Perspectives of Stupidity

Stupidity: the quality or state of being stupid. (it doesn't help right?)

Apparently, after 18 years of living as a human, everything that we encounter, experience, had narrowed down to one element...perspectives.

I've been reading words lately. of different people. of different perspectives. different thoughts. 

these people have the confidence to influence us to believe, because...

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well, just because we're stupid enough to believe which we're

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plain stupid 

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we can't come out with anything that is smart enough or... stupid enough 

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we thought we are smart, while reality proves otherwise

ok, maybe 'stupid' sounded pretty harsh, but you'll see how stupid people are when they don't think like you do, while everybody is thinking the same about you. 

If everyone were to be thinking like you, seeing the things as you see it is, there'll be no such thing as perspectives. When there's no perspectives, the whole world population would drown in plain stupidity. 

So, the good thing is: perspectives may deem other people stupid but yourself, which is something bad and stupid. But, at least, not everyone would be stupid. 

The world doesn't function the way it is supposed to be, because it never did. 

YCM 43th CEO Series : Rauf Rashid

Pardon my 'in-formality' in writing the following post...LOL

So, on the 23 of January, my classmates and I attended the Young Corporate Malaysians (YCM) 43rd CEO series featuring Rauf Rashid, the managing partner for Ernst and Young Malaysia. And, the event was pretty interesting.

Before the talk started, we had a networking session with people from different industries. I met a few people, mostly ACCA students and a financial analyst from Shell. And, yea...it started out pretty awkward at first, after that, you'd slowly grab a grasp on the whole conversation. 

The talk was about Rauf's life experiences. He's from Kedah, went into a borading school, got a scholarship to UK, did his degree, worked at KPMG and earned his ICAEW qualification. He pointed out that a degree is different from the ICAEW qualification, which is when he tasted a little bitterness...ok...maybe lots of bitterness. He didn't make through the exams. This means that he had to spend another 5 months in the UK. And worse, that's the last exam before the syllabus is about to be changed. Do you have any idea how tough and frustrating is it? 

After hearing those words from his colleague. 

Failure is character building. 

He rose and he succeeded. 

He came back to Malaysia, and worked in and manages Arthur Anderson, later sold to Ernst and Young, which today is one of the largest accounting firms in the world. 

Rauf's response towards the questions raised and issues addressed during the Q&A session has truly been an breath-taking one, unlike the ones that makes you listen, listen, listen, listen....∞ (infinity)

Some of the pretty hot topics would be job-hopping among Gen-Y employees. And, basically he mentioned that this phenomena is probably due to the lack of patience in nowadays youngsters. ANd, it would be fine if the hop progresses you in terms of job prospects. A person like Rauf did received a number of job offers, despite having himself tied with E&Y. But, another thing that got him turning down the offer was....wait for it....freedom in work.... Yea, I know, but, it is a rare thing.

success is getting what you want, 

                        but happiness is wanting what you get...