Live below your means. You must deprive yourself of money early, so you can invest your way to wealth.
Build a machine. You can’t become wealthy by your job or business alone. You need to create systems of passive income where you put invest.
Good debt vs Bad debt. Bad debt is that loses you money like credit card or high-interest loans. Good debt is that makes you more money than the interest you pay. Example: If you buy a property on debt and have the rental income higher than your loan payments.
Save 10% every month. People who don’t have money saved, are one disaster away from a debt spiral. They can lose their job or get an accidental medical bill and resort to high-interest debt. Don’t be those people’.
Invest money in you. People think they are smart to not buy a (valid) course but it’s the dumbest decision. The only place where you must spend freely is self-improvement. Because without it, your income won't increase.
Planned purchases. You can buy yourself nice things but the real enemy is impulse purchases. You order it only to find out you don’t need it that much. That’s why when you want something, the more planned the better.
Friends with savings. Don’t throw your money away with people who spend at expensive restaurants or on useless wants. You need to have friends who have the same economic-values as you do. Remember, when poor people make fun of your money choices, you are on your way to wealth.
I’m 25. Below are some of the habits that I practice daily.
Cultivate your focus. Here’s how:
Work on a task single-mindedly. Multitasking isn’t a virtue. Your mind isn’t designed to multitask. When I multitask, I usually get little things done. When I singletask, things get completed pretty effectively.
Your mind will sneakily look for distractions. That’s normal. Acknowledge your wandering mind and refocus on your task.
Focus on things which are reasonably beyond your comfort zone. So that you can grow. Solve challenging questions. Study helpful topics. Challenge your pre-existing beliefs.
When you master the ability to focus, you get into flow state much more easily. Your learning curve will increase exponentially. You’ll be an effective learner and productive hustler.
I hope you see that the opportunity to practice focus is everywhere. Focus is an invaluable asset. Cultivate it.
Read. Here’s how:
Most people don’t read. Some read for pleasure. Few read to improve their behavior. To improve your life, read with the grand objective to improve your behavior.
It’s easy to intellectualize the things you’ve read, and that’s required. But most people are trapped there, almost forever. You have to go beyond that. You want to have both the theory and practice. You want to internalize those wisdom. Don’t simply stop at understanding something intellectually - make it a part of who you are.
Assess yourself and identify your current bottleneck. If you procrastinate recently, read books about procrastination. Understand the mechanism of procrastination deeply. If you want to be more financially-literate, read books like Rich Dad Poor Dad, Cash Flow Quadrant and The Millionaire Next Door. I’ve read those books again and again. Good results do happen.
Highlight important text. Make your own notes. Challenge the author’s point of view if necessary. You don’t have to agree with everything the author says. Cultivate your own thinking ability.
Most importantly, revisit your books from time to time. New wisdom will be explored. That’s what I consistently experience.
Reflect. Here’s how:
It’s impractical to aim to be a perfect human being. It’s more practical to be the best we can be, and reflect from our mistakes.
You have to accept that mistakes are unavoidable. In fact, mistakes are our silent mentors. Just make sure you don’t make the reckless and foolhardy ones. That’s a different story.
Identify behaviors which weigh you down and consciously decide to behave better next time. For example, if you waste too much time on the bed, make a conscious decision to literally jump out of the bed once you wake up.
I was stupid. I used to make my reflection sessions into self-sabotaging sessions. Don’t do that. You can’t change your past. Accept it and look forward.
Imagine you applying reflection on your career, relationship and the skills you want to build. Man, you’ll be able to go much further.
Feel good. Here’s how:
You don’t want to feel bad, do you? Well, understand that it’s you who fundamentally determines how you feel. In other words, inner work is required.
Practice gratitude. No matter how good or bad your life is, there must be something to be grateful about. This morning, I am consciously grateful that I am alive, the sun is bright and my car engine starts smoothly. You get the point.
The ability to feel good is a skill. Build that skill, so you don’t have to depend on low-conscious things like alcohol, party and junk food to feel good temporarily.
I’m not suggesting you to abstinate from alcohol, party and junk food all together. You can enjoy those things, as long as you don’t make them as your only source of good feelings. Put this crucial understanding into perspective.
You can feel good at anytime. Anytime. The question is, are you actually willing to make it happen?
Exercise. Here’s how:
Pick up some physical activities you like and do it for at least three times per week and 30 mins per session. Better yet, exercise daily.
Have fun while exercising. Be present in the moment. Put all other things aside.
Health is wealth. To verify, you may ask those wealthy people laying on the hospital beds. I’ve asked them. Yes, they said health is wealth.
Don’t mix up exercising with competition. If you jog, there’s no need to be the fastest runner in your town. Just jog, sweat and enjoy. Your goal is to be healthy, not to win medals.
Make friends through exercising. It will be fun. Also, a number of them may become your best buddies or confidants someday.
I practice these habits consistently, and my life’s improving.
Day 1
01:00am - Gathering at SMK Taman Tasik, Taiping.
09:00am - Arrive at Immigration check point.
