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Individual Enlightenment

大师

一位音乐系的学生走进练习室。钢琴上，摆放着一份全新“超高难度“的乐谱。

 

他翻动着，喃喃自语，感觉自己对弹奏钢琴的信心似乎跌到了谷底，消磨殆尽。已经三个月了，自从跟了这位新的指导教授之后，他不知道，为什么教授要以这种方式整人？

勉强打起精神，他开始用十只手指头奋战、奋战、奋战，琴音盖住了练习室外、教授走来的脚步声。指导教授是个极有名的钢琴大师。授课第一天，他给自己的新学生一份乐谱。“试试看吧！“他说。乐谱难度颇高，学生弹得生涩僵滞、错误百出。

“还不熟，回去好好练习！“教授在下课时，如此叮嘱学生。学生练了一个星期，第二周上课时正在准备中，没想到教授又给了他一份难度更高的乐谱，“试试看吧！“上星期的功课，教授提也没提。学生再次挣扎于更高难度的技巧挑战。

第三周，更难的乐谱又出现了，同样的情形持续着，学生每次在课堂上都被一份新的乐谱克死，然后把它带回去练习，接着再回到课堂上，重新面临难上两倍的乐谱，却怎么样都追不上进度，一点也没有因为上周的练习而有驾轻就熟的感觉，学生感到愈来愈不安、沮丧及气馁。

教授走进练习室。学生再也忍不住了，他必须向钢琴大师提出这三个月来、何以不断折磨自己的质疑。教授没开口，他抽出了最早的第一份乐谱，交给学生。“弹奏吧！“他以坚定的眼神望着学生。不可思议的事发生了，连学生自己都讶异万分，他居然可以将这首曲子弹奏得如此美妙、如此精湛！

教授又让学生试了第二堂课的乐谱，仍然，学生出现高水准的表现。演奏结束，学生怔怔地看着老师，说不出话来。“如果，我任由你表现最擅长的部份，可能你还在练习最早的那份乐谱，不可能有现在这样的程度。“教授，钢琴大师，缓缓地说着。

 

PS:

     人，往往习惯于表现自己所熟悉、所擅长的领域。但，如果我们愿意回首，细细检视，将会恍然大悟，看似紧锣密鼓的工作挑战、永无歇止难度渐升的环境压力，不也就在不知不觉间、养成了今日的诸般能力吗？

How to survive in a political working environment?

Today, I came thru an article on TheStar about politicking by Paul FitzPatrick. Here, I share some portions of the article with you.

1. Present ideas in favour of organization goals - Be sen to present ideas in terms of how they might benefit the organization’s interests as opposed to your own personal interests.
2. Develop the right image - Adopt a style of dressing and behavior that conforms to the cultural norms of the organization.
3. Develop a resource base - Identify and develop a grounding in the type of expertise and knowledge that is central to the organization’s activities.
4. Appear indispensable - Try to create the illusion that you are indispensable.
5. Be visible – Be seen to be talking an active part in social as well as work activities.
6. Develop allegiances - Develop strategic allies at different levels within the organization. Also be seen to be popular.
7. Avoid ‘tainted’ people – Avoid too much contact with fringe employees, those whose loyalty and ability are questionable.
8. Support your boss - Finally, you should be seen to support your superior without labeled as a “boot licker” or a “yes man” by others.

Effective reporting to your boss

1. Self-initiative to report work progress/status to your boss (let your boss know)
2. Ask if you dun understand, don’t assume (let your boss has a peace of mind)
3. Self-initiative to strengthen skill set (hard and soft), so that you will understand what is boss talking about. (let your boss relax)
4. Accept critics with an open mind, never make the same mistakes 3 times. (let your boss save trouble)
5. if you are available, help other colleagues with self-initiative. (make your boss more efficient)
6. Accept assignment without complaint (complete your boss)
7. Self-initiative to raise suggestions to improve processes. (let your boss improve)

Punctuality – Hallmark of a successful professional

Today, I came across this article which is very meaningful.
http://www.hinduonnet.com/jobs/0505/2005051800680100.htm