Lessons in Vision College

I have learned a great deal of lessons in Vision College in the past two years on how to run activities, how to manage hostels and how to give lectures. Yet, lessons that help to build character are the most invaluable lessons to me. These lessons or values are not quick-fixes to success, but they have guided me well on a conscientious path. Here are a few lessons that are worth sharing:

1. Always do the right thing. Never ever cheat, especially issue revolve around money. Getting caught cheating will put your reputation, integrity, credibility at stake. At the end of the day, leave the office with a conscientious mind and peaceful heart knowing that you've done the right thing.

2. No shortcuts. The accommodation work over the weekend is the most grueling. Sometimes, carrying 20kg metal lockers up several floors is just a warm up for me, while most people would avoid the staircase altogether. At times like these, the temptation of calling in sick or simply just walk away would be the easiest way out. But at the end of the day, the job has to be done. Endure the hardship and you will grow stronger (literally).

3. Create a positive working environment. By having a pleasant vibe in the office, you'll be more productive. The responsibility of creating a positive working environment starts with yourself. Stay away from spreading malicious rumours and keep your mind away from the office issues during break time. I owe it much to the group of friends who have been keeping my lunch hour delightful, especially Liew, whose topics ranging from “How to fry the perfect sunny side up” to “Why F1 should not go green” were informative and entertaining.

Always aim high. You will be rewarded for the time spent on improving yourself. By improving yourself, you will be able to contribute more to the organization and you will become generally a better person.

Prepared by,

Ho Khee Hong, Daniel

Former Lecturer/Counselor

Vision College

T.E.A.M.W.O.R.K

Science has progressed tremendously and have affected our lifestyles. Today, the system of change has affected every sector not withstanding be it the legal or illegal avenues.

The parallels of righteousness and evil has advanced in time and to cope with the situation, one has to be prudent, vigil and very objective in life.

In the circumstances, it appears that success will be achieved only if one is focused and have a good vision for life and that is the reason we are in Vision College.

Being in Vision College, we are like a family. Therefore, working closely together as a team or a family is crucial.

5 simple ways we can work together as a team

Being under an organization or a company means being under a particular group of people working together under same the goals.

A group, a team, an organization or a company is created to achieve a vision (or visions), a goal (or goals) or a purpose (or purposes!), mainly for the goodness of all. Perceiving each other as members, teammates should join hand-in-hand in order to achieve the particular objectives. To have an objective, there has got to be deadlines and deadlines are a little less impossible to achieve alone. Therefore, working together as a team is a foremost.

Here are the 5 simple ways we can do to work together as a team:

1) Help one another

Everyone in a group has his/her own particular tasks to do. If a member is disable at the moment due to what-so-ever valid reasons, we should lend a helping hand to carry his/her task, so that things are kept up to par. Reminding a teammate about a particular tasks, or covering duty whenever we can is another example of helping on another.

2) Trust each other

Trust is important. As we have heard before, everyone has their own ways of doing things. We should not expect teammates to do their work like how we do. Trust them and allow them some time on handling issues or somethings. If something isn't right, talk to them – do not assumed. Distrusting a teammate could seriously jeopardize a team as it could lead to down grading, and perhaps a loss for our team.

3) Respect each other

Don't we want people to appreciate our hard work and dedications? We should respect the unique ways our teammates carry their jobs.

4) Discuss

Anything disagreeable should be discussed upon and come to solutions.

5) Compliment one another

“Very good”, “Well done”, “That's awesome”,“We are lucky to have you” are a few ways we compliment and support each other. Don't we want to create much positivity atmosphere in our group? Don't we wish someone sees our hard work and dedications with very much appreciations?

Working as team is beneficial in terms of deadlines and productivity. If we do not work as a team how are we to reach to our visions?

Prepared by,

Munisha A/P Janardhanan

Tutor, Postgraduate Diploma of Medical Ultrasonography

Vision College