I’m curious. Have you ever heard of people who call themselves “self-made”? For example, I’m a self-made millionaire….

Honestly, I don’t believe that statement is true at all. I mean, is there such thing as that you alone made yourself famous/rich/successful/___________ (fill in the blank)? For every person that ‘made it’ there are actually tons of people around this person supporting him/her.

Let me prove to you:

People who are successful in business, usually have a team of people who are working with or for them. They don’t do everything themselves.

If you are very rich, its because someone has probably mentored you before, or shared successful principles to your very soul.

Before you ever think you are ‘self made’, I hope you consider 3 these 3 groups of people who are rooting for your success…

1. People who are infront of you (your mentors or people who have imparted wisdom to you)

2. People beside you (your spouse, partners or colleagues)

3. People who are behind you (your staff)

There’s a saying:

If you want to go fast, go alone
If you want to go far, go together

Hope you remember that self-made people don’t exist, only successful people with strong teams do. Therefore, build great teams and you will be great too!

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Being in this industry of training teams and even organising teambuilding programs, I will be sharing with you some insights on why I think alot of teambuilding programs in Singapore will not work at all! This is after much observation of a lot of teambuilding companies.

In most cases, companies hire teambuilding companies for the fun they provide and games where everyone is engaged in some activity. Companies ask for outdoor activities as much as possible, thinking that they will be more fun. Games sometimes involve doing things faster, better or even a clearer way of communication. However, after such programs, people resume their own set of behaviour after they go back to work the following day. This is because issues are not addressed and mindset is not changed.

Here are a few things that can give you a low Return On Investment (ROI) for your teambuilding programs:

1.  Not being clear on the specific outcome you want
Instead of saying things like “Better cohesiveness, have fun or bonding”, it is better to ask whether you can address certain issues like

“I want my staff to be able to take responsibility for their work and not constantly lay blame.”
“I want them to be pro-active in their work and life.”
“I want to be able to consciously think of how they can add value to their team members.”

The more specific your outcome you want, the better your ROI for the teambuilding program.

2.  Trainer possesses poor facilitation skills

I had my fair share of seeing facilitators who are NOT able to bring out a lesson that really makes a Deep Impact on their clients. They just keep talking about the same things that you and I know. In proper facilitation, you actually want the participants to discover the lesson as much as possible, so that learning becomes extremely personal and impactful. Poor trainers tell people what the lesson is, Great Trainers help people find the lesson behind the activities.

3.  Most programs do not address mindset or give great guiding principles
We all know that we should work together in teams, but the question is “why do we not do that all the time?” My experience in building teams is that people usually have their own belief systems regarding teams and not everyone believes in WIN-WIN. A good teambuilding program must be able to address such mindsets and give great guiding principles to replace the old beliefs.

4.  Lack of follow up after the teambuilding program
Most teambuilding programs are just one day but how can you create a team within a day? Creating great teams require a process but most companies end it within a day. One important element is to have a time where there is sufficient follow-up for participants to review the lessons learnt. Constant emphasis and application of the same message has a better chance of helping your staff to internalise what they have learnt.

The next time you choose your service provider, do ensure that they will make a Deep Impact in having fun that is meaningful and objective. If you need a teambuilding provider, email us and we will get back to you:

coach(a)deepimpactonline(dot)com    

Here are some photos of our programs:

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When I first started in my training business, did you know that I actually worked for other training organisations for just $30/hr? This was rather pathetic, because I only worked for 2 hours day, and most of the time, just 2 days a week. This meant that I only earned approximately $480/month.

This was extremely bad because I had to dig into my savings every month to pay for the bills, housing loan and even food for myself. For four nights in a row, I could not sleep well at all and my wife asked me if I was stressed by what I was doing (I couldn’t admit it and I said NO). Things became very bad till the extent where I could remember that I was left with just $22 in my bank account. This left me very dissatisfied with the results that I am having.

After so much pain and frustration, I made a firm decision. I believed it was a compelling moment where I said ENOUGH WAS ENOUGH! I made a firm decision that I will NOT BE POOR, but will be one of the BEST trainers in Singapore. I will grow from strength to strength in training in the things that I strongly believe in and earn money from it. I must admit that it was only this strong sense of disturbance within the soul that when you make a FIRM DECISION and take Massive Action, it will change your life!

Fast forward many years: I have found a lot of success in training; teaching people what I am passionate about, influencing them to make changes and being paid well for it (what a dream job). All this happened because out of the moment of desperation, I made a FIRM DECISION. I am well paid currently in what I do and derive tremendous amount of satisfaction from my transformational work.

The reason I am sharing about this personal story is to ask you if you ever had a burning desire to do something but yet met with tremendous obstacles that faced your way, or were you ever been plagued by thousands of reasons why you will fail in a task, my encouragement to you is this: MAKE A FIRM DECISION AND TAKE MASSIVE ACTION.

Conclusion:

A Radical Change only happens when a person becomes extremely frustrated and makes a FIRM DECISION to do whatever it takes to overcome the situation. This change will be lasting because it causes a person to be an Overcomer!  Remember, everything starts with a Decision. What is your decision today?

PS: If you are keen on embarking my route as a trainer, you can Dare To Train.

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There were so many people who responded to the previous post that I ran out of tickets to give away. I asked the organisers if they could help out by giving more tickets and they were gracious to do so. The tickets are worth $995 and my subscribers got it FREE!

This would not have happened if I did not ask. So, an important lesson here is to always ask for more…. and it shall be given unto you.

Here are the winners of the draw. There were more people than the original 2 tickets I could give. In fact, there are 12 15 people here. Congratulations! You will be receiving a confirmation letter from the organisers. Woo Hoo!

1. Soo Yam Koon Vincent
2. Liu Yoon Fatt
3. Ng Soon Choong
4. Mohammed Rizali bin Mohdar
5. Bok Ai Jong
6. Xu Haita
7. Wayne Teau
8. Low Adrian
9. Hsieh Ching Ming
10. Edwin Wong Mun Chieh
11. Molina Bte Abdul Wahid
12. Tan Pei Ling Jenny
13. Lim Kar Shan
14. Gladys Cheong Guat Neo
15. Diana Lane

I hope this event will transform and allow you to overcome the limiting beliefs in your life!

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