Monday, March 30, 2009

::Last Weekend Stories::

I just got back from touring Ipoh & Penang this morning. Schedule was so tight sampai terlajak 1 night stayed in Kepala Batas.

I want to share experiences & knowledge I got from the 2 days & 2 nights tour with my UTC, Sham, his wife, Sham's cuz & my Mom...

First of all, I'm so greatful to have such a wonderful Mom who is my strongest supporter of my business in this Unit Trust Industry. She never complained for so many stop overs & waiting time that we made while in Ipoh & Penang :) Tq so much Mama!

I believe for Sham, he would like to extend his gratitude to his wife, Mala :) Tq so much for accompanying us! *Mala is my cousin sister...

While I was about to start my writing, I managed to browse thru Abang Arif's blog. Well, probably Law Attraction has made me to go thru his website first before I go into my blog! :)

To my suprise, he was sharing these wonderful things which I have on my mind oso. Cuma his words are better. If I may, I also want to share here, the TOP 3 FACTORS to SUCCESS:

1. Intention (our niat) - Hendak seribu daya, Tak Mahu seribu dalih. Orang poteh sebut "When there is a will, there is a way"
2. Decision (Decide, Choose!) - Do or Do Not. No such thing as Trying.
3. Determination (Semangat kental!) - No mountain high enough to climb! Never give up attitude!


The selling techniques, skills & product knowledge are secondary... The inside of YOU is the fundamental and most important!

We started to plan for our Penang trip for the past 8 days. If we can summarize based on the 3 points:

Our Intention: To share about financial services from Public Mutual & to share about this career & business opportunity as Unit Trust Consultant :)

Our Decision: To stop over @ Ipoh on Saturday & @ Penang on Sunday. To meet as many people as possible. In this case, they were all, Sham's network.

Our Determination: Even those turned up was 4 (originally 10), we never give up! Sham went to his aunties & uncles houses instead! His last business deal was at 5am on Sunday or Monday subuh!!!

Gosh... I thot I was the only crazy enough to got thumb print at 2am. He was even crazier!

For those who haven't got the all 3 top factors, you might want to learn to equip yourself with them.

We were out from Kepala Batas, 8am this morning, 30/3/2009. Reached Kelana Jaya @ 12.30pm. Sham, Mala & Sham's cuz, Aqilah continue to complete the agent form of Aqilah and later drive back to Seremban to pick up their 5 kids (kena stayed with Atoks)... and Bonda & I continued to Kepong, to support another bright and promissing UTC to do presentation to a group of auditors.

Looking back... WOW!!! :-)
Alhamdulillah... di atas kurniaan rezeki...

Kaizen!

You're a success the moment you take actions!

Loves & Thanks,
IAR

Friday, March 27, 2009

::Activities... Activities::

My sincere apology for been away quite sometimes from updating this blog. My mistakes...

Just few updates:

1. 29 March: Preview in Penang. 10.30am. To know more, pls contact/sms me at 012-3215190. Our usual meeting place is at Public Mutual Branch, Pulau Tikus.

2. 5 April: Roadshow @ Manjung. 9am - 3pm. Person incharge is Dr. Farah 012-2252406

3. 8&9 April: Recruitment drives @ UNITAR Kelana Jaya. Person incharge is Hisham 012-5223223. Book ur slot with him.

4. 20 - 23 April: Roadshow @ MECD Putrajaya. Person incharge is me! :-)

For no 3 & 4. There are certain charges involve, depending on the participation. Book ur slots now.

Kaizen!

Loves & Thanks,
IAR

Saturday, March 7, 2009

::2009 BRANCH ANNUAL AWARD NIGHT::

I've paid my dues

Time After time

I've done my sentence but committed no crime

And bad mistakes, Ive made a few

Ive had my share of sand kicked in my face

Ive done my sentenceBut committed no crime

But Ive come through

We are the champions

my friends...

And well keep on fighting

till the end

We are the champions

We are the champions

No time for losers

cause we are the champions - of the world

Ive taken my bowsA nd my curtain calls

You brought me fame and fortune

and everything that goes with it

I thank you all

But its been no bed of roses No pleasure cruise

I consider it a challenge before the whole human race

And I aint gonna lose

We are the champions - my friends

And well keep on fighting

till the end

We are the champions

We are the champions

No time for losers

cause we are the champions - of the world..!

