Kekayaan Belum Tentu Membawa Kebahagiaan - proven by Jack Ma, Warren Buffet and Bill Gates

Jack Ma, pebisnis e-commerce yang berkibar lewat perusahaan Alibaba adalah orang terkaya di China dengan harta USD 23,7 miliar. Sedangkan orang terkaya di Amerika Serikat sekaligus dunia adalah Bill Gates, pendiri Microsoft yang hartanya USD 79,4 miliar. Ternyata pandangan mereka soal uang hampir sama.

Ma pernah mengatakan ia justru merasa paling bahagia ketika hanya menghasilkan uang 20 poundsterling per bulan, ketika masih belum berlimpah harta. Malah Ma mengklaim posisi sebagai miliuner saat ini membuatnya pusing.

"Waktu terbaik bagiku adalah saat lulus kuliah. Aku bekerja dan dibayar 20 poundsterling setiap bulan. Itu adalah saat-saat yang fantastis," kata Ma yang dikutip detikINET dari Daily Mail, Rabu (1/7/2015).

"Jika kamu punya sejuta dolar, kamu manusia beruntung. Tapi ketika kamu mendapat USD 10 juta, kamu mendapat masalah, banyak kepusingan. Jika kamu punya lebih dari USD 1 miliar, kamu punya sebuah tanggung jawab. Itu adalah kepercayaan yang diberikan orang padamu, karena orang yakin kamu bisa menghabiskan uang dengan lebih baik," kata Ma.

Mirip seperti Ma, Bill Gates juga menyatakan punya begitu banyak uang bukan semata untuk dihambur-hamburkan. Ada tanggung jawab besar di dalamnya.

"Aku tidak mengawali semuanya dengan mimpi untuk menjadi super kaya. Bahkan ketika kami memulai Microsoft, kami mengamati orang di Intel dan berpikir pasti aneh menjadi kaya," kata Bill Gates beberapa waktu lampau.

"Kemakmuran adalah tanggung jawab untuk diwariskan pada anak-anak, yang mungkin adalah hal baik bagi mereka atau hal buruk, atau mencari cara bagaimana memberikannya ke orang lain," tambah Gates.

Gates mengatakan berambisi jadi kaya adalah wajar dan kekayaan memang penting. "Saya mengerti keinginan untuk memiliki jutaan dolar, ada kemerdekaan di sana. Tapi begitu Anda sudah jauh melampau itu, aku harus mengatakan, rasanya tetap sama," ucap sosok yang sudah menyumbangkan banyak uang bagi kemanusiaan ini.

Rendah hati..

Teman saya pernah ikut lelang makan malam bersama Warren Buffett. Lelang ini diselenggarakan oleh Alibaba ketika Warren Buffett berkunjung ke Hong Kong. Pemenang lelang adalah mereka yang paling tinggi menawar,. Hasil lelang akan disumbangkan untuk kegiatan amal. Pemenangnya adalah seorang pengusaha kreatif dibidang IT dari China.Dia membayar USD 1 juta. 

Dalam acara makan malam itu bukan hanya pemenang lelang bisa ikut makan malam dalan satu table dengan sang super billoner nomor 5 didunia ini tapi juga ikut gabung mereka yang dipilih sendiri oleh Warren buffet. Salah satunya adalah teman saya. Mengapa teman saya terpilih ? karena dia adalah peserta lelang dengan harga terendah.

Acara makan malam diadakan di Financial Club , Ritz Carlton dikawasan paling bergengsi di Hong Kong, Financial Center. Kebetulan saya members Financial Club bisa hadir dalam acara makan malam itu walau tidak satu table dengan sang billionare legendaris itu. Semua datang dengan pakaian terbaik dengan aksesoris mahal. Tapi tahukan anda?..Sang billionare datang dengan pakaian sederhana. Celana Jean ( denim), tshirt warna merah tanpa merek. Topi koboi. Itulah sosok kakek yang disegani dunia , yang pernah membuat Menteri Keuangan Amerika memohon agar dia membantu Amerika dari krisis Mortgage ditahun 2008.

Pada acara makan malam itu, teman saya bertanya kepada Warren Buffet mengapa dia terpilih duduk satu table padahal dia adalah penawar terendah. Anda tahu apa kata Warren Buffet ? tanya teman saya. 

