When you seem to lost your way.

Salam dear readers,...

This week I have taken a few days off to spend the time with my lovely children. Tak de la gi mana sangat pun. We had fun chilling out at a river call Sungai Chilling at Kuala Kubu Bharu. Spent time with their cousins splashing at swimming pool, watching horror movies together and endless muching and eating.

At times bila dah lama sangat cuti tetiba rasa lemau nak start kerja balik. Or ada kalanya bila apa yang kita usahakan tidak memberi hasil yang kita harapkan, then kita rasa sangat down dan hilang semangat. At this point what we need is something to perk us up again.

Tipulah kalau saya kata saya tak pernah melalui saat-saat frust dan down especially masa awal-awal jadi Unit Trust Consultant. Kekadang menangis beria-ia. Tapi one thing about me, rasa down ni tak lama. paling lama sehari dua. Selalunya I will snap myself out from this pitiful state and motivate myself again.

So how does one motivate oneself? There are many ways actually.

1) Read books. Bukan buku cinta ye. Buku motivasi. In my blog ni, I have list down recommended readings in one of my page. Pada orang yang suka membaca, banyak sangat-sangat buku motivasi or self help berada di toko toko buku ( wah klasik tul bahasa ni). Be it in BM or English.

2) Talk to someone BUT...be careful to choose only positive minded people. Janganlah bercerita pada mereka yang tidak faham your needs to chase your dreams. There are people out there who is more willing to pull you down that to help you. Why? because they don't have the courage to pursue their dreams and they want you to fail to prove that they are making the right decision. Pleaseeeee stay away from people yang cam gini.

3) Google lah dalam internet and look for articles related to your problem. Listen to audio or watch you tube about successful people, about how to motivate yourself. At least dengar dlm 5 - 10 minit pun mampu jugak buat kita bersemangat balik.

4) If you have Goal board or vision board, look at them. Ingat balik kenapa kita buat decision to become Unit Trust Consultant. Apart from your goal board, there is your  goal book. That is why, writing down goals is very important.  Cuba kaji balik apa yang kita nak. Sebab masa kita pen down our goals tu, we were very excited betul tak? We visualised those dreams then with enthusiasm. So look at them back and feel the enthusiasm again.
For those yang belum jadi Unit Trust Consultant, cuba think where will you be 5 years from now. Write down one by one the things your heart desire. Even if you have doubts achievingthem,  that is okay. All great people dream big dreams with no idea how to start. But the desire, somehow finds its path.

5) Semua pun mesti ada Facebook kannnnnnn? Cari la motivational page and click "like". Then everyday bila kita dok scroll FB kita, akan ada motivational quotes on our newsfeed. This is one thing yang i suka buat. Bila tengok quote-quote yang best,  I saved them in my phone. Bila tengah down I akan tengok balik kata-kata semangat ni. Even make them my Iphone screen lock.

6) Ni sepatutnya jadi yang paling utama. Sebagai orang islam, bacalah al quran sebab ia adalah penenang jiwa. Bukan la saya letak dia last point maksudnya inilah last resort. NO. Bila kita dalam keadaan yang sangat stress, membaca al quran mampu memberi ketenangan. Solatlah dan mohon pada Allah dengan penuh khusyuk agar yang Maha BerKuasa memberikan kita hati yang tenang untuk mencari rezeki.

Banyak lagi sebenarnya cara nak motivasi diri tapi setakat ini cukuplah apa yang saya nukilkan hari ini. So janganlah risau kalau kita rasa cam hilang semangat. The enthusiasm can be found again.

Planning

Salam dear readers..

How is your day today? I hope you have had a great day.  Me? today is a quiet day for me. Normally Monday is the day where  I plan for the week ahead. Settlekan documents, buat phone calls for the next 4 days punya appointments, etc.

