FOR MIENS AND BDSMCO. WEBSITES.
GO HOME, AND THINK ABOUT IT.
To a good question by Azu, has internet
business (IMVU or otherwise) work for you?
To be very honest, business
whether in IMVU, internet or otherwise – hasn’t been really kind to me. There were
years where business were going up but never really been what I would’ve
wanted. Those years, we call it – learning years and whatever that went out, we
called it learning fees. That years, had gone by very quickly.
In terms of internet
doing-business on the whole, there are more losses compared to gain in terms of
financial resources, time and people. Seldom will I work with the same people
whom I achieved abject results. Reason being, we have been there and it had
been painful existence.
So, why BDSMCo. and what sort of “achievement”
or “outcome” do you wish for?
BDSMCo. had always been part of
the good plan within MIENS (Mien Universal Services). To charge at reasonable
figure, in some cases – premium for excellent ideas with people that can make things
work. Out of the ordinary.
For example,
I used potted plants as an idea
for security deterrent instead of just hidden cameras in a jewellery shop. It’s
simple, aesthetic and nondescript. By understanding through general observation
of the flow and motion of human, speed and common-sense, we look towards
solutions that can be long-term, easy to maintain and workable.
The achievements and outcomes I
hope to achieve is putting the right people, at the right place for the right
fee. And getting the right results that we all want.
For the new BDSMCo. people.
There are three kinds of
failures, to work.
1.
Orientation.
2.
Commitment;
3.
Discipline;
OCD – Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
I have worked in KFC, Citicorp Nominees,
3 small-medium size accounting firms, owned an incorporated business which
eventually I took over the 51% shares, own my own firm and worked as a General
Manager for a Finnish IT group of companies.
Staff are happy, staff are
unhappy, staff couldn’t care less, people that care.
Because staff is staff – be it
two, four, twenty or two hundred. Humans are emotional animals, humans are
political animals (Aristotle) and humans have needs and wants. But when a
person who leads 2 to 200, have to think for the lives of more than himself or
herself instead of his or her own or his or her own family, don’t lead,
be a follower or go alone. Point here: more people, less work, less thinking. Else - automation.
For reasons, very rarely did my ex-bosses invite my ex-colleagues or me to their homes. They were bosses. One
day, out of my 20 over NGOs, I invited a group of rich men to my home for a
meeting – they were very uncomfortable siting almost 10 of them in cluster at a
small hall with a flipchart. Simple, you want this and that, and this is what I
have to start with. Modest place, but if my place is uncomfortable compared to
the 2,000 to 12,000 sq. ft. of homes they each have at prime location, think of
the less fortunate ones.
1. Orientation
The people who usually works with me, are smart arses.
Because I don’t need someone who kowtow to me just because I pay their salaries
and taxes. I want to know – what makes things work and what make things fail,
and where they were at each point – or – do I need to handle it myself.
Secondly, just because I give allowances to be
yourself, respect comes two-ways. There’s no reason to be obnoxious or rude
about things just to get your message across. Other people, like yourself –
have brains.
Finally, usually answers come in threes, not one, not two.
If you can only give ONE answer, why do anyone need a consultant? People need
alternatives. Choose 1, why, choose 2, why and choose 3, why.
2. Commitment
Stop making up excuses for yourselves.
Stop pointing fingers at other people’s weaknesses, to
deflect your own critical failures.
This friend of mine, is an intelligent man. Was young
and brash. No longer young and still brash. Honestly, when he has money, he
knew what to do with them. When he had nothing, he proudly announced to the
whole wide world. Twice a divorcee and they say third time, a charm. The only
think I can say is, he is not me.
Someone – a man or a woman, may not want anything of
you when you don’t have the means. They want the best for you. No worries, no
sickness, money etc. They will even split up with you, so that you can have
your piece of mind. Most of all, they might not want things outright, they do
wish to be given “something”, “anything” – that’s of value and can be
treasured, physically and mentally.
You have emo-, I have emo- everyone has emo-.
Question, when one does has emo- for their work, office and people who counts
on them, today and in future. When the f*** is that? As and when? One has the
mood for it? Then, there’s one emo- for that – its call, the way out.
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3. Discipline
No, I don’t have it too.
The only discipline I do have, is
talk business, do business and think business.
My ex-wife used to say, you are
indeed different from others. In the Maslow Hierarchy of Needs – you start at
the top – Self Actualisation with a silver spoon. Whereas the whole world
starts from the bottom, surviving and basic needs. Honestly, I did not start
with a silver spoon though granted I’m luckier than a lot of people.
I started by helping others and
not myself. I cannot say it’s wrong. But at the back of my mind, my ex-wife’s
statement is correct: one should help themselves first, before others. Or
shouldn’t it? That, I’m afraid – I am still discovering for myself. This is my
personal journey. It has not ended.
Where are you in your own current
journey? I do not know, you will have to think for yourself. And whether we
will cross-path and do well together? I do not know, I intend to but the rest,
is up to you.
Do your own homework and don’t
expect others to do it for you.