Warren Buffet menjawab " Mereka yang mengajukan penawaran tertinggi untuk menghargai saya tidak membuat saya bahagia bahkan saya takut dengan diri saya sendiri. Tapi anda menawar dengan harga terendah membuat saya terharu karena semakin mengingatkan bahwa saya bukanlah siapa siapa dan saya senang bila dunia hanya mengenal saya sebagai seorang Warren Buffet, sebagai seorang kakek, ayah dan sahabat tanpa perlu melihat apa yang saya miliki. Saya rindu ketulusan dan dunia ini akan sangat berbeda bila semua kita bersahabat karena dasarnya ketulusan tanpa terpengaruh dengan merek dan credit card, clubs mewah. "

Para hadirin dalam acara makan malam itu nampak menundukkan muka merasa malu akan kata kata Warren Buffet. Kemudian pemenang lelang itu bertanya kepada Warren buffet " Apa nasehat anda untuk saya" Dengan tersenyum Warren Buffett berkata :

" Teruslah berkerja keras, raihlah apa saja yang menjadi cita citamu, setelah mendapatkannya maka kembalilah kepada Tuhan, berbagilah, dan rendah hatilah Jangan pernah merasa bangga terhadap dirimu karena orang menghargai hartamu tapi banggalah karena kamu bisa merangkul orang yang membencimu dan berteman dengan orang yang tidak bertanya "siapa kamu, berapa hartamu..

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11 Differences between Busy and Productive People

11 Differences Between Busy People vs Productive People

June 18, 2015

1. Busy people want to look like they have a mission. Productive people have a MISSION for their lives.
Busy people hide their doubt about the destination of their lives by acting confident in their little steps.

Productive people allow others to see the doubt in their little steps because they are clear on the destination.

2. Busy people have many priorities. Productive people have few priorities.
Nobody is ever too busy, if they CARE they will MAKE TIME. Life is a question of priorities. If you have 3 priorities, you have priorities. If you have 25 priorities, you have a mess.

The pareto principle is that 80% of your desired results come from 20% of your activity. Henry Ford built a fortune not by building better cars, but by building a better system for making cars. Busy people try to make better cars, productive people develop better SYSTEMS for making cars.

3. Busy people say yes quickly. Productive people say yes slowly
Warren Buffet’s definition of integrity is: “You say NO to most things”.

If you don’t say “no” to most things, you are diving your life up into millions of little pieces spread out amongst other people’s priorities. Integrity is that your values are clear and that your time is going to serve those values.

4. Busy people focus on action. Productive people focus on CLARITY before action and REFLECTION
To focus on the top 20% of activities, you must gain clarity about what those activities are for yourself. The greatest resource you will ever have to guide you to live a good life is your own personal experience – if well documented. Sadly, most people only document their life in facebook status updates. Keep a diary and take 5 minutes every day to reflect on the past day, on what worked, on what didn’t work; and some time on what inspires you.

5. Busy people keep all doors open. Productive people close doors
As a young person it is good to open options. It is good to want to travel, to learn languages, to climb mountains, to go to university, to work in tech, to live in another country. However, there comes a point in life where one must let go of most options and FOCUS!. If my goal this year is to learn spanish – I will speak spanish at the end of the year. If my goal this year is to speak spanish, earn 30% more, travel to 10 countries, get fit, find a girlfriend, go to all the concerts… I will not speak spanish at the end of this year.

6. Busy people talk about how busy they are. Productive people let their RESULTS do the talking
Stephen King says: “A writer is a producer of words. Produce words: you are a writer. Don’t produce words: you are not a writer”.

It is a clear binary thing. Talking about writing is not writing. Published authors don’t talk about their next book – they are focussed on producing it. I have grown to have less and less interest in what people tell me that they are going to do – I ask them what they have already done. Past performance is the only good indicator of future performance.

Feeling productive is not the same as being productive. This is important. I can feel productive while I’m playing minecraft. I can feel unproductive while I’m producing an excellent blog post that will help others take better actions.

7. Busy people talk about how little time they have. Productive people MAKE TIME for what is important.
Any time we spend on excuses is time not spent on creation. If you allow yourself to practice excuses, you will get better and better at excuses. Productive people don’t use time as an excuse. An action either supports their highest values and mission, or it does not. If it does not, they don’t do it – even if they have a whole day off.

