Hi Everyone,
Today I write to share with you my passion, and the benefits I have enjoyed all this while. This will not only inspire you but also provide you with a fulfilling life while doing so.
I love writing because it brings me into my dream garden where I can just let my imagination run wild. Once I am there, I feel so much freedom. I believe some of you here who have done so have had the same experience, in this sense please feel free to share your feelings. We will love to hear from you.
To me, this is where I can tap into my inspiration and creativity to its fullest. I truly enjoy this journey of discovery, though it may cause misunderstanding. Here, I want you to understand that and you should not blame them for misunderstanding you. Instead we should appreciate what they have done because it is their honest feedback arising from different perspectives that cause different outcome. Just think, how can it be possible to arrive at the same outcome if both parties view things differently? One good example is in the court room where two counsels representing different parties involve in the same case, arguing the case differently so as to achieve different outcome for the best interest of their respective clients. Alternatively, you may use the definition of insanity - Expecting different outcome by doing things in the same manner and refusal to change anything.
In the above scenario, they have a good basis to form their views which may not be in the doer's favour. It is alright. This is because it serves as an affirmation to the doer's action that is not the normal way which the doer intends. Here, tell me why the doer gets angry if he wants honest answers from the bystanders. What is more important here is that we are ready to accept the different views from others because the doer chose to be different. As such, you can see vividly as to how it can be reconciled.
However, after having said the above, you may choose to think otherwise and we should feel it is fine with us. This is because as the doer, he should respect other's contradicting view. It may be because others may have not reach the level where the doer can see vividly. As such, the doer should recognise and realise this healthy response from other parties, though conflicting, because both parties chose to view the thing at different perspectives. As such, it is very normal and logical to reach different conclusion. Thus, it is crucial to recognise that conflicts/different opinions are healthy because both parties see the same thing with different perspectives or levels of understanding.
Now, let us think it rationally and thoroughly and we will then be able to explain why two parties have the same goal yet they may disagree with each other. This is because one party may have yet to see the Big of the Big picture of their agreed goal. Secondly, it may also be due to the words used that cause different meaning to both parties. In short, words lack mathematical precision.
Why I share all these here? This is because I have received many reaffirmations of this truth lately and they are still fresh in my mind, so I decided to record it down in my blog for my reviewing purpose and you as my blog readers may also benefit from this invaluable lessons that I have learned. Moreover, I also want this lesson to sink deeply into my mind and heart so that I feel comfortable with this sort of situation. I believe by doing so, I will not feel abnormal or uneasy to it. Stay cool and cry with Joy despite receiving such adverse remark/opinions from others. At the same time, I hope more people can see it clearly and decide which action you are going to take if such a situation arises.
Bear in mind that we can only be responsible for our own actions and not for others. I am sure you have heard of the phrase that sounds the captain of my soul and mind. So long as you are clear of your goals and you shall pursue your journey to reach your destination. Hence, you have a clear purpose to be here and achieve that mission entrusted to you, which we are more than happy to make your dream come true.
An interesting note I share with you is that I am more comfortable in the new thing/environment I am involved with. I share with you not to blow my trumpet, but one thing I must make you realise that it was not easy initially and I have conditioned myself with the appropriate thought, via writing and reading. If I can do it, I am sure you too can make it happen if you to think that it is possible. Let us think rationally how we can progress if we are always living in the comfort zone. No change No progress. We will not be comfortable with new thing, but how can we progress if we do not learn new things and adapt to the new environment. That's my argument and hope you are clear by now what I am trying to say here. Because today's world is progressing and changing speedily and I want all of us to overcome these challenges.
Same principle applied to Success. No doubts, they are so many ways to achieve Success. If you have not achieve it yet, Do not worry, one certain thing we need to do is to constantly change your approach and method till we discover the right path to take us there. We also must recognise that Success is a journey and not a destination. We constantly have to eliminate the wrong paths and discover the correct path, to seek the success we want.
Please bear in mind that there is no failure in a broader sense, because every failure is a success in itself. You may find it conflicting, but actually it is Not. Why I say so? This is because failure illustrates to us that this is not the right path to take you to your destination. Now, you have a choice either to change your goal or path. Should you decide to pursue the same goal, then you should cry out "Joy" because you have discovered the wrong path and you will then take different path with the hope that it can make you reach your destination. Of course, it may be an unknown path and no one has walked before. As such, no precedence is available for reference. That's why you need to embrace "uncertain mindset" and have the courage to do it and feel comfortable doing it. To refresh yourself, you may click at the link below:-
The more prepared you are, the better you will be to handle such a situation because the real situation may hit us anytime in our lives. That also explained why Emotional Intelligence and Adversity Intelligence are vitally important to us. Otherwise, when you are hit by such a crisis, your mind will turn blank. This is very normal to everyone of us. Therefore, it is wise to put yourself in hot soup once a while so as to get yourself used to such a situation that you will not let your emotions control you.
