I love to observe human behaviour and wish to share some inner thoughts here with you here. Feel free to share, like comment ….

It is interesting to see that with the events in the past week(s) here in Singapore, many loved the “juicy news” of the day and became conclusive and authoritative with their views. I am reminded once again of my personal experience: I have personally experienced a very high profile business success and failure — often been blessed with full coverage on the press.. good and not so good news….. Perhaps hundreds of articles in the last decades? ( I am proving that  I carry some “weight” to speak about the issue …) Many times I saw myself on the headlines & front pages of news, reading articles about me that were even new to me! Of course some factual, some hilarious, some made me wondered if friction sells better ……

One of the key thoughts I share with friends and mentees (on being entrepreneurial) is that we must never become the “HERD”: just follow “lor” ! Entrepreneurial People made things happened. They (most) don’t follow blindly; they are usually not conclusive in their views nor quick-to -comment. You see, please understand that  how we receive and process information says a lot about us , our culture, upbringing , and maybe at times, our education level. (Education here is not traditional academic studies) : Do we know a lot ? Do we believe in hear-say? Do we know a lot from open sources? Do we even try an ounce of lateral thinking (reasoning that is not immediately obvious) or we tend to be conclusive in the obvious? Are people guilty before judged or innocent till proven? The way we answer these questions will shape the way we run our businesses, career, families, relationships and children… Paraphrase: Yes ! Our behaviour shapes our future!

Every person today must offer ourselves the opportunity to grow, bettering our thinking process daily, (which over time will better the quality of life) when we regularly exercise lateral thinking.

To every story and every coin, there are two sides. I wrote in my latest book “Bringing Out The Entrepreneur In You ” that even when bosses kept complaining that retail rental are high,  I asked them  ” then what do you do about it besides complaining ? Do you not change your business model? Do you not know that the rental is high the day you signed on the tenancy dotted line? ( BTW , Rental is never too high or too low , is relative to sales. ) You chose to enter into the lease in the first place… What about this : Bosses complained about lack of staff or bad staff, I asked them if they had looked in depth on how to become magnetic leaders themselves , coming up with well thought-through plans to care and serve the staff ? (Yes… sure there are black sheep who must go  ..) Anyone who are in the work force , run a family , raise kids must have some life experience to agree with me that there are “two sides to a coin ” ?!

How we process information and what we do with them, say a lot about ourselves. Let’s rise up above mediocrity! Let’s allow ourselves to exercise lateral thinking, fairness in judgement, wisdom to discern, allow our minds the opportunity to mature to a higher and beneficial level. I assure you that you will be grateful years on that your life has changed because your thinking has.