10:00am - Breakfast at Kedai Makanan Kak Piah. Total cost for 4 people is 310 bhat.
12:13pm - Arrive at Trang Andaman Gateway to take picture with elephant statue.
02:00pm - Stop at Kanittha Cake for pray and lunch.
03:51pm - Stop by pineapple store to eat pineapple
05:30pm - Check in JS Residence Krabi Hotel
07:00pm - Dinner at restaurant halal
09:00pm - Went to Krabi Town Night Market
Day 2
07:00am - Breakfast at Bangnara Roti & Coffee
08:47am - Watch elephant at Aonang Krabi Safari
10:00am - Went to Fossil Shell Beach to buy some cloth
12:15pm - Bus drop us at Kruathara, Changwat Krabi to take our boat for Island hopping. The 1st island is Phang Nang Beach, 2nd is Poda island and we are having lunch there, 3rd is Tup island, 4rd is Chicken island and we snorkeling in the middle of the sea. Change our wet cloth and rush back to hotel to pray.
09:27pm - Having dinner at Abdullah halal food restaurant near the night market
Day 3 07:00am - Breakfast at Bangnara Roti & Coffee 08:52am - Went to Crab sculptures of Krabi nearby to take picture 10:45am - Stop at RnR Trang Patthalung for toilet break 02:25pm - Having lunch at D Hat Yai Reastaurant 03:29pm - Went to Kaysorn Souvernier 04:17pm - Went to Nore Plaza 04:48pm - Local Products Shop Songkhla 06:56pm - Padang Besar Imegration Check Point 01:17am - Arrive at SMK Taman Tasik Taiping. Heading back to home.
After participating in Back2School program in the morning and undergo 2nd half work in the office, I mange myself to come to annual dinner at my work place. The theme of the dinner is musical.
I attend to Management Trainee Program 2018 (MaTP 2018) interview at G Hotel. There were total of 33 participants who came from an awesome different background who came to this event. Many of them came from overseas University with higher CGPA. According to the panel who is the manager, only 2 person will be selected to join the course in 18 months that will receive a local or division specific onboarding as well as an MaTP-specific onboarding. The selected candidate will gain access to all regular standard company benefits. The rest candidate who not selected might be offered for other job position.
The refreshment was served to all participants throughout this even. The participants was given 2 case studies to be solved and discussed in group (4 people) in 30 minutes and present their result to 5 panel judges in 15 minutes. I was assign in group B with Luther, Thaness, and Blaqis. They are so enthusiasm during this event and I learned a lot of thing from them by this short hour of friendship :)
"Engineer can be Manager, Manager can't be Engineer."
First of all, I would like to thank to my supervisor who always keep encourage me to make through to this conference even though I felt like I'm not good enough to make it this far. Even though I was in the midst of facing an unwanted issue, I keep pretending I was alright. Hehe. I feel blessed and greatful for giving me this exciting opportunity to participate in this conference with plenty of grant support.
International Conference on Robotics, Vision, Signal Processing and Power Applications (ROVISP) has been routinely organized by School of Electrical & Electronic Engineering, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) since 1994 (known as Robotics, Vision & Parallel Processing for Industrial Automation, ROVPIA). The conference has been a place for researchers, scientists, engineers, academicians, students and industrial professional to present and exchange research findings and activities.
This year, the 10th ROVISP2018 is held in conjunction with 11th Regional Conference on Electrical & Electronic Engineering (RCEEE2018), sponsored by Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for AUN/SEED-Net. RCEEE is an annual conference organized by member institutions of AUN/SEED-Net with the purpose to present research outputs of the AUN/SEED-Net network and to pursue discussions on future collaborative research topics. The ROVISP2018 and RCEEE2018 will be held at Wembley St-Giles Hotel in Georgetown, Penang on 14th – 15th August 2018. The topics of interest are as follows but are not limited to:
Robotics, Control, Mechatronics and Automation
Vision, Image and Signal Processing
Artifical Intelligence and Computer Applications
Electronic Design and Applications
Biomedical, Bioengineering and Applications
RF, Antenna Applications and Telecommunication Systems
Nasihat Nabi s.a.w kepada Ali r.a Wahai Ali, bagi orang ‘ALIM itu ada 3 tanda-tandanya: 1) Jujur dalam berkata-kata. 2) Menjauhi segala yang haram. 3) Merendahkan diri. Wahai Ali, bagi orang yang JUJUR itu ada 3 tanda-tandanya: 1) Merahsiakan ibadahnya 2) Merahsiakan sedekahnya. 3) Merahsiakan ujian yang menimpanya. Wahai Ali, bagi orang yang TAKWA itu ada 3 tanda-tandanya: 1) Takut berlaku dusta dan keji. 2) Menjauhi kejahatan. 3) Memohon yang halal kerana takut jatuh dalam keharaman. Wahai Ali, bagi AHLI IBADAH itu ada 3 tanda-tandanya: 1) Mengawasi dirinya. 2) Menghisab dirinya. 3) Memperbanyakkan ibadah kepada Allah s.w.t.
