by Helmi Hakim | May 18, 2011 | Insurance, Investment, Miscellaneous, Motivation
Alhamdulillah….I completed my 2 exams, Advanced Quantitative Analysis and Corporate Finance, last week… 🙂
It is definitely challenging for me, to juggle both work and study at the same time, but I guess, I will soon, get used to it. I am thankful, that my job, as a financial consultant, is pretty FLEXIBLE. 🙂
We can make appointments as and when we want. We can postpone appointments, when the exams are drawing near….all in all, while still maintaining our steady paycheck. Isnt that cool?
All right…. As I undertake my studies, I will share with you, stuffs, that I learn in school, which I believe, can be applied in the business world. Let us start, with MAKING DECISIONS… 🙂
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In life, we are bound to make DECISIONS.
It may be a big decision or a small one to make.
It may be a simple one, or a life threatening one.
It may be a routine one, or a ONE TIME decision.
Today, I am going to share with a you, a very good decision making model, that I have personally learnt in class and then apply, in the real business world. 🙂 Just browse through the slides below to get an idea… 🙂
(Note: Some details were omitted due to confidentiality)
Lastly, after computing and tabulating the scores, a final decision is made!!! 🙂
by Helmi Hakim | Apr 26, 2011 | Motivation
You see….Sometimes, I do procrastinate to update my blog, and my friends told me that it is unhealthy… 🙁
I have just discovered that I can blog pretty easily from my iPhone, while I am in the MRT, in the bus or waiting for my clients etc2….I AM DOING SO NOW!!! 🙂
Today, I just want to share with you a quote that I feel, is powerful….
“You can go far, if you are alone….but you can go further, if you are in a team….”
Think about it and reflect…See ya 🙂
by Helmi Hakim | Feb 14, 2011 | Insurance, Investment, Miscellaneous, Motivation
Is there at times in your life, where you were overwhelmed with questions?
Questions about life….Questions about relationship…..Questions about business….
Questions that it seems difficult in finding the answers, especially one, that in conjunction with the Quran and Hadith.
As a financial consultant, I would consider myself as a voracious reader and collector of books on personal finance, sales, motivational, inspirational, business and politics etc2….. (I have a huge library in my personal office and at home)
When imbued with questions, I will seek the answers from these books. While browsing through all those books in my collection, I soon realize that almost 90% of them were written by Western authors.
Motivational books, I will find the likes of Anthony Robbins, Jack Canfield, Stephen Covey, Wayne Dyer
Book on sales, I will find Zig Ziglar, Brian Tracy, Tom Hopkins, Jeff Gitomer
Books on business, I will find Robert Kiyosaki, Richard Branson, Donald Trump
Books on motivation, sales and business, in relevance with Quran and Hadith, and in English???
I could not find any, of quality…. 🙁
So, when my friend, Bro Hafihz, starts with the revolutionary idea of IslamicBusiness.SG, I was happy. This is because, if I have any queries, I can always type in the website and answers will be provided by a panel of experts, and it will be substantiated with the Quran and Hadith.
The point system is also helpful, for me to determine, amongst all the answers to the question, which is the best. 🙂
I will urge you, to browse through the questions that I have posted, and participate. Share your thoughts, and post questions if you have any……Visit www.islamicbusiness.sg today… 🙂
by Helmi Hakim | Jan 11, 2011 | Insurance, Investment, Miscellaneous, Motivation
These few days, I have been meeting financial advisors from other tied insurance companies and independent firms….and guess what?
I get to know, all of them through this blog!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂 powerla
You know as I joined Cabaran 101010, where we challenged ourselves to achieve $100,000 in net profit within 10 months, I have made a conscious decision to blog what I have learnt along the way. Maybe, if you are a financial advisor too, reading this blog, you can share your strategies…. We can learn from each other. 🙂
I will blog what I have learnt along the way, from people who surrounds me, or from books that I have read.
I realize that by doing so, it forces me to think and reflect more, on how, I can use what I have learnt, and further apply it to improve my business. I will apply it, contextually in my situation.
