Alhamdulillah.
It's such a fabulous experienced I gain through trying new things in life.
One of that is business.

ZUMBA TIME!

Aku nak share berkenaan 1st try aku dengan bisnes nie.
- Taklah bisnes sangat (sebenarnya)- 

Entah mengapa, aku try yg satu nie tanpa ape-ape side income.
Just tergerak nak try benda baru.
So, I followed my intuition.

Intro:
Selepas selesai sahaja solat Maghrib, aku segera mencapai laptop dan meneruskan pembacaan Neurology sebagai persediaan Professional Examination yg bakal tiba.
Dan tiba- tiba, telefon aku bergetar..,
Terdapat satu mesej Whats App daripada Kak Erma, mantan MPP yang lepas.
Mataku terbuntang seketika, agak jarang sebenarnya kak Erma menghubungi aku tanpa apa- apa tujuan except if she has any favor to be asked.
Aku membaca perlahan...
" Jumpa di cafe, jam 9 "
.........................................................

Kak Erma:
"Amin, akak nak minte tolong pegangkan tiket Zumba nie boleh tak?
Akak dah jual dah dekat kampus perubatan. Just nak minta tolong awak pegangkan untuk di Gong Badak nie.
Kalau ade yang nak beli, diorang akan call akak dan akak akan inform awak bile- bile free, okay"?

Aku:
"Ohh! Zumba. Okay kak. 
Apa- apa saya inform semula"

1st Day...
Mesej kak Erma:
" Amin, dekat mane harinie? Ade student nak beli. Awak pakai baju apa? Diorang tak cam"
Then, I replied:
" Saya baju Merah, cap Maroon- Depan cafe DRR. Fried Chicken- Saya ade dari jam 7 malam sampai 7.30 jerk kak. Saya jual untuk 3 hari. Back- to- back".

Menunggulah aku dari jam 7 malam sampai ke 7.15 malam.
Aku melihat ramai manusia mundar mandir ke hadapan dan ke belakang namun tiada siapa yang memandang insan kerdil yang menjual pas masuk Zumba Fitness ini.
Bau- bau makanan di Cafe' pula seakan satu lagi ujian yang harus aku tempuhi dalam mendapatkan customer yg pertama.
And she finally came at 7.25 p.m ( dimana aku baru saja nak angkat punggung untuk solat Maghrib).
Alhamdulillah dapatlah RM30 for 1st day.

2nd Day...
Tak seperti semalam, aku mengambil keputusan untuk membuka kaunter sendiri betul- betul di tengah cafeteria utama kampus.
Disebabkan hasil semalam sangat tidak memuaskan (Even aku takdapat sesen pun jual tiket nie, aku tetap rasa tak puas hati.
So, I decided to open my own counter,
But.., the problem is...

Kaunter aku just ada:
1. Aku
2. Meja
3. Tiket Untuk Dijual.

Tanpa apa- apa aksesori atau bahan pemasaran lain.
Sungguh- idea buka kaunter datang last minit.
So, I try to make my own promotion strategy which is to attract any anonymous yang passing through depan kaunter nie.
I'm try to yell and encore them to come here and looks first.

But, somehow..
Dirasakan yang suara aku bagai tersangkut di tekak saja.
" Rupanya tak mudah nak berbisnes"- Bisik aku dalam hati.
I try my best. But the result comes to no avail.
Kutipan pada hari tersebut hanyalah cukup- cukup makan.

3rd day...
Azam aku lebih tinggi pada hari ini.
Aku telah memikirkan tentang strategi marketing tersendiri ditambah dengan beberapa X- factor yang menambahkan 'Wooow' elemen pada presentation booth/ kaunter aku pada malam ini.
This's what I print out and glued on my daif kaunter.

PERHATIAN!

KAUNTER INI HANYA DIBUKA DARI JAM 7.00 HINGGA 7.30 MALAM SAHAJA.

(25 - 2 - 16)

* Presentation sebenar Diboltkan dengan warna merah dan Highlight pada certain word.

DAPATKAN DISKAUN SEHINGGA

50%

KHAS UNTUK PELAJAR UniSZA

TERBUKA- RM30

PELAJAR- RM10

* Real Presentation..

