工作關係，我常常做public speaking，或主持，或分享，有時也會玩票地教教書。
Wai Lim 前公司也是跨國企業，午膳時間亦有 sharing sessions。 Wai Lim 說他在這些活動一定選擇中間座位；無他，開講後主持一定會請聚居後座的同事挪往沒有人坐的前排位置，位居中者如醒目的Wai Lim，卻可安安樂樂。
哈哈。洗咩咁麻煩，如果我做speaker，遇見這樣的情況，我一定行入受眾中間。邊個話speaker 一定要被限死在講壇上說法架？！
Thom Singer shares:
The best orators go beyond the stage. They walk into the crowd as they deliver their remarks. Oprah Winfrey is famous for this style of speaking while amongst the audience, and it is one of the reasons that people feel connected to her when she speaks.
The best non-professional speaker I have ever seen was a CEO delivering a lunch-time talk to a group of 200 professionals at a meeting of the Central Texas Chapter of the Association for Corporate Growth. This group has successful business professionals address their members each month, but this one speaker stood out because he was one with the audience. He flowed away from the front of the room walked around, looking into the eyes of the people. Everyone was captivated. While his message, words, gestures, eye contact, poise and style were all great, it was his movements that made him spectacular.
星期二, 3月 23, 2010
Toyota and managing brand reputation
Toyota 出事後許多亞洲企業都兔死狐悲,想好好引以為鑒 。與 Wai Lim 討論,我說 Toyota 咁大檸樂,一沉百踩,人人喊打,皆因「樹大招風」。
樹大就一定招風,這個風可如何應對呢？McKinsey有些好點子:
樹大就一定招風,這個風可如何應對呢？McKinsey有些好點子:
Think outside the box
On her official website, Tangberg says: teams can easily collaborate with natural, life-like views of colleagues while sharing multimedia in high-definition clarityEasy to use yet supported by the most advanced features and functions for mission-critical communication.
When I walked into the conference room I saw my audience, the senior managers, and two huge Tangberg consoles. I got the cable plug-in and switched on my notebook... but my ppt did not appear on the screens. It seemed that the projector was out of service. Only the video conferencing function was working.
My audience was so forgiving that they did not show any impatience. Quite the opposite, managers started discussing for a solution. Then one of them came up with a brilliant idea, "Hey 70/F, I saw the video cam is working. Why don't you focus the cam with the screen of your PC and get the camera zoom in? I think that is an alternative way to make your ppt appear on the TVs."
So I fine tuned the focus and got the cam eye zoom in and eventually, we made it happen.
Everybody clapped and concluded "This is a vivid demo of THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX!" Yeah, outside the Tangberg box.
星期一, 3月 22, 2010
星期四, 3月 18, 2010
物質與愛情
Miss Sheep 這篇文章寫得棒極了，經歷亦發人深省。
Miss Sheep 提到跟男朋友分享一盒飯，湊巧 Wai Lim 昨晚跟我討論先敬羅衣後敬人的問題，我很有感而發。
去年投湖未遂，又瘋狂購物報復傷害我的人，一番折騰之後，對生活，對物質，我好像有了新的領悟。
一如既往，星期天我都與Wai Lim一起過。中區消費高，兩頓飯一埸戲，再去商埸買點什麼，一天便花掉一千多元。
區區小數，朋友固然游刃有餘，然而想起金錢都是他每天努力工作所得，我便有點心痛。意大利雲吞好吃，餐廳情調優雅，不過在家吃他親手炒的公仔麵，我都滿足。
思考時才發現經濟獨立 empower 我追尋愛情。讓情感淨化，從物欲中昇華，實情可能是「為與不為」的問題；「能與不能」卻是前提。
而在什麼時候我會貪婪如蛇？就是我恨之欲其死的時候。我跟亦舒筆下的喜寶一樣，沒有愛，我才想錢。
又不是説我不會撒嬌要我愛的男人送禮帶我吃美味的東西。因為男人的應允是世上最甜的蜜。我咿咿呀呀時你一句「哦好吖」我便會冧死。不過根據我的理解真心愛我的男人都不會輕易說好，他們太認真太深思熟慮太死心眼。
比如說以前我走過香奈兒會叫他送手袋......其實我唔等 2.55 ...... 我已經有太多。我只是想你吻我然後說「哦好呀」。
手袋或手飾或絕版兔子公仔，可以用小畫家畫給我。
說起來，有沒有男讀者想跟我學畫，以哄女士歡心呢?