Today, I just read 8 Wealth Tactics From T Harv Eker Guerilla Marketing Strategies.
Note: As the strategies will require some bits of explanation, I will blog, 1 strategy each day,and show how I will apply that strategy in my business.
Strategy 1: Business is as simple as KISS
KISS stands for Keep It Short and Simple.
In business, you dissect it into 3.
1) Create
2) Sell
3) Admin
For any business to succeed, you need to focus MORE on selling. If you are not selling, you won’t make money. If this means that you have to reduce your admin, or outsource, then you should because you only get paid when you sell.
The ideal breakdown of your resource and time allocation should be:
1) create – 20%
2) sell – 60%
3) admin – 20%
APPLICATION ON STRATEGY 1
I realise, that at times, I spend more time, on idling. Surfing the net, chatting with friends, facebooking, reading etc2…. and generally all these activities are not money-making for me. THERE ARE 2 THINGS THAT I WILL DO IMMEDIATELY….
Roadshows– There are about 30 days in a month. 2 weeks in a month, I will allocate time for roadshows. From there, I will generate leads, or perhaps generate clients immediately, through special needs, financial planning. Just by that, 50% of my time, is focused on selling.
Telemarketing– Business are always generated through appointments with clients.No appointments = No business
I will make Friday, a telemarketing day for me. Friday will be a day, where I will call all my leads for the following week appointments. I need to have at least 15 appointments, for the following week, before I can go home. No 15 appts = Cannot go home
By having 15 appointments per week, it will also ensures that I dedicate much of my time on selling, in my context, advising my clients how they can grow their money, make their money work harder for them, all in all, to achieve their financial objectives.
Brilliant!!!! Sounds like a game plan to me!!! Stay tune on my blog, to read the other 7 strategies that I will apply…. For now, I will work on this first…Take one step at a time….. I will update you of my progress!!! See ya!!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
by Helmi Hakim | Jan 9, 2011 | Insurance, Investment, Miscellaneous, Motivation
Its already 3am here, and I’m struggling to sleep. I guess, it is because of the caffeine from the redbull, I drank for my run just now.
Seriously…I can’t sleep, so I feel, it is best, that I update my blog on my developments for year 2011. itistheraphyforme andlotsofpeoplewanttoknow
1) My book, “You Can Be Your Own Financial Consultant In Singapore”
Some of you, might be asking. What happened to the book, which I have written and intend to publish?
My Answer: I have completed it.
Yet it is a business decision for me, not to publish it right now. To publish it, and get it circulated all over the local bookstores in Singapore is EASY. Just pay $4000, and everything settled. I choose to garner more credibility,and exposure first, and then proceed with my game plan.
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2) Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Banking and Wealth Management
In another 2 weeks time, I will be starting my part time studies. I will go straight to second year, because, I have a finance diploma. I have Diploma In Accountancy from Ngee Ann Polytechnic and have 3 years working experience as a financial consultant.
The reason, why I choose this degree program, as opposed to others, is because I LOVE the modules, available for me. The modules are practical, and things that I can apply immediately. One of it, is Islamic Banking and Finance….
80% of my clients are Muslims, and having the expertise, will thus help me, better assist my clients in the financial planning process, in accordance to Shariah ruling.
That is all for today….My body is aching…..Need to rest well…See ya!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
by Helmi Hakim | Jan 1, 2011 | Motivation
You know, one thing about, being self employed, is that you must have the DISCIPLINE to wake up early and work.
When you lack the discipline and no one is monitoring you, you may go off tangent from the goals that you have set.
So, one thing that, I do, everyday, is to set daily goals, daily accomplishment…things, that I must complete, just for that day…
Example for today,
Things To Be Accomplished
1) Call all my Malay teammates, for support to book roadshows for year 2011
2) Prepare schedule activities for year 2011
3) XXX
4) XXX
Then strike off, till all is done…So that’s it, in my short post.
If you want to accomplish more on a daily basis, learn to Set Daily Goals guyz!!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