10 MINIT LAGI…..

20 MINIT LAGI…..

30 MINIT LAGI….

5 MINIT LAGI……

* Aku cuba tambah elemen:
 'Cepat- cepat! Tinggal 30... 20... 10.... 5.... minit lagi before kaunter tutup.."


Aku cuba ekstrak segala maklumat berkenaan apa itu MAWAR, PENGEMUDI, fasilitator in charge etc.
and widen my target groups.
Besides of that lalu lalang people dekat cafe.
Aku membawa bersama tiket ini ke tempat kerja dan mempromosikan kepada staf- staf fisio dan adik- adik Jr. Fakulti Sains Kesihatan.
To make sure, I'm not losing my precious customer.
I'm offered them a student price as well.


Guess what?
How much I've gained for those 3 days?
From 7.00 till 7.30 p.m working hour?
This's it...

Credit: Konvensyen MAWAR; PENGEMUDI

Alhamdulillah..
RM260

Conclusion:
1. Bisnes adalah satu bidang yang senang menjana keuntungan asal kita tahu bagaiman hendak mempromosikan dan 'apa bidang yang diceburi'.
2. Disamping bergantung hanya pada kekuatan program tersebut sahaja, adalah lebih baik andai kita menggunakan apa yang ada pada diri kita dalam menjayakannya. Masa, tenaga, idea etc.
3. Tiada idea yang salah- Paling penting adalah mencuba dan jangan takut diketawakan.
Apa yang kita fikir adalah berbeza dengan realiti sebenar.
kadangkala, apabila dijalankan- Barulah kita sedar masih banyak lagi perkara boleh dipertingkatkan.

Epilog:
At the end, aku akan serahkan semua kutipan nie kepada Kak Erma pada hari esok.
Dapat juga aku menyumbang untuk charity- 
Walau hanya jadi penjual tiket.
Ha Ha Ha....
Kini aku sedar...
Yang penting bukan pulangan wang rinngit daripada jualan tadi.
Tetapi adalah pengalaman dan kepuasan dalam merealisasikan apa yang kita hajatkan.
Like an old adage ( ke proverb?) yg berbunyi...
Experience is the best teacher.
#LiveYourIdea.

Bismillah...

LTNS?

I just met my 'Long Time No See' friend and we managed to exchange our business card with one another. 
It such a long conversation for me and also the one (maybe) I treasured the most.
She gave me an eye opener question and various analogy that knock my head (and heart) as well.
So.., I list it up here:
This's my conclusion to each and every single point she gave me:

1. You're full of yourself.
Me?
No. I don't think so.
What she meant here is we have to understand others and not implement the 'syok sendiri' manners.
If we've think the 'Only Me' is correct and 'My Ego' is my priority.
We'll go to nowhere.
The situation turn out to be static.
No forward movement and no backward thrust for us to follow.

It's like you closed the lid of mind for good example and advice from friends and environment reaching into you.
You just think that- all of your mindset is the most correct. 
(Even you know- There's something wrong somewhere).
There's time in our-life when we think that we should move on and starts to do something better.
Give it a try- sometimes it's really worth for value.

2. Brain potential is far greatest compared to your education level, material possession, position in council/ organization etc.
Some facts had said that human only use about 9% of their brain capability (which proved wrong by the latest research because there's almost impossible to measure 'The Brain' potential due to different parts conduct a different command)- But no one doubt on his properties of plasticity (Neuroplasticity).
Here's come the word: 'Practice makes perfect'.
- She said: 
We should think more further and doesn't limit our own potential by today's system (where you should have degree to start your career (and yourlife).
Whatever opportunity knocking at your door slowly or loudly should not be taken for granted.
There's must be a reason for why things happen in life.
Which is to change you for better version of yourselves.
In term of business, one chance may turn out to be the one of your mileage for better future.

3. Ijazah, liabiliti atau aset?
- In term of scroll of that ijazah- We called it liability.
But in term of the particular knowledge and how to applicate it for community- we named it as an asset.  
Simple isn't?

4. Level of education is not the only benchmark as who we are...
Like aforementioned in point no.1, where what people think about us is is not important at all but how we react and change their mindset is crucial.
We live our own life. So, live-lah our own idea and not theirs.
Our vision make us as who we are.
They didn't see (like) what we've seen in our mind eye.
Have faith and make your effort.