There is an Irish saying: “It is better to do something than nothing”.

This is a lie! It is better to do nothing than to do an action that doesn’t connect with your highest values. Sit still.

8. Busy people multitask. Productive people FOCUS.
Productive people know about focus.

Do you know about the Pomodoro technique? It is brutal, but it is effective. Identify a task to be done (for instance, write this blog post). Set a timer to 20 minutes. Work on the task until the time sounds. Any distraction (I must check email, I must get some water, I must go to the bathroom) and you reset the timer to 20. How many pomodoros can you complete in a day?

9. Busy people respond quickly to emails. Productive people take their time.
Email is a handy list of priorities. The problem: they are other people’s priorities, not yours. If you respond to every email, you are dividing up your life into a thousand tiny bits that serve other people’s priorities.

There are 3 choices when you first review your email inbox: Delete, Do, Defer. This is not a post on email management.

10. Busy people want other people to be busy. Productive people want others to EFFECTIVE.
Busy managers measure hours of activity, productive managers measure OUTPUT. Busy managers are frustrated by others looking relaxed, looking like they have time, looking like they are enjoying their work. Productive managers love seeing others enjoy their work, love creating an environment in which others can excel.

Busy people are frustrated. They want to be valued for their effort, not for their results.

There is a Hindu saying: “We have a right to our labour, not to the fruits of our labour”.

We have a right to enjoy being excellent at our work, not a right to enjoy the car, the house, the money that comes from doing good work. Productivity is about valuing the journey towards excellence, not any moment of activity.

11. Busy people talk about how they will change. Productive people are making those changes.
Kilian Jornet doesn’t spend much time talking about what he will do. He talks about what he has done, what he has learnt, what inspires him.

Spend less time talking about what you will do and dedicate that time to creating the first step. What can you do now that requires the approval of nobody else? What can you do with the resources, knowledge and support that you have now? Do that. It is amazing how the universe rewards the person who stops talking and begins.

We are born with incredible potential. At the age of 20, the best compliment that can be paid is that you have a lot of potential. At the age of 30, it is still ok. At 40, you have a lot of potential is becoming an insult. At 60, telling someone that they have a lot of potential is probably the cruelest insult that can be made about their life.

Don’t let your potential go to waste. Create something amazing. This is its own reward.

(June 18, 2015 – LifeHack.org)

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Tips for Young Entrepreneurs and Future Leaders

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SUCCESS STRATEGIES

21 Success Tips for Young and Aspiring Entrepreneurs

SUJAN PATEL
CONTRIBUTOR
Entrepreneur and Marketer, VP of Marketing at When I Work
    

Being successful often means learning from those who have already achieved their goals. Having a mentor is an amazing blessing to an entrepreneur, but not everyone can find one in person.

If you haven’t yet found your personal business guru, here are 21 tips for young or aspiring entrepreneur to help get you started.

1. Challenge yourself.
Richard Branson says his biggest motivation is to keep challenging himself. He treats life like one long university education, where he can learn more every day. You can too!

2. Do work you care about.
There’s no doubt that running a business take a lot of time. Steve Jobs noted that the only way to be satisfied in your life is to do work that you truly believe in.

3. Take the risk.
We never know the outcome of our efforts unless we actually do it. Jeff Bezos said it helped to know that he wouldn’t regret failure, but he would regret not trying.

4. Believe in yourself.
As Henry Ford famously said, “Whether you think you can, or think you can’t, you’re right.” Believe that you can succeed, and you’ll find ways through different obstacles. If you don’t, you’ll just find excuses.

5. Have a VISION.
The founder and CEO of Tumblr, David Karp, notes that an entrepreneur is someone who has a vision for something and a desire to create it. Keep your vision clear at all times.

6. Find good people in our surroundings
Who you’re with is who you become. Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn, noted that the fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.

7. Face your Fears.
Overcoming fear isn’t easy, but it must be done. Arianna Huffington once said that she found fearlessness was like a muscle -- the more she exercised it, the stronger it became.

8. Take ACTION.
The world is full of great ideas, but success only comes through action. Walt Disney once said that the easiest way to get started is to quit talking and start doing. That’s true for your success as well.

9. Do the time.
No one succeeds immediately, and everyone was once a beginner. As Steve Jobs wisely noted, “if you look closely, most overnight successes took a long time.” Don’t be afraid to invest time in your company.

