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Day 5 of my training at work...

I've seen more improvement in terms of stepping out of my comfort zone, approaching more people with less hesitation, and just go around in a hyper mood.

Actually, you know what? I LOVE my job. Not because I'm earning a lot now. In fact, I've not earned much since I'm still under the probation period and just trying things out. Here's 5 top reasons why I love my job.

1. Vibrant work environment
2. Friendly, outgoing and positive colleagues
3. Wonderful team mates who never once given up on me
4. I get to talk to a lot of different people and gain more experience + exposure.
5. I learn NEW things EVERYDAY.

Actually, working at this company makes me feel all so young again. I mean, the majority of my colleagues are around my age range, and therefore, the energy level is unlimited! Though it's only my 5th day there, it feels as if I knew everybody from the start. Going to work each day is like accepting new challenges and enriching myself in terms of the things I learnt, which is never ceasing.

Today, we were stationed at Boon Lay, my second day there. Yesterday was a bad day for me cos I lost focus of what I was doing and was rather taken aback by the fast-paced crowd which is a far cry from my Toa Payoh Hub experience. So I could not really adapt to it on the first day and ended the night closing no deals at all. I felt rather demoralised. In fact, I even thought of quitting my job this morning when I was handed the agreement form from the company. I was struggling whether I should stay on. However, my good team mates encouraged me to never stop believing in myself and give myself more time to learn, since 1 week is too short to judge if it's going to be a lucrative business for me. For that, I really agree with what they say and thought I should give myself more time to adapt. After all, I'm doing something that I like. COMMUNICATE. Once a soft-spoken person, this is the perfect opportunity for me to open up. In fact, my manager also spoke to me several times, saying that he pins high hopes on me and thinks that I can do it. More or less I feel pressured to perform. But the thing is, it's my team that keeps me going. Whenever I lost a customer, they will give me a high-5 to tell me that I actually did good by stopping the person initially. So I guess, not all things only have 1 side to it. You just have to look at it from different perspectives.

Today I got to talk to a few nice souls and 1 very "rotten" person. I approached this lady with a "Hello", and before I could say anything, she said "Hello byebye" with the speed of a bullet-train. That's just utterly rude. I was a bit affected by that initially but after my colleagues encouraged me and cheered me up, saying that such things are normal and that I should not get affected by it, I brightened up. The thing is, it is not worthwhile to let some puny puny person like that to affect the rest of your day, right? I believe that we should never let someone else empower us by what they say, what's more just 3 words like that? So yeah, it's a good experience for me to learn how to be emotionally detached when it comes to work, cos I have a responsibility to hold.

I would like to share with you something I learnt from my manager today when he was holding a meeting with us. He shared with us this analogy of how to turn an uneven rock to a smooth rock. He asked us to choose between a rough sandpaper and fine sandpaper. Naturally, most of us chose the rough sandpaper. And so he explained that using the rough sandpaper takes a much faster time to smoothen the uneven rock. Translating to real life, it means that everything starts with a rough side to it, be it the challenges you face or the rough moments you have to endure, as long as you toil through, you will see the "sweeter" path coming your way soon. A very interesting analogy indeed.

Anyway, I just SMSed a colleague of mine that I wish to see results coming in soon. She replied me with "Haha.. Slowly slowly la.. Aiyo.. Be patient with the result, be impatient with the process.." Something my manager once told us too.

Oh yes, and I should really count on that. It's the process that counts. As cliche as it may sound, you should count on that for results to happen.