the cynical one

Sunday, September 24, 2006

Professionalism

superiors play a important role in any organisation because they are basically the decision makers and the nerve center of the organisiation. without them, the organisation will fail and become dysfunctional. if the nerve center is weak, then the entire body cannot work properly. there will be conflicting instructions and the legs, the arms and body will not in be in sync. it would be very weird if a body 2 hands refuses to support each other. hence, emphasises the importance of the superiors of the organisation.


but working for the nerve center are the subordinates. for example, the legs and the hands. they are there to support the superior in the decision making, and will do all out to ensure that whatever to meet the superiors intention. however, as a superior, it is important to have good rapport with the subordinates. if there isn;t, then its difficult to work. likewise, the subordinates must understand the superior so that they too will work hard towards a common intent.


however, sad to say that working relationships must also be considered. sometimes, the subordinates work purely because "he is the boss and i am the worker". hence things will get done, only in the professional sense, because it is not within the workers capacity to do more than he is expected. most of the time, people refuses to work harder than expected because of the pay grade that they receive. prefessionally, he has done his job. as strictly stated in the job scope and taskings. hence, sometimes workers will see who their boss is. if the boss has got a good rapport and also a has good relations with the subordinates, you;ll see that his subodinates will go out of their way to do extra taskings even if he is strictly not required to do so. in this case, i would say that it would be out of friendship to help the boss. it is now a different league because he is helping out within the workers capacity as a friend.

notice the difference if you had a good working relation with subordinates? although there too are cons, for example, if you become too friendly, then workers might start to take advantage of you. that is a thin line that the boss must learn to manage.

given a chance, if the boss is someone whom you respect deeply, then you;ll see that you;ll go all out to help him. as a working professional and a friend. you don;t only respect his appointment, but also honour his friendship. if the boss is someone whom you only respect his appointment, then you;ll see that the appointment is the only thing you respect.

what do you think?

Friday, September 15, 2006

The Dice

life is really filled with difficult decisions. sometimes you really have to decide on which one you want to commit yourself to. in order to cover things up you sometimes have to play with words, paint pictures and more importantly, give the impression you wish to impress upon.

there are many things that are definitely based on impression. because, facts are only facts when you know see. hearing and reading are considered as secondary and cannot be relied upon all the time. because, ultimately if you can impress and convince by playing with words, then you have achieved your purposes and intention.

sometimes, one simple object can have so many faces. just depending on which angle you look at it. take for an example a dice. it is basically a cubiod with 6 faces. numbered 1 till 6. so technically speaking, there is 6 ways of looking at a dice. when you throw it, and when you see the number 1, you don;t feel so much of an impact because the number is so small. but if you see the number 6, there is much more of an impression because of the large number. but did anyone realised that you are still looking at the same dice which is still basically the cubiod in the first place. one simple object that can give so many forms of impression. the difference is just the magnitude of things.

what do you think?

Sunday, September 10, 2006

Road ahead

Life is a journey. There will always be ups and downs. Just like the mountains in Taiwan, filled with uphills and downhills. When you are at the bottom of the ravine, and you look up, you see hope because you can a slope up. Similarly, when you are up at the top of the knoll, you look out, again you see hope because the scenary is beautiful and you find it worth climbing up.

So whatever you do, there is always hope. Just depends on how hard you look for that tiny tinge of hope. sometimes, you feel that things do get you down, but its always important how you always try to get up and carry on. its true that pace of life can be fast, if need be, slow down and take a break but don;t ever stop. i;m sure you don;t want your heart to stop. it has been beating ever since you said hello to the world, and if its tired, it;ll slow down. but it doesn;t stop. so why should you stop?

what do you think?