Miss Sheep 提到跟男朋友分享一盒飯，湊巧 Wai Lim 昨晚跟我討論先敬羅衣後敬人的問題，我很有感而發。
去年投湖未遂，又瘋狂購物報復傷害我的人，一番折騰之後，對生活，對物質，我好像有了新的領悟。
一如既往，星期天我都與Wai Lim一起過。中區消費高，兩頓飯一埸戲，再去商埸買點什麼，一天便花掉一千多元。
區區小數，朋友固然游刃有餘，然而想起金錢都是他每天努力工作所得，我便有點心痛。意大利雲吞好吃，餐廳情調優雅，不過在家吃他親手炒的公仔麵，我都滿足。
思考時才發現經濟獨立 empower 我追尋愛情。讓情感淨化，從物欲中昇華，實情可能是「為與不為」的問題；「能與不能」卻是前提。
而在什麼時候我會貪婪如蛇？就是我恨之欲其死的時候。我跟亦舒筆下的喜寶一樣，沒有愛，我才想錢。
又不是説我不會撒嬌要我愛的男人送禮帶我吃美味的東西。因為男人的應允是世上最甜的蜜。我咿咿呀呀時你一句「哦好吖」我便會冧死。不過根據我的理解真心愛我的男人都不會輕易說好，他們太認真太深思熟慮太死心眼。
比如說以前我走過香奈兒會叫他送手袋......其實我唔等 2.55 ...... 我已經有太多。我只是想你吻我然後說「哦好呀」。
手袋或手飾或絕版兔子公仔，可以用小畫家畫給我。
說起來，有沒有男讀者想跟我學畫，以哄女士歡心呢?
星期一, 3月 15, 2010
星期六, 3月 13, 2010
Nobility
我三十出頭，但我很喜歡這個年紀。
女人有幾多個三十？
一個。
我三十出頭，但我沒有白活，因為我開始能夠掌握並支配自己的生活。
正如別被時裝支配，是人穿衣服不是衣服穿人；是人在生活，不是生活迫人。
五天工作，一天work from home。在辦公室我堅持做自己相信的事，工餘時間我亦堅持過自己想要過的生活。
已婚並已經成為爸爸媽媽的同事叫我好好享受單身貴族的生活，因為結婚生子便是人生的另一個階段，快樂是昇華的快樂，但生活也多了責任和羈絆。
這「貴族」二字讓我想起法國大革命的貴族，而對我來說，nobility 是一種無論客觀環境順逆，都追求質感生活的人生態度。Melanie recaps:
...life carried on almost as normal with a court of sorts being formed at the Tuileries. In some ways the change of pace was good for the family as they saw more of each other and had more time to themselves, although guards were ever present. Finally and ironically, Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and Élisabeth had the low key, simple family life that they had always craved.
Marie Antoinette and Élisabeth spent many hours together, working at embroidery, reading and chatting about life just as they had always done. Touchingly, Élisabeth kept up with the news about Montreuil, where work carried on just as it had always done.
In private, Élisabeth enjoyed reading, having had over one hundred books sent to the Pavilion de Flore from her personal library. Her books included ‘the works of Cicero, Seneca, Horace and Plutarch. Treatise on Friendship by M. de Sacy. Gibbon’s ‘Decline and Fall’. Sacy’s Bible in 31 volumes. St Augustine’s ‘Confessions’. The bishop of Saint-Malo on the Holy Angels. Treatise on True and Solid Piety by St François de Sales. Fénélon on the Existence of God. Fénélon on the Education of Girls. The Spirit of St Teresa, culled from her writings. Mascaron’s funeral sermons. Mezenguy’s Lives of the Saints…’
She loved walking in all weathers in the still beautiful Tuileries gardens, as well as playing draughts with her niece and nephew and billiards with her brother, the King. Another favourite pastime was painting, which she did while seated at a window overlooking the Seine, writing to her friend, the Marquise de Bombelles: ‘This amuses, occupies and distracts me, and I assure you that one needs all that.’ Rather sadly, she was most fond of painting nature scenes, which must have reminded her of all that she was now missing.
However, life was not entirely untroubled. The royal family were troubled with the insults and impudent behaviour of not just the common people but also their own guards. Comte Ferrand wrote about Élisabeth that: ‘Nearly every afternoon, during her stay at the Tuileries, she went to the chapel. To get there she had to cross the guard rooms. Their remarks, their jokes, their sarcasms, often interspersed with impudence and impiety, did not stop her. Their spite increased when they saw she was indifferent to their derision; but their audacity was forced to lower its eyes before her. She seemed to vanquish them, less by the pride of her glance than by the influence of her virtue.’
女人有幾多個三十？
一個。
我三十出頭，但我沒有白活，因為我開始能夠掌握並支配自己的生活。
正如別被時裝支配，是人穿衣服不是衣服穿人；是人在生活，不是生活迫人。
五天工作，一天work from home。在辦公室我堅持做自己相信的事，工餘時間我亦堅持過自己想要過的生活。
已婚並已經成為爸爸媽媽的同事叫我好好享受單身貴族的生活，因為結婚生子便是人生的另一個階段，快樂是昇華的快樂，但生活也多了責任和羈絆。
這「貴族」二字讓我想起法國大革命的貴族，而對我來說，nobility 是一種無論客觀環境順逆，都追求質感生活的人生態度。Melanie recaps:
...life carried on almost as normal with a court of sorts being formed at the Tuileries. In some ways the change of pace was good for the family as they saw more of each other and had more time to themselves, although guards were ever present. Finally and ironically, Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette and Élisabeth had the low key, simple family life that they had always craved.