~QUEEN~

Thank you Allah, for opening up my heart to accept these new challenges, 5 years ago when I was still an engineer...

He gave me great health, strong will, extraordinary passion for me to live & contribute to others in this business...

Thank you Mama, for your patience, for your doa, for your undivided love & support to me...

Thank you my life & business partners, YOU ALL are WORLD!!! :-)

Thank you my friends & family who have supported me in this business and still continue to give support till my dying day...

I could have not done it without your loves!!!

I LOVE YOU!!!

Thursday, March 5, 2009

~ Be A Master Of Change ~

THE world today is polluted with so many negative issues such as fuel hikes, inflation, violence, terrorism, disease and so on that affect you emotionally and mentally. To be a master of change, you should first control your energy and transform these negative feelings into positive ones. For example, the fuel hikes raised the world’s awareness and many countries started looking for solutions to overcome this situation. This is how the hybrid car came to be.

Due to the economic crisis, some people may collapse psychologically but others are strong enough to face the fact and continue to be strong for themselves and their family. Obviously the second group has the stronger positive energy. They are able to convert their sadness and anger into positive energy to move forward in their lives. You too must decide to transform any negative feelings into a positive state.

Explore Your Hidden Power

Any negative feeling you have can be a turning point if you are able to handle it well. It may not provide you with joy but it may also be the seed of courage you need. When you experience any negative feeling, it is unwise to fight it. Negative feelings are like quick sand; the more you fight, the deeper you sink.

Take fear, for instance. The more you fear handling a new and important customer for your company, the more likely you are going to lose the customer. However, when you see it as a challenge and think positively, you will do better. Your boss has seen the potential in you, which is why he allowed you to handle this major customer. Thinking in this manner will encourage you to want to succeed and perform your very best.

Fear can be a positive energy in the way that it gives you the courage to step forward and take action when faced with new challenges. Therefore you should first understand your fear and then overcome it by taking the right action. Do not let your past experience prevent you from advancement.

Take charge of your own energy and your effort will bear fruit.

At Lawrence Walter seminars, participants discover our definition of challenge, which is an opportunity to improve themselves, change the system, strategise and add new knowledge so that they can move on to the next level.

Start Your Day with an Exhilarating Energy Level

Kick-start your day with high energy! This will influence the people around you positively. Your colleagues and even your boss will start feeling good whenever you are around. But where do you obtain this high energy?

In fact, the energy is already in you - you are your energy. How you start your day will very much influence your energy level. If you usually oversleep, skip breakfast, arrive late at work and get scolded by your boss, then mess up everything you touch during the day, you will very much convince yourself that “Today is a bad day”. However, it is you who have spoiled the mood of your day!

To get a good start for the day, you can organise your own timing – avoid rushing and panic. Instead, learn to control your time in the morning. Schedule and make a checklist of things to do for the day. This will motivate you to create a sense of enjoyable urgency and help you make good use of the many opportunities in a day to do well. Make a passionate decision to energise yourself in the morning.

Avoid Negative Energy

Human beings are easily influenced by others. When the people around you contain more negative energy, the probability of you reacting negatively will be higher. If you allow the negative energy to flow in you time and again everyday, then a new negative habit will be formed. Some people are even addicted to those negative habits.

Here are some examples of negative sources and what you can do with them:
Some people have the bad habit of pointing out or highlighting the negative aspects of everything, which hold them back from taking action. Maybe they were even depressed at some point. Therefore you need to be mentally strong to prevent your energy from being sucked by these negative people.

In order for you to maintain your positive energy, there are a few methods that you may use when facing people with negative energy. Change your topic of conversation. You may ask the person to think of any happy occasion and lead him to look at all the beautiful things in life or at work. When both of you are talking about good things, there is no way for negative feelings to sustain.

If this person is your close friend, then share subjects of common interest that lead him or her to a positive feeling. It could be a movie or a hobby that you have just come across or experienced.
Sometimes, people in your office who are often critical may also affect your energy level. Yes, they could be providing some useful information for improvement but it may also drain your energy.

