VON's blog: April 2009

Thursday, April 16, 2009

time for update

today i had a meeting with my colleagues and boss.

and we learnt a valuable lesson about different between EQ and IQ.

he said frankly to us. people who only work with IQ will not going anywhere far. Only those who has got high EQ climb the highest. simple to say, its knowing human behavior and acting according to the situation.

This really makes me ponder and go into deep thoughts. At the same time making me realise more about the reality of the world. its definitely time for us to grow and climb higher from where we are now. he said transition period are always difficult. But once we are through, we are one step higher. i really look forward to the day coming soon. Its back to the reality of the world. For instance, everybody has their own goal. like mine, i want a mini cooper. How can i ever achieve it if i'm still in my present situation. It's almost impossible.

The only way to achieve is to go beyond what i am doing now. other then designing i can also try to do some coordination directly with client securing the account. which goes back to using EQ.

imagine if a client comes to you and say he want this design to be this way. you know of a better way and straight away pulls down his idea. how will he feel? He is being rejected instantly.

But if you turn it another way and say you think this idea is not bad. it could be workable just that we can improvise on certain parts. This is very different. It means that the clients idea is being acknowledge and accepted. Of course the client will feel good. This is human behavior. compare to the previous one which do you think the client will prefer to work with.

I'm not trying to say is like being a fake person or what. But is the way you phrase your words.

I guess its really an important lesson about working with different people.