2015-07-31

【飲食業術語】開飯術語

所謂「行行出狀元」,每個行業都是值得我們尊重,因為要將一份工做好,每個員工其實在背後付出了一定的努力。掌握行內術語就是「做好份工」的重要一環,加快工作效率!本網將連續介紹數個行業的專門語言,讓入行的你掌握更多,準備入行的也可以率先了解!

有「美食天堂」之稱的香港,遊客來到一定要光顧飯店餐廳。飲食業的打工仔要做得快,做得好,一定要夠專業,識術語,這樣「落單」才可以快而準,增加「翻檯」的速度!茶記的術語不難學,但以下這些你就未必知!要學,當然要學新的吧!

「細 食?加碼?扣底?」首次聽到這些要求,一定會對該客人「黑面」。雖說「客人永遠是對的」,但是心裡始終會不忿。仁兄,先別動氣,錯怪好人。「細食」與「加 碼」同是食物,前者指「淨雲吞」,後者是「叉燒」。而「扣底」則與另一個術語「加底」相對,表示增加或減少飯或麵等本來的份量。

「我 要靚仔、米皇、的大石、細腩白底……」對術語不清楚的人,一定覺得這客人在搗亂!細蓉就聽得多,出自唐代詩人白居易的《長恨歌》:「芙蓉如面柳如眉」,指 的是「麵」。至於「細腩白底」,是指牛腩河。「白底」即河粉,取其顏色潔白的意思。如果不想吃粉麵,可以吃「靚仔」或者「米皇」。「靚仔」其實解作白飯, 而「米皇」則是「白粥」,當中是經歷數個轉折而演變而來的。要「的大石」不是真的想測試自己的牙有多硬,而是想要香軟的「鬆糕」!

不想那麼清淡,只吃「米皇」的話,可以嚐嚐「下火」或者「擺尾」!皮蛋瘦肉粥,不但有蛋有肉,吃一碗,的確可以發揮清熱下火的作用,助身體降虛火。喜歡魚肉的話,可以吃叫「擺尾」,品嚐一下魚片粥的鮮味吧!

飲食業的術語多不勝數,以上介紹的也只是冰山一角。要是大家有興趣,在外出用餐時,不妨多留意侍應的說話和寫單上的文字吧!以下附上更多給大家參考:

1. 靚仔毁容-白飯加豉油
2. 亂棍打死牛魔王-豆角炒牛肉
3. 食白粉-雲吞粉
4. 206-熱檸樂
5. 肥妹-朱古力
6. 甩色-檸水
7. 阿珍-紅豆沙
8. 海水-綠豆沙
9. 印度-芝麻糊
10. 師傅-味精
11. 艇仔-湯匙
12. 照鏡-將食物食光
13. 開嚟唔開胃-淨飲

原文:http://www.ecjobsonline.com/news/

2015-07-28

2015.7.28

After a long process of annoying communication,
hope that it comes to end,
also I have really learned a big lesson,
from a mean, selfish and not honest person.

Let me celebrate the beautiful and peaceful time ahead!

2015-07-25

Line Dance - You 're not the boss of me


Line Dance - Oh! Let it be!


6 Habits of Highly Grateful People

--by Jeremy Adam Smith, syndicated from Greater Good,

http://www.dailygood.org/story/663/6-habits-of-highly-grateful-people-jeremy-adam-smith/ 

1. Once in a while, they think about death and loss
Didn’t see that one coming, did you? I’m not just being perverse—contemplating endings really does make you more grateful for the life you currently have, according to several studies.
For example, when Araceli Friasa and colleagues asked people to visualize their own deaths, their gratitude measurably increased. Similarly, when Minkyung Koo and colleagues asked people to envision the sudden disappearance of their romantic partners from their lives, they became more grateful to their partners. The same goes for imagining that some positive event, like a job promotion, never happened.
This isn’t just theoretical: When you find yourself taking a good thing for granted, try giving it up for a little while. Researchers Jordi Quoidbach and Elizabeth Dunn had 55 people eat a piece of chocolate—and then the researchers told some of those people to resist chocolate for a week and others to binge on chocolate if they wanted. They left a third group to their own devices.
Guess who ended up happiest, according to self-reports? The people who abstained from chocolate. And who were the least happy? The people who binged. That’s the power of gratitude!

2. They take the time to smell the roses
And they also smell the coffee, the bread baking in the oven, the aroma of a new car—whatever gives them pleasure.
Loyola University psychologist Fred Bryant finds that savoring positive experiences makes them stickier in your brain, and increases their benefits to your psyche—and the key, he argues, is expressing gratitude for the experience. That’s one of the ways appreciation and gratitude go hand in hand.
You might also consider adding some little ritual to how you experience the pleasures of the body: A study published this year in Psychological Science finds that rituals like prayer or even just shaking a sugar packet “make people pay more attention to food, and paying attention makes food taste better,” as Emily Nauman reports in her Greater Good article about the research.
This brand of mindfulness makes intuitive sense—but how does it work with the first habit above?
Well, we humans are astoundingly adaptive creatures, and we will adapt even to the good things. When we do, their subjective value starts to drop; we start to take them for granted. That’s the point at which we might give them up for a while—be it chocolate, sex, or even something like sunlight—and then take the time to really savor them when we allow them back into our lives.
That goes for people, too, and that goes back to the first habit: If you’re taking someone for granted, take a step back—and imagine your life without them. Then try savoring their presence, just like you would a rose. Or a new car. Whatever! The point is, absence may just make the heart grow grateful.

