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Saturday, October 22, 2011

Kisah wanita Tua Penjual Tempe

Ada sebuah kampung di pedalaman Tanah Jawa. Disitu ada seorang perempuan tua yang sangat kuat beribadat. Pekerjaannya ialah membuat tempe dan menjualnya di pasar setiap hari. Ia merupakan satu-satunya sumber pendapatannya untuk menyara hidup. Tempe yang dijualnya merupakan tempe yang dibuatnya sendiri.

Pada suatu pagi, seperti biasa, ketika beliau sedang bersiap-siap untuk pergi menjual tempenya, tiba tiba dia tersedar yang tempenya yang diperbuat daripada kacang soya hari itu masih belum menjadi, separuh
jadi. Kebiasaannya tempe beliau telah masak sebelum bertolak. Diperiksanya beberapa bungkusan yang lain. Ternyatalah kesemuanya belum masak lagi.

Perempuan tua itu berasa amat sedih sebab tempe yang masih belum menjadi pastinya tidak akan laku dan tiadalah rezekinya pada hari itu. Dalam suasana hatinya yang sedih, dia yang memang kuat beribadah teringat
akan firman Allah yang menyatakan bahawa Allah dapat melakukan perkara-perkara ajaib, bahawa bagiNya tiada yang mustahil. Lalu diapun mengangkat kedua tangannya sambil berdoa , “Ya Allah , aku memohon kepadaMu agar kacang soya ini menjadi tempe . Amin”

Begitulah doa ringkas yang dipanjatkan dengan sepenuh hatinya. Dia sangat yakin bahawa Allah pasti mengabulkan doanya. Dengan tenang perempuan tua itu menekan-nekan bungkusan bakal tempe dengan hujung jarinya dan dia pun membuka sikit bungkusan itu untuk menyaksikan keajaiban kacang soya itu menjadi tempe . Namun, dia termenung seketika sebab kacang tu masih tetap kacang soya.

Namun dia tidak putus asa, sebaliknya berfikir mungkin doanya kurang jelas didengar oleh Allah. Maka dia pun mengangkat kedua tangannya semula dan berdoa lagi. “Ya Allah, aku tahu bahawa tiada yang mustahil bagiMu.
Bantu lah aku supaya hari ini aku dapat menjual tempe kerana inilah mata pencarianku. Aku mohon agar jadikanlah kacang soyaku ini kepada tempe ,Amin”

Dengan penuh harapan dan debaran dia pun sekali lagi membuka sedikit bungkusan tu. Apakah yang terjadi? Dia termangu dan hairan apabila tempenya masih tetap begitu!! Sementara itu hari pun semakin meninggi
sudah tentu pasar sudah mula didatangi ramai orang. Dia tetap tidak kecewa atas doanya yang belum terkabul. Walaubagaimanapun kerana keyakinannya yg sangat tinggi dia bercadang untuk tetap pergi ke pasar membawa barang jualannya itu. Perempuan tua itu pun berserah pada Tuhan dan meneruskan pemergian ke pasar sambil berdoa dengan harapan apabila sampai di pasar kesemua tempenya akan masak.

Dia berfikir mungkin keajaiban Allah akan terjadi semasa perjalanannya ke pasar. Sebelum keluar dari rumah, dia sempat mengangkat kedua tangannya untuk berdoa. “Ya Allah, aku percaya, Engkau akan mengabulkan doaku.
Sementara aku berjalan menuju ke pasar, Engkau kurniakanlah keajaiban ini buatku, jadikanlah tempe ini. Amin”. Lalu dia pun berangkat. Di sepanjang perjalanan dia tetap tidak lupa membaca doa di dalam
hatinya.

Sesampai sahaja di pasar, segera dia meletakkan barang-barangnya.
Hatinya betul-betul yakin yang tempenya sekarang mesti sudah menjadi. Dengan hati yg berdebar-debar dia pun membuka bakulnya dan menekan-nekan dengan jarinya setiap bungkusan tempe yang ada.

Perlahan-lahan dia membuka sedikit daun pembungkusnya dan melihat
isinya. Apa yang terjadi? Tempenya masih belum menjadi!! Dia pun kaget seketika lalu menarik nafas dalam-dalam. Dalam hatinya sudah mula merasa sedikit kecewa dan putus asa kepada Allah kerana doanya tidak dikabulkan.

