The End or The Beginning ?

1.   Coming Saturday will be my MBA Symposium for my dissertation, the end is around the corner. On the course of 2 years 4 months, i had gained a lot of knowledge and getting wiser along the process. I learned about new things, about myself, meeting with interesting people and learned a great deal from them directly and indirectly.

2.     When i first decided to pursue this path, little that i know about the transformation that is coming along the way. Maybe it is more about getting a higher qualification, better job, higher pay as these are the most common reasons for taking post graduate studies. In fact, the conclusion that i can draw from over the course of this journey, it is more about gaining knowledge and insight on different issues, about critical thinking from multiple aspects and another most pertinent part is on agreeing to disagree. The latter actually is the highest form of learning stage that we can go to.

3.  In my dissertation, i had purposely noted down a long acknowledgement, and personal reflection. This is aimed to give credit to the people that helped and encouraged me along the way, and also reminding me about what i truly believed and hold on to, at this particular stage of my life.

4.     I do believe in continuous effort and commitment for a good and sustainable result.

5.     I do believe that everything is created twice, first in our mind, second on the physical or emotional level. Whether a particular thoughts or action is feasible or applicable or not; our mind always has the first say either approve or reject it. Too many already dead in our mind before seeing the light.

6.     I do believe that by having more control on ourselves, our emotion, our reaction towards challenges and problems, our expectation, our requirements, our needs and wants; we will have a firmer grip on our life, deciding the good and bad things, focusing on the things that we perceived as good to us.

7.     I do believe on the word " Too many people, Too little brain". By mentioning this, i am not saying people are generally stupid, i am not referring that people are generally brainless. We just simply allow our brain or our mind to take control on ourselves. We tends to over complicate things in life, thinking on the problem more than solving the problem, thinking on the impact more than the mitigation, thinking on the future or past more than the present, thinking on the negative over the positive, thinking about anything as long as it is not constructive. The self-defeating thinking will make us live into it, and yes, we will lead a self-defeating life. Congratulation to you and to me~

8.     The end of this journey is a beginning of another one. I am considering now whether i should explore further and deeper. 

9.     Quoting Joey Yap, with more knowledge; we will be aware of better options around us; with better options around us, we then can make better decision; with better decision, we can afford a better result for ourselves.