It's not about the coffee

last weekend i went to Batu Pahat with kaemin {yah photos! will upload it later :p}

and from this trip i pick up one thing, one advice from her

"never settle down for the second best"

(which should be applied to everything, from clothes, shoes, to choices about jobs and partner)

today i read IT'S NOT ABOUT THE COFFEE, talking about the point success of starbucks.

i didn't read it all, but i picked up something too.

there's a chapter about thinking independently. from there what i get is that, to be successful, it's not the matter of-following-every-steps-you-are-being-told-to-do, but about setting up a goal, and by keep staring at it, you will figure out the best steps to get it done rather than just follow 1-2-3 without thinking much.

to me it sounds like throwing a ball a head, asking youself to run foward and catch it. it's the matter of which direction you want to throw your ball to. how you going to reach it is another problem. run, walk, use bicycle, or by car, it is all about creativity.

as long as we had the direction, we will never get lost. we will be alright.

previously i think that a company is much more like teamwork. no matter how great the leader is, it is still one person action. if those she/he lead can't follow the leadership, it's a sinking ship.

but from this book, i realize that for international scale business, it needs great leadership and management team. leader who needs to run miles a head before others and set up a flag for the followers to reach to. {as in, set up the vision and direction for others}

management team creates the system, set of system to make sure every branches will deliver same quality.

Ok, i think i have bubbled enough. So, i need to empowered myself with ability to see prospect and envision a better future. oh..