Dia berasakan Tuhan tidak adil. Tuhan tidak kasihan padanya, inilah satu-satunya punca rezekinya, hasil jualan tempe . Dia akhirnya cumaduduk sahaja tanpa mempamerkan barang jualannya sebab dia berasakan bahawa tiada orang yang akan membeli tempe yang baru separuh menjadi. Sementara itu hari pun semakin petang dan pasar sudah mulai sepi, para pembeli sudah mula kurang.

Dia meninjau-ninjau kawan-kawan sesama penjual tempe , tempe mereka sudah hampir habis. Dia tertunduk lesu seperti tidak sanggup menghadapi kenyataan bahawa hari ini tiada hasil jualan yang boleh dibawa pulang.
Namun jauh d i sudut hatinya masih menaruh harapan terakhir kepada Allah, pasti Allah akan menolongnya. Walaupun dia tahu bahawa pada hari itu dia tidak akan dapat pendapatan langsung, namun dia tetap berdoa buat kali terakhir, “Ya Allah, berikanlah penyelesaian terbaik terhadap tempeku yang belum menjadi ini.”

Tiba-tiba dia dikejutkan dengan teguran seorang wanita.

“Maaf ya, saya ingin bertanya, Makcik ada tak menjual tempe yang belum menjadi? Dari tadi saya sudah pusing keliling pasar ini untuk mencarinya tapi masih belum berjumpa lagi.” Dia termenung dan terpinga-pinga seketika. Hatinya terkejut sebab sejak berpuluh tahun menjual tempe , tidak pernah seorang pun pelanggannya mencari tempe yang belum menjadi. Sebelum dia menjawab sapaan wanita di depannya itu, cepat-cepat dia berdoa di dalam hatinya”Ya Allah, saat ini aku tidak mahu tempe ini menjadi lagi. Biarlah tempe ini seperti semula, Amin”.

Sebelum dia menjawab pertanyaan wanita itu, dia membuka sedikit daun penutup tempenya. Alangkah seronoknya dia, ternyata memang benar tempenya masih belum menjadi! Dia pun rasa gembira dalam hatinya dan bersyukur pada Allah. Wanita itu pun memborong habis kesemua tempenya yang belum menjadi itu.

Sebelum wanita tu pergi, dia sempat bertanya wanita itu, “Mengapa hendak membeli tempe yang belum jadi?”
Wanita itu menerangkan bahawa anakn ya yang kini berada di England teringin makan tempe dari desa. Memandangkan tempe itu akan dikirimkan ke England , si ibu tadi kenalah membeli tempe yang belum jadi lagi supaya apabila sampai di England nanti akan menjadi tempe yang sempurna. Kalau dikirimkan tempe yang sudah menjadi, nanti di sana tempe itu sudah tidak elok lagi dan rasanya pun kurang sedap.

Perempuan tua itu pun kehairanan dan berfikir rupa-rupanya doanya sudah pun dimakbulkan oleh Tuhan…

Moral:

Pertama: Kita sering memaksakan kehendak kita kepada Tuhan sewaktu berdoa, padahal sebenarnya Tuhan lebih mengetahui apa yang kita perlukan dan apa yang terbaik untuk diri kita.

Kedua:. Sentiasalah berdoa dalam menjalani kehidupan seharian kita sebagai hambaNya yang lemah. Jangan sekali-kali berputus asa terhadap apa yang dipinta. Percayalah bahawa Tuhan akan mengabulkan doa kita sesuai dengan rancanganNya yang mungkin di luar jangkaan kita.

Ketiga : Tiada yang mustahil bagi Tuhan

Keempat : Kita sering ingin Allah memenuhi hak kita sedang kita tidak pernah mahu memenuhi hak Allah seperti menjaga SEMBAHYANG 5 WAKTU ,menyegerakan solat, berkata-kata perkara yang berfaedah dan berpesan ke arah kebaikan.

What Drives Your Motivation ?




Have you been burning with a desire to be your own boss? Do you feel the constant “temptation” to quit your job right now. You may feel enough is enough. Maybe you are even sick of working for other people. To be your own boss means controlling your own destiny, having your own time and no bosses to report to. Basically, you can do whatever you want. But before you really jump into a new territory of being on your own, you have to make sure that you are ready, well equipped and have the right motivation.