Marie Antoinette and Élisabeth spent many hours together, working at embroidery, reading and chatting about life just as they had always done. Touchingly, Élisabeth kept up with the news about Montreuil, where work carried on just as it had always done.
In private, Élisabeth enjoyed reading, having had over one hundred books sent to the Pavilion de Flore from her personal library. Her books included ‘the works of Cicero, Seneca, Horace and Plutarch. Treatise on Friendship by M. de Sacy. Gibbon’s ‘Decline and Fall’. Sacy’s Bible in 31 volumes. St Augustine’s ‘Confessions’. The bishop of Saint-Malo on the Holy Angels. Treatise on True and Solid Piety by St François de Sales. Fénélon on the Existence of God. Fénélon on the Education of Girls. The Spirit of St Teresa, culled from her writings. Mascaron’s funeral sermons. Mezenguy’s Lives of the Saints…’
She loved walking in all weathers in the still beautiful Tuileries gardens, as well as playing draughts with her niece and nephew and billiards with her brother, the King. Another favourite pastime was painting, which she did while seated at a window overlooking the Seine, writing to her friend, the Marquise de Bombelles: ‘This amuses, occupies and distracts me, and I assure you that one needs all that.’ Rather sadly, she was most fond of painting nature scenes, which must have reminded her of all that she was now missing.
However, life was not entirely untroubled. The royal family were troubled with the insults and impudent behaviour of not just the common people but also their own guards. Comte Ferrand wrote about Élisabeth that: ‘Nearly every afternoon, during her stay at the Tuileries, she went to the chapel. To get there she had to cross the guard rooms. Their remarks, their jokes, their sarcasms, often interspersed with impudence and impiety, did not stop her. Their spite increased when they saw she was indifferent to their derision; but their audacity was forced to lower its eyes before her. She seemed to vanquish them, less by the pride of her glance than by the influence of her virtue.’
星期三, 3月 10, 2010
跑在時間前面
【敗犬女王】中的單無雙這邊廂挑釁一起爭上位的男同事，豪情壯語說：「想嬴我？你跑在我前面呀！」可是那邊廂，小孩子們卻執意稱呼她一為「姨姨」，因為她眼尾有紋，面部皮膚有欠光澤。
我們這一代女子，有幸成長於大學教育普及和兩性機會平等的大時代下，你說我本性好勇也好，你說我愛獨立也好，你說我為了自身籌謀也好，事實是我們都在跑。
跑生活，跑理想，跑夢。
人生路上的跑步可以是一種自我鍛練，未必也不必跟別人競賽，鬥個你勝我敗。但如果對自己有所期望，便會想有突破。時間凝聚經歷，年紀沉澱成就。但我想突破時間的局限，我想跑在時間前面，我想出色得來保持姿色。
我喝了 Fancl Deluxe TENSE UP 一個多月，人生路上我又跑多一個多月，感覺良好。在這忽冷忽熱的人間三月天，我的皮膚狀態大勇，水潤富光澤。Wai Lim 說：「車，可能全是因為愛情的滋潤呢。」我不置可否，self-fulfilling prophecy 這回事是有的，而且女人從來是感覺的動物。各位女士，試飲 TENSE UP /試試跟那個你新認識的男人約會，給你自己一個機會去試試是否 fulfilling。Meanwhile，cost 都係有限數啫，係咪？
我們這一代女子，有幸成長於大學教育普及和兩性機會平等的大時代下，你說我本性好勇也好，你說我愛獨立也好，你說我為了自身籌謀也好，事實是我們都在跑。
跑生活，跑理想，跑夢。
人生路上的跑步可以是一種自我鍛練，未必也不必跟別人競賽，鬥個你勝我敗。但如果對自己有所期望，便會想有突破。時間凝聚經歷，年紀沉澱成就。但我想突破時間的局限，我想跑在時間前面，我想出色得來保持姿色。
我喝了 Fancl Deluxe TENSE UP 一個多月，人生路上我又跑多一個多月，感覺良好。在這忽冷忽熱的人間三月天，我的皮膚狀態大勇，水潤富光澤。Wai Lim 說：「車，可能全是因為愛情的滋潤呢。」我不置可否，self-fulfilling prophecy 這回事是有的，而且女人從來是感覺的動物。各位女士，試飲 TENSE UP /試試跟那個你新認識的男人約會，給你自己一個機會去試試是否 fulfilling。Meanwhile，cost 都係有限數啫，係咪？
星期一, 3月 08, 2010
Castle Decor
Candies of shoes were placed at the sitting room to attract those funny creatures.
But then when
creatures came they discovered that the ceiling is being covered in the clouds of lights.They were scared and they escaped to the bathroom to seek their shelter.
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