5. There's no such thing as a free lunch..
- You don't get things for free, so if something appears to be free, there's a catch and you'll have to pay in some way.
Whatever the decision it is whether an easy or difficult to handle-
It give an impact to you. 
And your future.
Easy now., Suffer later?

Growth By Maturity..

'When You Compound a Lie, You Compounded The Consequences'

- Dr Mahatdir Mohamad-

- Malaysian 4th Prime Minister-

Definition:

a harmless or trivial lie, especially one told to avoid hurting someone's feelings.- Wikipedia

Discussion:

Is it wrong to lie to others so that we can achieve our goal in life?

Is it wrong to tell a little white lie to back up ourselves from the mad and angry employer?

Lie- As long as it is a lie.

It's never be a good thing.

First and foremost, we have to know the other side of the story of why people telling lies (or you say- a little white lie):

1. To escape yourselves from a bad situation:

- You were late for 15 mins and your boss asked you a killer question:

" So, why you're late today?"

You don't have any concrete reason to back up yourself, then you got an idea (a bad idea) and replied:

" My cousin got accident at home, I have to send him to the nearest hospital at 7.30 a.m but it takes longer than I expected "- In hope, your boss accept it with an open heart.

2. To win a project and gather affection:

- You are working as a promoter and the main objective is to achieve specific target daily.

Deep down in yourselves, you realized that your products is a good one but the result is quite different from one person to another.

And now- Your customer approached you and asked about the flaw of that product.

You silent for a while and try to gather all of your strength to tell him the truth (which trying to not focusing on the weakness but how to overcome it).

You start your explanation and he looks satisfied with it.

Finally, you managed to convince someone.

But, suddenly he asked  (again) the unexpected question and the answer is not (too) convenient to be heard.

Then, you decided to cover it up with a little white lie.

You think- it's not worth to loss a customer because of simple mistakes in the conversation.

3.To looks innocent.

- You plan a prank for your sister and (clearly) all of the scheme must be covered with a lot of white lie.

Effect:

Actually, this's a light topic and I want to elaborate it with simple and concise conclusion.

I really aware that majority of us can consider the implication of the white lie they have said.

But, for some reason- You have to continuously lie to make sure the 1st lie looks truth (which the opposite in reality).

Some study has been conducted (Somewhere around the earth) where the result stated that, 'People tends to commit a white lie because they afraid of the repercussion of what they did' and 'due to low self confidence (don't believe in themselves) or environmental pressure'.

To me...

You can do whatever you want as long as you ready to sacrifice (or sacrificed yourselves) for it.

I'm done with 'Istiqamah article' just now.

But, for some reason- I'm not feeling satisfied with something.

Maybe with this sentence:

To be honest, I'm trying very hard to keep my privacy to myself and (surely) never intended to make it public. But, gradually my posting at social media starting to leak my identity, my way of thinking (that somehow- it's too typical or (seldomly) it was too liberal to be accepted by others) and I'm writing my problems as well. That's one of the terms that I have difficulty to follow. And now- I'm breaking the rule again.

I'm asking myself:

"Is it wrong to write something good? Even no one agrees"?

My subconscious mind replied with this:

"Actually the underlying cause is not the acceptance of others.

But- It is You- Who afraid to be judged by them".

John C. Maxwell had said in his book on How Successful People Growth: " .... feed your faith and starve your fear".

Which means you have to strive on what you believe in (In my case- I totally believe that I can perform better if I voice out my opinion to the public) and face your fear ( by accepting the fact that I'm afraid to be judged).

So that, you can increase your effectiveness by two or three fold.

Then, I'm trying to comfort myself by searching for evidence and urgency to change quickly:

These what I got:

B-B-N?

1. People keep changing-

But they do not expose it unless they find the situation is safe & less- critique from others.

For example: I'm stalking my friend's IG and really flabbergasted on how drastically he had transformed himself  (From his hairstyle, caption at the shared images and his attitude to reply all of those annoying comments). I know him personally as someone whom pious and AJK Surau during the secondary school. But, today- The perspective doesn't match the reality.

He started to expose the transformation to his new clique.

