New Streams of Life (24)
New Streams of Life (24)
After the few agitated nights with doubts and worries finally I am as ease with
myself again. The appeal went on as expected and turned out as well as it could
go. But I know I am going to turn the offer down, because the grilling process made me see though the dark sides of my ex-supervisor. Seeing her defend herself
in the boardroom made me want to laugh inside. I wonder if she realizes now that
not everybody cares about a position to the extent he/she will do anything to keep it.
Stopping rushing out to work every morning gives me more time to think what I want to do next and to learn what I have intended to learn for a long time. I have
been reading one book about marketing all the afternoon today. Like my friend and probably quite a few other people in this world, I have held the concept that marketing is like accessory in the business fields, and you probably can do without it but you can’t be sure, simply because all the companies now are doing
it.
This book, titled as Marketing, can give every lay-man a lucid view of what marketing is about. For example, there is one part in the book which stated that “…
Economically, sell enough at the right price and eventually you’ll reach profit
targets…Complement economic thinking with imaginative marketing and you’ll spend less time and fewer resources increasing profits and brand values.
And then there is another part in this book the writer introduced The Boston Matrix, which is a matrix of four boxes (Star, Problem Children, Cash Cows, and Dogs). Every product or service was said to be able to be categorized into one of the quadrants. As the runner of the company, you need to be aware of which stage
your business is at and which catalog your product belongs to in order that you
can make the adjustment and turn your business towards the direction you intend
to go.
While reading this book I remembered my trip to Plymouth University Library yesterday. After finishing the appeal I took a bus to the university, as I craved for fresh air and a quiet place to have a rest. I lingered at the library for a long time, as I was constantly checking the availability of books about certain fields that I intend to know. There was simply so much information and knowledge that I was unaware of or ignorant about. But gladly I wasn’t daunted.
The trip to the library in person made me make up my mind to have a university library card. It costs quite a lot of money each year but I think it will be well
worth it, given the fact that in UK books are just so expensive to buy. Besides I think what I will gain from the membership will be well more than what the equivalent money can buy in any possible way.
This afternoon I wrote to my sister, telling her that I probably won’t rush out
for jobs for a while. I want to stop to give myself a bit time to figure out what I really want to do. This morning I spent a couple of hours updating my freelance homepage. I want to give it another try, after all there are quite a few months passed since I updated and promoted it last time. Lots of things have happened and I believe I have become more experienced in comparison to the past.
I understand that I can’t stay home long if I can’t work out a better solution
than working in an office. But on the other hand, while I can afford to stop to
have a rest, I should try to be a sponge, taking in new information as much as
I could. Working for the company during the past two months actually allowed me
to see how much one actually can achieve and learn in one day.
In the DVD coming with Stephen R. Covey’s book The 8th Habit: From effectiveness to greatness, Stephan showed audiences with a simple experiment that in our life how easily we could be buried with small things and neglect what we should have done first. The writer also mentioned in the book that there were four elements that we couldn’t achieve success without: vision, discipline, passion and conscience. And I think he is absolutely right.
At the moment if anyone asks me what I want to do next I have to admit that I don’t know. Looking back to what happened in 2007 I have to say it hasn’t been an easy year. But somewhat I still hold the confidence as I held when I just first arrived in England which was eleven months ago. I believe it is a good sign. And in the coming New Year, I just hope the sense of the confidence and self-belief will stay within me no matter what will happen.
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