Cutting prices by 20% and yet maintain your margin

News source at:
http://finance.yahoo.com/career-work/article/108119/the-accidental-hero.html?mod=career-selfemployment
Business finance flow in a very simple manner, it starts from the top (gross revenue) to bottom (profit).
Now between that two point, there’s cost, cutting numbers from the revenue until they reach profit.
Equation wise, R – C = P (totally simplified)
So, one would suspect that a significant in reduction in revenue would cause [...]

What’s the best career move for fresh graduates?

Get yourself a good boss.
Totally.
If you have the option of 3 type of workplace:
1. A place that offers substantial pay compared to other company for fresh grads (it happens right?)
2. A place with good boss, people who are great themselves and really care about making their staff to be as good as them
3. A place [...]

The worst word in the world is “Kalian”

I notice that there are important “keywords” in communication, there are positive ones and negatives ones, and i notice that “kalian” is like the worst of all words.
Read further to understand why

Moving to the higher ground on motivation

I’ve mentioned the positive sharing blog (can be found here).
Now i like to share a bit about a post that really resonates with me.
(the full post can be found here)
The post talk about 4 different type of motivation, driven by positive or negative motivation and extrinsic or intrinsic factor.

Naturally, the best is positive and intrinsic [...]

Found a great blog on happiness at work

As a worker and supervisor, i believe in the values of making the workplace as place for personal growth.
Having challenging assignments that gives people the chance to expand their knowledge, push new mind boundaries.
That also means doing these challenging assignments in a positive environment, an environment where personal traits are appreciated, credit are properly given, [...]

Corporate Loyalty: what “being loyal to your company” is all about

Loyalty to your company?
The concept of being a “loyal” person is prevalent in Indonesia employment context. More managers i meet are saying, explicitly or through the conclusion of their talk, that loyalty is an important trait for the work place. That if you move companies once every one year, people would doubt your loyalty. So, [...]

Being kind does not equal being stupid

Jadi orang baik yang bukan berarti menjadi orang yang “bodoh”
Pengikut Yesus pasti punya hati yang mengikuti hati Yesus, hati yang baik, lemah lembut, rendah hati. Tapi apakah menjadi orang yang baik, lemah lembut dan rendah hati berarti membuat kita menjadi orang yang kurang cerdas.
Pertanyaan ini penting ketika kita berhadapan dengan realita kerja kita sehari-hari, dimana [...]