Tuesday, December 19, 2006

(Un)Preparedness

It's a privilege to be able to observe a meeting of different vendors selling their products, and to see first-hand how sales people really work. It's a lot better than those in exhibition for the unwanted crowd won't be around. With a "controlled" crowd, the observer can then easily spot who is prepared and who's not.

It's frustrating to note though that supposedly a very easy thing to do can become complex and seem impossible. What happened can be summarized in one word, (un)preparedness.

People think that since they are doing things routinely, they can perform anytime with ease. Wrong! So what went wrong? People didn't do their homework!!!

If only they did their homework, they could have performed the task in breeze.

Lesson: Do your homework as detailed as possible.

Convenience

Being always nice is not really good. People tend to exploit/abuse such trait for their own convenience.

Example: Most companies need to report their monthly figures to assess their business whether it's profitable or unprofitable. Usually a person is assigned to do the reporting task. But there are people who will wait for the boss to ask for the report before doing their job. When this happens, the person will conveniently call technical support and give all the reasons just to help them produce the report out. Very convenient!!!!

The best way to deal with this type of people is to let them dig out the data themselves by just telling them where the hard copies can be found.

An easier solution is readily available though, but these people must learn their lessons.

"Give a man a fish, and he'll live for a day. Teach a man to fish, and he'll live for a lifetime."

Lesson: Don't be always nice!!!

Things To Do?

I'm looking for things to do when sometimes sleepless nights come, but only those that don't need so much effort to think.

Hmmm... I think blogging is one of these things... Just write something that comes in the mind. It could be that the idea at that moment is worthwhile doing in the future, or just good to be pondered upon... hehehe...