I will write down all these on a worksheet so that boleh nampak la hari apa yang penuh, hari apa yang tak. I normally akan schedule my appointments based on location for example, kalau that day in KL, I will try to buat semua appointments in KL. This will save time and other costs like petrol. You won't waste your time traveling here and there and can see more people in one day. Based on this worksheet too, I will monitor whether I have achieve the target for the day and for the week.

I work well in morning. Therefore I must start working in the morning and the rest of the day will go smoothly. Kalau dah start tengahari, memang lemaulah jawabnya.

When we are our own boss, planning and monitoring are among the essentials. Because, no one is going to ask you about your sales. Kita kena ingatkan diri sendiri. Self discipline la senang cerita. If you dont have a proper planning and you dont monitor you will get lost along the way.

Today sebenarnya tak banyak idea nak menulis. So this is just a short one telling my readers how I plan my work.  Yang paling penting, plan beria-ia, kalau tak execute pun tak guna juga. So put your plan into action and reap the rewards.

The Booth Activity at Amcop Mall

Assalamualaikum my dear readers. How is everyone's weekend?. Cuti sekolah dah start so sure riuh rendah rumah dengan suara anak-anak.

Last week was a pretty hectic week for me. We had a booth activities for 3 days from monday to wednesday at Amcorp Mall, PJ. Then thursday ada training at SS2 Mall and friday was the day for personal errands. Ambik anak I from an asrama in bentong.

The booth activity went well. Sangat penat I must say sebab dari pagi sampai petang, berdiri, approaching people, attending to people's question and so on. But we did have fun buat aktiviti ni bersama-sama. Jadi tempat information counter pun ye jugak. Yang tanya surau kat mana la, tanya food court, cari lif, mana nak bayar parking dan sebagainya. Jawab je la mana yang tau. InsyaAllah dapat pahala atas kebajikan yang sikit tu. :)

These are some photos yang sempat I snapped during those 3 days.

Ayu in action.

A customer approching our booth for infomation.

Sheila memberanikan diri approaching passers by.

 

 

Booth adalah salah satu aktiviti yang dijalankan untuk memperkenalkan diri kita as a Unit Trust Consultant kepada orang ramai. From here, we can get contacts we can call to make appointments later. Ada jugak instances where through the booth kita terus close deal dengan client. Best tau kalau cam tu.

For those newcomers, inilah masa kita nak train diri kita supaya buang rasa malu untuk tegur orang-orang disekeliling kita. This is the time we learn new things from questions people asked. And this is the time where we keep the bond among team members.

InsyaAllah I will keep updating future activities in this blog. In the meantime, if you are those who enjoy meeting people, eager for new challenge or if its a matter of curiosity, pls give me a call me at 012 6923244. Look forward to hearing from you.

Support System

Assalamualaikum my dear readers and team members.

Hari ni dah hari Jumaat. Sekejap betul masa berjalan. Semalam I attended a training provided by the Company. The topic is about leadership and Agency Management. This training spans over 4 weeks and it covers on essential areas with regards to group building.

Ilmu adalah sangat penting untuk di pelajari. For me to become a good leader and to lead a good team, I need to equip myself with the right knowledge. Thus the reading and the training. In Shaa Allah, ilmu-ilmu ini semua dapat dimanfaatkan for the growth and success of my team.

What I like about the Company I am representing is the support system that they provide. The trainings and the modules are very well planned. Right from the start of becoming a Unit Trust Consultant, you are required to attend certain compulsory trainings. You have to pay for the training though but takde la mahal. RM 10 or RM 20 for one day class. Tapi trust me, banyak benefit you will get from the class.

For every step of the promotion ladder, the Company has prepared specific topics for you to learn. Therefore you will not be at lost. Like I said in my earlier postings, this is a career. The Company takes it very seriously to train you to become a quality Unit Trust Consultant. Besides that, ada la banyak lagi classes yang di tambah mengikuti peredaran semasa.

