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Just about everyone, including the intern, can perform the first 80% of any job assigned to them. That’s the easy part. (And it’s entry-level table stakes by the way.) Think of painting a large wall. A relative novice can cover most of the middle section in paint adequately. Most people can and could go even to the next 10%. But many choose not to. But the next and final 10% of any job from 90-100% becomes increasingly -- maybe exponentially in some cases -- harder. More deta

Possibly a few things way beyond us mere mortals. But the answer I'm looking for is ... [drum roll please] ... They all wore the same clothes everyday. Think about it. Steve Jobs: black Issey Miyake turtleneck sweaters, blue Levi's jeans, and New Balance sneakers. Mark Zuckerberg: grey T-shirt, blue Levi's jeans, black Nike sneakers. Einstein: grey suit. Now Jobs actually had 100 of those turtlenecks hanging in his Californian closet, and Zuck has at least 20 identical grey t

We were launching a new product 3 in 1 coffee sachet, a fighting brand to counter the new product launched by our major competitor. Because we were the market leader with more than 60% share, the competition came out swinging. They got several popular artists to endorse their brand. In just 2- months they were available in supermarkets, hypermarkets, most “sari-sari” stores (they call it “warung” in Indonesia). I estimated they had a coverage of 250,000 outlets in 2 months. T

This was shared to us by our editing mentor and I felt that this will be worth sharing and would resonate with most of our clients. With so many tasks, sometimes we tend to ignore editing when we send emails or share articles, even I am guilty of this... I remembered a post from my life coach on the wrong spelling & how she had reacted to that. In the professional world, people tend to be more critical on this and might have some cost implications to our business. WHAT ARE TY

Recently, I had been in touch with one of my contacts in my network. He shared that he was looking for a change in career and had been actively looking around. He asked for my advice on what to do next. This was not the first time I received such a question. In fact, this question reminded me of my past experience of two similar situations at different points of time: (i) attending job interviews and (ii) auditioning for roles in theatre productions, which resulted in suc