Life and Business Lessons

#2 Good friends.
Friendships is one of the greatest support system in the world. Nourish it, protect it, look after it, develop it, to the best of your ability. Friends are those wonderful people who knows all about you and still like you, right? Gotta have those.

#3 Heritage.
Keep your heritage alive, that’s make Indonesia great (really??!) It’s the combination of the variety of heritage, the most have here in Indonesia. Gift of languages, business ethics, government, music, poetry, the work ethic maybe. Here is one of the greatest gift you have to bring, your heritage : customs, costumes and styles, poetry, language, ways, recipes, musics. Keep that alive. Don’t pass on the ceremony that come from your heritages. Keep those alive. That’s makes us great. Be thankful to all of that.

#4 Spirituality.
I’ve already mentioned that before. Study - Practice - Teach.

#5 Don’t miss anything.
This the major part of life style. Shut off the television, go look, go see, go do, taste the wine (sometimes), eat the food, enjoy the people, go to the movies. The best values you can pay for to see a movie cost what? A few thousand (IDR) or US $10? Hundred million to make it but only few thousand (IDR) or US $10 to see it??! Wow..! Don’t miss the performance, the songs, the lyrics, don’t miss what happening.

Go look, go see, go do. Average people watch the television six to eight hours a day. That’s too much time. Don’t miss anything, no matter how small the occasion. Go look, go see, go do. Experience Life ! Have you ever drink wine? If you’ve ever taste good taste wine, you will know that the wine is something different from other wine, just know, something inside you. “The Genius is within all of us, it is just need to be exposed and developed, and used.” Something would have told you : “This is fine.” (even though you’re not wine connoisseur).

When you hear poetry, you say, wow, “this is fine.” The music, you say, “this is fine music.” Even if you’re not a musician. Something tells you inside. Now, if you miss all of that, if you don’t go, hear, listen, see, then you’re not tapping into this genius that can recognize something fine, whether it’s the poetry, the bible, or the lyrics of the music.

Just don’t miss it. Elton John sings “She lives her life like a candle in the wind, never knowing who to cling to.” See, that’s fine. And now you go hear it again, again, and again. Let it nourish your soul and spirit, that’s part of life style. Living Well. That’s the key. Read More...

I heard this statement about lifestyle :

“The ultimate essence of life is not a Ferrari, it’s not bank account, it’s not million dollar, it’s not being rich or wealthy, but here is the ultimate essence of life, it is LIVING A GOOD LIFE.

Even if you’re a person of modest means, and modest circumstances you can really if you wish go to work on the refinement of your lifestyle so that you can, even with modest means, live a good life. So what are the keys to living a good life?

#1 Productivity. You really won’t be happy if you don’t produce. Most of our life was to be devoted to labor and work, to produce. To produce work of art, to produce a crop of corn, to produce good family, to produce an enterprise. That’s the essence of life and it’s best form first is to be the PRODUCER.

What is the reason for the seed, and the soil, and the sunshine, and the rain, and the seasons of life and it’s miracle? What’s the reasons for all of that?

It is : TO SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH IT. We got books to read, class to attend, thing to do, things to learn and if you put it all together, you can have not only health, but your fortune. Now, why not see what you can do with what you’ve been handed? As basic as seed and soil and sunshine and rain.

Here is what all of the us have the miracle and it’s almost God like and it’s potential : THE ABILITY TO RECREATE. Only God can create, the seed, the soil, the sunshine, the rain, the seasons, the miracle of life. But here’s human can do, recreate those components into the harvest.

By planting the seed, carefully taking care it in the summer, reaping the rewards in the harvest. We call that RECREATION. We can’t make a tree, but we can use the tree for wood to build the house, shelter for our family. It’s God like in terms of potential, to recreate.

To take your hours, your energy, life, and bit of skill and CREATE. Actually RE-create a career, a future, possibilities, fortune. The key is to use it. And you won’t be happy if you’re not extending your self.

Because here’s really the goal of the human adventure : THE FULL DEVELOPMENT OF ALL YOUR POTENTIAL.

Why not see how far you can go, how much you can earn, how much you can share, how much you can give. Why not see what all you could be, what you could become.. (continued..) Read More...