And last but not least, I shall commit myself to dip myself in such adverse situation occasionally so as to build a defence and immunity to such a situation. I will let my conscience lead me, and not my emotions. Hope I have made it clear to you. Please feel free to raise question here or views should you have any.
Thanks and have an awesome weekend.
James Oh
Skype me at james.oh18
Money Tells Stories
Sunday, 24 July 2011
Thursday, 14 July 2011
BALANCE SHEET OF LIFE
Our Birth is our Opening Balance !
Our Death is our Closing Balance!
Our Prejudiced Views are our Liabilities
Our Creative Ideas are our Assets
Heart is our Current Asset
Soul is our Fixed Asset
Brain is our Fixed Deposit
Thinking is our Current Account
Achievements are our Capital
Character & Morals, our Stock-in-Trade
Friends are our General Reserves
Values & Behaviour are our Goodwill
Patience is our Interest Earned
Love is our Dividend
Children are our Bonus Issues
Education is Brands / Patents
Knowledge is our Investment
Experience is our Premium Account
The Aim is to Tally the Balance Sheet Accurately.
Our Death is our Closing Balance!
Our Prejudiced Views are our Liabilities
Our Creative Ideas are our Assets
Heart is our Current Asset
Soul is our Fixed Asset
Brain is our Fixed Deposit
Thinking is our Current Account
Achievements are our Capital
Character & Morals, our Stock-in-Trade
Friends are our General Reserves
Values & Behaviour are our Goodwill
Patience is our Interest Earned
Love is our Dividend
Children are our Bonus Issues
Education is Brands / Patents
Knowledge is our Investment
Experience is our Premium Account
The Aim is to Tally the Balance Sheet Accurately.
Sunday, 10 July 2011
HOW TO PUBLISH EBOOK
Hi! Everyone,
Some of you may know by now I have intended to publish Ebook with some of my writings. In this connection, I have read the article with so much excitement and hope you will like it too. Who knows, you may have similar interest as mine.
Even if you do not have such an interest currently, it does not mean that you will not have it in the future. Having this in mind, I rather chose to blog it out to excite us as well. I do not have such an experience to comment on it. What I need is perhaps some feedbacks from you especially those willing to share some of their experience here.
Better still, if anyone is willing to collaborate with me to publish an Ebook on any matters which you and I have the common interests. As you know, I always love to hear from you so that we can explore all means to make the proposal feasible and beneficial to both parties.
My experience tells me that through brainstorming and discussion, we can always put the ideas to work. Through constantly shaping and polishing this idea, it will eventually shine so long as we do not give up such a hope. Let our endurance and patience complete the task. We will be able to produce a masterpiece at the end of the day.
I do hope you are by now you feel excited and are willing to give yourself a try, as I do. Please do put forward your comment should you have any other idea, proposal or experience where you like to share here. Thank you in advance.
Have a fruitful day everyday,
How to Publish an Ebook
Posted by Gary on May 2nd, 2011 / 3 Comments
How to Self-Publish Your Ebook
Every day I receive multiple requests from authors around the world who are looking for assistance or more information on how to self-publish an ebook.
And the answer today is very different than when our Publish Your Own Ebooks website started back in 2003.
Then, your best option was to get your ebook into PDF and start selling it from your own web site. While you can and should still do that today, if you want to be taken seriously as an independent author then you must also make your ebooks available at mainstream ebook stores such as Amazon Kindle Store that have emerged in recent years.
I’m very close to releasing a new ebook self-publishing guide but until it is ready I wanted to post a quick overview of the ebook self-publishing process and some of your options.
If you want to publish your own ebook then you need to consider the main online ebook stores where readers are buying and downloading ebooks. The four big stores right now are Amazon Kindle Store, Barnes & Noble Nook Books, Apple iBookstore, and Sony Reader Store. There are a few others to consider, but let’s keep this discussion to these four.
How to Get Your Ebook into these Stores?
Each of the major ebook stores has a portal for publishers to upload and manage their books. Remember as an indie author you are the author and the publisher.
You can choose to go to each store and publish your ebook directly or you can go through a distributor, sometimes called an ‘aggregator’.
An aggregator typically converts your manuscript into multiple formats and distributes your ebook to one or more stores on your behalf.
Some of the ebook aggregators commonly used by authors include Smashwords, BookBaby, and LuLu. They earn their income by a combination of upfront fees and annual fees for each ebook, or a percentage of the sales revenue from your ebook.
The process for publishing directly is different for each store and many authors use a combination, publishing directly to some stores while using an aggregator for the others.
Why Use an Aggregator?
One of the main reasons to use an ebook aggregator is to get assistance with converting your manuscript into the correct format. Amazon sells ebooks in their own proprietary Kindle format, AZW while the other stores use the EPUB format. There are sometimes complications encountered while trying to convert your manuscript from Microsoft Word into the appropriate format.