So, what drives your motivation? What are the reasons why you are starting that business? If your reason for starting a business is only money, you will definitely not last long. Study has shown that the successful startup entrepreneurs are not driven by money. They are driven by passion to transform the lives of people around them. Lifestyle entrepreneurs should not just be wealth accumulators. Your focus should be more on how many problems you would be able to solve through your solution and not how much you would accumulate.

I am not saying that accumulating wealth is not good but that should not be your main focus for starting that business. There is no way you will keep solving problems and money will not flow in your direction. So, take a second look at your motive before you drop that resignation letter. Along the way, you will be faced with so many challenges. These will happen when you least expect and they will test the motivation behind your business idea and your strength.

The only things that will sustain you will be your motivations – what drives you. Why did you decide to leave the comfort of a paying-job to embrace a life that is full of uncertainties? If money accumulation is the ONLY reason you are in business, it is most likely that you will not survive the storm when it comes. It is not too late to retrace your steps now. Take out some minutes right away, review your motivations right away and ensure that you are on the right track. If you feel if have had the wrong motivation(s), re-align yourself. So, what keeps you moving? Your decision to affect our generation or to enrich your pocket?

Look within and re-assess the reasons WHY you are starting that business…

Leadership is Motivation, the Leader is a Motivator




Real motivation is the key to effective leadership, and leadership is the key to effective motivation.

Effective leaders give their people, an overview of the full picture and what the company is trying to achieve. Then, they work with each person to establish individual goals that will meet or exceed the corporate objectives.

Every goal must be specific and detailed, then, your people can visualise its outcome. Make the goal important to the person who is responsible for achieving it, if not, they may lose interest, particularly if it is a longer term objective.

Goals should have a good chance of being achievable while still challenging the individual to push themselves beyond their existing comfort zone. Each goal must be relevant to the main objective of the organisation and relevant to the overall success of the company.

Set a time frame and deadline for each goal and ensure the deadline is realistic but, at the same time, challenging.

Work with your people to help them determine the goals that would be most appropriate for their development and growth and work with them to develop the appropriate action steps to achieve these goals and you will see a noticeable improvement in their performance.

Communicate and tell your people what is happening, people are hungry for information and from my experience, can be trusted with company details. Unfortunately, too many corporations and their middle managers feel that people should only be given information that is relevant to their specific job.

Keep them aware of the progress you are making in achieving your goals, people are naturally curious and want to know how they are doing. Do not reveal confidential information, but share information about the overall status of the company.

Regular update meetings, email correspondence, broadcast voice mails are just some of the ways you can communicate with your people. Another effective method is through casual discussions.

Communication must be clear and concise, employees want to know where they stand and, all but a few, want to do a good job. They want to know how, you, as their leader, view their performance. That's why it is critical that you give them direction and feedback on a regular basis.

Experience has taught me that people will work harder for someone who praises them and recognises the effort they put into their work. Acknowledge their energy and performance, their effort and commitment, how hard they worked and how involved they were with it.

Your people have a lot of knowledge and information and can often contribute valuable suggestions to improve the business. If you really want to create a team of highly motivated people take the time to listen to their comments and ideas.

Foster an environment that encourages the open sharing of information. Great leaders are always open to new ideas and methods of improving business and some of the best ideas come from the customer facing employees.

This last point is the most important. If you want a highly motivated team, then you must lead by setting the example. You must demonstrate enthusiasm, energy, team cooperation, honesty, integrity and commitment.

Treat people with respect and dignity, give them the tools to excel, grow and develop and encourage them to participate and get involved. Ask them for feedback, listen to their comments, and act on suggestions that will help your business succeed.

Set and communicate high standards, provide positive reinforcement when your people perform and involve them. You will soon see a motivated team that will do almost anything to help you succeed.

11 gradual steps to Success


1. choose your destination, probably the hardest part of success is really finding what you want and not second guessing it.

2. review your plan, right it down on paper not your computer. This will help it sink in much better.

3. read it every work day and re-write all of it weekly as you add and change your plan.

4. prepare for your plan, get all your ducks in a row before you take action

5. start fast and hard, be willing to make some mistakes and try harder then needed.

6. plan for set backs and shake them off when they come

7. learn from your mistakes and others in your industry

8. over shoot your goal and put yourself in the place as if you are there.

9. avoid shortcuts

10. master your fears, you will have to confront and concur many demons along the way .

11. persist until you succeed, decide that there is no option of failure only minor set backs

Can You Be a successful Entrepreneur ?


It takes a lot to be a successful entrepreneur. Do you have what it takes? Check out this list of qualities common in successful entrepreneurs and see how you measure up.