3. They take the good things as gifts, not birthrights
What’s the opposite of gratitude? Entitlement—the attitude that people owe you something just because you’re so very special.
“In all its manifestations, a preoccupation with the self can cause us to forget our benefits and our benefactors or to feel that we are owed things from others and therefore have no reason to feel thankful,” writes Robert Emmons, co-director of the GGSC’s Gratitude project. “Counting blessings will be ineffective because grievances will always outnumber gifts.”
The antidote to entitlement, argues Emmons, is to see that we did not create ourselves—we were created, if not by evolution, then by God; or if not by God, then by our parents. Likewise, we are never truly self-sufficient. Humans need other people to grow our food and heal our injuries; we need love, and for that we need family, partners, friends, and pets.
“Seeing with grateful eyes requires that we see the web of interconnection in which we alternate between being givers and receivers,” writes Emmons. “The humble person says that life is a gift to be grateful for, not a right to be claimed.”

4. They’re grateful to people, not just things
At the start of this piece, I mentioned gratitude for sunlight and trees. That’s great for me—and it may have good effects, like leading me to think about my impact on the environment—but the trees just don’t care. Likewise, the sun doesn’t know I exist; that big ball of flaming gas isn’t even aware of its own existence, as far as we know. My gratitude doesn’t make it burn any brighter.
That’s not true of people—people will glow in gratitude. Saying thanks to my son might make him happier and it can strengthen our emotional bond. Thanking the guy who makes my coffee can strengthen social bonds—in part by deepening our understanding of how we’re interconnected with other people.
My colleague Emiliana Simon-Thomas, the GGSC’s science director and another co-director of our Expanding Gratitude project, puts it this way:
Experiences that heighten meaningful connections with others—like noticing how another person has helped you, acknowledging the effort it took, and savoring how you benefited from it—engage biological systems for trust and affection, alongside circuits for pleasure and reward. This provides a synergistic and enduring boost to the positive experience. Saying ‘thank you’ to a person, your brain registers that something good has happened and that you are more richly enmeshed in a meaningful social community.

5. They mention the pancakes
Grateful people are habitually specific. They don’t say, “I love you because you’re just so wonderfully wonderful, you!” Instead, the really skilled grateful person will say: “I love you for the pancakes you make when you see I’m hungry and the way you massage my feet after work even when you’re really tired and how you give me hugs when I’m sad so that I’ll feel better!”
The reason for this is pretty simple: It makes the expression of gratitude feel more authentic, for it reveals that the thanker was genuinely paying attention and isn’t just going through the motions. The richest thank you’s will acknowledge intentions (“the pancakes you make when you see I’m hungry”) and costs (“you massage my feet after work even when you’re really tired”), and they’ll describe the value of benefits received (“you give me hugs when I’m sad so that I’ll feel better”).
When Amie Gordon and colleagues studied gratitude in couples, they found that spouses signal grateful feelings through more caring and attentive behavior. They ask clarifying questions; they respond to trouble with hugs and to good news with smiles. “These gestures,” Gordon writes, “can have profound effects: Participants who were better listeners during those conversations in the lab had partners who reported feeling more appreciated by them.”
Remember: Gratitude thrives on specificity!

6. They thank outside the box
But let’s get real: Pancakes, massages, hugs? Boring! Most of my examples so far are easy and clichéd. But here’s who the really tough-minded grateful person thanks: the boyfriend who dumped her, the homeless person who asked for change, the boss who laid him off.
We’re graduating from Basic to Advanced Gratitude, so pay attention. And since I myself am still working on Basic, I’ll turn once again to Dr. Emmons for guidance: “It’s easy to feel grateful for the good things. No one ‘feels’ grateful that he or she has lost a job or a home or good health or has taken a devastating hit on his or her retirement portfolio.”
In such moments, he says, gratitude becomes a critical cognitive process—a way of thinking about the world that can help us turn disaster into a stepping stone. If we’re willing and able to look, he argues, we can find a reason to feel grateful even to people who have harmed us. We can thank that boyfriend for being brave enough to end a relationship that wasn’t working; the homeless person for reminding us of our advantages and vulnerability; the boss, for forcing us to face new challenges.
“Life is suffering. No amount of positive thinking exercises will change this truth,” writes Emmons in his Greater Good article “How Gratitude Can Help You Through Hard Times.” He continues:
So telling people simply to buck up, count their blessings, and remember how much they still have to be grateful for can certainly do much harm. Processing a life experience through a grateful lens does not mean denying negativity. It is not a form of superficial happiology. Instead, it means realizing the power you have to transform an obstacle into an opportunity. It means reframing a loss into a potential gain, recasting negativity into positive channels for gratitude.

That’s what truly, fantastically grateful people do. Can you?
For more reasons to practice gratitude, check out this infographic created by Here’s My Chance.

2015-07-23

Alain de Botton

美國老麥經營者:我們可能完蛋了

http://centralmarket.tumblr.com/post/124630838605/cnn-not-loving-it

原來早前CNN以 “Not loving it: McDonald’s franchisees are depressed"為題,展開咗一個關於老麥特許經營者嘅調查,調查入面29位經營者,各自講下面對緊咩挑戰,有人就抱怨「 菜單上沒有一樣東西會讓我們的顧客興奮」,有人甚至話:「 我們可能完蛋了。」

目前全美國有超過 3000間加盟店,到底,老麥發生咩嘢事呢?

