1. Never make language barrier a
limitation to succeed. Lim Goh Tong did not speak or write in English. He spoke
Hokkien in his native land China, and after coming to Malaysia, he learned
Bahasa Malaysia, Cantonese & Mandarin. But that did not stop him to
negotiate one of the biggest business contracts in the country.
2. Be polite,
humble and respectful to others. If you can rub shoulders with tycoons,
politicians and high officials, ask yourself, can you get along well too with
hawkers and manual workers? Often times, success goes to our heads and we
forget where we came from and our hardship seems to be a forgotten past.
3. When it
comes to appointment and meeting, have a habit to be punctual. Better still
come 5 to 10 minutes early. Malaysians have a very weird habit when it comes to
appointments, interviews and meeting. Don’t be one. Make punctuality your
personal and business principle.
Do not make
excuse to cancel appointments just because the person is not important. Also, a
good advice is that, if you want to know if a person will be a good friend and
business partner, watch if he arrives on the appointed time when you set a date
or meeting. If you are late for job interview when you can be early, know that
you will not make a good employee.
4. Live a
disciplined, simple life. Get up early from bed to start your day. You will see
prosperity coming your way.
5. Make
effort to carry something that you can write or jot down when you have anything
coming to mind. Lim Goh Tong used small notebook. Now you are spoiled with
choices when it comes to note taking - PDA, mobile phone, note book and so on.
Do not make excuses. Also, organize your day with a diary or personal
organizer. Always create a to do list.
6. Be bold
yet cautious (the Chinese say “Dan Da Xin Xiao˜). Try things that have never
been done before. Challenge the norm of ways of doing work or job. Be willing
to take that risk. A reward is waiting at the end of it.
7. Believe
the power of conviction. If you make a decision and you believe that is a
strong one, go ahead with it, no matter what you are up against. Believe in
yourself.
8. Don’t make
enemies. Avoid stepping on other people’s toes which is quite a norm in
business and corporate world. People who do this will not last long. People who
take short cut will have their success short lived. You have witnessed this.
People say sometimes this can’t be avoided. That’s a lie. Under all
circumstances, stay away from it.
9. If you
build a successful business and organization, always believe that the most
valuable asset of a company is its people. It is the people that make up the
organization. It is the people that run the organization. It is the people that
makes things happen.
10. If you
don’t have benefit and exposure to modern management, never doubt you can run a
company as big as Microsoft. Good education is essential, but lack of education
and training is never a barrier to become a boss to the smartest people on the
planet.
11. Employ a
person or make business with a person when you trust him or her. If you do not
trust them; don't employ and don't make business with them.
12. Do good
to others; you will be rewarded somehow. Learn to give first, and receive
later.
13. Prepare
for personality makeover. If you are shy and quiet (like Lim Goh Tong when he
was 20s), learn to be articulate and more extrovert. Banish the shyness and the
inferiority complex. Otherwise, you will not get that job, or awarded that
business contract. If you are rude, learn to be polite.
14. Be
grateful for what you have. Life has been kind to us. Hence we should treasure
our life and make it a meaningful one. Drive yourself harder and become more
committed to work.
This second article is talk about entrepreneur skill and
behaviour Tan Sri Dato Seri (Dr.) Lim Goh Tong has. And what characteristics
that an entrepreneurs needs to obtain their business. Tan Sri Dato Seri (Dr.)
Lim Goh Tong taught us 14 things that how to be a succeed entrepreneur, that
was never make language barrier a limitation to succeed; be polite, humble and
respectful to others; when it comes to appointment and meeting, have a habit to
be punctual; live in a disciplined, simple life; make effort to carry something
that you can write or jot down when you have anything coming to mind; be bold
yet cautions and try things that have never been done before; believe the power
of conviction; don’t make enemies and avoid stepping on other people’s toes
which is quite a norm in business and corporate world; always believe that the
most valuable asset of a company is its people; If you don’t have benefit and
exposure to modern management, never doubt you can run a company as big as Microsoft;
employ a person or make business with a person when you trust him or her; do
good to others; prepare for personality makeover; and the last was be grateful
for what you have.
After I
read this article, I felt that was true. Before I enter University, I had work
in Agency about introduction of foreign workers and maid, the company’s boss is
a Singaporean. She does not proficient in Malay and she don’t know read and
speaks in Malay but that was not a problem when she cooperation with Indonesia
agent. Now, she can speak fluent Malay. Employ
a person who you trust is very important, because it same theory with you won't
catch a mouse into your rice tank.
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