You may also decide to use an aggregator because you can’t meet the requirements to submit directly. Sony encourages indie authors to submit through an aggregator. Some stores require you to have a U.S. Tax ID or U.S. bank account if you want to publish directly. And in Apple’s case you need to submit from a Mac computer. Using an aggregator is a way to work around these obstacles.
Why Publish Directly?
Generally speaking it makes sense to deal directly if you can because you will save on costs and more of the profit from your ebooks will end up in your pocket.
If you are familiar with HTML you can probably handle the necessary formatting to successfully convert your manuscript to the appropriate ebook formats.
Getting Ready to Publish
Whether you publish directly or through an aggregator you will need to gather some important information for the submission process:
• Book Title
• Book Description – you need a professional-looking book description.
• Ebook Cover – when your ebook sells in online stores it needs a cover image.
• Price – decide on the price that you will charge. Sometimes different prices result in different royalty percentages so choose carefully.
• Territories – you need to know which geographical territories you hold the rights for your ebook. If your ebook is an unpublished work then most likely you still hold rights for all territories.
• ISBN number. You need an ISBN number at some ebook stores but not at others.
ISBNs for ebooks, ebook covers and pricing are all important topics which will be covered in detail in other posts.
As I mentioned at the beginning of this post, this is only a very brief overview of the self-publishing process and some of your options. I’ll go into more detail in future posts and be sure to watch out for our new ebook self-publishing guide which will be available here soon.
Please, if you found this post helpful, take a moment to share the link to it via Twitter, Facebook or your favorite social media buttons below.
About the Author
Gary McLaren is a self-published author and the publisher of Publish Your Own Ebooks. He is also editor of Worldwide Freelance Writer a weekly email newsletter for freelance writers with around 29,000 subscribers.
James Oh
Skype me at james.oh18
Some of you may know by now I have intended to publish Ebook with some of my writings. In this connection, I have read the article with so much excitement and hope you will like it too. Who knows, you may have similar interest as mine.
Even if you do not have such an interest currently, it does not mean that you will not have it in the future. Having this in mind, I rather chose to blog it out to excite us as well. I do not have such an experience to comment on it. What I need is perhaps some feedbacks from you especially those willing to share some of their experience here.
Better still, if anyone is willing to collaborate with me to publish an Ebook on any matters which you and I have the common interests. As you know, I always love to hear from you so that we can explore all means to make the proposal feasible and beneficial to both parties.
My experience tells me that through brainstorming and discussion, we can always put the ideas to work. Through constantly shaping and polishing this idea, it will eventually shine so long as we do not give up such a hope. Let our endurance and patience complete the task. We will be able to produce a masterpiece at the end of the day.
I do hope you are by now you feel excited and are willing to give yourself a try, as I do. Please do put forward your comment should you have any other idea, proposal or experience where you like to share here. Thank you in advance.
Have a fruitful day everyday,
How to Publish an Ebook
Posted by Gary on May 2nd, 2011 / 3 Comments
How to Self-Publish Your Ebook
Every day I receive multiple requests from authors around the world who are looking for assistance or more information on how to self-publish an ebook.
And the answer today is very different than when our Publish Your Own Ebooks website started back in 2003.
Then, your best option was to get your ebook into PDF and start selling it from your own web site. While you can and should still do that today, if you want to be taken seriously as an independent author then you must also make your ebooks available at mainstream ebook stores such as Amazon Kindle Store that have emerged in recent years.
I’m very close to releasing a new ebook self-publishing guide but until it is ready I wanted to post a quick overview of the ebook self-publishing process and some of your options.
If you want to publish your own ebook then you need to consider the main online ebook stores where readers are buying and downloading ebooks. The four big stores right now are Amazon Kindle Store, Barnes & Noble Nook Books, Apple iBookstore, and Sony Reader Store. There are a few others to consider, but let’s keep this discussion to these four.
How to Get Your Ebook into these Stores?
Each of the major ebook stores has a portal for publishers to upload and manage their books. Remember as an indie author you are the author and the publisher.
You can choose to go to each store and publish your ebook directly or you can go through a distributor, sometimes called an ‘aggregator’.
An aggregator typically converts your manuscript into multiple formats and distributes your ebook to one or more stores on your behalf.
Some of the ebook aggregators commonly used by authors include Smashwords, BookBaby, and LuLu. They earn their income by a combination of upfront fees and annual fees for each ebook, or a percentage of the sales revenue from your ebook.
The process for publishing directly is different for each store and many authors use a combination, publishing directly to some stores while using an aggregator for the others.
Why Use an Aggregator?
One of the main reasons to use an ebook aggregator is to get assistance with converting your manuscript into the correct format. Amazon sells ebooks in their own proprietary Kindle format, AZW while the other stores use the EPUB format. There are sometimes complications encountered while trying to convert your manuscript from Microsoft Word into the appropriate format.