文中歸納咗幾點,香港其實都可以參考下。因為外國近年唔少餐廳都要走健康路線,加上廉價快餐市場唔少新競爭對手加入,夾係中間嘅麥當勞,其實定位都幾尷尬。

今年初上任個CEO話要改革,仲搞埋推出三文治(三明治),但訊息都係唔清唔楚。 今次調查,經營者正正就係抱怨呢一點,未能夠擺脫「便宜食物」嘅標籤。

第二亦係最重要嘅,係管理層同經營者嘅溝通。呢個問題,如果問香港搞加盟糖水鋪嘅老闆就一清二楚,溝通得唔好,真係會做死人﹗

最後就係工資問題喇,人工愈來愈貴,營業額又今日唔知聽日事,所以有當地老闆話:「大家都在擔心已經沒有任何人想買他們的餐廳。我推測未來會有很多大減價出售的情況。」咦,點解咁似香港嘅?

其實,嘅然老麥全球都搞緊外判同特許經營,但如果唔好好搞好上述問題,日後嘅手尾都幾長。
資料來源:CNN, 地球圖輯隊

中文譯英文嘅笑話

中文譯英文嘅笑話睇唔少,每次睇都仲係會笑得出。今次外國網站 Twenty Two Words就搵咗35個外國人覺得好奇妙嘅英文翻譯,出現得最多係「禁止踐踏草地」嘅英文翻譯,唔通因為外國好少公園唔比人行草地,所以好難搵到例子嚟 抄?當然仲有啲食物翻譯都好經典,入嚟有得研究,不過無正確答案。
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麥浚龍《三部曲》-【耿耿於懷】【念念不忘】【羅生門】


2015-07-18

'情繫土生菜’

15 Things Really Successful People Do Often

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/15-things-really-successful-people-often.html

We all perceive and appreciate extraordinary people around us, who are heroically successful at what they do; particularly people who experience repetitive success in many areas all through their lifetime. We all have our own models of great and successful people, whom we appreciate and admire. There are many reasons that influence success; some of them have conferred their favorite habits or have acknowledged their own actions to reach their goals.

The point to be considered here is most of them were not born into success; they worked hard, they learned and they simply and continuously did things successfully. Here are 15 things successful people often do differently that helps them realize their full potential and the rest of us can easily follow.

1. They trust their creative side

The world’s most successful people always have one thing in common that make them unique: they think differently from others. They trust and understand how their creative mind works; they embrace uncertainty, and they don’t fear failure. Successful people use their creativity to sort through a mass of ideas to discover the ones that fit into a situation—that support the condition—which is a very difficult task which makes them exceptional.

2. They think bigger

Successful people think bigger and they can see the big-picture to predict the future. They are able to predict how the market will change based on present measures.

3. They plan ahead

Successful people are disciplined when it comes to planning ahead. They believe if someone is not planning for the future, then he must plan to fail. Successful people follow this philosophy and set targets to challenge themselves and the people who work for them.

4. They have fun

Successful people look for what is essential or fun; they make room for activities that balance their work and life. Those who have fun at work, who enjoy while performing their tasks, draw success to them. You can only understand the true satisfaction and joy in your life, if you have learned to have fun.

5. They are not afraid to quit

Successful people never give up on their tasks or dreams, but they always try and admit mistakes and take away lessons to make future projects more successful.

6. They enjoy the ups and downs

Prosperous individuals see life as being occupied with many exhilarating twists and turns. Successful people are brave enough to take risks, face challenges and be hungry to find success in their life.

7. They take real action

ACTION is THE KEY to SUCCESS. To be successful one needs to be proactive. The most successful people in life are devoted to taking actions in a steady, constant basis. Successful tycoons make decisions fast and act on them just as quickly, instead of sitting on the boundary, trying to make a decision, hoping that the best answer will appear itself.

8. They measure progress

The most successful entrepreneurs use logical systems for measuring the progress of a goal. By measuring progress, they stay on track; they reach their target, and experience the excitement of triumph that spurs them to reach their goals.

9. They work outside of their comfort zone

Substantial moments of opportunity for individual growth and success will swing in your life. Successful people are always looking forward to make constructive changes and new innovations in their life; they embrace these instants of opportunity.

10. They keep things simple

“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication.” Leonardo da Vinci
Successful people choose something that’s doable. If something doesn’t work out, they learn from the experience, pick something else and move forward.

11. They focus on continuous improvements

Successful people make a plan while selecting an activity to deal with troubles when they arise. As their strength grows, they take on higher challenges.

12. They learn from mistakes

To be a successful person, focus on the positives – successful people look for the silver lining in all situations. They recognize their positivity will lead them to greatness.

13. They spend time with the right people

Successful people subordinate with people who are compatible, attentive and loyal. They hang out with people who create spirit and connect with persuasive people who are eager for their dreams and goals.

14. They don’t rely on luck

Superstitious people relate success to being in the right place at the right time. Whereas this is a component of achievement, there’s also the key contributions of blood, sweat and tears. Remember, don’t wait for the perfect timing or indication. Some of the most successful people thrived, even if the timing wasn’t impeccable.

15. They are flexible

Plans, strategies or tactics might change. Successful people move with the strokes. Instead of getting upset and frustrated, they quickly move in another direction.