Therefore, you should control your emotions wisely and be mentally strong. If possible, ignore them or stop them immediately when they start giving unnecessary and petty comments, then tell them the impact of their verbal abuse towards you.

Your Own Negative Energy

There are times where you feel like a deflated balloon and feel too exhausted to do things. At this point, you need to transform your negative energy like anger, frustration and depression by sending positive words and positive thoughts to your mind. Injecting the right thoughts can stimulate you instead of putting you down.

Think of what wealth can bring you rather than poverty; what success can bring you rather than failure.

The way you think actually affects the inner child in you. Using words like stupid, weak, ugly, unlucky, failure or any other negative labels on yourself can bring long-term, internal damage to your self-esteem.

Do you know that these negative inputs can stunt your energy growth, sap your energy or even lead you to failure in life? In order for you to live a better quality life, start your day with positive thinking and recognise the good things in your life. This will rejuvenate you to move towards your ambition and dream.

Make the Change Now

Have you come across a time when you suddenly feel so energetic, especially when you are involved in certain activities? That is the time when you are building a positive mindset and creating positive energy within yourself. Being the architect of your mind’s landscape is very important in helping you gain, rebuild and sustain positive energy.

Start today!

Article contributed by Dr Lawrence Walter Ng, chief master trainer and author of Passion for Extraordinary Performance

::From The Day You Start Working::

Salam & Wonderfull day to everyone! :-)

Firstly, may I share this wonderful quote --

"The first step toward change is acceptance. Once you accept yourself, you open the door to change. That's all you have to do. Change is not something you do, it's something you allow". Will Garcia

Secondly, I want to illustrate example of a life journey of a person, from the day he/she starts working till retirement days...

Ahmad is a 23 year old fresh graduate. Started working in a XYZ company with starting salary of RM2,000 per month. Ahmad will be retiring in 32 years time (Normal people retire at 55). He rented in KL, still single & a heavy smoker. In urban area, the minimum inflation rate is at 6% & it could be more if you're a smoker!

With his RM2,000 income per month, 80% woule be his expenses per month, that will be equal to RM 1,600. When he is 55, with inflation rate at 6%, the future value of RM1,600 will be RM10,861. http://www.oneinvest.com.my/calculators/financial_calculator.asp

This figure remains true if his monthly income remains at RM1,600 per month from the first day till retirement!

Remember, when your salary increases, so does your expenses? :-) When you decided to get married, for example, your expenses shoot up! When you have a baby, for example, your expenses shoot up! When U moved to a new house, your expenses shoot up!

So, let say the minimum expenses for majority Malaysians are RM3,000 (if U had more, U can use the calculator above to work out on your own or email me to assist you further! :-) )

Rm3,000 now, 30 years from now, the future value would be = RM18,067.

Next, Ahmad got to decide who long will he be in his retirement days! Can he decides how long to live? NO Right? hehehe

Unless you die instantly right after you're 55, U got to think of your retirement funds starting from the 1st day of your working day!!!

Some research has been done in Insurance industry, average M'sia lifespan for Men is 72 and Women is 75. So, Ahmad got to prepare his retirement funds to cater for the next 15-20 years in retirement! Remember: During retirement, U got no other income except for what ever savings, rents that you have built all these working days... :-)

So, taking RM18,067 x 12 months x 15 years = RM3,252,060! Yes, it is RM3 MILLION!

* Have you started a plan to get to your retirement days income?
* Do you want to RETIRE RICH or RETIRE at Rumah Kebajikan?
* Do you want to prepare for your retirement needs?
* If I can show you there are ways to RETIRE RICH, would you be interested to know?
* Do you want me to serve for your retirement needs?

I am very happy to provide my service.

My name is Ida Azerin Razali & I'm a Financial Consultant from Public Mutual Berhad.
I can be contacted at 012-3215190.
My service is throughout Malaysia as I have branches in JB, Malacca, N.9, Perak, Pulau Pinang. New branches in East Coast will be ready soon too! :-)


Lastly, I wish all of you a happy retirement. You REAP what you SOW. 20 years from now, would you say "I'M GLAD I HAVE INVESTED" or "I WISH I HAD INVESTED".

