Don't work hard .. but work smart ... Selamat mencoba .. >Why go home by 5.30pm.......... >by Trade Minister Rafidah Aziz > >KOBE, March 18 (Bernama) -- With a reputation for her strong stamina >despite arduous and hectic schedules, it was not surprising that someone >had to ask the Minister of International Trade and Industry, Datuk Seri >Rafidah Aziz, where her source of almost boundless energy came from. > >"In my job, you have to be cheerful because it's about wanting people to >invest. Can you imagine if I come to Kobe with a sour face and no smile? >You will not want to come to Malaysia," she said when asked by a Japanese >businessman to reveal the secret of her staying power at a seminar on >Business Opportunities in Malaysia here today. "You're great. You're so >dynamic and cheerful. We don't see such a character in our Japanese >ministers," said the businessman who was obviously an admirer of Rafidah's >dynamic personality. > >In reply, Rafidah said she was a naturally cheerful person."I am not making >it up (in being cheerful). I laugh a lot and so it's easy for me to be >cheerful. It's not like I'm pretending to be cheerful. My nature is like >that," she said in a matter-of-fact and yet lighthearted manner. The >minister said her energy also came from the fact that she liked her job. >"I've been in this job (her present position) for 16 years and I have been >in the government for 27 years," she said, acknowledging that she was no >longer young as she would be 60 years old this year and already has >three grandchildren. "It makes me happy. You must always do what that makes >you happy. If you're not happy, you don't do it. That's very simple... If >you don't like the thing but you have to do it (anyway), you'll get the >sour face,"she said. Rafidah said she usually did not bring her work home >with her. But if she really has some work to finish up, she would wake up >at 5.00 am to complete it. "If I go home late, my driver will have to wait >for me, my security guard will have to wait for me and my other staff also >has to wait for me. And they will curse me because they want to go home >(early)," she said. > >Rafidah said if she did not leave for home by 5.30 pm, there was a >likelihood that there would be five or six people who could be angry with >her. "Angry people are not productive," she said, admitting that she was >also not productive in her work after 5.30pm. "After 5.30 pm,I'm not >productive. So five unhappy staff and one unhappy minister is not >good (at all)," she said. > >Rafidah felt that working very late in office was a waste of time. >"You would be better off at home, (or) go out for dinner or play golf. So >(at >least) you're happy and the next morning yo! u're fresh," she said. "If you >go home late at 11.00 pm or midnight and you don't look at your family and >tomorrow you go into the train to go to office, in the end you're not happy >and your family is not happy," she said. "The world will go on even if you >go home at 5.30. The world will not stop if you go home at 5.30 pm. "Why >must you go home at 11.00 pm? What's the point and how much work >can you do between 5.30pm and 11.00pm?" "Enjoy yourselves and be happy. I >find that I work more when I'm happy," she said. -- BERNAMA > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ADVERTISEMENT > > > > > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- --------- >Yahoo! Groups Links > > a.. To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ex-smsj/ > > b.. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > c.. Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > > > >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.709 / Virus Database: 465 - Release Date: 22/06/2004
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