1. Great People Skills

Entrepreneurs have great people skills and understand that it’s the relationships between people that get things done. They enjoy being around people and know how to work a crowd without the crowd even realizing it!

2. Confidence—in Yourself and the Product

Another essential quality for any successful entrepreneur is confidence. We’re not talking about regular old self-confidence however. Entrepreneurs take it to another level. It’s that extreme confidence and belief in self and product that gives an entrepreneur the wherewithal to shamelessly promote a product or service.

3. Passion

Ever wanted something so bad you could taste it? Then you must be an entrepreneur! That burning desire to succeed is what enables entrepreneurial types to accomplish just about anything, from the apparently insurmountable to the thankless minutia required to keep your business running.

4. Perseverance

Every entrepreneur stumbles into roadblocks once in awhile, but what sets the successful ones apart is the ability to step back, re-evaluate, and take another route. You know that familiar saying, “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again?” Consider it the mantra of the successful entrepreneur.

5. Stamina and Energy

High energy levels and stamina go hand in hand with perseverance. Any successful entrepreneur will tell you that he or she has had a pattern of burning the midnight oil, skipping lunch, working 80 to 100 hours a week, and missing out on social events in pursuit of success.

6. Sharp Focus on Goals

Entrepreneurs are focused and goal oriented. They set up goals and develop plans of action to achieve those goals, whether they’re generating sales, improving efficiency, or reworking a product design in a time crunch.

7. An Understanding of How to Make Money

An entrepreneur’s primary goal is to make money. They are not content to work solely for the pleasure of doing something they love; they prefer cold, hard, cash and understand how to get it.

8. A Gift for Sales and Marketing

Entrepreneurs don’t have to be born closers, but they need to know how to sell and market their products. It usually comes naturally to business owners; even people who don’t enjoy sales usually find it easier to sell and market a product or service they completely believe in.

9. An Eye for Opportunity

Last but not least, an entrepreneur cannot be successful without a product or service that people want. Even if your product is fantastic, you won’t make a dime if there’s no market for it. Getting the right product in front of the right audience at the right time is crucial. The ability to spot a trend or need in the marketplace and run with it is the hallmark of every successful entrepreneur from the guys behind Ginsu knives (still going strong after more than 30 years by the way), to Vince Offer, creator of the ShamWow.

How To Build Your Personal Brand


It can be tough to pinpoint exactly what the term “personal brand” means, especially when it’s loosely used to describe everything from professional image, to manner of dress, to online reputation. While this broad definition may make the term seem like just another empty business buzzword — developing a personal brand can actually be a great get-ahead strategy for both job seekers and those looking to advance their careers.

So what exactly is a personal brand?

According to Dan Schawbel, author of “Me 2.0: 4 Steps to Building Your Future” and owner of PersonalBrandingBlog.com, “A personal brand is what you stand for and what makes you special. [It's] composed of values, a mission, and a positioning statement that depict what you do and who your audience is. [It] is an indicator for how valuable you are to employers and customers at every stage of your career.”

Your personal brand also encompasses the way you market yourself to your professional community, whether it be via your résumé, your LinkedIn profile, your manner of speaking or, yes, even the way you dress.

While creating a personal brand may seem daunting, chances are, you’ve already started building one. Here’s what you need to know in order to expand upon, shape and make use of the personal brand you’re already creating.

Define your brand

First and foremost, you need to decide what you want your personal brand to convey about you.

According to Schawbel, “Your personal brand should represent something that is unique to you; your personality, your passions, your talents and your dream goal. Ask yourself: ‘What do I want to be known for?’”

For instance, if you’ve spent most of your career as a human resources manager in the financial world, and your ultimate goal is to become the vice president of human resources at an investment bank, then your personal brand needs to send the message that you’re an expert and a leader in the areas of HR, management and finance.

Market your brand

Once you decide upon your professional goals and values, it’s time to start letting others know about them. This may seem like an odd concept at first — especially for those who have trouble tooting their own horn, so to speak — but there are plenty of ways to subtly start getting your new message out there.

The Internet is a good place to start establishing both visibility and a strong personal brand, Schawbel says. “[Take] ownership of your online presence because that is where almost all first impressions now occur. Start your own blog or website under your full name, as well as accounts on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn. Then, add your bio information to each and start reaching out to people in your industry using the tools. By constantly getting your name, face and valuable content out there, you will start to build and shape your brand, which will turn into opportunities,” he says.

