‘ Never fear learning new things’
Best piece of advice you ever got on your career. The best piece of advice I was ever given is to have laser-sharp focus!
To reach your objectives, you need a certain amount of focus. The more competition, the more intense the focus. There is a story about how human beings only use 10% of their brain to focus while the other 90% is to process things such as distractions or noises. Hence, it is important to plan and strategise to achieve your goals.
How do you stay abreast of issues affecting your industry? Some of the things I do to keep myself updated with issues affecting the industry is to constantly observe and ask questions on things I’m not sure of. At this age and time where the internet has made everything easily accessible, I strongly believe we can get our information from everywhere.
What has been the biggest challenge you have faced? And what did you learn from it? One of my biggest challenges was when a business partner decided to review our relationship to explore other possibilities. Losing this partner meant a huge financial impact to the company and needless to say, created apprehension and anxiety for all.
We took the rational step to stay calm and spoke to the partner to understand their reasoning for this. We were sincere in offering them a win-win counter-proposal and wished them well even if they decided to move on.
To cut a long story short, they ended up staying with us, and I strongly believe our sincerity and our “never give up” attitude played a huge factor here.
A must-read for every business owner/manager is ... The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle.
This book stresses the importance of living in the present moment and avoiding thoughts of the past or future. It tells how to move past pain, stress, and anxiety and balance your life by living it moment to moment.
If your life is full of anxiety/fear, you are living in the future. If your life is full of regret/hatred, you are living in the past. Live now, focus on the now and action, you will be happy.
What are the top three factors you would attribute to your success? My life experiences – Experiences shape every moment of your life. From the moment you are born, you adjust to things based on everything you’ve seen and done. Without all these experiences, I would not be where I am today; Role model – Success in my opinion is not something you can achieve alone but with the help and blessings from the people we surround ourselves with. I am blessed that I have great people around me who double up as coach/ mentor. They are the ones who have helped developed me, especially during the early stages of my career; Mindset –If you don’t have the right mindset right from the start, chances are you won’t be achieving what you want.