Tuesday, January 16, 2007

'My son, do not despise the chastening of the LORD.' - Hebrews 12:5

When you get corrected, cop it sweet!
When circumstances challenge you, keep a great attitude!
Mature people show great attitude when they're 'adjusted'.
The ability to accept correction is the doorway to progress.
Owning a great attitude, when you're receiving instruction you don't want, is a key to growth.
If you throw tantrums, sulk, or try to 'get even', you won't grow, and you'll keep the fault that caused the problem in the first place.
What's God teaching you now!

--Phil Pringle

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Friday, January 05, 2007

Personality

Recently my best friend asked me to take a personality test. And here's the result zhenying....
Summary
Jieying, your responses indicate that you are very personable and capable of using either a persuasive style or a tone of direct command in your communications. When you deal with a concept, you look at its general makeup rather than its specific details. You are aggressive, highly competitive, independent, and need to see results. Your nonconformity leads you to be eager about finding new and better methods to accomplish your goals. While making quick decisions and taking risks, you do not hesitate to adopt strategies that might bend standard rules.

Communication Style
Jieying, you are very direct, candid and fluent in your communication style, and you appreciate straightforward answers, based on reality, to your questions. You are very effective in your use of a commanding style rather than a persuasive one. You tend to get straight to the point.
Also, you respond to people with flexibility and open-mindedness. You relay a tone that is uninhibited, creative, and, at times, quite independent.
You express yourself straightforwardly and with candor. You are analytical and you like to be in control. You say exactly what you mean and prefer that others do the same. You are only interested in details if they relate directly to getting results, you readily adjust systems, and you might appear strongly critical of others without intending to do so.Jieying Seow, you relate best to a team when it fits into your selected goals. You drive hard to get things done and, in doing so, may forget other's feelings and ignore their time restraints. You do not tolerate mediocrity readily. You are pleasant as long as results are being accomplished.You push aggressively to get the job done, and prefer not to work under close supervision. You function well when given problems to solve, when allowed to make things happen, and when given specific goals. You are adept at handling technically oriented projects.
Leadership Style
Leadership Style: Authoritative
You perform your leadership role by assuming a tone of direct command, and you are concerned about how you come across to your people. You are inwardly directed and show a lot of self-confidence in your ability to accomplish projects through your people. You tend to take on additional responsibilities and may be disinclined to delegate authority. You make fast decisions, actively promote change, and always look for new ways of reaching goals.

Conscientiousness
You may tend to work more diligently at those tasks that are most interesting to you. You may place more emphasis on satisfying your personal needs than on achieving traditional goals and accomplishments. It is possible that personal anxieties or emotions may have a negative impact on your work. You may prefer to work at your own pace, rather than follow someone else's fixed schedule.

Motivational Needs
Jieying, you tend to be motivated by daily challenges and tangible results. Power, prestige, and rewards for results achieved are important to you. You prefer direct answers and candor in communication. You desire freedom from constant supervision, and control over your own environment. You are most productive when operating under strong, capable leadership, when allowed to make decisions regarding your daily routine, and when you have bottom line responsibility for business activities.You are demotivated by the absence of challenges or significant goals. You can be frustrated when vague answers are given to direct questions, and when your day-to-day tasks are closely supervised. Vacillating leadership demotivates you, especially when it makes you unable to give straight answers to your co-workers or staff.

Primary Motivators
• Daily challenges.
• Tangible results.
• A position with power and prestige.
• Direct answers and candor in communications.
• The respect of the leadership.
• A generous amount of freedom from controls, constant supervision and details.
• The ability to measure results on a regular basis in monetary terms, (keep score).
• Opportunities to be in charge, make decisions and be responsible for the results achieved.

Primary Demotivators
• Not challenged.
• Supervised too closely.
• You receive vague answers to questions.
• Leadership vacillates.
• You lack significant goals.

Emotional Intelligence
Jieying, your responses indicate that you tend to feel at ease in almost any social situation. You easily build rapport, and you do not allow negative emotions to interfere with your social interactions. It is likely that you are proficient in both maintaining relationships and networking. Your negotiation, persuasion, leadership, and conflict resolution skills are probably very well developed.

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Wednesday, January 03, 2007

Happy New Year!!

Hello everyone. Welcome to year 2007!! *clap clap*

In the last few days of the year, many many thoughts go through my mind. I think it was the most "thoughtful" period in the whole year. "What should I do in 2007??" Haha. I successfully completed my Goal Card today!! Hopefully and prayfully, I'll be able to proudly tell you that I fulfill it at the end of the year!!

Honestly, many things happened in the last month of 2006 and I thank God for strength to overcome those issues. I'm glad they are more or less left in 2006 and 2007 is gonna be a brand new year. I've decided to leave things behind and start afresh.

Many many things I wanna do this year. But I know that without God, I can't do much. So most importantly, mus PRAY PRAY PRAY!! and learn to handle disappointments. Very important. My CAPACITY must grow. In the area of emotions, graciousness, work, ministry, studies and disappointments. Yupz.

All the best to you too!!

breathing at 1:15:00 AM

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