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3 Mindset Principles that will change your Life.

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Due to my activity, I have met several Business Owner and or Public Speaker in my life. Sometime I got some interesting mindset approach from them. From many metaphors about mindset that I got, these 3 are among my Favorites.

  1. Traffic Light Syndrome.
    Many of you would agree that when you’re driving a car and then you see a Red light, it means you need to Stop. And when it’s a Green light, it means you could Go. However in life, so many people try to wait for their Green light before doing anything. Most of them think that now is the Red light. Usually the conditions that would be associated to Red light are bad economy situation, bad political situation, bad timing and so on.
    But the truth is, sometime the Red light is only exist in our mind. In fact, actually there might be no traffic light at all.
    *note : this is only a metaphor, please always drive safely.

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  2. LHF (Lowest Hanging Fruits).
    Imagine you are in the forest in the middle of nowhere. And you are hungry and need something to eat. You see many trees in front of you and most of them have fruits. So what will you do ? Will you go and find the Lowest Hanging Fruits to ensure your survival. Or you try to grab the highest hanging fruits ? Considering all fruits are pretty much similar, it would be make more sense if you go to the Lowest Hanging Fruits.
    So you need to always look around, the Lowest Hanging Fruits might be there all these times without you realizing it.

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  3. Fire!!! And then Aim.
    How many of you think that before you fire, you need to aim first. Well, I think it will be almost everyone. But if you aim too long because you want to make sure you hit the target in 1 shot, you might miss another target. The logic of this Fire and Aim mindset is, you try to Fire first, and then if it missed, you just aim it closer to your target.
    I have found in my life that when I Fire first, another bigger target (read:chances) would appears to me. If I waste my time to aim the first target, I would not notice that the second target (much more precious target) was there.

There are still dozens of other great metaphors that I learned, but these 3 had given a Big Impact in my life. I will not go into details about how I apply those into my life, because it will be too long for just only a Blog article. Anyway I hope by sharing these principles, some of you out there could learn something new in your journey to success.

Hunting for Batik in Inacraft 2015.

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Inacraft is Indonesian Handicraft Trade Exhibition. For 2015 it was held from 8th ~ 12th April. A lot of Indonesian traditional handicraft like Fashion, Jewelry, Gift Items etc can be bought in this Expo. For me personally it is one of the good timing to buy me some Batik shirts.

Batik is Indonesian Traditional cloths. Just like suits and necktie in the west and Kimono in Japan. Indonesian usually uses Batik in formal event. Batik itself has different type. The most expensive one is usually the hand-made Batik, because it will ensure that no one else will wear the same Batik Pattern. Anyway, I will not go into depth regarding Batik Type in this post.

As an Interpreter and Public Speaker myself, sometimes there are events that require me to wore Batik. So it would not hurt to keep some stocks of it. Even foreigner that stays long enough in Indonesia will usually use Batik in the social event. I’ve met a lot of Japanese that actually wore Batik too.

After passing through  hundreds of booths there, I finally decided to buy some Batik in one of the booth. And like almost anything here in Indonesia, everything is negotiable. I will not go into details on how I did the negotiations. All I can say is that I got 20% cheaper than the initial asking price. And it’s not a bad deal, especially if I compare the price in normal shops outside the exhibition for the similar type of Batik.

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*Trying the Batik inside the Booth.

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*Shopping some Batik in Inacraft 2015

So that’s it for this post. I hope I could interest you more in Batik if you’re not already. I just want to promote Indonesian Culture, and one of the easiest way is through Batik.

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