Contented - does it exist or is it just an excuse?
I've stumbled upon some articles today on how we should survive this 'aftermath' of rising oil prices and other consumer goods. Easier said than done, are the top people up there feeling the pinch ? I beg to differ. I think this aftermath doesn't apply to them. They are all already rich and the fact that oil prices have risen up, it is merely just an extra few bucks to spend from their wealth to fill up their Ferraris and Mercs ..
They asked us to adapt and change our lifestyle. Have we all not been doing that all this while at work ? I think we all have pretty much been adapting to these changes, trying to control our spending and to save from our static salaries. The costs of living are accelerating very high at a very frightening pace, yet what we are earning moves slowly and so predictable as the sunrise. I wonder how lower income families are adjusting themselves to this.
The demands of the world are high nowadays compared to the old days where life was so much simpler and more meaningful. Even for me, the demands of life has sometimes pushed me hard to the point of exhaustion. I have heard from someone that instead of pursuing and fitting yourself to the expectations of life , why not work towards having quality in your life. Quality means being fulfilled and contented. It doesn't matter if you work and earn little, but if you are able to live happily and not be too bothered by the demands of the world to gain material things , then you are contented. I admire that aspect.
This is when there is a little bit of injustice. You work with full of honesty, integrity and hard work, all to contribute to the company's goals. While you try your best to help the company, has the company itself reward you justly? What with the rising expenditures and cost of living .. the only excuse they give is because you don't work hard enough? Instead of words of encouragement , you are bombarded with excuses on why you are not performing and that you should do something 'extra' for you to noticed by the boss? I have this 'disease' going around where I work that we have a set of job scopes to fulfill for a good performance review. By normal circumstances, if you manage to fulfill your job with no errors, you should get rewarded as per normal right ? no brainer there. But the disease going on now is that you are not judged by what you fulfill on your job scope , but you are judged by what you do outside of your job scope. Well this includes petty little things like staying back late (even though some are just acting like they're busy or just didn't manage their properly during work) , send out e-mail blasts (it can be as something as little as informing everyone that you've just changed the printer toner) or involve in extra projects. Apart from contributing to the company for 12hours, they demand you to come on your off days for few hours just to show your face to the boss, to say that "hey boss, I'm here to contribute more to you, hoping you could give me a raise and I don't have a life besides my work .. hooray !"
Until today, there has been no vaccine to cure this disease. The only way to cure it is to change the culture for a start. Everyone is happy coming to work, but are they happy outside of the office as well? People issues man, get to the root of it and look into yourselves, the answer will be right in front of ya.
Looks like I have to drive real slowly to work now , or else I will burn more fuel on my Kembara and I hate to go to petrol pumps nowadays coz it pains my pocket !!
Just thought of writing down a fragment of the many scenarios that are affecting people's lives during these troubled and 'high' times. I believe the economy nowadays doesn't align itself hand in hand with how much people make for a living. How much longer can the people endure this while those at the top are still swimming in their own money ?
"Jimat perbelanjaan , belajar je dekat Universiti tempatan , tak payah ke luar negara" , says one politician . But where does he send his kids to ? overseas. Funny man.
Till all are one.
I've stumbled upon some articles today on how we should survive this 'aftermath' of rising oil prices and other consumer goods. Easier said than done, are the top people up there feeling the pinch ? I beg to differ. I think this aftermath doesn't apply to them. They are all already rich and the fact that oil prices have risen up, it is merely just an extra few bucks to spend from their wealth to fill up their Ferraris and Mercs ..
They asked us to adapt and change our lifestyle. Have we all not been doing that all this while at work ? I think we all have pretty much been adapting to these changes, trying to control our spending and to save from our static salaries. The costs of living are accelerating very high at a very frightening pace, yet what we are earning moves slowly and so predictable as the sunrise. I wonder how lower income families are adjusting themselves to this.
The demands of the world are high nowadays compared to the old days where life was so much simpler and more meaningful. Even for me, the demands of life has sometimes pushed me hard to the point of exhaustion. I have heard from someone that instead of pursuing and fitting yourself to the expectations of life , why not work towards having quality in your life. Quality means being fulfilled and contented. It doesn't matter if you work and earn little, but if you are able to live happily and not be too bothered by the demands of the world to gain material things , then you are contented. I admire that aspect.
This is when there is a little bit of injustice. You work with full of honesty, integrity and hard work, all to contribute to the company's goals. While you try your best to help the company, has the company itself reward you justly? What with the rising expenditures and cost of living .. the only excuse they give is because you don't work hard enough? Instead of words of encouragement , you are bombarded with excuses on why you are not performing and that you should do something 'extra' for you to noticed by the boss? I have this 'disease' going around where I work that we have a set of job scopes to fulfill for a good performance review. By normal circumstances, if you manage to fulfill your job with no errors, you should get rewarded as per normal right ? no brainer there. But the disease going on now is that you are not judged by what you fulfill on your job scope , but you are judged by what you do outside of your job scope. Well this includes petty little things like staying back late (even though some are just acting like they're busy or just didn't manage their properly during work) , send out e-mail blasts (it can be as something as little as informing everyone that you've just changed the printer toner) or involve in extra projects. Apart from contributing to the company for 12hours, they demand you to come on your off days for few hours just to show your face to the boss, to say that "hey boss, I'm here to contribute more to you, hoping you could give me a raise and I don't have a life besides my work .. hooray !"
Until today, there has been no vaccine to cure this disease. The only way to cure it is to change the culture for a start. Everyone is happy coming to work, but are they happy outside of the office as well? People issues man, get to the root of it and look into yourselves, the answer will be right in front of ya.
Looks like I have to drive real slowly to work now , or else I will burn more fuel on my Kembara and I hate to go to petrol pumps nowadays coz it pains my pocket !!
Just thought of writing down a fragment of the many scenarios that are affecting people's lives during these troubled and 'high' times. I believe the economy nowadays doesn't align itself hand in hand with how much people make for a living. How much longer can the people endure this while those at the top are still swimming in their own money ?
"Jimat perbelanjaan , belajar je dekat Universiti tempatan , tak payah ke luar negara" , says one politician . But where does he send his kids to ? overseas. Funny man.
Till all are one.
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