The choice is yours, SOW the seed today, so that you'll have a bountifull TOMORROW.

Thank you for your time. Take care.

Wednesday, March 4, 2009

Majority neglect retirement plans

Friday March 14, 2008.
The Star Online

KUALA LUMPUR: More than half of Malaysian workers have not prepared for retirement while those who have, only started planning after age 40, according to a survey.

The average age working Malaysians began preparing for retirement was 41, while retirees said they did so at 47.

That’s way too late. It doesn’t give them enough time to build their retirement fund,” Axa Affin Life Insurance Bhd branding and communications head Cheah Leng Sooi said in announcing the findings of the AXA Retirement Scope 2008.

In the survey carried out by research house Synovate, 313 working people aged 25 and above and 319 retirees aged below 75 in urban areas were interviewed over the telephone.

The survey, part of a global study conducted in 26 countries and involving 18,000 respondents, was undertaken for the first time in Malaysia, from July 23 to Aug 27 last year.

Among those who had planned for retirement, most began after they married, had children, or fell into financial difficulties or had health problems, Cheah said.

Their sources of retirement income included life insurance, Employees Provident Fund and personal savings.

The retired saved an average of RM478 a month, and the working RM704, figures that were considered low compared with other countries.

“Malaysian retirees feel that their retirement income is insufficient to cover household expenses. Their average income is RM1,243 but the amount they need is RM1,568 – a deficit of RM325,” she said.

In comparison, Singapore’s average retirement income is RM3,690, and the amount needed RM3,465; while Thailand’s average income is RM1,276, and the amount needed RM903, according to the survey.

The disparity between high and low income earners in Malaysia is wide, the high-income retirees having four times more than those with low income, the survey found.

Despite insufficient income, three-quarters of the retirees said their quality of life had improved if not remaining the same, while 83% of the working group expect their quality of life to improve or remain the same.

Miskin selepas pencen -- Dengan purata caruman RM114,000 pesara belanja RM475 sebulan

19/10/2007
oleh: Nizam Yatim

KUALA LUMPUR 18 Okt. – Kumpulan Wang Simpanan Pekerja (KWSP) mempunyai caruman terkumpul berjumlah RM224 bilion sehingga Disember 2006 namun secara purata simpanan seorang pencarumnya yang mencapai usia 55 tahun cuma RM114,000.

Dengan simpanan sebanyak itu, seseorang pencarum KWSP yang bersara hanya mampu membelanjakan RM475 setiap bulan bagi membolehkannya menampung hidup sehingga usia 75 tahun.

Perbelanjaan RM475 sebulan akan meletakkan pesara berkenaan dalam kategori golongan berpendapatan di bawah paras kemiskinan.

Pendapatan orang yang dikategorikan miskin di Semenanjung kini ditetapkan RM530 sebulan, Sarawak (RM585) dan Sabah (RM685).

Pengurus Kanan Perhubungan Awam KWSP, Nik Affendi Jaafar memberitahu, pada masa ini purata caruman terkumpul kira-kira 47,500 pencarum KWSP yang akan genap umur 55 tahun pada tahun ini ialah RM114,000.

“Jumlah simpanan ini tidak mencukupi berdasarkan anggaran mereka akan menggunakan wang itu selama 20 tahun berikutan jangka hayat yang semakin panjang serta kos sara hidup yang terus meningkat,” katanya kepada Utusan Malaysia dalam satu temu bual di pejabatnya di sini.
KWSP mempunyai kira-kira 11 juta pencarum dengan 47,500 orang akan mencapai umur bersara pada tahun ini.

Menurut Nik Affendi, bagi memastikan pencarum KWSP dapat bersara dengan selesa, setiap ahli dana pencen itu perlu mengubah sikap mereka yang berharap sepenuhnya kepada caruman KWSP untuk menampung hidup selepas bersara.

“Caruman KWSP setiap bulan hanya melibatkan 11 peratus daripada gaji mereka, jadi masih terdapat 89 peratus pendapatan pencarum yang boleh digunakan untuk membuat pelaburan yang akan menghasilkan pulangan tetap pada usia tua,” ujarnya.