You may also decide to use an aggregator because you can’t meet the requirements to submit directly. Sony encourages indie authors to submit through an aggregator. Some stores require you to have a U.S. Tax ID or U.S. bank account if you want to publish directly. And in Apple’s case you need to submit from a Mac computer. Using an aggregator is a way to work around these obstacles.
Why Publish Directly?
Generally speaking it makes sense to deal directly if you can because you will save on costs and more of the profit from your ebooks will end up in your pocket.
If you are familiar with HTML you can probably handle the necessary formatting to successfully convert your manuscript to the appropriate ebook formats.
Getting Ready to Publish
Whether you publish directly or through an aggregator you will need to gather some important information for the submission process:
• Book Title
• Book Description – you need a professional-looking book description.
• Ebook Cover – when your ebook sells in online stores it needs a cover image.
• Price – decide on the price that you will charge. Sometimes different prices result in different royalty percentages so choose carefully.
• Territories – you need to know which geographical territories you hold the rights for your ebook. If your ebook is an unpublished work then most likely you still hold rights for all territories.
• ISBN number. You need an ISBN number at some ebook stores but not at others.
ISBNs for ebooks, ebook covers and pricing are all important topics which will be covered in detail in other posts.
As I mentioned at the beginning of this post, this is only a very brief overview of the self-publishing process and some of your options. I’ll go into more detail in future posts and be sure to watch out for our new ebook self-publishing guide which will be available here soon.
Please, if you found this post helpful, take a moment to share the link to it via Twitter, Facebook or your favorite social media buttons below.
About the Author
Gary McLaren is a self-published author and the publisher of Publish Your Own Ebooks. He is also editor of Worldwide Freelance Writer a weekly email newsletter for freelance writers with around 29,000 subscribers.
James Oh
Skype me at james.oh18
Friday, 24 June 2011
COURSE ON PERSONAL LEADERSHIP WORKSHOP
Hi! Friend,
I am so excited to share with you very good news. This good news is that everyone is a winner. This truth is well recognised and accepted by most of the management gurus worldwide. As such, to achieve the success that was bestowed to us, we need to understand ourselves in depth well i.e. what we are truly designed for. However, the truth of knowing ourselves is not an easy task and it is sad to say that most people do not know themselves well enough to attain the success they seek for.
That is the main reason that drives me to touch on this critical issue, the Personal Leadership workshop, with the view that you will take advantage of it for your own benefits. This workshop, as stated below, provides you a special tool to help you to discover your personality, your potential and your weaknesses. This is critically important for you to know more of yourself so that you have the right mix so as to stretch yourself to your fullest potential. When you know more of yourself, you can position yourself to a much better position to deal with all the relevant elements more effectively so as to produce maximum outputs at all times.
The details of the above course AND the trainers, as stated below, for your reference and action.
Personal leadership workshop
Date – 8 July 2011 (Friday)
Time – 9 am to 5 pm
Venue – Dorsett Regency Hotel, Jalan Imbi , Kuala Lumpur
Introductory Fee – RM350 only (inclusive of a comprehensive copy of your personality and buffet lunch)
If you wish to register for the workshop, please call Alex Lee at 012-2876093 or email - alexleehumanimpact@gmail.com
The personal leadership workshop is run by Human Impact training consultancy firm
Trainer profiles are as follow
AUDRY CHAN - PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT
AUTHOR / MASTER TRAINER
Audry Chan is a firm believer and is totally committed to the development of Human Capital Potentials. Her personal vision is to build vibrant people in all walks of life with great visions, focus and set goals with good moral values in living out their lives. She strongly believes that every individual is capable of maximizing his/her own abilities and talents that when laid into actions will contribute towards the growth of his / her organization, nation building and oneself, in achieving personal victories, living out a balanced life. The individual can and shall become Man and Woman of Excellence, having integrity, living lives with full filled commitments, accountabilities, and responsibilities with strong leadership qualities.
Audry holds degrees in Behavioral Science, Hotel Management and a Diploma in Human Resource Management. Audry is also an NLP and Time Line Practitioner. Audry started her career in the hospitality industry, as human resources manager and moved on as Director of HR involved in all aspects of Training, and being posted on assignments in and around the Asia Pacific Region - Hong Kong, Australia, Vietnam. She was later as the Executive Director with MATA and served the 6 ASEAN Countries as their Secretary General for FATA (Federation of ASEAN Travel Associations.) and ASEANTA (ASEAN Tourism Associations) Audry’s last appointment was with ICC as Management Consultant, before embarking on the quest as entrepreneur in her own training establishment – Human Impact Enterprise and conducted training in the regions of Malaysia, Singapore , Philippines over the last 14 years.
