If i desire enough, will i get it?

This afternoon I have one round of conversation with my regional senior about one business decision. We came to a small debate about our different view on this decision. Although I am still not convinced by his reasoning, but I totally agreed with him that I have to beef up my communication. Unfortunately this is what matter most to a "consultant", communication determine 50% (or more) of our success, it's not even whether we are make a clever judgement / action. He sharply pick up that I have to avoid the repetitive words like "I know" and "But" etc. We have totally different stands in few issues, but I am overwhelmed and not able to convince him, even i am convicted with my belief. Again, that shows how sucks i am. I don't agree with some of his stands, but he can swarm me with his speech until I have to give way to resists. No doubt this is something that i need to improve on, the pitiable able side of the story, the world is not always reigned by the best decision maker, but the best persuader. I am not saying that i'm the right one in this scenario, i just figure if someone who can persuade but not making the right decision, that where things break and failed in this world.

Effective communication

To communicate effectively is to add humor in your conversation intermittently. What's humor? it's about looking serious thing at the other side, the light part.

This require quick, witty thinking. Need to talk more, practice more. Like my friend said, what else can you lose further, you can't be worse than sitting down there by not making a move.

Looks lousy and clumsy in front everybody on the stage, but even in my age, i still have lots to learn.

Think through before you say it

Look at the how the stock price plunge, that reassert my conviction that we shall think the consequence before we says something. It shall be a purpose why we say it, isn't it? What the point you announce something that you not yet even decide. There must be some rationale behind it. To trash your own stock price to me will be the last purpose you want to achieve.

IBM must be laughing all the way, sitting back and watch you how to perform the stunt of self-destruct.

Respect

I always has respect to those people who are willing to share their wisdom and experience with the younger lots. Today I met this Global bank CIO and this encounter itself really impressed me. I believe it wouldn't be pure luck if someone can achieve such rank. Yet he is so humble and soft-spoken, and share his experience and view with us as if we are peer though we are not. He reminds me of another great figure Dato' Sri Idris Jala. I had shared numerous times with my friends how amicable is his personality. I still remember the day we share the same lift, though i'm nobody in the company then, he actually greet and asked how is my work.

However, in Malaysia there are never short of people who will like to show their dominance over you, there never short of people whom will tell you right in your face that "who is the boss here?". If they can ever understand, we are just happened to be in this situation, there are reason why sometimes one is another boss, or, one is another customer; but that doesn't mean one is more superior than another, more so one is allowed to treat another brutally. I hope one day, majority of us will learn this.

At the end, I will like to take my hat off to this CIO whom i met and the like of him in our society.