Nik Affendi menasihatkan para pencarum supaya berhemah ketika membuat pengeluaran awal sebelum persaraan membabitkan pelbagai skim yang telah disediakan oleh KWSP termasuk pengeluaran rumah, pendidikan dan kesihatan.

“Jika mereka mempunyai sumber lain, simpanan KWSP harus dijadikan sebagai pilihan terakhir,” tegasnya.

Ditanya mengenai langkah-langkah yang telah diambil bagi memastikan simpanan persaraan setiap ahli bertambah, katanya, struktur akaun ahli KWSP telah disusun semula daripada tiga akaun kepada dua mulai 2 Januari lalu.

Sebelum ini, sebanyak 60 peratus daripada caruman bulanan ahli dikreditkan ke dalam Akaun I manakala 30 peratus ke dalam Akaun II dan 10 peratus ke dalam Akaun III.

Penstrukturan itu menyebabkan Akaun I – yang khusus untuk tujuan persaraan dan hanya boleh dikeluarkan setelah pencarum mencapai usia 55 tahun – ditingkatkan sebanyak 10 peratus kepada 70 peratus.

Selaras dengan perubahan itu, ujar Nik Affendi, pengeluaran kesihatan yang sebelum ini hanya boleh dibuat daripada Akaun III kini boleh dikeluarkan daripada Akaun II.

Wang dalam Akaun II yang melibatkan 30 peratus caruman ahli juga boleh dikeluarkan untuk pembiayaan perumahan, kesihatan, pendidikan dan apabila cukup umur 50 tahun.

Sumber

Tuesday, March 3, 2009

5 Vital Habits Of UTCs

"The Past Does Not Equal The Future!" - There are still room for improvements if you decided to change & take actions! :-)

The 5 vital habits of Unit Trust Consultants:

1. Habits of Learning

2. Habits of Planning

3. Habits of Prospecting

4. Habits of Selling

5. Habits of Building Relationships

::Habits & Self-Discipline::

"Successful people form the HABIT of doing the things failures do not like to do"

"Self-Discipline is doing the things you have to do, when you have to do it whether you like it or not"

"Do not minor on the major and major on the minors - Minor on the minors & major on the majors!" - There is a time for everything BUT not all the time...

"Do or Do Not, there is no TRY" - Yoda Master

Monday, March 2, 2009

Still not sure which career to go...?

One of my 'Icon' in this career. Since 2004, each time when I met her, soalan pertama yang akan keluar daripada mulut beliau adalah "Sudah Resign ke Belum??? Kalau belum, jangan kawan dengan saya".

Walaupun begitu, saya tidak pernah putus asa. Setiap kali ada TALK yang beliau akan beri, saya pasti akan berada di sana. Setiap kali ada events, saya pasti akan bersalam dengan beliau. Yes, soalan kat atas tu memang confirm beliau akan bertanya...

4 tahun selepas itu... Dengan penuh keyakinan, saya pergi berjumpa dengan beliau dan tak sabar nak cakap kat dia... Kak Zizah!!! I da resigned! YES! :-)

She will said, "TAHNIAH!!! Menyesal ke tak berhenti awal?"

and I said "YES" menyesal tak berhenti awal. Especially waktu 2007, ramai gile jadik jutawan di Public Mutual. Anyway, semua yang berlaku ada hikmahnye... If I was at peak in 2007, definitely in 2008 I was at the bottom. But, alhamdulillah... it was not the case as I double up my Service Values in 2008 :-) *where mostly ppl are complaining their SV was at the lowest in the history...

Ok, enough of that... I nak berkongsi cerita tentang this wonderful GAM. She is not my direct upline. Bau-bau bacang pun tak ada. Tetapi beliau ni tidak pernah kedekuts ilmu. All of us in Public Mutual believe in ABUNDANCE! :) The more your share.... the more benefits you'll get from the divine...!

She was intervied pada 12/3/2007 (Wow! it was 2 years back eh....) *definitely banyak yg da berubah now... ;-)

May I share with you.... her stories... jeng jeng jeng...