ALEX LEE PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT AND PRINCIPAL TRAINER
Alex Lee have a great passion in developing an individual great potential and talent in sales and management capability in realizing their dreams and aspirations in life. He believes every individual has the capability to pursue their life purpose and dreams with the right training, coaching and leadership. His desires and strong drive of pursuing learning and excellent in job out have inspires many of his students and employees to achieve great success in life.
Alex Lee is a graduate in Economies from University of Malaya. In addition, he also qualified for Associate of Insurance Institute of Australia, Chartered Financial Consultant from American College, USA. Certified Financial Planner (CFP) from FPAM and Registered Financial Planner (RFP) from MFPC. Furthermore, he had completed the certification courses on Napoleon Hill’s science of success and PEAKS psychometric personality profiling recently.
Alex Lee has more than 25 years of senior corporate working experience in both insurance and Consumer banking in various capacities including branch and regional manager, Head of sales in life insurance and unit trust management company, Wealth management Head in a regional Bank and the last position he was held before venturing into full time training consultancy business was the consumer product head in a well established local bank. His great and well diversified experience in Sales, training, marketing and products will add value ,depth and delivery into training sales, marketing and management leaders in a very effective manner.
To read other course, please click at the title of this post.
I am so excited to share with you very good news. This good news is that everyone is a winner. This truth is well recognised and accepted by most of the management gurus worldwide. As such, to achieve the success that was bestowed to us, we need to understand ourselves in depth well i.e. what we are truly designed for. However, the truth of knowing ourselves is not an easy task and it is sad to say that most people do not know themselves well enough to attain the success they seek for.
That is the main reason that drives me to touch on this critical issue, the Personal Leadership workshop, with the view that you will take advantage of it for your own benefits. This workshop, as stated below, provides you a special tool to help you to discover your personality, your potential and your weaknesses. This is critically important for you to know more of yourself so that you have the right mix so as to stretch yourself to your fullest potential. When you know more of yourself, you can position yourself to a much better position to deal with all the relevant elements more effectively so as to produce maximum outputs at all times.
The details of the above course AND the trainers, as stated below, for your reference and action.
Personal leadership workshop
Date – 8 July 2011 (Friday)
Time – 9 am to 5 pm
Venue – Dorsett Regency Hotel, Jalan Imbi , Kuala Lumpur
Introductory Fee – RM350 only (inclusive of a comprehensive copy of your personality and buffet lunch)
If you wish to register for the workshop, please call Alex Lee at 012-2876093 or email - alexleehumanimpact@gmail.com
The personal leadership workshop is run by Human Impact training consultancy firm
Trainer profiles are as follow
AUDRY CHAN - PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT
AUTHOR / MASTER TRAINER
Audry Chan is a firm believer and is totally committed to the development of Human Capital Potentials. Her personal vision is to build vibrant people in all walks of life with great visions, focus and set goals with good moral values in living out their lives. She strongly believes that every individual is capable of maximizing his/her own abilities and talents that when laid into actions will contribute towards the growth of his / her organization, nation building and oneself, in achieving personal victories, living out a balanced life. The individual can and shall become Man and Woman of Excellence, having integrity, living lives with full filled commitments, accountabilities, and responsibilities with strong leadership qualities.
Audry holds degrees in Behavioral Science, Hotel Management and a Diploma in Human Resource Management. Audry is also an NLP and Time Line Practitioner. Audry started her career in the hospitality industry, as human resources manager and moved on as Director of HR involved in all aspects of Training, and being posted on assignments in and around the Asia Pacific Region - Hong Kong, Australia, Vietnam. She was later as the Executive Director with MATA and served the 6 ASEAN Countries as their Secretary General for FATA (Federation of ASEAN Travel Associations.) and ASEANTA (ASEAN Tourism Associations) Audry’s last appointment was with ICC as Management Consultant, before embarking on the quest as entrepreneur in her own training establishment – Human Impact Enterprise and conducted training in the regions of Malaysia, Singapore , Philippines over the last 14 years.
ALEX LEE PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT AND PRINCIPAL TRAINER
Alex Lee have a great passion in developing an individual great potential and talent in sales and management capability in realizing their dreams and aspirations in life. He believes every individual has the capability to pursue their life purpose and dreams with the right training, coaching and leadership. His desires and strong drive of pursuing learning and excellent in job out have inspires many of his students and employees to achieve great success in life.
Alex Lee is a graduate in Economies from University of Malaya. In addition, he also qualified for Associate of Insurance Institute of Australia, Chartered Financial Consultant from American College, USA. Certified Financial Planner (CFP) from FPAM and Registered Financial Planner (RFP) from MFPC. Furthermore, he had completed the certification courses on Napoleon Hill’s science of success and PEAKS psychometric personality profiling recently.
