Food for Thought

The Law of Success has a bottom line: Real success comes when your results benefit your fellow human beings and the world is enriched.

~ Charlene Day (Author of The 30 Laws of Flow: Timeless Principles for Entrepreneurial Success)

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Food for Thought

To act is to modify the shape of the world (for good or bad).

~ Jean-Paul Sartre (Quoted by Elle Luna, Author of The Crossroads of Should and Must: Find and Follow Your Passion)

Note: The words in bracket are mine.

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I am in the process of redesigning my life...

 



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I'm now sponsoring another child. Hopefully, I'll be able to sponsor many, many more children in time to come.:)

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Social Work

I just read an article in the Straits Times (dated 6 Jul 2013), entitled The Price of Not Raising Social Workers' Pay. I like what the writer (Ms Ang Bee Lian) has written. Incidentally, the writer is the Chief Executive of the National Council of Social Service.

 

In the article, Ms Ang wrote about the 'personal risk many social workers undertake when they work in difficult situations where they intervene to protect vulnerable people...' This brought to my mind an incident that happened years ago when I visited a totally blind elderly client, who lived with a mentally ill son. During the visit, her son suddenly came out of the kitchen with a knife and aimed it at me. Fortunately, nothing happened. Another personal risk that social workers may face is the possibility of being raped. (I have heard about social workers being raped in Hong Kong.)

 

Besides personal risk, social workers may also face sexual harassment. Personally, I have experienced that on many occasions. :( It can be a mental torture. :(

 

I'd like to quote part of the last paragraph in the article:-

 

The question should not be whether we can afford to pay social workers a competitive wage, but whether we can afford not to, and leave social issues and social injustice to fester...

 

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General Election 2011

Tomorrow is Polling Day. Who will get my vote does not depend on the political party that he belongs to. Ultimately, the deciding factor for me is whether the MP genuinely cares for his constituents. If he only appears to be 'active' in his constituency just before election but he is not present during Meet-the-People sessions, then I can't say that he really has a heart for the people that he is supposed to serve.

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Sometime last week, I suddenly had a new business idea and so I sought out the godly counsel of 3 friends and 2 of them were for it. So, my focus for the next few weeks will probably be on doing research, budgeting, etc. When the new business idea came to me out of the blue, one of my thoughts was how I could help people who live in the neighbouring poor countries through my business. Even though I have never thought of doing this business before, I believe that it could be a stepping stone to other business ventures that I am keen to go into.

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Servant Leadership

A true servant leader is one who has the best interests of his employees at heart. Sadly, in many companies and organisations across the globe, leaders generally do not care about the well-being of their employees.

I believe God is raising up a new breed of leaders with a servant's heart in the marketplace. Such are the leaders that can impact the community or the world at large for His glory.

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