15th CEO Unplugged

Today around 6pm I went to Business School to attend a talk organized by Bizard. The talk I went to is the 15th CEO Unplugged with guess speakers: Mr. Jonathan Larsen (CEO of Citibank Singapore Limited) and Mr. Ron Sim (CEO of OSIM International Limited).

Mr. Jonathan actually have a degree in English literature and Arts. But it turns out that he loves to do business and went on to developing his business skills. He put a lot of effort on learning business as he has no business background. Yes, I also have to put in a lot of effort too if I want to do business as I am an engineering student and I was taught to think like a scientist and engineer. As my math professor once said, the people from arts hard to understand what is A=2 as their thinking was being shapen that A is an alphabet not a figure.

Mr. Ron Sim once sell Hokkian prawn noodle at the age of 9 without getting paid but receives commissions for every bowl of noodle sold. He was born poor, but that did not stop him from earning big money. I will always respect those who build his own empire by his own will, with low or no capital to start off. He touches on what is your inspiration and aspiration for doing what you are doing now. What do you live for? For GOLD? For Glory? He also jokes about the 3 bad Gs you do not want to live for: live for Girls, live for Guys and live for Gays. (very funny this one) So what do you want in your live? Hmm.... I haven't think of that questions seriously for myself. But I will start getting my brain to work soon enough. He said business got 2 types of models: trader's model and builder's model. Trader's model is to buy and sell to gain capital. Once enough money is gathered then is the time to switch to builder's model that is to build a brand with high value with the help of experience. He encourages start-ups to be passion, be brave to make decision (if a mistake was being made, learn from it), do what you believe is right, and have a positive mind set.

I cannot write more because I didn't note much of what they are discussing.
What is installed for us in the future you will never know but one thing is for sure, that is you can do what you like, what you want, what you believe in the present.