The Sharing of A Local Successful Businessman

We always heard from successful businessmen saying that we need to be perseverance, proactive, aggressive, hardworking and creative in order to be successful. This is because they have experience and walk through them. I believe it is true.

Nonetheless, we seldom heard they shared that religious is part of the success. I just came to know there is one businessman shared about it. This man gave all of his success and glory to the Lord Jesus Christ, no matter anytime and anywhere.

This businessman is Tan Sri Francis Yeoh, the man behind YTL Corporation Ltd. He is one of the most influential businessmen in Asia. YTL Corporation business varies from restaurant, cement supply, property developer, construction, shopping centers, hotels, REIT, Internet broadband up to power and water utilities all over the world. Of course, the most well-known and making money business would be the power and water utilities.

Francis Yeoh’s family is non-believer in the first place. He came to know Jesus Christ when he was 16. When his family business was in deep crisis, a pastor shared with him that the God can help him to solve his problem if he believe in Him and seek help from Him. And the rests are the history.

If you would like to see how a businessman success based on his religious, or if you are yet to receive Jesus Christ as a personal Lord and savior, you may really want to watch 45 minutes of Francis Yeoh and his sons’ sharing. The interview conversation is 97% in English.

You may think it sounds fake, just because you have yet to receive the blessing and help from God. Imagine he is a repudiate businessman and he has to maintain his integrity. I also heard a few successful local businessmen sharing the same thing with me. So I believe them. Once you get the blessing from God, you will like Francis Yeoh and sharing the gospel to others.

Merry Christmas to you all!

Warren Buffet's 26 Lessons Part 3

Here's the final part of Warren Buffet lessons. That's all his sharing? Well, let's keep it simple but they should work. 

Lesson 14: Beware of consequences

Any important decision will cause consequences, no matter investment or daily life. When you make any decision, you must think about consequences.

Lesson 15: Don’t judge based on appearance

Never judge a person based on appearance. If you make a mistake on this, you will lose what you expected.

Lesson 16: Keep learning and growing

Learn, learn, learn! If you want to maintain competitiveness, you must continuously learn everyday.

Lesson 17: Look for solution, don’t only know how to say NO

A successful person always be aggressive and passion, look for different possible solution and they never say no.

Lesson 18: Wrap up yourself appropriately

If you want to gain other’s respect, you must respect other first. If you want to be liked by others, you must make yourself cute.

Lesson 19: Too good to be true is not true

You must be clam and mature enough when you face seduction. If someone guaranteed that he/she can help you make big return or grand prize, you must not believe easily.

Lesson 20: Venue decides business opportunity

You need a good venue to do business and attract customer. If the venue is not good, it won’t be outstanding even everything is good.

Lesson 21: The better the business also need advertisement

No matter what product you are selling, you need a good advertisement in order to leave a good impression to others.

Lesson 22: Invest what is necessary

New things normally will just hot for a while. You should always spend on something that is really need.

Lesson 23: Be honest

Business policy is very simply. Be honest and integrity, fair price and don’t cheat.

Lesson 24: Do you what understand

Keep awake, don’t invest something you don’t understand.

Lesson 25: Provide good service to maintain competitiveness

The most important to do business is to have good services and treat customer as your partner.

Lesson 26: Price Decisive Power

If you have the say to raise the price, and you won’t miss existing customer, you already have a very good business!

Warren Buffet's 26 Lessons Part 2

Here's the 13 lessons I learned from Warren Buffett's Secret Millionaire Club. Enjoy.

Lesson 1: Savings is rule #1 to get rich

The more you save, the more capital you have to face future opportunity and unknown risk.

Lesson 2: Always have a plan first

Everything should have a plan, and need to make sure the plan is executable. A good start equals to half success. A wrong plan can caused a failure.

Lesson 3: The best payback is don’t borrow money

Debt is a problem. If you borrow but you can’t payback, it is bad.

Lesson 4: You need to have responsibility and do what you afford to

Need to evaluate your financial capability, over spending will cause your finance collapsed.

Lesson 5: Discover what you have passion with and what you like to do

Find something you are passion and interested, which can truly develop your talent. Insisting your dream is the only way to success.

Lesson 6: Only right decision will bring you success

There are too many decisions in your life, but only the right decision can bring you to success.

Lesson 7: Find a partner to assist you

One person unable to do a successful business, you need a good partner to make the job easier.

Lesson 8: Learn to listen and ask

Success has close relation with excellent communication. The best communication method is to raise question and listen.

Lesson 9: Stand on giant’s shoulder to look further

If you want to be success than others faster, you need a right mentor. Learn from the success person can make you learn more and deeper.

Lesson 10: Shortcut won’t make you successful

If you want to be successful, you must be discipline, perseverance, and never think of run shortcut and be successful within a short period.

Lesson 11: Learn from mistakes

Not only you need to learn from self-mistake, but learn from others’ mistakes as well.

Lesson 12: Never give up

You still need to continue to attempt even though you make mistake. This is because today’s mistake will bring tomorrow’s success. Failure is not the end, but a new beginning.

Lesson 13: Be Creative all the time

When you face bottleneck, you need to think of the way to be creative. A better way is always comes out from the continuous attempts and improvement.