Mukadimah
SEBAHAGIAN daripada kita mungkin pernah dilanda rasa bosan dengan pekerjaan yang dilakukan. Berpuluh tahun melakukan rutin sama sehingga kadangkala bagaikan ‘mengheret’ kaki ke pejabat setiap pagi. Terikat dengan pelbagai komitmen, keinginan untuk berubah kerjaya kerap terbantut apatah lagi apabila gagal mencari kerjaya lain yang sesuai.

Begitupun, bak kata Pengurus Agensi Kumpulan (GAM) Public Mutual, Azizah Saad, 39, kalau tidak dipecahkan ruyung manakan dapat sagunya. Setiap perubahan yang ingin dilakukan pasti ada risiko, terpulang kepada kemahuan dan keazaman untuk menjayakannya.

Ini juga adalah antara kunci kejayaan ibu tunggal kepada tiga cahaya mata, Sharifah Aisyah Akmal Syed Ahmad Akmal, 14, Syed Aiman Akmal, 12, dan Syed Aniq Akmal, sehingga meraih gelaran sebagai perunding unit amanah nombor satu bagi bumiputera dan ke dua terbaik bagi keseluruhan di Public Mutual.

Ikuti temu bual bersama wartawan, Siti Zaleha Jorimai dan jurugambar, Halim Khalid bersama wanita cemerlang ini.

Keluarga: Apakah sebenarnya unit amanah?

Azizah: Unit amanah ialah skim pelaburan kolektif yang diurus secara profesional dengan mengumpulkan wang seorang individu dan ribuan pelabur lain. Pengurus pelaburan yang pakar kemudian akan melaburkan wang tersebut bagi pihak pelanggan untuk mencapai sasaran yang ditetapkan mengikut matlamat pelaburan dana tersebut

Apa pula peranan perunding unit amanah (UTC) seperti anda?

Secara profesionalnya, kami bolehlah dikatakan perunding perancang kewangan. Kami membantu individu merancang simpanan mereka dalam tempoh sederhana (tiga tahun) dan jangka panjang (lebih lima tahun).

Setiap orang mempunyai matlamat berbeza. Di sinilah peranan kami bermula, dengan memberi pelan perancangan simpanan yang bersesuaian dengan individu tersebut.

Kami sekadar memberi panduan. Pilihan dan bentuk simpanan masih terpulang kepada individu berkenaan. Memanglah pelaburan yang dibuat ada turun naik mengikut harga pasaran, tetapi risikonya amatlah rendah dan kita boleh mengendalikan risikonya dengan baik
UTC yang komited dan terlatih akan membantu pelanggan mencapai matlamat pelaburan tersebut.

Mungkin anda ada panduan dalam memilih unit amanah yang terbaik?
Pertamanya, individu tersebut perlu memahami objektif simpanan tersebut sama ada untuk pendidikan, pembelian harta, simpanan untuk hari tua dan sebagainya. Seterusnya, mereka mesti bijak mencari syarikat pengendali unit amanah yang konsisten dalam memberi pulangan dan keuntungan.

Komitmen seorang UTC juga penting bagi individu tersebut mendapat khidmat nasihat yang terbaik terhadap pelaburan mereka.

Bagaimana mahu dari segi membina kerjaya sebagai UTC berjaya?


Kerjaya ini menjanjikan pendapatan mengikut seberapa banyak anda mahu. Apa yang penting kesungguhan dan kesanggupan untuk berkerja keras kerana kerjaya ini adalah perniagaan anda dengan modal serendah RM247.50 (yuran peperiksaan Persekutuan Pengurusan Unit Amanah Malaysia sebagai lesen menjadi UTC).


Dalam pada masa sama, pastikan syarikat yang disertai mempunyai catatan rekod yang cemerlang dan konsisten dalam memberi keuntungan kepada perunding dan pelabur.


Bagi saya ada tiga kunci utama untuk berjaya dalam bidang ini iaitu komitmen, boleh menerima tunjuk ajar dan keinginan atau kemahuan yang tinggi. Dengan ketiga-tiga ciri ini sesiapa pun boleh buat tidak kira lepasan universiti atau lulus sekadar lulus Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (kelayakan minimum).

Boleh ceritakan perjalanan anda dalam mencapai kejayaan seperti sekarang?


