How to ask for a raise

Boy is this going to be career week for me or what. I seem to be writing a lot about office stuff.
I had teh tarik with a friend last night. He’d just quit his job over differences with his boss. Basically he’s sore about not getting the raise and bonus he expected, something that had [...]

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Make $ with no effort. Sure or nootttt?

Actually it happens all the time. People just don’t talk about it so let me say it. I bought some shares on SGX last year. The returns so far has exceeded my expectations. What was my effort? Zilch.
Ok so maybe that’s a bit of a stretch. If you wanna get technical about it, I did [...]

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Why aren’t you promoted?

One of the fine blogs I like to read is Kathiroly Raj’s Wise Life Advice. Maybe it has something to do with my past life I dunno but I can relate to the articles he writes.
His latest entry is about why people don’t get promoted. Although I’m not employed in the traditional sense [...]

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5 golden rules for employees

I have a lot of respect for people who are in 9-5 jobs. They are indeed special people who abide by these employee values.
1. Compliant. This means accepting that the boss is always right even though you’re laughing your head off about your bumbling boss during lunch. By extension it also means doing things you’d [...]

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Is high IQ necessary for success?

Not in my books. There are far too many MBAs and PhDs from Ivy league unis out there who flunk badly in the real world. I mean failed businesses, trashed friendships, divorces and shit like that.
What I do know is that high IQ people tend to be unhappier than not-so-smart people. Whenever there’s a problem, [...]

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