A Peacock in the Land of Penguins

Are you a peacock in the land of penguins?

Or are you the penguin in the land of penguins?

What will you do if a peacock join you and the rest of penguins?

Will you welcome the peacock for who it is?

Or will you expect the peacock to behave like a penguin?

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THOUGHT OF THE DAY -

DO YOU WELCOME CHANGE OR RESIST CHANGE?

WHAT IS THE IMPACT IF YOU WELCOME CHANGE OR RESIST CHANGE?

THE DECISION LIES IN YOU

Success comes from Change

"Success seems to be connected with action.

Successful people keep moving.

They make mistakes, but they don't quit."

Conrad Hilton



"Your chances of success are directly proportional

to the degree of pleasure you derive from what you do."

Michael Korda, publishing executive



"Any fool can make things bigger,

more complex and more violent.

It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction."

Albert Einstein, physicist



"In reading the lives of great men,

I found that the first victory they won was over themselves ...

Self discipline with all of them came first."

Harry Truman, 33rd U.S. President



"Everyone looks for the 'miracle moment' when 'change happens'.

But ask the good-to-great executives when change happened.

They cannot pinpoint a single key event that exemplified their successful transition."

Jim Collins, Author



"The most effective way to manage change is to create it."

Peter Drucker, Management advisor



"There are many truths of which the full meaning cannot be realized

until personal experience has brought it home."

John Stuart Mill, economist, philosopher



"It takes 20 years to build a reputation and five minutes to ruin it.

IF you think about that, you'll do things differently."

Warren Buffet, investor



"The highest reward for a man's toil is not what he gets for it,

but what he becomes by it."

John Ruskin, art critic



"Either do or do not; there is no try."

George Lucas, movie director

Energy Boosters! Yes! Yes! YES!

"I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacations with better care than they plan their lives.

Perhaps that is because escape is easier than change".

By Jim Rohn

"It takes a lot of things to prove you are smart, but only thing to prove you are ignorant".

By Don Herold

"What is powerful is when what you say is just the tip of the iceberg of what you know".

By Jim Rohn

"Most people quit because of one reason and one reason only ...

they decided not to win".

By Doug Firebaugh

"Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous;

you get knocked down by traffic from both sides".

By Magarat Thatcher

"The difference between the impossible and the possible lies in a man's determination"

By Tommy Lasorda

"Now is the only time there is.

Make your now wow,

your minutes miracles,

and your day pay.

Your life will have been magnificently lived and invested,

and when you die,

you will have made a difference".

By Mark Victor Hansen

"Dance as if no one's watching,

sing as if no one's listening

and live everyday as if it were your last".

By Irish Proverb

"In the long run, we shape our lives, and we shape ourselves.

The process never ends until we die.

And the choices we make are ultimately our own responsibility".

By Elanor Roosevelt, First Lady

"Life is not just the pass of time.

Life is the collection of experiences and their intensity".

By Jim Rohn

5 C's = Singapore Dream?

Everyone in Singapore is very familiar with this term - 5 C's. Many people keep pursuing it, some people keep searching for a life partner who owns it and some people keep dreaming about owning it. So what does this 5 C's stand for? It's none other than Cash, Car, Condominium, Country club membership and Credit Card. All these 5 C's represent one thing - status and success.

There was this movie -- "Singapore Dreaming" and it talks about these 5 C's. In this movie, it also added one more C's and that is Coffin. It presents another interesting point of view to us.

We, living in Singapore, keep working very hard to pursue all these material wealth, but we actually sacrifice a lot of things during this process of pursuing and at the end of the day, if we really did achieve these material wealth, are we REALLY HAPPY? Or are we still missing out something in our life? Maybe these things that we miss out in our life are actually the ones that we really value, but because we are blinded by the importance of all these material wealth, we failed to see the true value of life and there are other aspects of life which are equally important as well, besides wealth.

So I decided to come up with my own version of the 5 C's + 1 C's = 6 C's and I hope that this will benefit you and broaden your mindset too.

"Choice + Challenge + Change + Conviction + Consistent = Consequences"

First, you have the CHOICE to decide what you want to achieve in your life. Everybody has their own definition of success. Some define success as in climbing the corporate ladder, some define it as having a loving family, some define it as helping those in need, etc. So you must ask yourself, "What do I want to achieve in my life?" "What is the most important thing in my life that I must have, in order to have a fulfilling life?"

Then, you must set a CHALLENGING goal for yourself. If you define success as in climbing the corporate ladder, then you can set a challenging goal, such as, "I want to be a manager in a year's time, I want to be a senior manager in two year's time, I want to be the general manager in three year's time, etc." Always set a goal with a given timeframe. The goal must be not so easy to achieve and also not too difficult to achieve so that you will work hard to achieve the goal and not give up half way too as the goal is realistic and achievable. The purpose of having a timeframe is to discipline yourself and not keep pushing it till the next day as all of us have the habit of delaying doing the tasks on hand.

After you set the challenging goal, then you must CHANGE. You must change the lifestyle you are having. You must plan your time very carefully and be detail-oriented so that you would not waste any time and you will make full use of your time to pursue your goal. Always change for the better and always keep changing your strategy if it failed and keep pursuing your goal.

Next, you must have the CONVICTION, the willpower to believe that you will succeed and you must succeed. Nobody can help you to achieve except yourself. Therefore, you must have the conviction that You Can DO It without fail!!! If you don't believe in yourself, then nobody will believe in you too and nobody will assist you in moving you toward your goal.

Next, you must CONSISTENTLY and continuously keep working toward your goal. It is all these small steps that you are doing everyday that help you achieve your ultimate goal. This applied to our education too. We spent about 10 years to get the basic foundation right. Without these 10 years of basic education, we will not know our language, mathematics, science, geography, history and others well. It is impossible for us to master everything within a year and this applies to our journey towards our goal too.

Finally, you will see the CONSEQUENCES of all these effort that you put in. The results that you have been hoping for and always working hard for.

With the achievement of this goal that you set for yourself, it is time for you to set another challenging goal for yourself and repeat the whole process. What makes life so interesting and fulfilling is because of all these goals that we set for ourselves.

So what are you waiting for?

Quick go and decide on your goal and make your choice today!!!

"It is not the destination that matters most. What matters most is the journey that we experience during the pursue of the goal. And this is what makes our life so colorful."


"Always REMEMBER, "Don't Give Up!!!"