Selepas tamat kursus kesetiausahan di Institut Teknologi Mara (sekarang UiTM) pada 1989 saya sempat bekerja sebagai setiausaha di bank. Sekian lama bekerja di situ, saya sedar kerja makan gaji tidak membawa saya ke mana-mana.

Saya kuat percaya untuk kaya hanya dengan berniaga. Dalam Islam sendiri menyebut sembilan daripada 10 rezeki melalui perniagaan.


Sebenarnya, dari zaman sekolah lagi saya sudah pandai cari duit sendiri. Saya bekerja di restoran dengan umpah RM4. Keluarga saya orang susah, bapa kerja nelayan dan emak pula suri rumah. Abang dan kakak saya tidak berpeluang bersekolah tinggi semata-mata untuk memberi laluan kepada adik-adiknya mendapat pendidikan yang lebih baik.

Ketika ditawarkan masuk ITM, berdikit-dikit ayah kumpul duit untuk bayar yuran dengan dibantu abang. Masa di kolej juga saya cuba cari duit sendiri. Saya ‘ambil upah' mencuci rambut kawan-kawan, dapat 50 sen seorang, lepaslah duit makan. Saya pernah juga beli nasi lemak di luar kemudian saya jual balik pada kawan-kawan di kolej dengan mengambil untung sedikit.


Walaupun apa yang saya lakukan nampak kecil, sebenarnya ia memberi pengalaman dan pengajaran berguna pada saya terutama dalam memahami dunia perniagaan.

Sebelum menyertai unit amanah, segala bentuk perniagaan saya buat daripada jualan langsung hingga kepada menjadi agen insurans. Ketika itu walaupun tidak mempunyai ramai kenalan di Kuala Lumpur, saya beranikan diri menegur dan menghubungi sesiapa saja yang berpotensi menjadi pelanggan saya. Cubaan menjadi agen insurans berhasil sehingga meraih pendapatan sekurang-kurangnya RM5,000 sebulan. Ketika itu saya mengambil keputusan berhenti kerja tetap kerana tidak mampu mengimbangi dua pekerjaan sekali gus.


Ketika situasi insurans kurang memberangsangkan disebabkan kejatuhan ekonomi pada 1998, pendapatan saya merosot sehingga ke RM1,500. Saya panik, tetapi bernasib baik mendapat peluang menjadi UTC selepas diperkenalkan oleh seorang rakan.

Apakah cabaran yang dihadapi selepas menyertai unit amanah?


Saya menyertai bidang ini dengan pengetahuan yang kosong dan tak tahu apa yang saya jual. Namun, saya punya keinginan yang kuat dan berusaha mendalami setiap aspek perniagaan ini.
Selepas melalui saat jatuh bangun, Alhamdulillah, berkat kerja keras dan kesungguhan akhirnya berhasil. Pada tahun lepas saja jualan kumpulan saya mencecah RM122 juta. Saya mempunyai seramai 200 UTC dan seorang GAM terus di bawah saya.
Saya menyimpan cita-cita untuk menghasilkan 50 GAM dalam tempoh 10 tahun lagi. Saya yakin ia mampu dicapai jika ada kesungguhan dan keazaman.

Apa resipi kejayaan anda sehingga ke tahap sekarang?


Sebagai UTC , pertama sekali sanggup berhadapan dan menerima risiko ditolak. Saya selalu ingatkan kepada anak-anak didik saya bahawa penolakan bukanlah sesuatu yang peribadi sehingga boleh menyebabkan kita jatuh. Sebaliknya, dijadikan pendorong untuk terus berusaha.
Keduanya, saya memilih orang yang tepat untuk saya rekrut. Memilih orang yang tepat tidak bermakna yang berpendidikan tinggi saja sebaliknya, mereka yang menunjukkan kesanggupan untuk berusaha. Kalau diletakkan sasaran dia akan memastikan sasaran itu dapat dicapai.
Sebagai ketua yang baik saya juga perlu bijak untuk memberi motivasi kepada orang di bawah saya untuk terus bersemangat.