Useful tips to become successful:

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/productivity/7-things-successful-people-that-they-will-never-tell-you.html

- Sometimes, it is just about overcoming your fears and taking risks in life. If you avoid taking risk, you may not discover your capabilities .Never be afraid of failure, it’s very important in finding success.
- Fail with an attitude.
- Follow a healthy routine, exercise regularly, eat well, laugh a lot, sleep peacefully, stop worrying.
- Sometimes, one needs to stop worrying about things beyond control.
- Look for and find opportunities where others give up.
- Take complete responsibility for your actions and outcomes or lack of them.
- Try being proactive instead of being reactive.
- Be sure about yourself and your deeds.
- Your looks, your dress does not determine your worth.
- Learn to swim against the tide.
- As in, have guts to follow only your heart and not the crowd!
- Do not take life seriously, learn to have fun as well!
- They don’t justify failure.
While unsuccessful people keep cribbing about their growing age, their health problems, their poor time management, their lack of luck, their bosses and their lack of opportunities, successful people are busy finding ways to overcome their challenges.

On this note, read these words from Eleanor Roosevelt:
“Great minds discuss ideas;
Average minds discuss events;
Small minds discuss people.”

10 Books You Should Read To Get Rich -Casey Imafidon

http://www.lifehack.org/articles/money/10-books-you-should-read-get-rich.html

The journey to get rich requires certain tools. Although many seem to ignore this, books can help you build your mind, zeal and knowledge to become successful and rich. Therefore I have taken the effort to look through some amazing books that can do a lot to get your financial journey oriented in the right direction.

1. The Millionaire Next Door

This classic which was first published in 1996 and written by Thomas J. Stanley and William D. Danko offers in-depth knowledge from the findings of the authors of how America’s millionaires became rich in seven key steps. One of the high points discussed was the simple and strategic method of spending less than you earn. By doing this, you could avoid impulse buying and diversify your investments.

2. Rich Dad, Poor Dad

Robert T. Kiyosaki’s book remains a stunner any day and anytime. It is a must read if you want to start crafting a path to wealth while you are young. In this book, Kiyosaki was able to bring the distinguishing factor or habits of his father, who was a highly educated man yet poor, and his other father who was a dropout but became a self-made multimillionaire. The focus follows what are termed the different “quadrants” of the different classes of people in society and how you can elevate yourself to the Investor quadrant which will make you super rich.

3. How Rich People Think

Steve Siebold author of “How Rich People Think” has spent 30 years interviewing 1, 000 millionaires and billionaires to figure out what distinguished them from the average person. In the book, Siebold offers concrete action steps to follow as an ambitious person to building your own wealth.

4. Think and Grow Rich

Written in an era of Great Depression, author and former adviser to President Franklin Roosevelt interviewed over 500 successful people to discover the keys to good fortune. A classic and bestselling book, it discusses how you should start planning by setting your aim and desire of how much you really want to earn. It all starts from the power of your thoughts and then action.

5. ‘You’re So Money: Live Rich, Even When You’re Not’ 

Directed towards the middle class earners who are making entry level pay, author Farnoosh Torabi talks about how you can save money in certain areas of your life. The book is a great read and offers wonderful advice to young people. It has a witty, funny and concise approach to explaining to people how they can handle their finances appropriately on the road to becoming rich.

6. The Richest Man in Babylon

Written by George S. Clason, this book unearths principles and secrets that will lead you to personal wealth. As one of the most inspirational works on the subject of thrift, financial planning and personal wealth, “The Richest Man in Babylon” identifies the solution to financial problems that will guide you to wealth. Such secrets such as keeping your money, making more by investing and always finding a way to add value makes this book a celebrated bestseller.

7.  TheScience of Getting Rich (A Thrifty Book) 

Wallace Wattle provides the intellectual framework of building personal wealth through positive thinking. The book talks about how you can create wealth through equipping your thoughts to attract wealth. For example, if you believe that money is evil, then you won’t be wealthy.

8. The Automatic Millionaire

The Automatic Millionaire written by David Bach explains that you do not need to get rich through a budget but with a well laid out plan. The Automatic Millionaire offers timeless principles including phone numbers, websites and every element that will get you started on your road to wealth within an hour.

9. Screw It, Let’s Do It: Lessons in Life

Written by seasoned entrepreneur and billionaire, Richard Branson offers practical steps of how he became successful and how you can too. His book is based on his personal experiences and important lessons which have influenced him and will certainly influence you too if you want to become rich.

10. The Millionaire Fast Lane

The Millionaire Fast Lane helps you see the difference between what you cannot do and what you can. There is the Slowlane Road and the Fast Lane road, which involves ignoring popular advice and settling for the unconventional path to attaining wealth and financial security.
So there you have it, ten books that can define your path to being rich.



10 Tips for a Strong Start



http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/204982

To help this process, here are 10 essential things you need to know about running a successful business. Use it as a checklist to make sure your thinking and your business plan are on the right track, or if you need to get more information, strategic education or clarity for yourself on your overall vision, your market, or your product or service.
  1. Offer what people want to buy, not just what you want to sell. Too often, people jump into a business built around a product or service they think will be successful, rather than one that is already proven to have a market.

    What do I mean?

    Instead of creating and selling a new sports shoe with the latest trendy design and materials, you'd be much better off from a business perspective to focus on shoe category generally (a proven category because which people buy shoes every day) and then focus more specifically on the niche of high performance sports shoes, (which you may even sell in a section of a shoe retail outlet). Better to have a small slice of a large category than a large slice of no market at all.
     
  2. Get cash flowing ASAP. Cash flow is the lifeblood of business, and is absolutely essential to feed bottom-line profits. So you need to find ways to jump start cash flow immediately.

    How do you do that? In a professional services business, you can ask for deposits on work up-front, with balances due on delivery.

