End of preperation seminars (Day 1)

The 2 days of AIESEC Preparation Seminar went on smoothly with minimal glitch. Perhaps an overview of what happened.

Dr Hooi's presentation - the most important thing that i picked up during his presentation is for a business to prosper, continuous innovation is required. ie if you innovate something, that something can be easily copied (and you should hope that people will want to copy it; that means you have something successful, in that sense)

Mr Harmawan presentation is basically about the concept of 3i Marketing Triangle which is about brand integrity, brand identity and brand image. The whole emphasis of his presentation is that a company should have their company culture/values based on the end goal of contributing to society such that the company's band will be a lovemark (meaning that it's well loved and respected by people), a concept by Kevin Roberts CEO Worldwide, Saatchi & Saatchi - "the future beyond brands - lovemarks". Towards the end of the presentation, he shared with us quotes from Mother Theresa which I think embraces the attitude of how a man should act.

People are often unreasonable, illogical and self-centered.
Forgive them anyway.

If you are kind, people may accused you of selfish ulterior motives.
Be kind anyway.

If you are successful, you will win some false friends and some true enemies.
Succeed anyway.

If you are honest and frank, people may cheat you.
Be honest and frank anyway.

What you spend years building, someone may destroy overnight.
Build anyway.

If you find serenity and happiness, people may be jealous.
Be happy anyway.

The good you do today people will often forget tomorrow.
Do good anyway.

Give the world the best you have, and it may never be enough.
But give the world the best you have anyway.

You see, in the final analysis, it is all between you and God;
it was never between you and them anyway.

There are also talks by some other speakers, of contents I have yet to recall, will update later about them