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| Sunset near Devil Mountain, Western Sahara. |
Amidst all the hubbub of the just-past party-filled hedonistic celebration of a western New Year and the looming paint-the-town-red Chinese New Year (it's going to be the year of the water snake), I hardly had the time to come up with my own new year resolution... until now that is.
To be calm, happy and to smile always. Not asking too much, I would say. Recently, I watched a video of Tony Blair's sister-in-law on her conversion to Islam in which she mentioned how calm she feels afterwards - a feeling I noticed is shared by many new converts. Indeed, the word Islam itself relates to being peaceful, and that is how I believe I should be. Zen is the way forward :)
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| Sunrise over Cristo Rei, Timor Leste. |
Another thing I believe in is the notion that a happy team is a good team. As the leader among my colleagues, I shoulder the responsibility to bring out the best in all of us, and to do that I cannot have a bitter group of people. While acknowledging my bosses' reliance on the organisation's productivity-driven vision and mission to achieve success, I also noticed that an unhappy team tends to fall apart and therefore fail. Now I would not let that happen under my watch, would I?
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| Afternoon sun at Salerno, Italy. |
And it goes without telling that a smile is the by-product of being calm and happy inside. A smile is charity, and it definitely makes you look more attractive :)
I hope all goes well this year, as I have plans to chase the sun in places I have never been before (as a reward for my upcoming successes)!