    You can do the same in retail, especially on high-ticket or specialty item and position it as an added value and a way to insure delivery by a specific date.

    You can also add value to generic items by creating private labels, and develop continuity programs where customers pay an up-front monthly fee to insure delivery or availability of items they will buy on a repeat basis. Of course, the key is to make sure there is little or no gap between when you pay for labor, stock inventory and when you actually get paid. Ideally, you'll find ways to get money up front, and your cash gap will never be an issue.
  3. Always find new ways to keep costs low. All the cash flow in the world is worthless if it's not positive cash flow, which means you have to bring in more cash than you pay out.

    To do this, you need to keep your costs and expenses low. We've touched on this before, especially in terms of outfitting a startup. The main idea is to never pay retail , and look for used or gently used items to furnish your office or your retail space.

    Paying vendors up front also gives you leverage for negotiating better prices. Especially in this economic environment, where credit is at a premium, vendors are more willing than ever to find creative ways to finance transactions, and that is a trend will likely continue over time.

    So do some extra work and research now to discover how owners and vendors are finding ways to work out deals, and you just may hit on whole new ways of doing business.
     
  4. When planning, always overestimate expenses and underestimate revenues. I was trained as an accountant, so the numbers side of business is part of my entrepreneurial DNA, and was also a big part of my early business education.

    That said, I've never seen a startup business where expenses were at least 30 percent more than initially planned or anticipated, and revenues are at least that much less.

    Being conservative in your numbers doesn't mean you are willing to accept those numbers, it just means you are arming yourself with information you can work with and work over. It means you can gauge the kinds of efforts and activities you will need to put into sales and marketing.
     
  5. Focus on sales and marketing manically. In business, nothing happens until a sale is made. From the jump, you'll need to find a good way to get leads, convert leads into sales, and make sure you keep getting repeat sales from your customers.

    The way to do this is to find or create a marketing and sales funnel system that you can work, test, measure; one that anyone in your company can utilize.

    Too many entrepreneurs focus on getting their brand right before they start to generate leads. That is exactly the wrong way to go about business. Leads are always more important than your brand, so don't waste money getting your brand right at the expense of spending that same money to buy new customers.

    Soon, you'll discover you can build your brand from the ground up, versus spending years and hundred of thousands of dollars building it from the top down. Don't presume you'll even survive that long, because without leads, you won't!
     
  6. Find ways to exponentially increase profits. In business, there are five drivers that impact profits. If you can master them while keeping your costs in check, you will run a successful business.

    It's as simple as getting more leads, converting more leads into customers, increasing the number of times those customers buy from you, increasing the average price point of your sales and increasing your profit margins.

    Do any one of those, while also keeping costs down, you will see more profits. Do all of them and you will see your business really take off.
     
  7. Test and measure everything. You can't change what you don't measure, and you can't tell if a program or strategy is working if you are not faithfully testing, measuring and tracking your results.

    Another way to look at this is to think in terms of doctors. Most like to get baseline stats of your heart rate, blood pressure and breathing before they delve into identifying symptoms or recommending corrective courses of action.

    The same is true in your business. Why keep literally throwing money away on an ad campaign that costs thousands of dollars but doesn't bring any people through the door?
     
  8. Accept that learning more equals earning more. If you've never run a million dollar business, you don't know how to start a business--simple as that.

    But you can learn to run one, even if it is your million dollar business you are building from the ground up.

    However, you need to accept right now that learning always comes before "earning" (except in the dictionary). You'll need to be committed to learning as much as you can about sales and marketing and operations if you want to have a truly success business.

    Once you do that, however, the sky is the limit. Knowing and applying those simple fundamentals in a highly leveraged way is one of the reasons many top executives and entrepreneurs earn so much.

    Identify those areas and you then can decide to learn it yourself or hire an expert and learn as much as you can from that person--because you never know when you can run across a distinction in thinking or a strategy that can really take you and your business to a new level of success.
     
  9. Don't discount, add value. Whenever you discount, you are taking money directly out of your pocket and directly from your bottom-line profit. So don't do it. Instead, create added value propositions all the way up and down your product or service line.

    Whatever the industry is, look to hold your price points, increase your margins with the low-cost or no-cost extras and any kind of freemium offerings.

    In the end, those little things won't cost you a lot, but will build up tremendous goodwill and word-of-mouth with your customers and customer base.
     
  10. Get a coach. Even if you don't get a business coach at first to help you and guide you in your planning and operation, get someone who is objective and outside of your business you can rely on for nitty gritty business advice and to hold you accountable to getting results.

    Too often, we think we have all the answers and are the only people who can really get things done. The reality is that another set of eyes can work wonders for how you operate both on and in your business. An outsider can also make sure you are getting the numbers you need both on the top line and the bottom line to survive.
I hope this initial checklist will be valuable in helping you clarify your thinking and helping you prioritize some activities in your planning and start up mode.
I like to say there are no mysteries in business or in life, there's just information you don't know yet.
So prepare as well as you can, knowing you will need to make changes and corrections. But armed with the right strategies up front, you can cut the time it will take you successfully get to your ultimate destination--wherever it is that may be for you and your business.

LIne Dance - I want to know


Line Dance - Qing Mi Ai Ren


Song - Invisible Wings


《独学术》 作者:白取春彦




 學習(learn)≠獨學(study)
  獨學才是在求學與工作上能夠超群的必要手段!
  以研究哲學、宗教與文學著稱的日本暢銷作家、《超譯尼采》作者白取春彥
  首次披露自身的讀書方法!