10. Manage energy, not time.
Your energy limits what you can do with your time, so manage it wisely.

11. Build a great team.
No one succeeds in business alone, and those who try will lose to a great team every time. Build your own great team to bolster your success.

12. Hire character.
As you build your team, hire for character and values. You can always train someone on skills, but you can’t make someone’s values fit your company after the fact.

13. Plan for raising capital.
Richard Harroch, a venture capitalist, has this advice for upcoming entrepreneurs: “It’s almost always harder to raise capital than you thought it would be, and it always takes longer. So plan for that.”

14. Know your goals.
Ryan Allis, co-founder of iContact, pointed out that having the end in mind every day ensures you’re working toward it. Set goals and remind yourself of them each day.

15. Learn from Mistakes.
Many entrepreneurs point to mistakes as being their best teacher. When you learn from your mistakes, you move closer to success -- even though you initially failed.

16. Know your Customer.
Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy’s, cited knowing your customer as one of his three keys to success. Know those you serve better than anyone else, and you’ll be able to deliver the solutions they need.

17. Learn from Complaints.
Bill Gates once said that your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. Let unhappy customers teach you where the holes in your service are.

18. Ask for customers’ input.
Assuming what customers want or need will never lead to success. You must ask them directly, and then carefully listen to what they say.

19. Spend Money wisely.
When you spend money on your business, be careful to spend it wisely. It’s easy to spend too much on foolish things and run out of capital too soon.

20. Understand your industry.
Tony Hsieh, the founder of Zappos, once said, “Don’t play games you don’t understand, even if you see lots of other people making money from them.” Truly understanding your industry is key to having success.

21. Deliver more than expected.
Google's Larry Page encourages entrepreneurs to deliver more than customers expect. It’s a great way to get noticed in your industry and build a loyal following of advocates.

Being a successful entrepreneur takes a lot of work, a lot of vision and a lot of perseverance. These 21 tips, from entrepreneurs who have already found success, will help you navigate the path much more easily.

 
JUNE 26, 2015
Building great, sustainable and meaningful relationships is arguably one of the most important things we can do during our time here on Earth.

All too often, we see men and women who think it’s perfectly fine to neglect their relationships just to move up the corporate ladder or increase their net worth.

Now, don’t get me wrong. You absolutely should strive to get better and advance from where you are to somewhere higher up within a company. And who doesn’t like to make more money and see their net worth increase every year? However, this should not be done at the expense of neglecting what’s most important: relationships.

Related: Why Trust Is the Most Important Part of 'Know, Like and Trust'

What a lot of people don't understand is that creating and nurturing exceptional relationships will actually help advance your career and increase your personal net worth. Relationships and people aren’t just important when referring to living a healthy and happy life, they are also the foundation of creating exceptional businesses.

It utterly amazes me when I see someone neglect a relationship for the sake of closing a deal. It may give you short-term satisfaction and build your ego, but as time goes on, it will do more harm than good.

The companies and organizations that dominate their competition and market completely understand the extreme importance of creating a memorable and unbelievable experience for their customers. They understand that people matter. They understand that every single relationship and interaction matters.

A piece of advice that changed the direction of how I operate and look at business is as follows: “If you want to make a million dollars, serve a million people.” Regardless of what business you are running or what field you are in, when you aim to serve people, build meaningful relationships and adopt the “people matter” mentality, you will eventually win in the game of business.

We live in a technology-driven society, which is both a blessing and a curse. It’s unreal the amazing things that technology can do for us these days, but we are at the point where human interaction and relationships with actual people are being pushed to the side by a large portion of entrepreneurs, organizations and companies.

Besides creating a world-class product or having an exceptional service to offer, the quickest way to grow your business and build a loyal and growing fan base is through care. Care for every relationship, interaction, tweet, email and phone call that you come across. Go out of your way to make people feel special. People matter.

These wonderful words from Max Lucado sum it up perfectly:

“When you are in the final days of your life, what will you want? Will you hug that college degree in the walnut frame? Will you ask to be carried to the garage so you can sit in your car? Will you find comfort in rereading your financial statement? Of course not. What will matter then will be people. If relationships will matter most then, shouldn’t they matter most now?”

Relationships matter most. People matter most -- in life, and in the game of business.

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How National Product Branding should empower the Indonesian Brand

The competition in global market is getting bigger.

