Damien talked about “When low IQ manages high IQ” the other day and I have this urge of writing something similar.

The standard of IQ does not denote the status or ‘luck’ of a person in our society. That’s why there are times when someone who is luckier but has lower IQ, is the person who leads and manages the people with higher IQ aka the smarter individuals. This is fine since not everyone is smart and not every smart guy is a good leader/manager. Different people, different skill and different level of IQ. The thing which this not-so-smart leader needs to do is to let these smart people to work efficiently.

Problem occurs when this hero of ours tries to act smart and becomes zero. He is unwilling to admit that he is not as smart as the people under him. He is unwilling to listen to opinions/suggestions of others, even though they are a lot better than his own opinions/suggestions. He just does not want to admit the fact. What he does then is to delegate and instruct the smart people to carry out his stupid ideas. In the end, he fails to utilize the talents available to him and indirectly lowers all his smart subordinates down to his own level – and bringing down the business in the process.

Is it worth it? Of course not! Why does he want to risk his own job or his business, in order to feed his ego? Why can’t he just admit that the people under him are smarter than him? Why can’t he just let them do what they are best at or even consider some of the suggestions/opinions?

Hmm, maybe he doesn’t realize the reality? After all, he’s not that smart.

What people need to do is to appreciate and respect other people’s talents and intelligence. There will surely be someone who is smarter than you in this world, and most often than not, this someone might be working for you. Your job then, is not to let this “smartness” goes to waste… Learn to utilize it. The last thing you want to do is to make the smart people stupid….and eventually irrelevant in your team.

Don’t waste the talents that are available to you, just because you do not have any of those talents. Swallow your pride. Do it now, or you might regret in the future.

Today my parents called me up. They’re in Johor now, my hometown. They told me 2 of their friends passed away – one 40+, cancer while the other one was 60, heart attack but he seemed to be perfectly healthy.

Then I started to wonder. Life is really fragile and short. Everyday we spend our time…it’s just like a journey or a learning experience. But when it’s all done for the day….when you sit down or lie down on your bed (provided you don’t fall asleep straight away) and when you think NOTHING at all – you’ll really feel an emptiness in you. It’s as if whatever happened in the day was written inside a storybook, with you flipping over the pages.

And one day, the book which you’ve been flipping through would surely come to an end.

The time I’ve spent arguing about the project with the UK………cursing the traffic……..getting sad over my falling shares……..worrying over the political situation in Malaysia….. but in the end, all these don’t really matter.

So what if you have tonnes of money? So what if you are the most popular employee? So what if you’re the star performer? So what if you own a Ferrari?

In the end, all these don’t matter. Your money will end up with another person. Your most popular employee position will be replaced by another person. There will always be another star performer. Your Ferrari will either become junk or end up with another owner.

But one thing does matter – your family and your friends. Because to them, you are not someone who can be replaced just like that. That’s why in the end, family and friends are more important than everything else.

Cherish the people close to you. Tell them you’re glad to have met them in this world. I know it sounds strange because few of my friends replied “Are you OK?” after I told them. But well, we’ll never know what might happen in the future. And there’s definitely no harm in saying that earlier.

• To all the blog readers, thanks for visiting this humble blog of mine.
• To my blogosphere friends, I’m really glad that we’ve met in this cyber world. Some of you are actually my close friends now.
• To my teachers, thanks for all the guidance and teachings.
• To my ex-classmates, ex-schoolmates, thanks for all the wonderful moments in life.
• To my colleagues and ex-colleagues, thanks for being patience and thanks for helping me out.
• To my bosses and ex-bosses, thanks for all the guidance and mentoring.
• To my close friends, thanks for listening, helping and being great companions.
• To my family, no need to say, you 3 are always da best in my life.
• To my 2 kura-kura, tomorrow i will feed you 2 again.

So from now on……..take things easy. Because remember, in the end, what matters most is your contribution to the society……..and your position in the heart of your friends and family.

p/s…. no worries, i’m perfectly fine when I wrote this

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I drew this comic for my friend WC. Hahaha, just a joke since i poured quite a lot of salt (accidentally) into her left shoe when she shouted “LEECH!”.

The comic might look a bit blurry or out of place. I’ve put the resolution as 800 x 600 in order to make it OK to be used as wallpaper. Please refer to the link below if you want to check out the original picture.

The picture in Facebook

Today, i offended another friend of mine – an old friend. Here’s our conversation in Yahoo Messenger:

B: Hey, how are you?

Me: Not good, share jatuh la.

B: Oh, didn’t check for some time, been very busy.

Me: Oh, ok ok. I also quite busy.

B: May if i ask you how much is your pay?

Me: er…why do u want to know?

B: Because i think i want to ask my boss for the same salary. I think i’m underpaid.

Me: But you’re in finance industry, and i’m in IT…completely different. How can you compare? Furthermore, everyone will say he is underpaid even though the person is doing nothing and getting paid 10k per month. Hahah. Anyway, if you really want to know, try asking your colleagues or those in your industry. More accurate.

B: Why you are always so serious 1?

Me: Wah, you asked me serious question, of course i have to give you serious reply. You don’t expect me to fool around and said “where got underpaid..mine only 2k laaaa, worse than you laaa”. You won’t believe right?

B: F*****, if you don’t want to tell, then don’t tell la, so rude for what!?

Me: Er…i tell you lo…my salary is **** but bonus < 1 month per year compared to yours which is 6 months per year……see? i really don’t see a point

B Sign Out.

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Aih…donno why nowadays some of my friends are soooooooo stressed up. =_= To be honest, i don’t mind telling people my pay provided i know the person well and provided the way the person asked is OK.

But in the end, i don’t see a point of comparing. If i want to check whether I’m underpaid, i will ask my headhunters/recruiters. They know the job market better than anyone and their information is more reliable than other sources.

To finish this blog post off (i’m down with flu…yea yea..i’m sick again… so i won’t be able to produce any comic today), i’ll show you another conversation between me and my ex-unimate few years back:

S: Yo Alvin, long time no see!

Me: Hi.

S: Mind if i ask you how much you’re earning?

Me: Er…why?

S: Because i think i am underpaid.

Me: Everybody thinks so. I can tell you lo, nothing much, RM 2.3k per month only.

S: Wah.. so low ah…i thought i’m underpaid at RM 3k….Nothing la, never mind liao. Byebye.

And if you don’t maintain it, the plant will wither and die. Same goes for friendship or any relationship with other people. If you don’t keep in touch with the people you care (ok, there ARE some people who you just don’t bother at all), sooner or later they will start to feel more like a stranger to you than a friend.

I’m often frustrated by some of my busy friends and their attitudes – some of them are people who i once considered as very close friends.

There were few times when I kinda offended by their words. Imagine you doing this….

And since then, i didn’t even bother to mention his name.

Today, another close friend of mine did something which I wasn’t entirely happy about. And she’s really a good friend of mine for many years. Most of the time, I was the one who bother to message her and see how she’s doing etc…. and nearly everytime, she will quit without even telling me. Imagine you talking halfway to someone you care about…and then she’s gone…and you’re still waiting. You’re not even sure if she’s coming back online or not. So i told her this today and i hit the jackpot – she’s on a very very bad mood today due to some problems she’s facing. Well, i do have my own share of problems……though i prefer to treat them as challenges than problems (more positive). And she said she is not in the mood to talk, and gone. My heart was broken into few pieces (easier to glue back than say…. a million pieces).

You cannot clap with just one hand…