Jika anda teruja selepas membaca cerita ini, apa kata kita sama-sama menuju kejayaan sebagai Perunding Unit Amanah Bersama Public Mutual Berhad? :-)

I'm on my way to be like Azizah Saad...

My goal this year are to expand my agency members to 150 active UTCs and 10 Agency Supervisors.

Saya YAKIN Saya BOLEH!

Contact saya jika anda berminat untuk menceburkan diri di dalam bidang ini ya!

Loves & Thanks,
Ida Azerin Razali
Agency Manager
012-3215190

Strategi 'beli dan tunggu'

Sekarang masa paling sesuai bagi pelabur menjana wang dengan membeli saham amanah!

Berita Harian, 24 Februari, 2009


BzBeeZ Consultans! Reach out to your clients and your potential clients! :-)

It All Begins With A Goal

21st National Sales Convention & Annual Awards Nite 2010


The National Sales Convention (NSC) is an annual sales contest designed to motivate UTCs to achieve higher sales targets. The contest culminates in a convention held to honour UTCs who have succeeded in achieving targeted sales at the end of the contest period. It is a one-day convention where distinguished speakers will conduct educational and motivational seminars, and where awards and rewards will be presented to high-achievers.

The Annual Awards Nite (AAN) is a night of splendour. Entertainment and awards presentation are held to honour all NSC qualifiers and top achievers in their respective categories. Top achievers will be given awards and cash rewards on top of the management and peers' recognition.


I leave you with an interesting article from Star METRO, dated 20th January 2009


IT ALL BEGINS WITH A GOAL!

- Success is about working towards what you want to achieve

Conrad Hilton, the founder of the Hilton chain of hotels, said: “Success is made to order.” He was right. An achievement is a sum total of many things — talent, aptitude, knowledge and desire. If you analyse each of your achievements, you will soon discover that it all started with the goal that you wanted to achieve.


Well-defined goals, tackled with competence and confidence through a proper plan of action, are the building blocks of achievements. They are our escalators to tomorrow, a vehicle that takes you to success.


What are some of the important points to remember when you go about setting goals and planning for them?



SET SMART GOALS

It is very important that your goals be specific, measurable, attainable, realistic and timebound.

PUT YOUR MIND TO IT

Swami Vivekananda, the influential Indian spiritual leader, is credited with introducing the philosophies of yoga and vedanta (quest for self-knowledge) to America and England.

Once when he was in America, he saw some kids standing on a bridge, shooting eggshells floating in the lake. The children were always off target. Swami took a gun, stood still for few minutes and then fired 12 shots. Each time it hit an eggshell.

He turned around and told the awestruck boys: “Whatever you do, put your whole mind into it. If you’re shooting, your mind should be on the target. If you’re learning, think only of the lesson".

BE ENTHUSIASTIC

The worst bankrupt is the person who has lost enthusiasm. Lose everything but enthusiasm and you will come through your trials and find success. Of course there will be difficulties and obstacles in life. There are two possible attitudes to take at such times.

One is to let the difficulties discourage you, making you feel helpless and hopeless. That attitude is disastrous. The other way is to cultivate a positive attitude towards what you can do to solve the problem in the best manner possible.

TAKE EFFECTIVE DECISIONS

Most people have no idea how much stress they can create through indecision.

If you are the kind of person who cannot decide between two courses of action, afraid that the course you choose might turn out to be a mistake, bear in mind that indecision is expensive and nearly always the worst mistake you can make.

Some decisions require a great deal of thought and plenty of information. But once all the facts are available, the successful individual will reach a decision and stop thinking about the various pros and cons, so that he can devote all his energy and effort to making the decision work.

AVOID PROCRASTINATION

Procrastination is the greatest disease that afflicts mankind. Although the disease is widespread, it is important that you do not ignore it.

Successful people do not procrastinate, especially in matters they know are important to them.
As someone has rightly said, “People don’t fail because they intend to fail. They fail because they fail to do what they intend to do".

— Source: Straits Times/Asia News Network
Article by Nikhil Desai, an international speaker, motivator and trainer.

21st Kick Start Campaign

Kaizen! Team, remember this campaign!! Ends 31st Mac 2009.

Due date to submit EPF investment is 13th Mac 2009 (FRIDAY!!!)






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