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"THE National Solidarity Party (NSP) said the Government could do more to liberalise the political landscape by expanding the platform for greater public participation in politics and parliamentary elections. The NSP was commenting on Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong

Hmmm how come our gahment so neow

I learnt this the hard way. Packaging of work effort is very important. It's not enough being an excellent worker...it's more important how you package it. I wasted much of my youth (20s to 30 yr old) thinking that so long as I did a good job, I will be recognized. It can't be further from reality. What I learnt and apply constantly (with some level of success) is if you are doing a piece of work....you need to show... 1. What is the business rationale behind your work. What problems are you solving and why it is so important. In short I need to identify business stakeholders. I don't waste my time on work if there is no clear business stakeholders or business stakeholders that matters. 2. What are the various steps you take. Always talking about what are my strategy...what are the tactics taken. Never confuse strategy with tactics. Tactics can fail...but strategy should not. Who comes up with Strategy? Me. Who execute the tactics? My directs or vendors. You get the drift i hope. 3. What is the positive impact to business as a result of the steps you undertaken And I make sure end of the day, my direct boss looks very good as he/she present it to higher up. I heard some of the younger folks complaining about how their managers only know how to talk. Well guys, it's a very important skill if you wanna move up the ladder. I wish someone told me this when I was younger. Ok...just a friday rant

... it is not a problem at all. Agree? Sometimes we get ourselves stressed up over problems that are not problems at all. While things can be much better, they can also be much worse. Maybe you are stressed over work or school, but at least you are still physically fit enough to move about, and not wasting away with some terminal illness. Maybe you are having problems with your partner, kids or parents but these can still be resolved. There are old people in the last years of life living alone in squalor without any relatives. Maybe your HDB or car is not big enough but at least you still have housing and personal transport. If you work harder and save up, you can still upgrade in future. Because of all the self percieved problems, we live in the shadows with a dark cloud hanging over us, not realizing there are so many beautiful things and sunshine all around, just waiting for us to appreciate. This is my "Lite & EZ" contribution. Thank you.

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