On LinkedIn and Facebook, for example, that may mean joining groups that reflect your professional goals. On Twitter, that means tweeting about what’s going on in your field instead of your plans for the weekend. If you have a blog, update it regularly with posts and insights on your industry.

Be consistent

“Think about how you dress, how you behave, what you publish online — and what that says about who you are,” Schawbel says. All of these things should be consistent with the message your personal brand is trying to send.

For example, if your goal is to reach an executive-level position in the next five years; highlight your leadership qualities on your résumé, follow corporate leaders on Twitter, offer to spearhead new projects at work and dress like you’re already in the executive position you’re aiming towards.

“Your brand should be consistent because you never know how someone might find you,” Schawbel says.

Look at how others are branding you

To gauge the effectiveness of the brand you’ve created for yourself, evaluate how others see you — and whether it’s in line with the image you want to project.

“You know you’re communicating your brand effectively when your self-impression is equal to how people perceive you,” Schawbel says. “One way to find out this information is to see how people categorize you on Twitter, with Twitter lists. If you’re a personal finance expert, but people put you in real estate lists, you have a real problem.”

If you’re not on Twitter, asking colleagues or friends to sum up your professional image in a sentence or two will help you evaluate whether you’re branding yourself properly.

The bottom line, Schawbel says, is that “By building your brand throughout your career, you protect yourself from the unpredictable nature of the economy, and gain more career options and opportunities.” And in a time like this, who couldn’t use more opportunity?

10 habit of Highly Organized people

1. Walk away from bargains

Just because you can buy a cashmere sweater for $20 or three bottles of ketchup for the price of one doesn’t mean you should. “Ask, ‘Do I have something similar?’ and ‘Where am I going to store it?’ before making a purchase,” advises New York City professional organizer Julie Morgenstern, author of “Shed Your Stuff, Change Your Life.”

2. Make peace with imperfection

Efficient people give “A-level effort” to the most important projects (say, work assignments or a kitchen redesign), and for the rest they do just enough to get the job done, says Renae Reinardy, PsyD, a psychologist who specializes in hoarding disorders. Maybe you give yourself permission to bring store-bought cookies to a school bake sale or donate a bag of stuff — unsorted! — to Goodwill. “Trying to do every task perfectly is the easiest way to get bogged down,” says Reinardy.

3. Never label anything “miscellaneous”

You put a bunch of things into a file or box and write this catchall across the front. “But within a week you’ve forgotten what’s in there,” says Morgenstern. Instead, sort items into specific groups — “electric bills,” “lightbulbs,” and so on.

4. Schedule regular decluttering sessions

Rather than wait until an industrious mood strikes (we all know where that leads), have a decluttering routine in place — whether it’s spending 15 minutes sorting mail after work or tackling a new project every Sunday afternoon.

5. Stick with what works

“I have clients who will try every line of makeup, every cell phone — it’s exhausting,” says Dorothy Breininger, president of the Delphi Center for Organization. Don’t waste time (and money) obsessively seeking out the best thing.

6. Create a dump zone

Find a space to corral all the stuff that you don’t have time to put away the moment you step in the door, says Breininger. Once you’re ready to get organized, you won’t have to hunt all over the house for the dry cleaning or your child’s field trip permission slip.

7. Ask for help

“The organized person is willing to expose herself to short-term embarrassment and call for backup,” says Breininger. Which is to say, that elaborate four-course dinner you planned? Change it to a potluck.

8. Separate emotions from possessions

It’s healthy to be attached to certain items — a vase you picked up in Paris, your grandmother’s pearls. But holey concert tees or cheap, scuffed earrings your husband gave you years ago? Just let them go.

9. Foresee (and avoid) problems

You wouldn’t leave the house on a gray day without an umbrella, right? People who appear to sail through life unruffled apply this thinking to every scenario, says Breininger. Have a cabinet packed with leaning towers of Tupperware? Organized folks will take a few minutes to short-circuit an avalanche before it happens. (In other words, rearranging that cupboard now is easier than chasing after wayward lids as they scatter underneath the fridge.)

10. Know where to donate

It’s easier to part with belongings if they’re going to a good home. Identify a neighbor’s son who fits into your child’s outgrown clothes, or choose a favorite charity. “It will save you from searching for the perfect recipient every time you need to unload something,” says Morgenstern.

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