demi masa depan kita.

Ubah #4 – Belum kuasai bahasa kebangsaan sendiri, usah nak pelajari apa-apa bahasa asing. Aku rakyat Malaysia, bukan Jepun, Korea atau Thai. Bahasa kita didahului, budaya kita diutamakan.

Ubah #5 -
Hujan lebat jalan sesak,
Makan cili rasa pedas.
Sampai rumah hati senang,
Kalau kesal taubat sajalah.

Ubah #6 – Cemburu kerana kurang keyakinan. Degil kerana penuh ketakutan. Ubah demi kebaikan. Tukar demi kejayaan.

Ubah #7 – Tiada siapa yang akan menghormati kita jika kita tidak mahu mengubah minda sendiri demi masa depan kita.

Ubah #8 – Makan bola, Minum bola, Tidur bola. Kalau boleh ubah sikit jadi Makan buku, Minum buku, Tidur pun buku, kejayaan tidak jauh lagi.

Ubah #9 – Aku bukan orang sempurna, sering ada bersalah. Ibubapa pun tak sempurna, mungkin ada berdosa. Tiada siapa mahu jadi buruk, kita semua mahu hidup bahagia. Maafkanlah ibubapa kita, berkat bermula generasi kita.

Ubah #10 – Durian mencabar mentimun, menggolek kena, kena golek pun kena. Orang yang enggan berubah dengan masa, memujuk tidak rasa, kena pujuk pun tiada rasa.

Ubah #11 – Semua boleh buat, tapi bukan semua berfaedah. Semua boleh makan, tapi bukan semua berkhasiat. Semua boleh cakap, tapi bukan semua menggalakkan. Semua boleh dengar, tapi bukan semua memanfaatkan.

Ubah #12 – Rehat bukan semata-mata lepak. Rehat demi perjalanan lebih panjang. Ubah bukan semata-mata ubah. Ubah demi potensi kejayaan dalam kita.

Ubah #13 – Hati cinta sejati tapi tak dibalas, hancurkan lalu kehidupan baru boleh dimulakan. Pokok besar tapi sakit tak berbuah, tumbangkan lalu landskap taman boleh disusun semula.

Ubah #14 – Yang lepas usah nak sesal. Yang akan datang usah nak risau. Apa akan jadi 10 tahun nanti pada diri kita, keluarga kita dan kerjaya kita adalah kerana pilihan kita setiap masa sekarang.

Let me end with one more post in English.

The world is changing, people are advancing. If we are not adjusting, then we are perishing. Have an open mind, adapt to the time. Execute a personal UBAH plan.

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Feb 12 2013

One-Year Diploma In Startup Business

Published by under Entrepreneurship,Ideas,Training

Are you a school leaver and you have a great business or social business idea to conquer the world?

Consider this practical one-year program to learn just enough in order to start your venture right away.

The intensive course consists of four semesters of 3 months each. In each semester (12 weeks), you are to take 4 modules, each from every area below.

Business (core business knowledge you need to know) – Entrepreneurship, Business Management, Business Strategy, Legal Issues.

Soft Skills (important personal skills in business) – Business Communication, Presentation, Negotiation, Leadership.

Practical (contemporary practices to turn your idea into reality) – Effectuation, Lean Startup, Business Model, Prototyping.

Specialist Area (majoring in certain aspect of business) - Choose one track below:

  • Finance Track - Accounting, Financial Management, Fund Raising, Valuation.
  • Marketing Track - Product Development, Selling, Marketing, Internet Marketing.
  • Technology Track - Programming, Web Development, Mobile Development, Server Administration.
  • General Track - Any 4 modules from tracks above.

Isn’t this what startup entrepreneurs need for a good head start in business? Are you not interested?

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Jan 07 2013

14 Key Failure Factors For Entrepreneurs

Here are the 14 key failure factors (KFFs) in entrepreneurship according to the unusual but great book called The Little Black Book of Entrepreneurship by Fernando Trias De Bes.

Regarding the entrepreneur:

  1. Starting a business with a motive, but without motivation
  2. Not being a true entrepreneur at heart
  3. Not being a fighter; lacking a competitive nature

Regarding partners:

  1. Depending on partners when you can really do without them
  2. Choosing partners without ensuring that they are really compatible with you
  3. Giving equal reward for unequal contributions
  4. Not having trust and communication among the partners

Regarding the business idea:

  1. Believing success hinges on the idea
  2. Entering sectors you don’t like or don’t know anything about
  3. Picking unprofitable or stagnant economic sectors

Regarding the entrepreneur’s family situation:

  1. Allowing your family’s needs and your material ambitions to be dependent on your business’ success
  2. Becoming an entrepreneur without acknowledging how it will affect the balance in one’s life

Regarding managing growth:

  1. Creating and sticking with business models that do not generate profits quickly and sustainably
  2. Not knowing when to quit

I’ll be sharing this book in a few book sharing meetups. Let’s meet and share thoughts with one another!

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Nov 15 2012

BookPeckers Events – November 2012

Published by under BookPeckers,Books,Events

Welcome to join any BookPeckers (formerly Business Book Club) meetup in November 2012 below. Book sharing is not compulsory. You can just come and listen to sharing of others, and participate in discussion. But if you choose to present a book, welcome to bring the book and talk about it for 10 to 15 minutes. Please contact me for any enquiry.

Group: BookPeckers @ Petaling Jaya #9
Date/Time: 22th November 2012 (Thursday) 1:30pm
Host: Joshua Tan
RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/443483669046107/

Group: BookPeckers @ Bangsar South #3
Date/Time: 24th November 2012 (Saturday) 3:30pm
Host: Ricky Soo
RSVP: https://www.facebook.com/events/125502664267693/

To know more about BookPeckers, please join our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/business.book.club/

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