With a boost of self-esteem & words of acknowledgement of my ability, i feel so inspired & raring to go --> all thanks to a 1/2 hr chat with the Big Boss....Hehe
What happened was, the CEO of the firm i'm interning at asked me into his office for a chat, mainly a performance review of my work since i started on my internship....Basically, he was very happy about my performance so far. However, i mentioned that success rate of searching for new clients thru phone calls n emails was virtually zero (not impossible, but first, getting to the talk to the boss of the company is one problem, and getting them interested enough for an appt is another. Furthermore, an appt doesn't guarantee a deal in the pocket). Then he gave a reply that was totally unexpected - 'I don't care if you get a single customer, the purpose is not to get business, but to test how you react to things. I knew what you were facing in advance, and if i have time next week, i would like to make a bet with you about getting the appts. Next time, what i hope to hear from you is not a destructive discussion, but a constructive one. Other than telling me the problem, you could give me constructive suggestions to improve the situation. In a dragonboat team, if the rowers are not coordinating, you don't just comment that they are not coordinating, rather, you would find the root of the problem and try to improve their coordination'
Having said that, he also expressed a desire to try to stretch me to my fullest potential during my time here if possible. He thinks my personality doesn't dictate sitting behind a computer all day, not suited for back end job, so he wants to push me in the business development side....to grow as much as possible, even if i were to surpass him...
Every word was like a wave of euphoria surging past repeatedly. He was such a charismatic leader than i totally melted under his praise...made me look at things from a different perspective...angmohs are seriously more open-minded compared to the asian mindset...he's all for interaction while asians will put more emphasis on work...haha....made me so motivated that during gym training in the evening, i was more energetic than usual...did 15 mins of running even before start of training...Jiayou!!!
OrAnGeL was fuming at
5:25 PM
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