  人的腦袋可以產生自己的創見,創造出過去所不曾出現的見解或推論──
  這就是獨學的最終目的。

  「學習」是種低層次的事。
  就像小朋友學寫字是「學習」,學習是種模仿;
  成人要做的不應該是學習,而是研究。
  熟悉哲學與宗教的思想家白取春彥不被既成的概念所拘束,
  他提出關於學習具體明確的指導方針,
  像是「不要害怕閱讀困難的書」、「與其讀解說參考書,不如直接閱讀原典」、
  「多讀比速讀好」、「學習外語的基礎在於『讀解力』」等等,
  說明獨學的最終目的,是讓自己擁有獨立思考的能力,
  跳脫出填鴨式教育框下的思維。

本書特色

  ●作者針對現今大眾盲從「實用路線」的學習方法,功利取向的學習心態,提出了自己的批判,並分享自己閱讀艱澀書籍的態度和訣竅。
  ●內容主要著重在「建立正確的學習心態」,而非坊間常見的know-how路線學習書。
名人推薦
  詹宏志(資深出版人)、褚士瑩(作家)、凌性傑(作家)-聯合推薦
 

作者介紹

作者簡介

白取春彥


  日本青森縣人。於德國柏林大學就讀期間,研究哲學、宗教與文學。出版多本關於哲學與宗教的解說著作,廣受好評。代表著作有《專為上班族解說的「聖經」 入門》、《學習術》、《聰明思考術》、《不鑽牛角尖的思考術:通往成功之門的24個習慣》、《佛教「超」入門》、《超譯尼采I.II》等書。

譯者簡介

張富玲


  台大日文系畢,曾於翻譯公司、出版社任職,現為文字工作者。譯有《京都三六五日。生活雜貨曆》、《松浦彌太郎.生活中的巧思與發現筆記三部曲》、《不能不去愛的兩件事》等書。

戴偉傑

  東吳大學日文系畢業後,進入輔仁大學翻譯學研究所中日筆譯組修讀碩士。現為專業譯者。
 

目錄

中文版序──堅持自我蛻變

第一章 治學只能靠獨學
》學習不算獨學
.「學習」是種低層次的事
.不靠自己念書,你什麼都學不會
.即便在大學念書,獨學也是必要手段
.獨學沒有教科書,也沒有正確答案
.獨學的最終目的是能夠擁有自己的創見
》始於「從什麼時候開始?」
.對「事情是從什麼時候開始?」抱持疑問
.簿記的起源
.猶太人被歧視的開端
.莎士比亞沒見過真正的猶太人
》「知識」始於「疑問」
.沒有疑問,你就無法得到答案
.活知識才會留在腦袋裡
.疑問不只是從書本中孕生,也會來自日常生活中
.資訊並不等同知識
.資訊時時刻刻都在變化
.知識永不過時
》獨學時時刻刻無處不能做
.熱情比技術性問題重要
.買書的錢不要省
.獨學的障礙是紛亂及不健康的情緒
》獨學者康德
.康德並不難懂
.康德和一般人的差別
.研究小問題,也能造就一門哲學

第二章 閱讀艱澀書籍的訣竅
》隨機閱讀
.挑戰艱澀書籍
.讀懂一半也沒關係
》全面立體地理解
.所謂讀書,就是在看腦中的影像
.備妥字典、事典、地圖
》靠「遠眺」來戰勝書本
.艱澀的書,先擺在身邊欣賞
.以嘲弄的態度來對待書本
.以隨意的心情翻開第一頁
.一本書不好懂,可能是那本書本來就寫得不好
》和艱澀書籍玩遊戲
.別害怕艱澀的書籍
.事實上解說本反倒比較不好懂
.試著自己思考
.經典名著不必整本讀完
》一面畫線一面閱讀
.畫線的意義和效用
.畫重點線的技術
.畫重點線最重要的技巧
.在書頁做筆記的方法
.畫重點線能幫助記憶
.不買書便念不了書
》多讀幾本書
.書讀得愈多,腦袋愈清楚
.學速讀法只是浪費金錢和時間
.多讀幾本書的效果
》閱讀可以改變世界
.我們總把虛構當事實
.十六世紀日本人真實的樣貌
.世界觀改變之時

第三章 提升教養
》什麼是教養?
.知識並不等於教養
.過更好的人生
.不要把知識當工具
》「聖經」這種教養
.某評論家的無知
.宗教是一切文化的基礎
.了解基督教,便能讀懂哲学
・不識聖經,便無法理解世界
》宗教書一定要懂一些
.聖經以外的宗教書也要「略懂」
.伊斯蘭教──《可蘭經》、《聖訓》
.佛教──《經集》、《正法眼藏》
.再也不會受邪門歪教誘騙

第四章 外語獨學法
》第一步是要正確使用母語
.母語不好,外語也不可能學得好
.外語可沒那麼容易學
》養成對語言的品味
.對語言整體的強烈關注
.有語言品味的人的特徴
》學習外語的訣竅
首先要俯瞰全體
.把字典當讀物
.如果不全心投入,就無法學得像樣
》閱讀第一
.基礎通常就在讀解力
.讀不懂便說不出來
.總之多讀就是了
》理解該外語的語言邏輯
.只靠習慣是學不會的
.「從對話開始」是錯誤的觀念
.習熟文法句型
.掌握核心片語
.學習該國文化能加快外語學習的速度

