Think.Speak.Listen.Think

Think.Speak.Listen.Think. This is something I started since I have met my current boss. He taught me a lot. How to be a consultant? Just listen and just do? That was me before I met him. With his guidance, I learnt the way of thinking before speaking, listening then thinking. This is applying to my profession and also to my personal life.

I used to be influenced by someone easily. I used to believe what others say easily. I used to think silly, not decisive, was a follower. As I didn't think in depth for what others have told me. I think without considering the impacts. Such a simple thinking of me at old times.

Now, I think before I speak, I listen then I think again. This helps me a lot in my profession and my personal life. I am an optimistic person, when someone told me something, I will think from positive point of views, follow by negative point of views, even sometimes I put myself on neutral. The way you think will bring impact to what you are going to act after this.

Today, a conversation with a friend at MSN triggered me to think that, a phrase can be interpreted differently by someone. I wrote a phrase as my MSN tagline, is to motivate friends around me. But this friend of me came back to me with a negative feedback. His way of thinking is different from me.

No one is perfect. How we think, how we speak, how we listen and response do tell us who we are. Simple clear message should be deliver and the intepretation to what is heard is depending on the individual. I won't say right or wrong, just feel that think before speak, listen follow by think again, improve my way of communication with others, and trigger lot of life philosophies to me.

Happy life Quote of the day:

Do not believe in anything simply because you have heard it.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is spoken and rumored by many.
Do not believe in anything simply because it is found written in your religious books.
Do not believe in anything merely on the authority of your teachers and elders.
Do not believe in traditions because they have been handed down for many generations.

But after observation and analysis, when you find that anything agrees with reason and is conducive to the good and benefit of one and all, then accept it and live up to it. ~Buddha