Office discipline and politics

How we react depends on the environment that we constantly live in. If the environment emits negative aura, our reactions will be negative as well.

What is negative reaction? It means a lot. In a gist, we are full of hatred, pessimistic, unforgiving, full of anger and easily believing old grandmother's tale. in Malay, the tahyul mahyul.

It is always easy to blame others and not ourselves first. Why don't we worry correcting ourselves first before correcting others? The question is, who are we to correct others for their actions? If everyone correct themselves first, the world will need no blaming.

For the negative aspects people have, ignore it. Do not magnify or highlight it to them. It will subconsciously be the focus in that person's mind. Explore the positive behavior of people - if he comes early to work, if he has done a good report, if he took the effort to clean the office - praise them and praise the Lord. Who knows, we might be the first person ever to realize his positive attributes. He will beam with happiness and eager to show more. In the end, the negative traits will dissipate.

We are the magnet of negative surroundings. 

Imbue the positive energy in our heart first, then only we can exude the positive energy onto others. Positivity is contagious. So is happiness and even a simple smile.

I will smile starting today. It is a gift that I can really afford.

Leaders, set an example. It will never be easy to correct people head on. Humans are reactive in nature. By default, the reactions are negative. The solution is, be responsive to the needs of the surroundings. Slowly, the we will reap from the positive changes. These goes to all of us, as all of us are leaders.

For this, I will focus only in the positive. Speak positively and think positively. Do not speak ill of others. Everybody is good. We are human, mistakes are inevitable. The only thing, we will constantly correct them and improve our internal software. How do you think iphone 5 was made, without iphone 3? It was through constant review of the product itself.

We are the product of ourselves. Every thought process, from the input that we received upto the reaction to our surrounding are the processes involved in the packaging of that product. Like consumers, people will judge the product and form thoughts about the product. Imagine if the product is thought to be cheap although it may be worthless.

Knowledge should be shared

Knowledgeable people are humble people. The more they read and try to understand what is being read, they know that the world is too big for them, and how small there are. There are limitations to the human mind, but we not should limit ourselves from constantly asking and seeking for knowledge. In other words, we should not stop questionning in order to understand the world.

Somehow or another, the enlightened people would realized that behind all these science, is a power than runs it all. This power is so powerful that volcanoes erupt when the time comes, and human dies after the heart stops beating. How fragile we are. Yet, despite all this, some human choose to be ignorant and side with their egoistic view of life. They have decided that knowledge is not for sharing, but only for the exclusive few.

Does it hurt at all to share knowledge? Or, if the knowledge is shared, will it cause the money in the banks to deplete, that we can't afford to sustain ourselves? Do some people consider the act of sharing knowledge is a subtle form of stealing? Or, sharing is actually taking away some of the knowledge from the recluse and creases of the brain? Making one dumber by the day?

Think again, to whom do we owe our brain?

Sharing is caring. It is very true. Knowledge shared is a knowledge gain. It consolidates the long term memory. That is how great academic institution was built. It was built with love. The love of knowledge. Love invoke passion. Passion in the business of knowledge, never bankrupts. The person may die, but the work will continue, worked out by similarly passionate person.

Are you sure that you want recognition? Recognition in the form of titles are for humans only. When you are gone, the names and the title may be forgotten. But not the work that has inspired others. Yes, of course we can call you Prof, Datuk, Tan Sri, all that fancy your wits. But that is as far as it goes. Surely, happiness is only at the surface. But inside, only the Powerful One knows. To be perfectly happy, we have to be happy inside out and not vice versa.

I will be happy to share. Share and be happy. Give and never expect to take. For the sharing of knowledge is the most beneficial gift of all.