Alex Lee has more than 25 years of senior corporate working experience in both insurance and Consumer banking in various capacities including branch and regional manager, Head of sales in life insurance and unit trust management company, Wealth management Head in a regional Bank and the last position he was held before venturing into full time training consultancy business was the consumer product head in a well established local bank. His great and well diversified experience in Sales, training, marketing and products will add value ,depth and delivery into training sales, marketing and management leaders in a very effective manner.
To read other course, please click at the title of this post.
Thursday, 23 June 2011
WE LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU
A very warm welcome to you here.
Lately, I am wondering how I can take my blog further. It struck my mind to revert to you for your honest answers.
As such, I believe that it is appropriate for me to request you to review my blog in these three areas namely its content, quality and frequency. I fully acknowledged and accepted the fact that content is the highlight of the blog. It’s the reason why you visit my blog and why you keep coming back. As such it’s important for me to have consistency in both the quality of my content and the frequency in which I have been posting all this while. In this connection, your honest feedback is solicited on whether some of tips I know and share is attractive enough.
First thing first, please put a rating from 1 to 10 for the following :-
• Did my content create value. Please give the rating 1( very poor) to 10 (excellent)
Perhaps you may just use another fancy way of asking whether my content is amazingly interesting. All of my posts,which have intention to give readers a worthwhile reason for reading. In short, are you getting something back and at the end of day, are you being lifted up as the name suggested. If not, how?
• Frequently posted.
I update my blog on a regular basis to give you reason to come back to my site. The plan is to update my blog at least once or twice a week, having in mind that quality is more important than quantity. This is because I believe that taking a couple of days off between posts can help me write a better post in the long run.
• My content is readable.
I am mindful that writing a blog is much different than writing a book or paper. This is because you, as online readers, have relatively shorter attention spans and more specific needs are preferred. Here, what I am trying to say is that I never pick colors fonts that will strain the visitor’s eyes. If I do, I like to apologise for it.
I also always ensure that my writing is easy to read. I prefer short paragraphs, using lists or bullet points, bolding or underlining important text when it is appropriate for me to do so. Do you agree?
Keeping enough white space in between lines and words is my style. Most of the times, I try to avoid typing up huge walls of text. At times, images and videos are included, where appropriate, to give readers something to look at. Here, I believe prosperity through diversity and always looking at new avenues to improve it further.
At last, but not least, I never felt discouraged when I work hard on a post even though no one pays attention to it. I am aware that growing a blog takes time. No one appreciate it now, does not mean that it will not be appreciated in the future. This is because once I grow, more people will look through my older posts and will see my hard work! Alternatively it will give me a chance to improve it further.
Stay tuned and I will work on my design and with my next post, I will discuss blog networking
James Oh
Skype me at james.oh18
Lately, I am wondering how I can take my blog further. It struck my mind to revert to you for your honest answers.
As such, I believe that it is appropriate for me to request you to review my blog in these three areas namely its content, quality and frequency. I fully acknowledged and accepted the fact that content is the highlight of the blog. It’s the reason why you visit my blog and why you keep coming back. As such it’s important for me to have consistency in both the quality of my content and the frequency in which I have been posting all this while. In this connection, your honest feedback is solicited on whether some of tips I know and share is attractive enough.
First thing first, please put a rating from 1 to 10 for the following :-
• Did my content create value. Please give the rating 1( very poor) to 10 (excellent)
Perhaps you may just use another fancy way of asking whether my content is amazingly interesting. All of my posts,which have intention to give readers a worthwhile reason for reading. In short, are you getting something back and at the end of day, are you being lifted up as the name suggested. If not, how?
• Frequently posted.
I update my blog on a regular basis to give you reason to come back to my site. The plan is to update my blog at least once or twice a week, having in mind that quality is more important than quantity. This is because I believe that taking a couple of days off between posts can help me write a better post in the long run.
• My content is readable.
I am mindful that writing a blog is much different than writing a book or paper. This is because you, as online readers, have relatively shorter attention spans and more specific needs are preferred. Here, what I am trying to say is that I never pick colors fonts that will strain the visitor’s eyes. If I do, I like to apologise for it.
I also always ensure that my writing is easy to read. I prefer short paragraphs, using lists or bullet points, bolding or underlining important text when it is appropriate for me to do so. Do you agree?
Keeping enough white space in between lines and words is my style. Most of the times, I try to avoid typing up huge walls of text. At times, images and videos are included, where appropriate, to give readers something to look at. Here, I believe prosperity through diversity and always looking at new avenues to improve it further.
At last, but not least, I never felt discouraged when I work hard on a post even though no one pays attention to it. I am aware that growing a blog takes time. No one appreciate it now, does not mean that it will not be appreciated in the future. This is because once I grow, more people will look through my older posts and will see my hard work! Alternatively it will give me a chance to improve it further.
