Yes , we lack of streetsmart. In singapore , we lack of being streetsmart. Thats why our enconomy market can nv be greater than america and china.
Why singapore lack of streetsmart ? <In my point of view >
We are too conservative especially the young ones. Since young, you were taught that the smarter you are and if you go to college or even better university, you are more valuable. You are more important . A lot of Singaporean parents use education as scale system for their children.Singapore is basically a material society! 5 Cs a must to have, if you dont........ you are doomed! Singapore society is too small , we lack of politicians. And parents keep telling us not to do tis and not to do tis. Its not totally right. We have to be able to take new experinences and take risk. Singaporean kids lack of this. And due to the small society we lack of resources so we have to go to school to get a certificate in order for us to get thru the first door. And singapore society emphazie that we need a cert. I may agree to tis. But thats the thing that we lack of streetwise. We go sch to learn IQ , but not handling experiences beyond our knowledge. We are train in school to think the way of using book theories. to me Experiences are " THERE are no rules of engagement". Just take risk. Create chances. For example : school teaches you dat " 1+1=2". But in real working world, it teaches u many ways to solve 1+1 and dere are alot of ans to that. Thats why i sae" there are no rules of engagement". School doesnt teach us how to handle people unless its in a tertiary sch. School doesnt teach us to think on ur feets but sch teaches us to obey the law. School only gives us knolwedge bout our area of studying. School doesnt teaches us to react fast base upon a situation. So in singapore , i beleive we lack of streetsmart but full of intelligent ppl around. In order to survive a soicety like tis we need to balance the equation of IQ+streetsmart+EQ=SURVIVING.
Article from CNA:
A President of Wah Chang Group and the Chairman of Singapore Power and Singapore Management University saes that the biggest concern he have is that one of complacency because Singapore is a very comfortable place everybody is pretty much taken care of materially and at the same time social political norms compel Singaporeans to sort of think relatively within the box so you can get through life without having challenged many ideas without having challenged yourself in your own assumption..
Upon saying that, i think singapore adults needs to be open to a new way of life. Just like american kids upon hitting at the ageof 18 , they are on their own.And thats why they are smart businessman. But we are still having shelters still at the age above 18. We cant possibly control our child what he wanan do and what he doesnt. MIND U tis is the 21st centuries where youngsters have their thinking. Let him go after the age of 18, let him/her experience wats life and wats right and wats wrong. Once he developes this intuition , he will start to suceed. Our parents keep telling us not to do tis and not to go dere and wat to do. Its wrong to do dat. To become smart is to take experiences and gain knowledge. Knowledge is power . i personally view alot of youngsters in singapore having their streetsmart knowledge at a very late age, We are too conservative. We need to be open. We muz learn to take other ppl's point of view. I said LEARN. lol. Streetsmart can be learn. Its learn till the age u die. Anyone can learn how to be a streetwise. If ur willing to learn den its fine. Each of us has a certain area and amount of intelligence. We need to be able to learn from others and enviromnent. 15 percent of empolyment and management success is due to intelligence or technical training while the other 85 percent is the ability to deal with people,
So what is streetsmart??
- Streetsmart are LEARNT jus relying on knowledge base on ur environment and ppl.
-Be able to react fast , think fast .
-Knowing who is throwing smoke at u
-Reading the situatiions quickly
-Base on instincts and gut
-knowing ur way round, knowing where the person is coming from , how , why<>
-Posses good EQ
Like i said in the previous post, we all have brains , 1 thing that's human weakness is dat we are scared of fears like falling and failing, But put positive thoughts in2 it. " a person becomes wise after falling in the ditch".
In other post , im gonna talk bout EQ.
I werk in salesline, Salesline teaches me how to be smart and when to . It also teaches me to handle Emotions of customer and collegues.
So if u wanan become streetsmart: werk in sales line or any other jobs such as " events coordinator" where ur required to handle ppl.
Tis is another article where i wanan share with u <>>>>:quoted in BLUE
Street Smarts Vs Book Smarts, What Does It Takes To Be An Entrepreneur
The latest series in "The Apprentice" features 2 distinct group of candidates. One group, who are only high school graduates are termed as "Street Smarts" by Donald Trump whereas, the other group are all college educated with some having MBAs and advanced degrees. They were termed as the "Book Smarts".
What was revealed at the start was that the "Street Smart" group were mainly entrepreneurs and had a net worth 3 times more than the "Book Smart" group!
What this goes to show is that you do not need a college degree to be an entrepreneur and rich. In fact, having a college degree may be more of an impediment to being a successful entrepreneur.
Why is this so?
For one thing, entrepreneurs cannot be conformist and stick "by the rules" and college somehow tends to train people to stick "by the rules". Entrepreneurs will always come up against obstacles and will have to find ways around these obstacles, many times, unconventionally.
College tend to make graduates think in a similar fashion, hence, they tend to be highly trained clones with no personality. Entrepreneurs however know that they need to have their own USP, or "Unique Selling Proposition" to be successful and being entrepreneurs, will find or create their own USP to make a success of themselves.
Entrepreneurs know that they need to think out of the box and create a niche for themselves as they do not have the resources to fight the big boys on their terms.
For college graduates, there is always the choice of going to work for one of the big corporations. For entrepreneurs, failure is not an option as they would not get very far in a big corporation without a college degree.
This is not to say that all college graduates are not entrepreneur material but that in most cases, getting a college education may not be the best route to being an entrepreneur as the education system is designed to produce workers and not entrepreneurs.
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