第五章 思考的技術・調查的技術
》所有論點都只是假設
.不盲信經典名著
.韋伯的論述正確嗎?
.還有重新立論的空間
》觀察思考方式
.了解各式各樣的思考方式
.學習他人的思考方式而非結論
》調查某一主題
.親自調查
.寫下關鍵字
.買書或借書
.確實掌握文字或用語的意義
.對書的內容持疑
.依據主題進行的調查方法(基礎作業)
》隨身攜帶筆記本
.寫下來就能解決疑問
.如何做筆記
》多加利用圖書館
.先整理筆記與影印文件
.查閱資料的基本原則
.住在圖書館附近  
http://www.books.com.tw/products/0010614481獨學術

2015-07-17

"旅行中的小奢華"

    旅行中的小奢華

  • 出版社:時報出版  
  • 出版日期:2013/04/08
  • 語言:繁體中文 
  • 不管是日本東京,還是法國巴黎、普羅旺斯、波爾多等地,甚至是台灣台北或是內地其他的美好地點。里維將以他的行腳與個人感受,帶大家從圖片與文字中了解到生活的片段與美好滋味,讓旅行也成了「體驗生活、改變自我」的最好方式。   以筆記書(短篇)的文字型式讓讀者從書中的世界,從45篇圖文並茂的文字,看到了旅行中所體會的美好與小奢華,有短文、圖文互搭、拼圖版面的方式,讓整本書流暢易讀,感受里維在旅行中的個人想法與見解。
      當旅行變成一件不那麼遙遠的事情,當品味美食成為眾人所渴望的願望之一,讓我們把兩者合二為一,同時加上一點不一樣的文化觀察;牽著讀者的走, 一起走過東京、法國、香港、北京、上海與台北各個角落,讓自己的旅行可以帶點小奢華,那是對自己的犒賞、對自己的獎勵,也是,對生活的一種重新呼吸。
    作者簡介
    里維
      巴黎留學回台後,以筆名里維及本名江烈偉等名號踏入出版及媒體界,負責美食消費等採訪工作。平日喜歡品嘗美食美酒、假日愛跟朋友一起辦趴做菜、也熱愛到法國日本等地旅行,未來計畫執行「角落村」的世界飲食文化交流概念。
      曾於回國後在FNAC舉辦過法國文學系列講座,講解法國文學與法式生活。譯有多本法國文學作品。
      個人作品
      《戀上普羅旺斯的餐桌》。
      《法國人,搞什麼?!》
      《老饕帶你從早吃到晚》
      《老饕帶你從北吃到南》
      個人部落格:
      奇摩的「跟著小王子吃遍天下」

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"帶媽媽去旅行:幸福與夢想的背包客之旅"


http://www.books.com.tw/products/0010629223
帶媽媽去旅行:幸福與夢想的背包客之旅


★韓國年度總銷量突破10萬本!
★2013年韓國「YES24網路書店」旅遊類排行第一名!
  笑容、幸福與夢想
  是我送給母親最好的生日禮物
  環遊世界300天,走遍50個國家100多個城市
  30歲的兒子與60歲的母親
  在撒哈拉沙漠看無邊無際的星星
  在耶路撒冷聖墓教堂前虔誠的禱告
  用雙腳走出的一生也無法忘記的背包客旅程
  享受、體驗、熱愛這個人生
  是這趟旅行的原因

Line Dance - Killing me softly with his song

Line Dance - Words don't come easy


Happy Day in Solar Kitchen

Happy dinner in Solar Kitchen:
Prama ham with Japanese melon and salad
shrimps n seafood salad,onion sauce,
steaks with potato n mushrooms,
grilled chicken,
fried rice with scallops,
mango fruit cake.
Delicious!

巴馬火腿配日本密瓜沙律菜
鮮蝦尤魚洋蔥汁
黑松露醬內肉眼扒伴炸薯
皇帝雞
露筍帶子飯
蛋糕

餐廳位於崗頂附近的小巷, 沿新馬路民政總署旁的小巷直上,
 到崗頂附近後向福隆新街方向夜呣斜巷向下斜落, 行到中途的家神圍入去, 右手邊就到


新馬路崗頂夜呣斜巷家神圍4-6號
TEL: 2893 8559
 

2015-07-12

《沙恭达罗》Shakuntala

Unknown callers?

Few days ago,
called one of my colleagues after office hours,
obviously her secretary has left,
she picked up the phone by herself,
the voice I recognize from the phone,
however,
acting like her secretary,
asking me who called,
at last,
she explained to me that,
after office hours,
she doesn't want to occupy her precious working time by unknown callers,
as her secretary could not handle the calls for her,
thus,
she needs to disguise other person pick up the phone!



學會丟掉東西,人生可以更好!丟掉50樣東西,我學會勇敢

當你開始丟,你會得到煥然一新的想法。有人意外發現自己原來可以創業,而且比以前的老闆還行;有人終於走出喪父之痛;有人甩掉破碎的婚姻重新開始,也有人和大學時錯過的戀情重逢——在丟東西的過程中,總是會有許多意外的發現。但不管丟掉什麼,人生都因此更美好。」

以下有幾個原因,為什麼你需要減法規則:

一、很多東西不是沒用,而是你已不再用

翻翻你的衣櫃,有多少衣服是你已經不穿的,但它為什麼還在你的衣櫃?很多東西不是沒用,而是你已經再也不會用,對於已經不會再用的東西,留著就是一種負擔。

二、很多東西不是需要,而是想要

生活其實可以很簡單,但很多人都將自己的生活搞得很複雜,其實人類真正的需求沒有很高,問問自己,有多少東西並不是你需要的東西,而是你想要的東西?

