My career isn't my job now

• Judul Buku: Career Coach: Your Job is Not Your Career dan Career Snippet: Embrace Your Passion, Live a Life of Action, Build Our Nation
• Pengarang: Rene Suhardono
• Penerbit: Literati, Maret 2010 
• Jumlah halaman: 160 dan 192

Coba tanyakan kepada diri Anda, "Untuk apakah saya bekerja?" Apakah alasan uang, ibadah, keluarga, atau bahkan hanya sekedar mengisi waktu luang?

“Your Job is Not Your Career” merupakan sebuah statement pencerahan pikiran –setidaknya begitulah yang dirasakan- yang dituangkan dalam bentuk paket buku 2in1, terhadap para pekerja yang memiliki persepsi konvensional mengenai pekerjaan dan karir mereka. Rene Suhardono, seorang CareerCoach sekaligus partner pada Amrop Hever Indonesia, sebuah perusahaan Business Advisors dan Executive Search, seakan dapat membaca ke-"labil"-an jutaan karyawan yang sehari-hari bertanya, “Sebenarnya apa sih yang saya kerjakan ini?”

Buku ini pada dasarnya membahas perbedaan antara Job (Pekerjaan) dengan Career (Karir). Job sebenarnya hanyalah sebuah sarana yang dapat membawa kita ke satu tempat yang kita kehendaki. Sedangkan, Career sepenuhnya adalah hidup kita dan perjalanan itu sendiri! Career menggandeng erat urusan passion, tujuan hidup individu, values, ketercapaian, dan salah satu yang paling penting dalam hidup: fulfillment and happiness!

Dalam buku ini, Rene meneriakkan secara halus dan bersemangat bahwa setiap individu harus dapat mengetahui dan memahami terlebih dahulu apa keunikan dan passion yang mereka miliki. Dan, menghilangkan keraguan atas arah karir dengan tujuan agar kelak pekerjaan yang digeluti dapat dilakukan dengan bahagia, iklas dan sepenuh hati. Menurut saya buku ini dapat dijadikan sebagai referensi bercermin bagi individu perorangan (masyarakat luas) maupun praktisi SDM serta perusahaan agar mereka dapat lebih membuka mata akan kenyataan bahwa kegiatan apa pun itu harus dilakukan oleh talent dengan passion yang tepat dan kuat.

Selain sukses meraup respon “Bener juga ya...jadi selama ini....?”, Rene pun secara eksplisit mengubah perlahan pola pikir pembaca untuk introspeksi. Tepat seperti judul buku keduanya dalam paket ini, Career Snippets: Embrace Your Passion (kenali, gali, dan selami lebih jauh passion Anda), Live a Life of Action (ambil selangkah lebih maju, beranikan hidup dalam dunia penuh aksi dan tantangan), Build Our Nation (dengan menjadi pribadi yang tahu benar potensi diri, ‘membangun dunia’ akan terasa lebih mudah).

Jadi, apakah passion Anda?

Weconomics

I found these interesting reading about economic system.  It helped me a lot during the comprehension part (due to my limited brain space for economy)

World Economic Systems

FEUDALISM

You have two cows. Your lord takes some of the milk.

PURE SOCIALISM

You have two cows. The government takes them and puts them in a barn with everyone else's cows. You have to take care of all the cows. The government gives you as much milk as you need.

BUREAUCRATIC SOCIALISM

You have two cows. The government takes them and puts them in a barn with everyone else's cows. They are cared for by ex-chicken farmers. You have to take care of the chickens the government took from the chicken farmers. The government gives you as much milk and eggs as the regulations say you should need.

FASCISM

You have two cows. The government takes them both, hires you to take care of them and sells you the milk.

PURE COMMUNISM

You have two cows. Your neighbors help you take care of them, and you all share the milk.

RUSSIAN COMMUNISM

You have two cows. You have to take care of them, but the government takes all the milk.

CAMBODIAN COMMUNISM

You have two cows. The government takes both and shoots you.

DICTATORSHIP

You have two cows. The government takes both and drafts you.

PURE DEMOCRACY

You have two cows. Your neighbors decide who gets the milk.

REPRESENTATIVE DEMOCRACY

You have two cows. Yours neighbors pick somone to tell you who gets the milk.

BUREAUCRACY

You have two cows. At first the government regulates what you can feed them and when you can milk them. Then it pays you not to milk them. Then it takes both, shoots one, milks the other one and pours the milk down the drain. Then it requires you to fill out forms accounting for the missing cows. In triplicate.

ANARCHY

You have two cows. Either you sell the milk at a fair price or your neighbors take the cows and kill you.

CAPITALISM

You have two cows. You sell one and buy a bull.

SURREALISM

You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons.

Hallo Morning

Today is the first day where 8.30 - 17.30 office time finally be set officially. At first i was like 'oh no! I haven't woke up at that time!' -knowing that i have a -within easy reach- home, about half an hour voyage :D 

The thing is, i am quite lazy and really believe that my comfy bed is my everything, and sleeping is the best part of life. A thousand times i have convinced myself to change that bad habit. Morning is awesome!, said Mama one day. You can get a free fresh air, healthy sun, and you can eat breakfast a lot while reading newspaper or spending hours in the toilet, throwing your filthy waste :D Nah- that, i don't see. I am busy. Busy? yes, busy sleeping.

I, somehow believe that this new regulation can slowly change my habit into a better morning appreciator person as i have ever wished. Sitting on a bus, peacefully with no rush is, an extraordinary feeling! Hope that it'll last forever :)

Artsy Sunday

One of my favorite thing to do in the weekend is visiting an exhibition, especially an art&craft exhibition. Last Sunday, another art/design/craft (creative) exhibition was held in Jakarta Hilton Convention Center. It contains all craft around Indonesia. Actually i've visited exhibition like this before and i found all were very similar. But that Sunday was different, dunno, maybe there were several school/university delegation, showing their artworks - which i thought was very stunning and impressive :)

These are a few pictures i took

 

 

 

these are mom's favorite part :D

  

and this was mine!!! :D