At times, there will be sharing by top Group Agency Managers nationwide. From here we can learn from the experiences of successful people. After all this is a copy cat business.We don't need to create a new path to find success. Just follow and apply what these top people do.

So come and join me in this exciting career. With hardwork and dedication, success can definitely be yours.

Bukan semua hari itu indah.

Salam Maal Hijrah buat pembaca yg beragama Islam. and I bid a good day too to all my non muslim readers.

Time flies very fast isn't it. Ni dah masuk tahun baru Islam 1435.  2 bulan lagi tahun baru Masehi 2014 pula akan muncul. As usual when comes to a dawn of a new year, people always dwell on resolutions. Have u achieved what u set early this year? I hope so. Kalau tak semua pun at least part of it. Tapi kalau belum lagi capai apa yang kita azamkan, jangan sedih sebab kita ada tahun baru untuk renew azam kita.Well everyday is a new day right?

Tajuk posting hari ni cam tajuk drama kan? Dalam posting posting saya yang lepas, saya banyak menceritakan betapa BESTNYA jadi Unit Trust Consultant ni.  Memang best. Saya tak tipu. Tetapi as with any other career, this too comes with challenges. Its not a bed of roses everyday my dear readers.

Apakah challenges-challenges yang dihadapi oleh seorang Unit Trust Consultant?

1)   Tak lepas exam.  This is the first obstacle. Tetapi selalunya bila masuk exam kedua, you are more ready    and knowing that u might fail will makes you work harder. Kenapa fail tu? sebab malas nak ulangkaji, malas nak buat soalan-soalan contoh and overconfident.  Like i said earlier, Unit Trust Consultant is a career. Be fully prepared and fully ready like masa mula-mula interview kerja dulu. Jangan anggap ini satu perkara yang remeh sebabnya sayang duit RM 250 and nak resit exam kena bayar another RM 150.

2) Takde appointment. Sebabnya kurang leads atau orang-orang untuk dihubungi. Ini masalah common. Kenalah rajin and kreatif untuk carik leads.

3) Appointment kena cancel atau postpone. Ada kalanya bakal client kita ni busy. Susah sangat nak jumpa. Tetiba kena panggil meeting la dan sebagainya. Janganla terus sedih bila kena postpone appointment. Kena ada plan lain untuk fill up masa yang terluang tu.

4) Bila dah jumpa, tak close sale pulak. Client nak pikir la, tak nak investla dan sebagainya.  Hmmm tak perlu rasa gusar walaupun hati tu rasa nak nangis bila berhadapan dengan situasi cam ni. Investor ni ada macam-macam ragam. Ada kalanya mereka memang perlu berfikir dahulu sebelum nak buat investment especially dengan stranger. So ...apa nak buat?When you become my team mate saya akan beritahu.

5) Takde masa nak jumpa client sebab ada kerja permanent. Well this is a matter of time management. Perlulah cari masa during lunch time, after office hours atau during weekend.

6) Takut nak jumpa client sebab malu and tak confident.

7) Client banyak tanya and kita tak cukup knowledge and tak confident nak jawab.

These are the challenges yang sangat sinonim dengan dunia Unit Trust Consultants. I am being truthful about this because I dont want to just tell you all the good stuff. I let you be ready of what to expect from this business.

I am not saying that you akan berhadapan dengan semua masalah di atas. Ada kalanya Allah permudahkan rezeki kita and we get all things easy. But should you have to face all these then at least you are well prepared.

My dear teammates...I will teach and share with you on how to handle the challenges and objections like the above. After 5 years of being in this industry, I have faced all the above and trust me, it will make you a stronger, wiser and more determine person.

Ada kalanya kita perlu berhadapan dengan challenges sebegini sebabnya ia akan membuatkan kita lagi hargai kerjaya kita as a Unit Trust Consultants. Don't shy away because of these challenges. Its those people who emerge successfully from these challenges are the true winner. Insya Allah.

Come and join me in this rewarding career.