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Salah satu alasan mengapa banyak orang tidak mau berharap terlalu tinggi, adalah karena takut kecewa setengah mati. Semakin besar harapan kita–ndakik-ndakik kalau orang Jawa bilang–semakin kecewa rasanya saat harapan itu ternyata tidak terwujud. Sayangnya, saat kita mengecilkan harapan, atau manage expectation istilahnya, kerap kali diikuti dengan berkurangnya usaha untuk mewujudkan harapan tersebut. Mengapa? Tentunya karena…
Jujur enggak nyangka 2022 bakalan super melelahkan jiwa. Pergi ke berbagai tempat, ketemu bermacam2 orang, bergonta-ganti kerjaan dalam waktu singkat. Belum pernah saya merasakan emosi campur aduk se-intens ini…mungkin sejak si bocil lahir ya. Bagaimanapun, saya senang karena perasaan jungkir balik ini telah membuatku bisa mengurai benang ruwet di dalam diri dan menemukan semangat baru…
This piece has been posted on LinkAja Official Medium Account, check it out here! “Nak, itu namanya uang…” Si Ibu menatap bocah SD di depannya setengah geli. “Uang kok kayak gini, Bu?” tukas si bocah yang ternyata bernama Rayhan. “Uang kan yang ada di HP Bu.” Lalu si bocah menyodorkan smartphone-nya. Tampilan layar menunjukkan…
Judul di atas adalah sepenggal quote yang pernah saya dengar dari Azrul Ananda, mantan CEO Jawa Pos Group yang juga “putra mahkota” kerajaan bisnis bapaknya, Dahlan Iskan. Kalimatnya menggelitik, seolah menampar kita2 para kuli keringat yang bekerja demi sesuap Hokkaido cheese tart dan selembar tiket PP keliling Eropa. Kalau gak buat cari duit, buat apa…
This post is a copy of my article on Fair Observer. The original post can be seen here: http://www.fairobserver.com/business/can-entrepreneurship-be-taught-31016/ Studying at university provides students with the necessary tools to become an entrepreneur and overcome common startup problems. There has always been a fierce debate of whether entrepreneurship can be taught or not, and if an entrepreneur…
(This article was published on Fair Observer at 11 November 2015, co-authored by Fikar and me) The seriousness of the Indonesian forest fires can no longer be ignored. As 40 million people gasp for breath and tens of thousands of hectares of forest are on fire in Indonesia, the world continues to revolve like nothing dangerous…
Six months ago, in the beginning of Michaelmas term, my housemate once commented when I told him that I study Entrepreneurship and Innovation. “Innovation? What are you studying about? Something like—how to innovate?” I just laughed to that sarcasm, though deep down, yes, it got me thinking. He’s studying Finance, something very clear and concrete…
Everybody loves nice people. Nice people won’t hurt you. Nice people will always help you. Nice people can even be the vehicle you use when you need to go further. Oh and everybody likes to be liked. Even before Facebook invented the ‘Like’ button and utilised this as psychological tool to deepen its users engagement. And it is so understandable…
It’s a common mistaken perception that graduates in developed countries are easier to get job. No, not at all. Finding a (proper) job has always been a struggle for majority of people, wherever we are. In developed countries, the case is probably even worse. Most of the industrial manufacturing plants have off-shored to far away countries as a result of…
As I’m getting closer to the end of Summer Term, and definitely to the deadline of my dissertation’s submission, I feel like another worry start to catch me. Now I wonder where would I be in the next couple of months? Would I go back home and find a dream job? Would I stay here with…