Indonesia is well known as country who has such huge domestic market with high consumption. The middle class society is increasing.

However, the national competitive index is still far below other countries within ASEAN like Malaysia, Thailand and ofcourse from Singapore. This is because our society does not have habits in creating something new. Indonesian need to be more productive rather than consumptive.

Indonesia should create more creation that provide unique values and benefits to serve the market, not just domestic but also regional and even the global international market. Expand!

On top of that, we should not just producing products and services without being able to do proper marketing. The process to know our market and consumers has to be in place. The branding works should be done exquisitely.

Branding is one of the key element in order to win the retail market. We know the audience and we know how to communicate and interact with our consumers.

I was interviewed in MNC Business TV , June 16th, 2015 , to discuss this issue.

Citizen of 45 Countries Free VISA to Indonesia

The Indonesian government this week finally formalized a visa-free travel regulation that was announced months ago for citizens from 45 countries, in a bid to boost tourism and improve relations with those countries.

President Joko Widodo signed the presidential regulation on visa-free travel for tourists on Tuesday.

“Visa-free travel is offered to citizens of several countries and special administrative regions in consideration of the importance of reciprocity and benefits,” Indonesia’s Cabinet Secretariat website quoted from the regulation, in a post published on Friday. “Those citizens are allowed to stay for 30 days but the visit permit can’t be extended or changed to other stay permits.”

The regulation was originally set to take effect in April.

Citizens from the member states of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations as well as from several other states could already travel to the country visa-free, but the complete list of visa-free states and territories is now:

ASEAN Countries:
Singapore, Thailand, Myanmar, Brunei, Malaysia, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Philippines,

SOUTH AMERICA Countries:
Chile, Morocco, Peru, Ecuador,

ASIA CHINA NORTH ASIA:
Hong Kong, Macau, China, Russia, South Korea, Japan,

AMERICA:
United States, Canada, Mexico

SOUTH:
New Zealand,

EUROPEAN Countries:
United Kingdom, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Belgium, Sweden, Austria, Denmark, Norway, Finland, Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic,

MIDDLE EAST and AFRICA:
Qatar, United Arab Emirates, Kuwait, Bahrain, Oman, and South Africa.

Australians, the third-largest group of foreign visitors after Singaporeans and Malaysians according to the latest available Central Statistics Agency (BPS) data, will still need a visa to enter the country, although tourists can buy one on arrival.

The five international airports through which citizens of the 45 countries and territories can enter Indonesia visa-free are Soekarno-Hatta in Jakarta, Ngurah Rai in Bali, Kuala Namu in Medan, Juanda in Surabaya and Hang Nadim in Batam.

Sri Bintan and Tanjung Uban seaports in Bintan Island and Sekupang and Batam Center ports in Batam will also provide the facility.

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What does it mean?

1. Tourism Package Opportunities:
Destination of Mountains, Culinary, Nature view, Sea, Beaches, Diving.
Tourism of Hotel, Transportation, Meals, Souvenirs and Guide Service.

2. Bringing Indonesian Products to their Countries.
Understanding their country markets.

3. Student Summer, Autumn or Spring Cultural Program (3-4 weeks).
- 2 weeks internship program
- 2 weeks cultural adventure
- learning about life values each other
- promoting Indonesian heritage and history - life values

50 Quotes on Leadership

Every entrepreneur knows that the success of their business ultimately rests on their shoulders. Yes, the product you build and the team you hire are important, but your ability to lead is what carries your company.

With that kind of pressure, it’s easy to feel stressed, lonely and overwhelmed at times. Every great leader has faced a challenge that defined their greatness, which is why we often turn to their advice when needed.

Whether you’re an entrepreneur, business owner, or team leader, here are 50 inspirational quotes on leadership for when you need a little pep talk.

