Friday, March 8, 2019

To Be A Better Person

It was learning day in the office and Michael Teoh was one of our speaker. He came from Penang and was victim of bully. At the age of 24, he already had Richard Branson as his mentor and traveled around 22 countries with him. Now, he is the founder of Thriving Talents, a training consultancy company.

Some key points that I gathered from his training:-
  1. Motion changes emotions. Simple mini experiment is when we are at a sitting position versus standing up, our volume will naturally be different. We raise our voice when we stand.
  2. It's important of what kind of story we tell ourselves everyday. If we are always telling ourselves that we cannot do it, chances are we can't. So, be confident and believe that we are awesome!
  3. Focus on the outcome regardless of what kind of approach that leads you to the result. If you and your boss have different approach of doing things but it drills down to the same outcome, try doing it his/her way and you would be able to achieve the end result. 
It was really inspiring and also prompted me to do a self reflection of where I am and where I want to be...