39.0 Lessons from Startup Career – My Managers

39.1 What is "Lessons from Startup Career - My Managers"?

Every person has his/ her personalized startup career story. The startup career story vary for everyone; some start at young age, some start after graduation, and some have re-starts multiple times. This is the startup career story from the founder of Mentality Evolutions, yours truly - lessons from my managers.

38.0 The Dangers of Comfort Zone

38.1 What is "The Dangers of Comfort Zone"?

Comfort zone is signalled when activities become routine for an individual. It enables an individual to perform optimally. The activities are performed at the individual's discretion as the routine activities grow too much familiar. What about the opposite? What are the disabilities that come in hand with comfort zone?

37.0 Our Problem - Where is the Compassion?

37.1 What is "Our Problem - Where is the Compassion"?

Compassion. What is it like for a person to be compassionate? Often we communicate with others is for the purpose of sharing our thoughts and ideas. We do not listen anymore to what others have to say. We have lost our ability to be compassionate. Our worst condition in this lost is signalled when we do not even look at a needing stranger by the walking pavement in public. Have we truly lost it all? Is there not a fragment of compassion lies within us? How can we regain the ability for us to be compassionate to people?

36.0 Dangers of Mistaking Tolerance for Empathy

36.1 What is "Dangers of Mistaking Tolerance for Empathy"?

Throughout our lives, there are countless times when we feel empathised and tolerated towards people. This is especially true for nice people. Both tolerance and empathy are initiated on goodwill. The implications, however, differ to one another. How many of us realise the times we mistake tolerance for empathy? Being mindful of what differentiates tolerance and empathy will enable us to be better in living our day-to-day lives.

35.0 Communicate Confidently

35.1 What is "Communicate Confidently"?

We communicate on a daily basis. Be it for leisure or business, we desire to be confident in our communication. The question is: what do great speakers have in common that allow them to exude confidence?

34.0 Continuous Improvement

34.1 What is "Continuous Improvement"?

Continuous improvement is a concept that is applicable to all aspects of life, and it is widely used for process improvements. Often it is used for projects, and the basis of undergoing this is purely for improvement. There are many tools and stages in implementing continuous improvement. We will discuss the tools in stages of: the requirement, the implementation and the completion.

33.0 Signs of a Poor Engagement

33.1 What is "Signs of a Poor Engagement"?

We all desire a healthy engagement in any type of relationship - family, personal, neighbourhood, social, work, etc. However, there are times when an engagement goes awry. It is necessary for us to understand and be mindful of these signs signalling the poor engagement, and counteracting them for improving our level of engagement.

32.0 The Key in Sky Rocketing Your Potentials

32.1 What is "The Key in Sky Rocketing Your Potentials"?

There are three motivation drivers when it comes to unleashing your potentials: money, accountability and culture. Each of the three has their own pros and cons which relatively results in your level of growth for your potentials. With that being said, which is the key in sky rocketing your potentials?

31.0 The Four Competencies of Leadership

31.1 What is "The Four Competencies of Leadership"?

Leadership is not based on title; leadership is based on characteristics. What are the characteristics for leadership? There are diversified characteristics of leadership in existence, which several to name are persistence, tenacity, decision-making, self-accountability, teamwork, time management, positivity oriented, continuous improvement oriented, and the list goes on. To work on the path to be a great leader, one needs to be able to assess his/ her level of competency. The four competencies of leadership are identified into: basic, intermediate, expert and mastery.

30.0 What are Your Roots?

30.1 What is "What are Your Roots"?

Life begins at the stage of an infant. We age to the stages of baby, young, mature and old. As we age, our circles of influence also grow. Circles of influence - self, family, friends and acquaintances, colleagues, community, society, etc. -  influence our roots of values. Roots of values are important as they define our persona and the way we communicate. Roots of values are identified in three forms: surface roots, lateral roots and taproot.

