When I came across this signboard one day in Kuala Lumpur, some inspiration went straight into my mind and I felt that I could use it to make a powerpoint presentation to motivate my plantation management staff in Indonesia. So I took out my camera to snap a shot of this signboard.
Whenever my old pal, JM Tan, emailed me, he used to remind me of all the favourite songs we used to sing along during our good old time in Clifford Secondary School, Kuala Lipis, Pahang. "TODAY NOT TOMORROW" reminds me of Elvis Presley's "IT'S NOW OR NEVER". This has to do with TIME MANAGEMENT.
GOD is good and fair. He created 24 hours for one day, not a second more nor a second less for everybody. So we have 8 hours to work, 8 hours to rest and 8 hours to sleep, and that's very ideal for everyone. Of course there are people who work more than 8 hours a day, but there are also people who sleep more than 8 hours a day!
For an workaholic, he always feels that he has insufficient working time. So he works and works and keeps on working for hours, forgetting that he needs a break to rest. Worst of all, he expects others to have same working attitude like him. But there are also people who dare not leave their offices after working hours just because their bosses are still around.
There is nothing wrong in working hard, but it's better to work smart as well, meaning that we have to optimise our available working time. By working smart, we can actually get work done on time if we really focus and dedicate ourself to "DO IT NOW" instead of wait and see. Very often, we are wasting our time by slow action or no action at all.
A job well done is able to finish our job "TODAY NOT TOMORROW" because there will be new job waiting for us to do tomorrow. "IT'S NOW OR NEVER" is a positive attitude as far as TIME MANAGEMENT is concerned. Pak Sungkimin, one of our Senior Plantation Managers, used to wear a cap with a phrase "TOMORROW WILL NEVER COME" stitched on it. I praised him for his positive thinking in TIME MANAGEMENT!
Just for joking, an I.D.I.O.T. is " I Do It On Time". Surely we are not idiots if we can do our job done on time! Hahaha.....
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Procrastination is the thief of time.
The statement above is very true. If we waste our time, we cannot get it back. So whatever we want to do while we're young or when we have the time, we should do it or we'll not have time to do it. Yesterday I watched CCTV9 on Astro and I discovered that senior citizens in China engaged in various activities to make themselves happy. They even have a Senior Citizens' University where they can take up calligraphy, music, art and others. The U is run by retired lecturers for retired people. They even write books for sale. So I call upon those who are retired to take up something of interest to make your mind active. Whether to learn music or cooking or tai chi, it's up to you as long as it makes u happy and contented. Don't go for things where there is a lot of pressure like doing business. Doing business is a thing of the past for retirees.After all the years of hard work, it's time to relax and enjoy the fruits of your labour ( provided you have planned well for your retirement where money is not a problem ). Leave all the headaches to the younger generation. It's their time to go thru the mill.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY PAK LOH! I know your birthday is in Sept., but I don't know the exact day.
"Time is like a river. You can't touch the same water twice, because the flow that has passed will never pass again!"
"When you keep saying that you will do it tomorrow, then your tomorrow will never come."
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