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James Oh
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Saturday, 11 June 2011
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are pleased to inform that Malaysian Investor Relations Association (MIRA) will organise a half-day workshop on "Looking Beyond Financial Statements" from 9.00am - 1.00pm on 29 June 2011 (Wednesday) at Bursa Malaysia.
The details of the workshop are as stated below and in the brochure attached.
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Speaker - Mr. James Oh
We are pleased to inform that Malaysian Investor Relations Association (MIRA) will organise a half-day workshop on "Looking Beyond Financial Statements" from 9.00am - 1.00pm on 29 June 2011 (Wednesday) at Bursa Malaysia.
The details of the workshop are as stated below and in the brochure attached.
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Speaker - Mr. James Oh
James Oh had served as Financial Controller of publicly listed companies both locally and in Singapore. He has broad exposure and experience in Finance, Treasury, Accounting, Secretarial and Corporate Finance. He had worked with numerous companies including IJM Bhd., Hong Leong Group Bhd., Transmile Group Bhd. and Scorpio East Holdings Ltd. James has more than 20 years working experience and he constantly seeks improvement and advancement to make himself unique and relevant. He currently works as Consultant, Technoprenuer, Socialprenuer, Environmentalist and Trainer.
James obtained a Bachelor of Laws (Hons.) degree from the University of London in 2003 and a Bachelor of Accounting (Hons.) degree from the National University of Malaysia in 1987. He became a registered professional Accountant in 1991 and he was accepted as a Full Member of Singapore Institute of Directors in 2008.
James obtained a Bachelor of Laws (Hons.) degree from the University of London in 2003 and a Bachelor of Accounting (Hons.) degree from the National University of Malaysia in 1987. He became a registered professional Accountant in 1991 and he was accepted as a Full Member of Singapore Institute of Directors in 2008.
Topic outline
· The importance of Financial Statements
· How to have a quick view on the Financial Statements
· Main components of Financial Statements
· Financial Ratios
· Key Performance Indicators
· Other relevant factors
Venue
Theatrette, Lower Ground Floor, Bursa Malaysia Bhd, Exchange Square, Bukit Kewangan, 50200 Kuala Lumpur
Fees
MIRA member : RM300.00 (redeemable via MIRA vouchers)
Non-MIRA member : RM450.00 (Payable to Malaysian Investor Relations Association)
Members of affiliated professional bodies : RM405.00 (Payable to Malaysian Investor Relations Association)
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We look forward to seeing you at our above workshop.
The closing date for registration is 24 June 2011. Please contact the undersigned or Pn. Zulaika Salleh (tel. : +603-2034 7415 , email : zulaika@bursamalaysia.com) should you need further information about the workshop.
Thank you and kind regards,
Alex Lee
Senior Manager
MALAYSIAN INVESTOR RELATIONS ASSOCIATION
Annexe Building, Bursa Malaysia Bhd
Exchange Square, Bukit Kewangan
50200 Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Tel : +603 - 2034 7677 / 7415
D/L : +603 - 2034 7491
Fax : +603 - 2732 0771
Mobile : +6012 - 232 2222
E-mail : alexlee@bursamalaysia.com
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Thursday, 5 May 2011
LOOKING BEYOND FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (MODULE 1)
HOW WILL THIS COURSE BENEFIT YOU?
BY ATTENDING THIS TRAINING, YOU WILL :
- understand your own company's financial statements better to prepare and strategise your messages to an ever discerning/demanding stakeholders' audience.
- know the need to build the "extra edge" as a result of the changes of the investing landscape (i.e. capital markets are very competitive today and investment managers require high calibre information)
- learn to deliver more convincing messages by letting your financial figures and facts speak for you
- be able to prepare in advance in addressing the financial queries and concerns more objectively before you are being asked.
- have a clearer picture as to how your company is navigated towards its operating and strategic goals
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
ALL NON FINANCIAL EXECUTIVES IN THE COMPANY WHO ARE INVOLVED IN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING :
CEOs
COOs
Investor Relations Executives/Managers
PR Executives/ Managers
CorpComms Managers
Non Finance Managers
Course outline
This course highlights the essentials of the financial skills so as to build an 'extra edge' to the ever increasing demand of the stakeholders as a result of the increasing competition for funds in the capital markets. As such, all companies need to equip their teams with solid and practical financial knowledge so as to address their information needs and concerns. This training will give the participants a practical insight of better handling these challenges in looking beyond financial statements. Unlike a large-scale conference, this workshop capacity is deliberately kept to a manageable classroom size to facilitate effective learning and meaningful discussion.
PROGRAM OUTLINE
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
No matter what size the company and nature of its business, it is essential to acknowledge and recognise the importance of its financial statements as a mean to understand its performance and financial health.
The question arises here is whether understanding the financial statements is sufficient.
HOW TO HAVE A QUICK VIEW ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
- 9 pointers
- what are they
- why they are important
It is important to have a helicopter view of the company so as not to lose sight of their core objectives in the course of running their day-to-day operations, often losing battles not of knowledge but of the minds of both senior management and the investing community.
