Whilst there is a whole lot of work waiting for me to clear at the moment, I'm taking a time-out to re-channel my energies. It is called recollecting my 'zen' :P
Partnerships, as I had written earlier here, is about effort. Alot of it. Sometimes, marriage seems to be an easier partnership. At least, the chances of knowing who you are sleeping with are a lot higher! Almost five months after my last posting about partnership, I am still learning. Yea, yea... I call it work-in-progress. This learning curve, will never end.
I think I'm just a little cranky today. I think the flu congestion in my nose has now spread to my brains!
But today, I'm tired of people who aren't part of the solution, yet they want to be a part of the problem. I cannot for the life of me figure that one out. All I know is that partnerships are not meant to be this way! Right or wrong? Partnerships are also about team work and team support. Ok, this area is lacking, I fill up there. That area is lacking, he fills up that one. When a mistake happens, what's the point in highlighting the mistake over and over again? As a team - I think the right way to do it should be finding solutions. You keep stoking the problem, it ain't gonna help the situation now, would it?
And what's up with all the drama and 'I-don't-friend-you-She-don't-friend-me' nonsense? Business is not child's play, my friend. Business is about setting targets, goals, objectives and meeting them. Meeting them the right way, of course. And the "right way" may be subjective. But I would say - choose your battles. Sure, you lose some battles - so what? Your aim is really to win the war, no? Not asking you to lose so many battles that it is an imminent defeat for you in the war! Choose your battles! Look at the Big Picture! There are some clients which I don't particularly like, but hell, I have to make it work the best way I can sometimes, right? True, given the fact that I am now in a position to sometimes choose my clients, I'll weed out those who are a bit .... too much, as they say (0.70 per day for my fee, the client can certainly terbang wau). But it doesn't mean I get to choose each and every time. Certain months, sales target is low, and we just have to grit our teeth and bear it, isn't it? And certains vendors - maybe you just plain don't like her face. But she's the best in town and you know your client loves her work. What do you do? I mean, we all tend to get personal and emotional because hey - this is after all, our own business. If it's not personal, then what is it, right? Again - choose your battles.
Sometimes, I feel I haven't been giving my numerous teams much support. Sometimes, I feel I haven't been given much support too. And with me stuck halfway through Timbaktoo, it ain't that fun either. Sometimes, even with your own partners, you need to explain your situation, your problems, your troubles and trash things out with each other. You never know, maybe there is a solution when you put another brain into the issue! I mean, if you suddenly tell me you have to leave early from an event and you don't tell me why - of course I would jump! And it'll just be too selfish of you to say "I want to leave, I leave!". All these child's play - Very The Tiring. And when you can't meet deadlines or you can't cope or whatever it may be - isn't it just common courtesy to voice this out rather than keeping the other party waiting.... and waiting.... and waiting..... and waiting....... and waiting some more? I'm not married to you! I don't know when you will fart, I don't know what it means when you keep quiet. Hell, I don't even know what it means when MOH does that! What more a partner that I don't exactly sleep with literally?? We are all learning. We are all learning about each other and hopefully how to work with each other better. Not how to kill each other better!
There is a Chinese saying - it goes like this : "Seek Fortune, Not Vengeance. Seek Life, Not Death."
To all my partners - whether you are client, industry vendor, team member, affliates, associates, business partner - no matter how unorthodoxed my methods may be, I've always got your backs.
My question is - have you got mine?
Partnerships, as I had written earlier here, is about effort. Alot of it. Sometimes, marriage seems to be an easier partnership. At least, the chances of knowing who you are sleeping with are a lot higher! Almost five months after my last posting about partnership, I am still learning. Yea, yea... I call it work-in-progress. This learning curve, will never end.
I think I'm just a little cranky today. I think the flu congestion in my nose has now spread to my brains!
But today, I'm tired of people who aren't part of the solution, yet they want to be a part of the problem. I cannot for the life of me figure that one out. All I know is that partnerships are not meant to be this way! Right or wrong? Partnerships are also about team work and team support. Ok, this area is lacking, I fill up there. That area is lacking, he fills up that one. When a mistake happens, what's the point in highlighting the mistake over and over again? As a team - I think the right way to do it should be finding solutions. You keep stoking the problem, it ain't gonna help the situation now, would it?
And what's up with all the drama and 'I-don't-friend-you-She-don't-friend-me' nonsense? Business is not child's play, my friend. Business is about setting targets, goals, objectives and meeting them. Meeting them the right way, of course. And the "right way" may be subjective. But I would say - choose your battles. Sure, you lose some battles - so what? Your aim is really to win the war, no? Not asking you to lose so many battles that it is an imminent defeat for you in the war! Choose your battles! Look at the Big Picture! There are some clients which I don't particularly like, but hell, I have to make it work the best way I can sometimes, right? True, given the fact that I am now in a position to sometimes choose my clients, I'll weed out those who are a bit .... too much, as they say (0.70 per day for my fee, the client can certainly terbang wau). But it doesn't mean I get to choose each and every time. Certain months, sales target is low, and we just have to grit our teeth and bear it, isn't it? And certains vendors - maybe you just plain don't like her face. But she's the best in town and you know your client loves her work. What do you do? I mean, we all tend to get personal and emotional because hey - this is after all, our own business. If it's not personal, then what is it, right? Again - choose your battles.
Sometimes, I feel I haven't been giving my numerous teams much support. Sometimes, I feel I haven't been given much support too. And with me stuck halfway through Timbaktoo, it ain't that fun either. Sometimes, even with your own partners, you need to explain your situation, your problems, your troubles and trash things out with each other. You never know, maybe there is a solution when you put another brain into the issue! I mean, if you suddenly tell me you have to leave early from an event and you don't tell me why - of course I would jump! And it'll just be too selfish of you to say "I want to leave, I leave!". All these child's play - Very The Tiring. And when you can't meet deadlines or you can't cope or whatever it may be - isn't it just common courtesy to voice this out rather than keeping the other party waiting.... and waiting.... and waiting..... and waiting....... and waiting some more? I'm not married to you! I don't know when you will fart, I don't know what it means when you keep quiet. Hell, I don't even know what it means when MOH does that! What more a partner that I don't exactly sleep with literally?? We are all learning. We are all learning about each other and hopefully how to work with each other better. Not how to kill each other better!
There is a Chinese saying - it goes like this : "Seek Fortune, Not Vengeance. Seek Life, Not Death."
To all my partners - whether you are client, industry vendor, team member, affliates, associates, business partner - no matter how unorthodoxed my methods may be, I've always got your backs.
My question is - have you got mine?
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