三、很多東西很美好,但已成為過去

郭書齊說:『放下,就是當你丟掉所擁有的,並且相信往前走,你會得到更多。』很多東西很美好,但是你應該往前看了,因為那些已成為過去,你能把握住的只有現在。
蓋兒.布蘭克說:「丟東西之所以困難,是因為你必須作出決定,所以要小心!我們要做的是直接丟掉,不是把東西挪來挪去。超過50萬人的經驗,讓蓋兒.布蘭克敢保證:只要你丟掉50樣東西,就會啟動某種奇妙的動能;你將不再是那個猶豫不決、等待適當時機、等待被發掘,等著事情恢復原狀的人;不!你會成為向前邁進、離開看台、準備進場大顯身手的人。」

四、很多東西,留著其實是一種負擔

你有時候是否還會繼續沈浸在過去美好的回憶?郭台銘說:『成功是一名差勁的導師,它給你的是無知與膽識,不能給的是下次成功必備的經驗與智慧。』過去成功的經驗可能是一種負擔,它會阻礙你日後做出正確的判斷,因為世界一直在改變,成功的規則也一直在改變,複製過去成功的經驗並不保證下一次會成功。
很多東西,留著其實是一種負擔,過去的習慣、經驗、感受等等,都可能是一種負擔,試著將它們丟掉,你將會發現自己的人生已變得更美好。

五、很多東西,丟了會讓你更好

《丟掉50樣東西,我學會勇敢》這本書說:『無論是看法、信念、回憶、工作、甚至某個人,只要它會讓你心情下沉,或感覺不好,就丟掉。如果它只是擺在那裡佔空間,毫無正面貢獻,就丟掉。如果你得花很長時間權衡利弊,或煩惱該如何是好,就丟掉!別害怕。這是你的人生,你毋庸置疑一定擁有的東西,你丟不掉。』
蓋兒.布蘭克說:「你知道抽屜裡面還有什麼嗎?鑰匙。裡面還有幾十年都沒有用來開過任何鎖的鑰匙。但是你覺得扔掉鑰匙不好,鑰匙很重,碰到垃圾桶底部會發出鏗鏗鏘鏘的聲音。別在意,把它們扔掉,全扔掉。」
很多時候,我們都被一些不重要的事綁住了,這正是為什麼我們需要減法規則的原因,學會丟掉東西,人生可以更好。

方法很簡單:
  無論是看法、信念、回憶、工作、甚至某個人,
  1.只要它會讓你心情下沉,或感覺不好,就丟掉。
  2.如果它只是擺在那裡佔空間,毫無正面貢獻,就丟掉。
  3.如果你得花很長時間權衡利弊,或煩惱該如何是好,就丟掉!
  4.別害怕。這是你的人生,你毋庸置疑一定擁有的東西,你丟不掉。

Homemade Salmon Bread

Thanks for the delicious fresh bread!

人生低潮

在Apps上的通訊名單上,
看見A的狀態是
"人生低潮",
真的是有點不很舒服,
上次他的狀態是
"身體健康",
現在眨眼也有數月了.

A自己想在某專業上更上一層樓,
在工作之餘,
晚間又繼續進修,
後因為懷疑自己已遺傳了家族的精神病,
致壓力爆破,
無法正常工作及與人溝通,
又不就醫吃藥,
病情時好時壞,
終須停止上班不工作.

希望他能增強信心,
儘快戰勝病魔,
送上無限祝福!


Sweet sweet = Sentimental Moment

Was touched by a facebook picture,
in this June,
all of us are happy to get the news that
E and M are getting married soon,
though they are in US,
and E's mom is in Macau,
E's mom and the two went to the jewelry shop,
before they go back to the States,
the elderly mom offered them beautiful ring,
from the picture,
I can share their happiness,
so sweet!!

恒指海嘯最傷 08年挫近萬點

【經濟日報專訊】處於中外夾縫之中的港股,每當中國或歐美市場有甚麼風吹草動,港股總是首當其衝,跌勢慘烈。本港過去十年經歷多次金融危機,最嚴重為08年金融海嘯,其間恒指暴跌近萬點。
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希臘債務危機升級,A股又大舉去槓桿,港股在雙重打擊下,恒指迄今已從年內高位下跌5,071點,累積下跌17.7%,市場人心惶惶。
對上一次港股急跌,同樣與希臘債務有關。2010年希臘債務首次出現違約風險並提出求援,多個持有希債的歐洲國家相繼被降低評級,市場擔心希債危機會擴散至整個歐元區,甚至全球金融市場,拖累全球股市下瀉,港股亦累跌8.8%。
2007年A股爆破 亦推冧港股
08年美國政府選擇棄救投行雷曼兄弟,怎料雷曼爆煲觸發全球金融海嘯,港股在10月27日單日跌1,942點,跌幅達15.4%,以百分比計為歷來最大。恒指年內從高位急跌9,890點,幅度高達47.3%。
港股走勢除受到外圍牽引,A股波動亦與港股息息相關,07年推冧港股。07年A股幾乎全民皆股,市場呈現泡沫,股市氣氛相當熾熱,滬指當年10月16日升至紀錄高位6124點,市盈率(PE)高達42倍,恒指亦在直通車預期下跟隨上揚。其後直通車煞停,A股泡沫亦爆破,直至08年大市才回穩,但已自高位回落逾7成,恒指期間亦回落66%。

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