MAIN COMPONENTS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
- what are they
- you can not read them in isolation, but in integral parts
- let your financial figures and facts speak for you
- their relevance and limitations
- the key messages they are telling you
Understand each component of the financial statements; their usefulness and limitations. What is more important is the key message they are telling you.
FINANCIAL RATIOS
- serve as measuring tools, monitoring, comparing and bench marking
- objective assessment
- 7 main types
- the underlying factors/ causes
Understand each type of ratios; their relevance and limitations. What are the convincing messages and the concerns you need to address so as to achieve both of your operating and strategic goals.
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
- definition
- characteristics
- why it is important
This is vitally important for you to stay focus on these key indicators to ensure that you are working towards your goals.
OTHER FACTORS
- Industry outlook
- trend analysis
- the operating environment
Understand the external changes that will have implications on your company and the mitigation factors. Their risks and opportunities. Be vigilant to these changes and responsive effectively.
FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS AND THEIR KEY ASSUMPTIONS
To give a foreseeable outcome based on the reliable and objective assumptions
The likely scenario based on their reliable and consistent key assumptions in a forseeable operating environment so as to gain confidence from the financial community and trust ultimately.
P.S To make access to the date and venue of this course, please click at the title of this article.
To read other course/workshop, please click at the link below:-
http://moneytellsstories.blogspot.com/2011/06/course-on-personal-leadership-workshop.html
http://www.mira.com.my/misc/events_20110629.pdf
BY ATTENDING THIS TRAINING, YOU WILL :
- understand your own company's financial statements better to prepare and strategise your messages to an ever discerning/demanding stakeholders' audience.
- know the need to build the "extra edge" as a result of the changes of the investing landscape (i.e. capital markets are very competitive today and investment managers require high calibre information)
- learn to deliver more convincing messages by letting your financial figures and facts speak for you
- be able to prepare in advance in addressing the financial queries and concerns more objectively before you are being asked.
- have a clearer picture as to how your company is navigated towards its operating and strategic goals
WHO SHOULD ATTEND
ALL NON FINANCIAL EXECUTIVES IN THE COMPANY WHO ARE INVOLVED IN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, INCLUDING :
CEOs
COOs
Investor Relations Executives/Managers
PR Executives/ Managers
CorpComms Managers
Non Finance Managers
Course outline
This course highlights the essentials of the financial skills so as to build an 'extra edge' to the ever increasing demand of the stakeholders as a result of the increasing competition for funds in the capital markets. As such, all companies need to equip their teams with solid and practical financial knowledge so as to address their information needs and concerns. This training will give the participants a practical insight of better handling these challenges in looking beyond financial statements. Unlike a large-scale conference, this workshop capacity is deliberately kept to a manageable classroom size to facilitate effective learning and meaningful discussion.
PROGRAM OUTLINE
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
No matter what size the company and nature of its business, it is essential to acknowledge and recognise the importance of its financial statements as a mean to understand its performance and financial health.
The question arises here is whether understanding the financial statements is sufficient.
HOW TO HAVE A QUICK VIEW ON THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
- 9 pointers
- what are they
- why they are important
It is important to have a helicopter view of the company so as not to lose sight of their core objectives in the course of running their day-to-day operations, often losing battles not of knowledge but of the minds of both senior management and the investing community.
MAIN COMPONENTS OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
- what are they
- you can not read them in isolation, but in integral parts
- let your financial figures and facts speak for you
- their relevance and limitations
- the key messages they are telling you
Understand each component of the financial statements; their usefulness and limitations. What is more important is the key message they are telling you.
FINANCIAL RATIOS
- serve as measuring tools, monitoring, comparing and bench marking
- objective assessment
- 7 main types
- the underlying factors/ causes
Understand each type of ratios; their relevance and limitations. What are the convincing messages and the concerns you need to address so as to achieve both of your operating and strategic goals.
KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
- definition
- characteristics
- why it is important
This is vitally important for you to stay focus on these key indicators to ensure that you are working towards your goals.
OTHER FACTORS
- Industry outlook
- trend analysis
- the operating environment
Understand the external changes that will have implications on your company and the mitigation factors. Their risks and opportunities. Be vigilant to these changes and responsive effectively.
FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS AND THEIR KEY ASSUMPTIONS
To give a foreseeable outcome based on the reliable and objective assumptions
The likely scenario based on their reliable and consistent key assumptions in a forseeable operating environment so as to gain confidence from the financial community and trust ultimately.
P.S To make access to the date and venue of this course, please click at the title of this article.
To read other course/workshop, please click at the link below:-
http://moneytellsstories.blogspot.com/2011/06/course-on-personal-leadership-workshop.html
http://www.mira.com.my/misc/events_20110629.pdf
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