1. "A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go, but ought to be." – Rosalynn Carter

2. “A leader is best when people barely know he exists, when his work is done, his aim fulfilled, they will say: we did it ourselves.” - Lao Tzu

3. "It's hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse." -  Adlai E. Stevenson II

4. "Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate, and doubt to offer a solution everybody can understand." –Colin Powell

5. “The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.” - Max DePree

6. "If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader." – John Quincy Adams

7. “A leader is a dealer in hope.” -Napoleon Bonaparte

8. "A leader...is like a shepherd. He stays behind the flock, letting the most nimble go out ahead, whereupon the others follow, not realizing that all along they are being directed from behind." -Nelson Mandela

9. “He who has never learned to obey cannot be a good commander.” -Aristotle

10. "Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it." -Dwight D. Eisenhower

11. "As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others." – Bill Gates

12. “A good leader is a person who takes a little more than his share of the blame and a little less than his share of the credit." - John Maxwell

13. “Become the kind of leader that people would follow voluntarily; even if you had no title or position.” - Brian Tracy

14. "The leaders who offer blood, toil, tears and sweat always get more out of their followers than those who offer safety and a good time. When it comes to the pinch, human beings are heroic." – George Orwell

15. “I start each day by telling myself what a positive influence I am on this world.” - Peter Daisyme

16. “Earn your leadership every day." -Michael Jordan

17. "Before you are a leader, success is all about growing yourself. When you become a leader, success is all about growing others." – Jack Welch

18. “Leadership is lifting a person’s vision to high sights, the raising of a person’s performance to a higher standard, the building of a personality beyond its normal limitations.” - Peter Drucker

19. "My job is not to be easy on people. My job is to take these great people we have and to push them and make them even better." - Steve Jobs

20. "The led must not be compelled. They must be able to choose their own leader." – Albert Einstein

21. “Great leaders find ways to connect with their people and help them fulfill their potential.” - Steven J. Stowell

22. "To have long-term success as a coach or in any position of leadership, you have to be obsessed in some way." - Pat Riley

23. "If you think you are leading and turn around to see no one following, then you are just taking a walk." –Benjamin Hooks

24. “The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly.” - Jim Rohn

25. "A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd." - Max Lucado

26. “To do great things is difficult; but to command great things is more difficult.” - Friedrich Nietzsche

27. "It is absolutely necessary...for me to have persons that can think for me, as well as execute orders." - George Washington

28. "Leaders aren’t born, they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work." - Vince Lombardi

29. “A cowardly leader is the most dangerous of men.”  - Stephen King

30. "A man always has two reasons for doing anything: a good reason and the real reason."- J.P. Morgan

31. “Not the cry, but the flight of a wild duck, leads the flock to fly and follow.” -Chinese Proverb

32. "The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." - Martin Luther King, Jr.

33. “No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.”  - Andrew Carnegie

34. "Average leaders raise the bar on themselves; good leaders raise the bar for others; great leaders inspire others to raise their own bar." - Orrin Woodward

35. "Those who try to lead the people can only do so by following the mob." –Oscar Wilde

36. “Outstanding leaders go out of their way to boost the self-esteem of their personnel. If people believe in themselves, it’s amazing what they can accomplish.” - Sam Walton

37. “Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing.” -  Albert Schweitzer

38. “If your actions create a legacy that inspires others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, then, you are an excellent leader.” - Dolly Parton

39. “I am reminded how hollow the label of leadership sometimes is and how heroic followership can be.” - Warren Bennis

40. “In this world a man must either be an anvil or hammer.” -  Henry W. Longfellow

41. “It is absurd that a man should rule others, who cannot rule himself. (Absurdum est ut alios regat, qui seipsum regere nescit.)” - Latin Proverb

42. “The history of the world is but the biography of great men.” -  Thomas Carlyle

43. “A ruler should be slow to punish and swift to reward.” - Ovid

44. “You don’t have to hold a position in order to be a leader” - Henry Ford

45. “Rely on your own strength of body and soul. Take for your star self-reliance, faith, honesty, and industry. Don't take too much advice — keep at the helm and steer your own ship, and remember that the great art of commanding is to take a fair share of the work. Fire above the mark you intend to hit. Energy, invincible determination with the right motive, are the levers that move the world.” - Noah Porter

46. "Don't blow off another's candle for it won't make yours shine brighter."Jaachynma N.E. Agu

47. “I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure, which is: Try to please everybody.”  - Herbert Swope

48. “He who has learned how to obey will know how to command.”  - Solon

49. “If one is lucky, a solitary fantasy can totally transform one million realities.” -Maya Angelou

50. “The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done, and self-restraint to keep from meddling with them while they do it.” - Theodore Roosevelt

Bonus:

“Screw it, let’s just do it.” - Richard Branson

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Jack Ma Alibaba.com

Jack Ma: “Kalau Masih Miskin Sampai Umur 35, Itu Salahmu Sendiri!”
Nendra Rengganis | Apr 26, 2014

Siapa bilang orang-orang besar punya jalan kesuksesan yang mulus? Jack Ma, pria asal Cina pendiri perusaan penjualan via online terkenal, www.alibaba.com punya cerita menarik soal bagaimana dia memulai usahanya.

