BE CONTENT WITH YOUR LIFE.

Wonder if any of you ever had the feeling that life is bad, real bad,…and you wish you were in
another situation. Do you find that life seems to make things difficult for you, work sucks, life
sucks, everything seems to go wrong….
It was not until yesterday that I totally changed my views about life; after a conversation with
one of my friends.
He told me despite taking 2 jobs, and bringing back barely above 1K per month, he is happy as
he is. I wonder how he can be as happy as he is now, considering that he has to skimp his life
with the low pay to support a pair of old-age parents, in-laws, wife, 2 daughters and the many
bills of a household.
He explained that it was through one incident that he saw in India……
That happened a few years ago when he was really feeling low and was touring India after a
major setback. He said that right in front of his very eyes, he saw an Indian mother chopped
off her child’s right hand with a chopper. The helplessness in the mother’s eyes, the scream of
the pain from the innocent 4 years old child haunted him until today. You may ask why did the
mother do so, has the child been naughty, was the child’s hand infected??
No, it was done for two simple words — to beg. The desperate mother deliberately caused the
child to be handicapped so that the child can go out to the streets to beg. I cannot accept
how this could happen, but it really did, just in another part of the world which I don’t see.
Taken aback by the scene, he dropped a small piece of bread he was eating half-way. And
almost instantly, flock of 5 or 6 children swamp towards this small piece of bread which was
then covered with sand, robbing of bits from one another. The natural reaction of hunger.
Striken by the happenings, he instructed his guide to drive him to the nearest bakery. He
arrived at two bakeries and bought every single loaf of bread he found in the bakeries.
The owner is dumbfolded , but willing sold everything. He spent less than $100 to obtain
about 400 loaf of bread (this is less than $0.25/per loaf) and spend another $100 to get daily
necessities. Off he went in the truck full of bread into the streets. As he distributed the bread
and necessities to the children (mostly handicapped) and a few adults, he received cheers and
bows from these unfortunate. For the first time in life he wonder how people can give up their
dignity for a loaf of bread which cost less than $0.25. He began to ask himself how fortunate
he is as a Singaporean. How fortunate he to be able to have a complete body, have a job, have
a family, have the chance to complain what food is nice what isn’t, have the chance to be
clothed, have the many things that these people in front of him are deprived of…..
Now I begin to think and feel it, too. Was my life really that bad?
Perhaps….no,… it should not be bad at all….
What about you? Maybe the next time you think you are, think about the child who lost one
hand to beg on the streets.

THE LAW OF THE GARBAGE TRUCK..

One day I hopped in a taxi and we took off for the airport. We were driving in the right lane
when suddenly a black car jumped out of a parking space right in front of us.
My taxi driver slammed on his brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches!
The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us!
My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. And I mean, really friendly. So I asked, “Why
did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!”
This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, “The Law of the Garbage Truck.”
He explained that many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage
(frustration, anger, and disappointment, etc.) . As their garbage piles up, they need a place to
dump it and sometimes they’ll dump it on you.
Don’t take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on. Don’t take their
garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home, or on the streets.
The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life’s
too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so… love the people who treat you right &
pray for the ones who don’t. Life is ten percent what you make it and ninety percent how you
take it!
Have a blessed, garbage-free day.

10 CAREER STRATEGY TIPS

Whether you are employed or self-employed, below are 10 things to help you in your career:
1. Make time to understand what motivates your boss or your clients.
2. Give more than expected - go that extra mile and add more value.
3 . Make time to network and build stronger relationships with those you work with.
4. Invest in your own development; reading, researching and skills-swaps are cost effective
alternatives to expensive training courses.
5. Have a clear vision for your career progression and be flexible how you get there.
6. Play to your strengths - how can you utilise what you are great at to address the
challenges of your employer or clients?
7. Be creative - think outside the box.
8. Don't cruise or be complacent - look at your blind spots to come through difficult times
stronger.
9. Be proactive - people want solutions not problems and a 'can do' positive and flexible
attitude.
10. Make time for self-promotion.