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”Some of the substance of English words, I just don't understand at all, because the culture is so strange to me.” Chow Yun-Fat 哈罗 嘿 , 안녕, selamat pagi! Hello everybody – it is nice to meet you again in this third post. Our today’s journey finished in Asia! I would like to invite you to an exciting trip to Hong Kong, South Korea, and Indonesia…. Together with my guests, we discussed a way of perceiving job and happiness in their countries, what kind of cultural differences can be observed and are crucial to being looked on a polite person and proper candidate for a vacancy.   I would like to introduce my guests and thank them for sharing own experience and broaden my current perspective: Irene and Hoan from Hong Kong, Kyung Min from South Korea and Dwiki from Indonesia :) Individualism or collectivity? As we may notice, people from Asia, in general, are a huge fan of spicy and tasty food. One of the best known are spring rolls, which are a combination of var...

“Now, I have changed my life to make sure I work only on what I love.” André Rieu Welkom allemaal! Hello everybody – it is nice to meet you again in this second post. Today we are going to visit and talk about inspiring and innovative Holland- try to find an answer what should be known, what is recommended and what prohibited when looking for a job and willing for a promotion in the Netherlands. In the beginning, I would like to thank you for participating in creating this post my 3 colleagues: Sylvia, Sascha, and Max – thank you for sharing your experience and all golden tips I got from you! “Like what you do and do what you like” Dutch are hard workers: they spend many years in school, then work a lot of time, still developing skills, doing many courses or part-time studies: lifelong learning– all for self-improvement. It is now not surprising that the Netherland takes the 3rd position as the most innovating country in Europe. And they are also effective in th...

” Disciplining yourself to do what you know is right and important, although difficult, is the highroad to pride, self-esteem, and personal satisfaction. ” Margaret Thatcher PHILIPSFABRIEKEN  Charles Eyck, 1948 Welcome to my blog and... first post! Satisfaction, effectiveness, creativity, and joy: 4 words which describe me the best. First of all, what is the most important for me is to be satisfied – at work, in relationships and during free time: to be inspired by new ideas, places, and people. As an engineer, structures and results do matter for me, so I try to be as effective as possible. Creativity and joy are a great couple- I can not imagine working “like a robot”: repetitive, boring work, lack of any personal input, fun, joy or satisfaction… 2 months ago I saw a “heartbreaking” offer at https://jobs.philips.com... It was “Leadership, Talent, Organizational Effectiveness Internship” unfortunately … in Amsterdam. I need to tell you, that I am really impresse...