Saturday, September 05, 2009 @4:30 pm
who will keep the pap honest
inherent love for country
pride
blahblah
was reading the excerpts from "Men in White" in the STs, and they went on to talk about the importance of integrity, how the PAP invented all sorts of measures to keep all their organisations honest, and came the question, what if the PAP becomes corrupt? Who keeps them honest? Jotted down the above thoughts.
I think it's important to go back to the basic point of having a pride in one's country and a desire to serve one's country. With that basic building block, there'll hardly be the question of corruption.
The original PAP was founded by people who were proud of Singapore and wanted to rid us from British colonisation, and they worked together towards that. With that goal in mind, there wouldn't be space nor time for thoughts of personal gain to creep in.
I think the question we should be addressing is instilling that pride and desire to serve one's country. To find that same ardence and fire that our founding fathers had.
Otherwise, it would seem that politics is 'just another job'; parties 'just another organisation'. What sets this brand of people and occupation apart is, to borrow a cliche, 'serving the people', and that must be the foundation of politicians' motivation.
One thing I've learnt from my time in SIA is the importance of taking pride and ownership in one's work.
When you take pride in your work, and feel a sense of ownership, you will naturally strive to do your best, you will look into every single detail and work for perfection.
When working in a large organisation, it is important for every employee to feel that he/she belongs and has a stake.
And this brings me to my weekly blog input: My LTB takeaway for today:
1) Good leaders always have charisma.
Bad leaders exhibit certain traits that are undesirable (e.g. bossiness, bullying, etc.)
2) It is important to manage up and down. I.e. your boss and your subordinates.
To that goal, one must understand oneself and one's boss.
Which brings me back to SIA. Understanding different working and leadership styles and adapting yourself to them will help make your life alot easier.
My weekend has been a super slack one. An entire weekend played and relaxed away after being sick.
Very good for recharging and a very good break.
But that also meant that I now have a mountain of backlog.
So back to work!