(Where he is totally unknown right there & no one knows his history & good profile, thus he dare to show the other side of himself)

2.   People want to stay at the comfort zone and maintained the good label-

This second point is really correlate with the first and circulating on the perspective of how we see ourselves on another person's shoes. We want them to keep cherish and stay with us by always calibrate our point of view side to side. So, no argumentation and no misunderstanding from both parties that may risk the bond build between we- and them.

3. Low self esteem- 

Actually self compassion is different from self esteem.Self- esteem often falters when we are less- than- perfect, and dives into depression and anxiety. Self- compassion recognizes that humans are flawed and our 'failures' are part of humanity. So, when they kick start their action to open up the mask- They find tribulation which slows the momentum gradually and end up with not to change mind.

4. Don't know how to react accordingly with their labelled value-

Just now, you post something that considered as rare and waiting for the comments from the acquaintances and friends. First, you can handle it but after four or five persons started to give their opinion back to back- You find it difficult to maintain the good vibe and avoid the same posting on the future.

But, this trick is useful if it is used gradually to give the sense of comfort and in- control feeling to you.

5. You name it....

Actually... all of these aforementioned points are intertwined with one another and hardly changed if it came within us.

So, if we want to be better. We have to know on how to do things right by identify the roots of problems and do the appropriate action

I decided to be brand new and go further.

How about you?

Fly-Non-Stop

Bismillah....

Istiqamah?

Ada apa dengan istiqamah?

Adakah begitu sukar untuk kekal beristiqamah?

Istiqamah

If you asked me that question.

I'll answer (confidently).

Yes! It is. 

I have difficulty to maintain my consistency in efforts.

Untuk memulakan sesuatu yang baru, kita memerlukan semangat dan langkahan pertama.

Namun, untuk meneruskan kejayaan yang sedia ada- Ia memerlukan strategi dan motivasi yang konsisten dalam menjayakannya.

To be honest, I'm trying very hard to keep my privacy to myself and (surely) never intended to make it public.

But, gradually my posting at social media starting to leak my identity, my way of thinking (that somehow- it's too typical or (seldomly) it was too liberal to be accepted by others) and I'm writing my problems as well.

That's one of the terms that I have difficulty to follow.

And now- I'm breaking the rule again.

Saya pernah terdengar sebuah syarahan yang disampaikan di musolla kampus, bunyinya begini:

" Untuk memulakan sesuatu yang baru, kita mestilah menyediakan dasar yang mantap supaya apa yang 'ditimpakan' ke atasnya benar- benar mampu ditampung dan diteruskan lagi- lagi dan lagi".

Faham tak?

Tak faham...?

haha..,

Let me explain it to you.

Untuk menambahkan sesuatu yang baru dalam hidup kita. Perkara pertama yang mesti diconsider adalah tapak ataupun niat akan sesuatu perkara.

Bayangkan apa yang mahu kita siapkan ini adalah sebuah rumah. 

So, tapaknya haruslah mantap, utuh dan tersusun rapi.

Apabila dasar sudah mantap, barulah beralih kepada binaan seterusnya seperti dinding, syiling etc.

Logically, adakah sebuah binaan mampu berdiri jika tapaknya fragile - dan ditimpakan pula dengan berlapis- lapis batu bata di atasnya?

Apa yang berlaku?

Ya! Rumah tadi hanya bertahan, mungkin setahun dua sahaja- Dan akhirnya, ia akan ranap menyembah bumi.

Up to that moment- 'Apa yang kita sangkakan sebagai bulding block tadi (sebenarnya) menjadi beban yang memusnahkan segala penat lelah dan jerih perih yang diusahakan selama ini.

Jadi, konklusi dari sayarahan tadi- Jika anda inginkan istiqamah:

1. Pasakkan niat yang jelas & mantap dalam hidup anda.

2. Pastikan anda punyai rakan untuk mengingatkan apa yang seharusnya dilakukan (Which making you more discipline from one day to another).

3. Create journal- Sebagai catatan sejauh mana perjalanan anda & pemantauan secara berkala.

4. Sentiasa berdoa dan sebutkan apa yang mahu diistiqamahkan usai solat (Penegasan 5 kali sehari ).

5. Bayangkan betapa ruginya anda jika berhenti sebelum ia menjadi satu tabiat baik yang baru.

Sedikit yang berterusan, bukan banyak yang bermusim

Jom kita laksanakan bersama- sama.