29.0 Inner and Outer Peace

29.1 What is "Inner and Outer Peace"?

Peace, subjectively, can be referred to a state of harmony where people from all walks of life co-exist with maximal agreements and minimal disputes. Achieving inner and outer peace not only encourages people to be accepting their root culture and respecting other's root culture, but also enables the possibility of people being multi-cultured. So, the question goes: how can we achieve inner and outer peace? We will discuss this through two inter-related approaches: the concept of true and fair, and the power of empathy.

28.0 The Power of Empathy

28.1 What is "The Power of Empathy"?

Empathy is often displayed by people-oriented individuals. Empathizing others do wonders when done right, where it involves sharing what others are going through in their lives. It requires us to be accepting, emotionally open and wanting to listen attentively to others. To understand how empathy works, we need to understand its two core elements: acceptance and understanding.

27.0 Problem-Solving: When It Makes Us Stressed?

27.1 What is "Problem-Solving: When It Makes Us Stressed"?

Problem-solving involves two elements of focus: the problem and the solution. When dealt wrongly, it will imply negative stress. The focus here is to be mindful when problem-solving goes out of track that it implies negative stress to us. Being mindful of this will directly diminish unnecessary time consumption. There are three types of stress implications in problem-solving: the problem identification, the immediate solution, and the continuous improvement.

26.0 What Makes You a Team Player?

26.1 What is "What Makes You a Team Player?"?

A team is a group of people working on a mutual goal. Nevertheless, having a mutual goal alone is not sufficient to make the team work productively harmonious. There are various perspectives on how we can identify a team being good or bad. We will discuss on these five elements: communication, support, recognition, goal mutuality, and motivations.

25.0 Bridging Gaps Between Generations

25.1 What is "Bridging Gaps Between Generations"?

Often two individuals of different generations are in clash of opinions. There have been many accusations which few of the examples are included: "Baby boomer is not adaptive to change", "Generation X is skeptical", "Generation Y is unable to focus". All such accusations are caused by one significant element: time. As time continues, technology evolves and this leads to different forms of conveniences and difficulties. The issue of gaps between generations lies from two elements: (1) people of different generations not wanting to understand and accept others, and (2) people of past and current generations not receptive to changes. The question: How to bridge these gaps between different generations?

24.0 Communication in Simplicity

24.1 What is "Communication in Simplicity"?

Communication at its basic is exchanging or transferring information between two parties or more. A person engaging a communication can be engaged in a variety of ways. There are four areas that will enable us to communicate in simplicity yet positively engaging. The four areas of discussion: process of communication, orientations of communication, two types of communication, and elements of a convincing communication.

23.0 Decision-making on Great Options

23.1 What is "Decision-making on Great Options"?

This event occurs when we are faced in making a decision from having options that potentially offer great results. While the narrowed options will result greatly towards a project, the question lies in the options' distinctive difference. That distinctive difference matter significantly not in the short-term but in the long-term. That distinctive difference determines the direction of a project.

22.0 Time Management Dilemma

22.1 What is "Time Management Dilemma"?

A dilemma in managing tasks occurs when an individual is having time limitation while many tasks at hand need to be performed and done. Time limitation leads the individual unable to be productive with clarity of the tasks' significance. We will discuss on four tools to effectively be productive in the said situation.

21.0 What Motivates Us?

21.1 What is "What Motivates Us?"?

Generally everyone has their own driving motivation. The question is: Do we realize how it motivates us? We will discuss on the motivation paradigm in the relationship of motivation strength and motivation longevity. The discussion will form the paradigm into four elements: goal, people, yourself and god.

20.0 How to Adapt in a Career?

20.1 What is "How to Adapt in a Career?"?

Why is the article's title "How to Adapt in a Career?", and not "How to Adapt in a Job?"? That is because a career consists of professional experience with more than one employment. There are many driving factors on why a professional moves on from a company to another. So, the question: How can one swiftly adapt in a new job?