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The Important of English

  Some of my Indonesian friends have a very good in technical knowledge, but on the other side, when they have to speak in front of different nationalities in the meeting, they usually nervous and speak not so well in English. Maybe this is one of the weakness for most of Indonesian. I remembered that I was start to study English when I was 12 years old which is too late, even I took English course after the school finished every day, but in our daily conversation at home or even at school, we were still using Bahasa Indonesia, so in my opinion the effect of understanding about English was so little. After I worked in the international company, I started to learn a lot about English, because there is no option and I have to speak English all the time, this situation make me learn so quick. I might lucky that I can have this opportunity to work in International company, because most of Indonesian works in National company and government office, so for them, English is not the first

Lokasi membentuk Karakter & Mindset ?

Saya banyak membaca buku-buku digital di aplikasi I-pusnas, Selain gratis, koleksi buku buku bermutunya juga sangat beragam. Ada salah satu buku pak Adji Watono sebagai pengusaha Nasional di bidang Biro Iklan yang sangat menarik di halaman 205. Penulis membahas mengenai perbedaan karyawan yang berasal dari Daerah (Semarang & Yogyakarta) dengan karyawan yang berasal dari Kota Besar (Jakarta & Bandung). Saya sebenarnya sudah lama memikirkan akan perbedaan karakter orang-orang di daerah dan di  kota besar, Karena saya lahir di Yogyakarta namun pindah ke Tangerang dan besar disana sampai lulus SMA, sehingga sebagian besar karakter saya yang terbentuk adalah karakter dari kota kota besar yang mau serba cepat, tepat dan semangat berkompetisi tinggi. Kemudian selepas SMA, saya kuliah di Yogyakarta selama 4 tahun, sehingga saya pun bisa banyak belajar dari kultur dan budaya Yogyakarta. Seperti yang tertulis di buku tersebut, disebutkan bahwa kelebihan karakter di Yogyakarta diant