Effective vs Efficient: Do you know the difference?

Hey Friends,

Do you know the difference between Effective and Efficient?
These two terms are commonly used in business and marketing field.
However, many of us (including business or marketing students) always confused and mixed-up the meaning...So, whats the difference?

Below are the definition provided in Dictionary.com

Effective (adj.): Adequate to accomplish a purpose; producing the intended or expected result.
Efficient (adj.) Performing or functioning in the best possible manner with the least waste of time and effort.

If you want an easier way to memorize the difference, remember this sentence: “Being effective is about doing the right things, while being efficient is about doing the things in the right manner.”

For example: Terence is a very hard working student. Upon reaching to final exam, he studies and burns the mid night oil. He revises all the chapters covered by his lecturers...with no specific attention and effort to chosen topics. He is effective due to he is doing the right thing. But, does him doing the thing right? Questionable!


Another example: Fock Chen (a good friend of Terence) is rather smart. When final exam is reaching to the corner, he analyzes and fine tunes those topics that his lecturers mentioned that will be covered in final exams. He spends his sweet time to revise those chapters. Now, see...he is being efficient due to he is doing the thing right!  

A typical example of being effective is spraying  insect  (that you are not sure it will 100% be killed); being efficient is stepping the insect with your foot (of course...with protected slippers). With that way, you will make sure it dies!

So, rather being effective, I choose to be efficient! How about you?

Happy Deepavali and Happy Holidays!

Happy Deepavali to all my Indian friends and Indian lecturers...May this warm festival brings happiness and reunion to your family, and wish you all have a wonderful and cheerful Dewali...
To all of you right there...HAPPY HOLIDAYS
See you!

Erectile Dysfunction-It is not new to you!

Erectile Dysfunction(ED), or more commonly known as "Impotence" describe a condition when a men is unable to "keep" or even "achieve" an erection! Normally, impotence happens on older men.
However, according to a study led by a scientist at the University of California, Los Angeles’ David Geffen School of Medicine, about 6.5% of men as young as 20 to 29 reported ED; and this raised up to 77.5% when it came to older  men (aged 75 years+).

ED is a serious health problem for men, not only from the psychological perspective (being sexually active and satisfied), but it could affect men to be potentially "fatal". Not only that, ED also could be directly associated to some illnesses. To name a few, there are diabetes, nervous system disorder and Parkinson's.

Seeking for medical help is one of the solution for this problem due to impotence does affect one's self esteem, relationship and general health. Don't feel fear and embarrass when you face this, because we cant wait for our marriage to come into this.

However, at the end of the day, it all depends on the level of satisfaction of the patient (and his couple, for sure) feel. It also depends on the quality of sexual life that the couple is contented with. For an elderly couple, they could be perfectly satisfied with showing affection by hugging and kissing. But, if you are young, that's what you shouldn't be!!! So, come out, and seek for help!

Insightful Tips For Successful Future!!!

Last Saturday (30th Oct 2010), i attended the CPA Australia Undergraduate Conference that organized by MMU CPA Assoc. Some insightful tips are being given by the Maybank Moneytree's CEO, Mr Michael Rayes.
I feel it was worthy to be there for almost 8 hours since someone would be strongly motivated to plan for success in our future pathways. Below are some of the tips to be shared:

1) Degree Cert. only brings you to the door of interview, and it is, that's it!!!

2) First interpretation would be made within the 3 seconds when you are entering into the interview room. If you are unable to prove your capabilities in the next 15 seconds (if the earlier interpretation is NEGATIVE), you are out of mind of the interviewer!

3) The only different between a Cambidge U student and Local U student is "the degree of stupidity", and "inreactiveness"!

4) Stupidity is DIFFERENT from "huminity" (being humble when not answering lecturer's Q)!

5) Walk of from "part of problem" to "part of solution"!

6) First thing to change yourself is to "take yourself seriously"!

7) Success will not happen, it is up to you to make it happen.

8) We are young, but we are not young for too long.

9) 95% of people do not get what tehy want in life, simple because they do not know what they want in life.

10) Time that is not used for building "expanding networking, skill and knowledge, health, wealth, spirituality" is a waste of time.

11) Have a clear idea of where you are going and make progress towards your defined goals everyday.

12) You will never succeed if you keep your business as a secret.

13) Business that is not making enough noises will not succeed.

14)Add more important people in your "friend list" compared to last year.

15) The only way to leverage your business is by using "IT".

16) Don't reinvent the wheel. Just change the way people doing things! 

17) Save your money like hell!

18) Work hard, be objectivity and practice professionalism!

19) AUDIT should be ALL YOU DO IS THINK rather than ALL YOU DO ID TICK!

20) Yam Cha with friends is not a way of building networking, it is rather a bad habit!

Enjoy our sharing...thanks, and See You tomorrow!

Im stressed!

This week is my 2nd week for the brand new trimester. Yet, I'm stressed!
Its not a big matter for registering for 7 subjects(since marketing students are doing this for the past few trimesters), but there are some killing subjects coming over us.
Strategic Marketing is the worse subject ever in my MMU life...
Our beloved lecturer placed a high expectation on us due to majority of the class are final year students (but I'm not), sadly...
We have a total of cases, that needed to be presented within 10 weeks. Its not a big matter!
The problem is we do not know how to analyze the case...seemed very miserable for the first case presentation early in the morning, today.
What can i do? Just swim in the sea even I'm not a whale lo...adaptable seems not a simple word for a cow anymore...
2.30pm...going to attend for my B2B lecture

I love my mum...

Today is a holiday. Work up very early at 8.00am, took breakfast with dad and mum. Then, i accompanied my mum for her eye medical check-up. My mum was worrying about her eye sight, because recently she said got a bit blurr blurr. In the dark inspection room...i could see my mum was very nervous. Then, the specialist gave my mums' eyes some droplet of liqiud, and asked my mum to close her eyes, and rest.
Then, i looked at my mum...Mummy, you old already lo, because of us, you work very hard...we understand, we realize, we feel...don't worry, i will accompany you till you very old. Love you!
Then, my mum entered the room again...after some tedius checking, the specialist said that my mum's eye sight is very fine...and my mum looked relaxed...
Then, we went for shopping, lunching...
Hmm...this is how i spend my holiday...
See yea...now its time for outing again!

妈妈的娜鲁娃 - 林俊杰