Ditolak Oleh Hampir Semua Orang
Sebelum memutuskan memulai Alibaba, Jack Ma mengumpulkan 24 orang teman di rumahnya untuk meminta pendapat mereka. Dari 24 orang tersebut, 23 orang menyuruhnya berhenti.

“Dari 24 orang, 23 orang menyuruhku berhenti dengan berbagai alasan. Mulai dari kenyataan bahwa aku tidak punya modal dan ketidak tahuanku soal internet”.
Penolakan keras ini juga ditunjukkan oleh keluarga Jack Ma. Hal itu menjadi kejadian yang wajar, sebab pada tahun 1995 internet baru mulai berkembang di Cina. Belum ada yang bisa memprediksi bagaimana masa depan perusahaan yang menggantungkan diri sepenuhnya pada jaringan internet.

Dukungan Seorang Teman
Dari 24 orang teman yang datang ke rumah Jack Ma, hanya satu orang yang mendukungnya. Teman yang bekerja sebagai bankir itu mengatakan,

“Kalau kamu memang ingin melakukannya, coba saja. Kalau memang nanti semua tidak berjalan seperti yang kamu inginkan, kamu tinggal kembali ke hal yang kamu lakukan sebelumnya”
Kata-kata teman Ma itu menginspirasinya, keesokan paginya ia memutuskan memulai bisnis dibawah naungan alibaba.com. Tanpa peduli pada orang-orang yang merendahkan idenya.

Hal yang Membuat Jack Ma Bertahan

Dalam wawancaranya dengan Vulcan Post, Jack Ma menyatakan bahwa ia bertahan pada idenya bukan karena keyakinannya pada kemajuan internet dimasa depan. Melainkan lebih kepada kepercayaannya bahwa ia akan mendapatkan sesuatu dari pengalaman ini.

“Apapun yang dihadapi seseorang, entah itu kegagalan atau suatu keberhasilan — sebenarnya sudah merupakan pengalaman untuk menuju sukses. Aku harus melakukan hal ini sebaik-baiknya. Kalau tidak berhasil, aku harus kembali ke pekerjaanku yang dulu”.

13 Cara Agar Tidak Miskin di Umur 35 Versi Jack Ma
Menurut Ma, ada beberapa cara yang bisa membuat orang mencapai sesuatu sebelum umur 35:

1. Lihat kesempatan jangka panjang
2. Jangan merendahkan setiap kesempatan
3. Cepat bergerak dalam merespon sesuatu
4. Perbanyak pengetahuan
5. Seseorang bisa tetap miskin jika tidak bisa mengalahkan rasa takut
6. Kamu akan tetap miskin kalau kamu tidak punya semangat juang
7. Dengan memiliki ambisi, kamu bisa memaksimalkan potensi yang kamu miliki
8. Ambisi membuat kamu punya kekuatan untuk mengalahkan semua rintangan dan membuat keajaiban
9. Milikilah ambisi supaya kamu terus ingin belajar dan tidak cepat puas
10. Berjuanglah, karena tidak akan ada yang mengasihanimu
11. Saat keluargamu tidak mampu membayar biaya pengobatan, tidak akan ada yang kasihan padamu
12. Kalau kamu dikalahkan oeh pesaingmu, tidak akan ada yang kasihan padamu
13. Jika sampai umur 35 kamu masih belum menghasilkan apa-apa, tidak akan ada orang yang kasihan padamu

Masih kata Jack Ma dalam wawancara yang sama,

“Anda akan tetap miskin kalau anda tidak memiliki ambisi. Ambisi adalah keinginan untuk menjalani kehidupan seideal mungkin. Sebuah dorongan untuk mewujudkan impian-impian besar dalam hidup. Di dunia ini memang ada hal-hal yang tidak bisa dipecahkan, namun tidak ada satu hal pun yang tidak bisa diselesaikan. Kuatnya ambisi seseorang menentukan kesuksesannya di masa depan.”

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