Birthday Time with the BOD's

'Tis celebration time, for us and a Happy HAPPY Birthday for Teh!! Great picture snapped together with the Station One BOD's & Joescher.

The Team wishes you all the BEST!

ALG - "10 Things" that will change your life.

Special guests arrive and sit to witness our seminar that will change lives. 10 things is all it takes, listing 10 goals for the year ahead and putting them into action is what makes the difference.

According to research, 13% of people don't have written goals, only a small 3% have written goals and 84% have

no goals at all.

We are that 3% at Joescher+Adhaus.

Take a look at the attendees who have fallen into this small 3%

"The World makes way for the man who knows where he is going"

-William Danfoth-

"The Zulu Tribe"

Another 1st for Joescher Adhaus on week 49 - our 1st interesting sharing session by an African :D Good job lewis!!

Lewis shared some interesting things about the South African king "Tshaka Zulu" and his tribe. Who get's to find out about cultures like this? Only at Joescher+Adhaus! One of the things worth mentioning is the tribe's loyalty, King Tshaka was all about loyalty and if he found his warriors with a wound on their back, it was an instant death sentence. Why? Because the warrior was probably running away from his opposition. Learn more about the "Zulu's"! Please drop us a few questions, our African buddy will be happy to answer them.

The Power of Numbers (NUMEROLOGY)

Great sharing session from Ivyn, she showed us some interesting things that you can do with numbers. Ivyn has made a great discovery! she found an interesting formula (Pythagorean Triangle by Dr Oliver Tan) to help analyse yourself, by using the numbers from your date of birth. In a nutshell, this formula helps you to identify your existing positive & negative traits and also traits that you may not have. Take a look at the formula, try it out! It may come in handy. Check out what each letter represents below and start finding your traits!

O - This is the most important number, call as Root Number.

I, J, K, L, M, N, O - The Numbers in the Pythagorean Triangle tell us about the person – his character and behaviour.

S,T,U,V,W,X,P,Q,R - The numbers outside the Pythagorean Triangle is about the interaction of the person with Society

I,J - Father’s Sector.

K,L - Mother’s Sector.

I,J,K,L - During the younger days of the person. Age 1 to 20.

M,N - Mid age, Age 21-40.

All Numbers - After 40 years of age every numbers if the entire diagram (inside and outside) will influence us.

Below are the positive and negative traits for each number, which ones do you have?

Numbers Positive Traits

1 Leadership skill, independent, goal-getter, righteous.

2 Good communication skills, calm and collected, friendly.

3 Doer, proactive, clarity in thoughts, creative.

4 Good in strategizing, intelligent, knowledge-seeker, extrovert, puncture.

5 Good sense of direction, curious, good reflexes, loves freedom.

6 Wise, artistic, imaginative, strong family values.

7 Good interpersonal skill, good analytical skills, strong religious faith, lucky

8 Responsible, trustworthy

9 Optimistic, liberal, business minded, loves to dream

Number Negative Traits

1 Stubborn, self-centred, lonely.

2 Indecisive, timid, not assertive, soft hearted.

3 Impulsive, bad-tempered, flippant, mischievous.

4 Insecure, impatient, overly direct, slow.

5 Stubborn, destructive, short-tempered, impatient for improvement.

6 Materialistic, egoistic, proud.

7 Procrastinate, careless, indecisive.

8 Vain, easily worried, oppressed, lack of order when working

9 Emotional, unrealistic, greedy, not meticulous, loner.

"Flesh & Blood" of Branding

This week's sharing session (week 47) was definitely an energetic one, Laston gave a little insight to his views on "Branding". For those of you who have missed out on our sharing sessions, we have changed the format to one person a week.

So brace yourself and lets get straight into it - a brand is like you and me, for a person to understand "Branding" they must first look at themselves as a human being and an individual. Let's relate different parts of Branding to parts of the human body - a simple analogy to help us understand Branding as a whole. For those of you who know Branding but find it challenging to explain it to those who don't, here is a great place to start.

Our brain can be related to a brand's "core idea", other parts of the body can also be related to Branding, for example, bones represent "Brand Structure", the mouth represents the "Tone & Manner" of the brand, clothing/hairstyle are "Graphic devices", the heart is the emotional feelings that the brands gives off.

We're not done yet, we can break Branding down even deeper, for example, your hands in Branding is the "Advertising & Design", as it delivers, "Behaviour" also falls under the hands of Branding. Your feet, the Strategy and Marketing in Branding because they keep the brand up and support it. Laston has only touch the surface of this, hope you enjoyed his insight into what he calls the "Flesh & Blood" of a brand.

This sharing session has cleared our understand about our relationship with brands and now Branding can be explained to clients without having to use clever jargon that some clients just don't get. Cleverness Vs Clarity - Clarity wins!

ITS - W43 : Ultra-Mega-Super-Duper-Loop

Doubting A4 paper can form a LOOP can fits more than 5 people?

(without joining them back from pieces)

Say YES, and be amazed.

Believe me, is not a maze.

But a super-well-plan-structured-cut paper will amaze everyone's life.

See, with this super-duper-gigantic loop will seriously 'expand' your circle in life.

(I think it can fits more than 5 hypo too, so can go really WILD this time.)

so this Ultra-Mega-Super-Duper-Gigantic-Loop-of-Life teaches you few lessons.

1. Don't laugh at fat woman buying a small dress, because she possibly fits in.

2. Don't mess with A4 paper, because they can loop you, your family, your spouse family in it easily.

3. Papers are important and cool sometimes, use'em wisely.

4. Last but not least, always bring out the best from something, it will surely amaze someone's life.

THE CREATIVE PROCESS

Some of us, particularly creative individuals, hear about the "Creative Process". Who of you think that it involves one process? eg. research, brainstorming, drafts, final. Well, it's time to rethink. It turns out that a creative process involves 3 core processes, David reveals this during his interesting sharing session, so read on and find out what they are.

THE CREATIVE PROCESS

Routine

Stick to the same routine everyday, it is the KEY to creative inspiration. Neuroscience has confirmed that routines create what is called "Circadian Rythms" - patterns of arousal, alertness etc. These rythms can be magnified by objects and surroundings, eg. music, drinks, food etc. which then trigger your "creative state of mind"

Action - Notice your times of alertness and focus it on your work, do it with the same surroundings and objects.

System

We all need a strong system to capture our ideas, this helps us to focus on jobs at hand, like a "to-do" list for example. A system is there to fall back on if your routine fails because it does not depend on circumstance, so nothing slips your mind and everything get done, eventually.

Action - Monitor how you spend your time, explore "productivity systems".

Spontaneity

Creativity involves spontaneity, surprise and that special "Aha!" moment. The more you work on routines and systems, the more "Aha!" moments you will get, the KEY is to let it happen naturally and not force it.

Action - Take a break from your routine (take a walk, have a drink, watch TV etc.), always be open to new things and ridiculously crazy ideas, CAPTURE (write them down, draw them out etc.)

Now let's leave you with a quote from one of the most creative writers that lived,

“There are certain things I do if I sit down to write. I have a glass of water or a cup of tea. There’s a certain time I sit down, from 8:00 to 8:30, somewhere within that half hour every morning. I have my vitamin pill and my music, sit in the same seat, and the papers are all arranged in the same places. The cumulative purpose of doing these things the same way every day seems to be a way of saying to the mind, you’re going to be dreaming soon.” -Stephen King-