Devoting my Life's Passion

"I have never known such a disciplined people. From the moment they wake, they devote themselves to the perfection of whatever they pursue" 

A phrase from the movie The Last Samurai, where Tom Cruise narrated his observation of his captors.Strucked by this observation, I realize that indeed life is about perfecting a craft, a skill, a talent, a mission, or to whatever we each so desire to accomplish in our lifetime.

Everyday is a brand new opportunity for each one of us to make a significant difference by continually and persistently honing our abilities and excel towards good to great by daily devoting ourselves to the perfection of whatever we pursue.

I have always applied the same discipline in my line of work, I studied Management Information System back in college but I have always foreseen myself wanting to pursue a career in retailing, be it for supermarket, drugstore, shopping mall boutiques, department store, hypermarket, convenience stores.

I constantly have to learn new merchandising skills, I have to even at times learn proper visual merchandising display, be on the look out for new trends, be sensitive to consumer needs and wants, even their complaints.  I never came to a point of getting myself bored with my work. 

When the time came for internet commerce to slowly revolutionize the way people spend their money, I have to learn it, I even have to propose to my boss that its the right direction to follow but as traditional retailers, they wouldn't take the necessary steps to take and follow the lead of internet commerce.

When I moved on to another company that gives so much importance and focus on customer interaction online, I was quite happy and indeed turn-over of sales more than quadrupled due to customer's interactive relationship with us, thus developing that brand awareness for our company as well as our merchandise.
There will always be room for learning if we apply ourselves to be willing listeners, and keen observers of the changing times.  I personally am happy that I grew up in a generation of upgrades, from analog to digital, from brick and mortar to internet commerce.

I know that be it in education, retailing, merchandising, sales, food, fashion, movies, and many other fascinating part of our lives, we will always have something to improve on.  So we don't stay idle even when we think we already know, there's so much more to still learn from others.