Recently, I was caught in the buzz for the show Britains Got Talent.  First there is Miss Susan Boyle whom I am truely amazed by her singing power.  Who would have expected that a 40 plus years old woman could sing so beautifully.  I am touched by her singing.  And I believe most of us would be too.

Then in Yahoo today…I watched another singing sensation.  She is 10-years old Hollie Steel.  She also appeared in the same show.  She totally impressed the whole audiences and judges.Now the news are battling which of them has a higher chance in winning the show.

In my personal view, both of them are talented in their own way.  And they are already winners in their life.

The point that I wish to say is that all of us is talented in own way.  Some is talented in arts, some in musical, some in maths and science, some in their motor skill, some in human connection, some excel in writing while others in  leadership.  The list goes on and on.

While some of us know where our talents or gifts lie, most of us would just live day to day.  They would never find out who they truely can become.  Whatever you think you are, you would become one.

I always thought that I am not good in communciation.  I do not like to make new friends and I prefer to be alone.   Hence I am poor in my human relationship.  I choose to be a equipment engineer  in the beginning of my career.  Prefer talking and solving machine problem rather than human, I would think.

By a twist of fate and reading many books (one of the books is The Greatest Salesman in the World by Og Mandino), I find myself entering into sales career.  I take it up as a challenge to myself.  I fall in love with my choice as I found out that human interaction is not bad after all.  No man is an island.  It is a joy to share your happiness and laughter with them.  If you see your friend or client frowning, I would give them a smile.  When they smile back, it makes a big difference to my day.

All of us is talented in one way or another…you just need to take a small step each day to know yourself better.  And lastly, have faith and belief in yourself that you are in this Earth for a purpose.

By the way, I am going to watch the movie X-Men Origins: Wolverine soon.  I will keep you update.  Cheers!

I wake early this morning to go for jogging.  A habit that is long forgotten but I pick it again to keep myself fit and healthy.  And perhaps, to jump start my “engine” for a wonderful day ahead!

Usually, I would play a motivation cd in my little “cargo van”  to perk myself up mentally…if the physical exercise did not work on me.  Today, I am listening to Joe Girard.  In case, you are wondering who is Joe Girard.  He is the world’s Greatest Salesman.  During his 15 year selling career, he had sold 13,001 new cars and trucks, and all at retail.  This is a guiness record and is still has not been broken yet.

While listening to the cd, my attention is drawn to him mentioning that “honesty is the best policy”.  I truely agreed with him that when faced with a difficult situation and if we are caught in between, it would be wise that we own up to our fault and tell the truth to our friends and colleagues.

If we betray the trust between both parties, we might not win back that trust again.  This is especially true in our translation work.  If we find out that certain terms are not properly translated, then we need to highlight to the client.  The client will definitely not be pleased to hear about the mistakes.  We will also be reprimand by them.

But at least, we are able to maintain the friendship between both parties.  If we admit to our mistakes with the best intention of resolving the issues, our client will understand it and accept us better.  In a way, we may even solidify the working relationship further.

I truely believe that Honesty is even more important in our everyday’s dealing be it in business, our working place or with our loved ones than ever before.

I must say…reading Og Mandino’s book entitled “The Greatest Salesman in the World Part II The End of the Story” is very addictive.  Again, this books has sold millions copies till date and been translated into several other languages.

In this book, Og featured The Ten Vows of Success.  The subject title belongs to the Fifth Vow.  Og explained each Vow in such simplicity that it is easily understood by the readers.  I truly believe whoever reads it will benefit tremendously from his knowledge.

In this Vow, I have learnt that “Every defeat, every heartbreak, every loss, contains its own seed, its own lesson on how to improve my performance the next time”.  And never will I allow “The fear of adversity leading to failure casts a terrible shadow on all the days of our life”.    This is because “Experience is the most valuable extract of suffering and yet one of the terrible conditions of this life is that its wisdom cannot be transferred to another.”

“I understand, for the first time, how swiftly all deeds and events, good and bad, large and small, pass on and are no more, the works of man as well as the works of nature.”  I can only be stronger through my experience as “All things in life are not only in a constant state of change but they are the cause of constant and infinite change in each other.”

I will take accountability for all bad events that happen to me.  Never will I shift the responsibility to others.  I will become the best that I can be from each learning experience.  Always will I seek the seed of truimph in every adversity.

Recently, I have been reading Og Mandino’s A Better Way to Live.  His books has sold over 50 million copies and has been translated into over 25 different languages.  Og remains one of the best-selling inspirational author till now.

In this book, the author features 17 simple “Rules to Live By”.  What inspires me is that each rule is so simple yet profound.  These rules are timeless principles which offer happiness and fulfillment to our life if we practise the principles daily.  I guess this is what they mean by “Happiness is always at your doorstep and all you need is to just open the door”

I  wish to share one rule from the book with my dear bloggers.  It is Rule Number 9. – Live this day as if it will be your last.  Remember that you will only find “tomorrow” on the calenders of fools.  Forget yesterday’s defeats, and ignore the problems of tomorrow.  This is it.  Doomsday.  All you have.  Make it the best day of your year.  The saddest words you can ever utter are, “If I had my life to live over again…”  Take the baton, now.  Run with it!  This is your day!

Yes, live this day as if it will be your last!  All us should strive to live out each day to our maximum potential.  We should treasure our time, our loved ones, our friends and ourselves preciously.  We should always count each passing day as our blessing.  If we have such mentality, we would pass each day with greater vigor, enthusiasm and passion.  And the problems of tomorrow would be like passing clouds, that temporarily dampen our heart but  not our spirit for all such things should pass us by.

Each new day is like a new course.  We are like a runner in this journey called life.  The “yesterday” runner would pass the baton to “today” runner…and the “today” runner would continue run the course but with greater passion and vigor than “yesterday”  runner.

Lets all make this journey a more colourful and exciting one!  Hurray!  Cheers on!

And thanks for your teaching, Og!