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8/6/2019 Work and Life is Like a Jigsaw Puzzle http://slidepdf.com/reader/full/work-and-life-is-like-a-jigsaw-puzzle 1/4 News Starprobe Business Multimedia Interactive Metro Sports Lifestyle Entertainment Tech Education MyStar More Star Publications (M) Bhd Business Home > Business > News News Market Watch Bursa Malaysia My Portfolio Exchange Rates Unit Trusts Market Intelligence IPO Watch Company Ratings Bonus & Dividends Financial Results Share Buybacks Changes in Shareholdings Currency Converter Investor Relations Maritime Monday March 28, 2011 Work and life is like a jigsaw puzzle Monday Starters - By Soo Ewe Jin AS I settle into my respite from my usual work routine, I am tackling a 1,000-piece  jigsaw puzzle sent to me by a dear friend, Mark Tarnacki, fro m Vermont. The puzzle is a winter scene so the bleak landscape makes it even more challenging. Like most puzzle enthusiasts, I start by sorting out the pieces. It is foolhardy to begin working on a puzzle without going through this process first, no matter how tedious it is. By habit, I hunt down the border pieces first, so that I can start work on the frame once I locate them all. From this point on, I notice that there are many different approaches toward completing a puzzle. Some people are systematic, connecting the pieces in an orderly manner, from left to right or top to bottom. Others are random, joining whatever pieces they can so there are countless little islands of interlocking pieces. Neither option is more effective than the other. Eventually, the puzzle is completed. A jigsaw puzzle is much like work. When there is a job to be done, it sometimes has to go through a number of processes and through the hands of various people. Nation Business World Sports Most Viewed Most E-mailed Business Links Automotive Technician Automotive Workshop Manager Automotive Service Advisor Electrical Engineers General Clerk Sales and Marketing Executive Account Manager Application Developer (Web Developer) Sales Executive Customer Service & Telemarketer (Female) More Latest from StarProperty Boustead buys 51 pc t stake in MHS Aviation Local bourse down in morning trade Ringgit poised for more gradual rises M'sian stocks likely to continue uptrend this week(update) Work and life is like a jigsaw puzzle Ringgit poised for more gradual rises Work and life is like a jigsaw puzzle M'sian stocks likely to continue uptrend this week(update) Local bourse down in morning trade Boustead buys 51 pc t stake in MHS Aviation Flexible labour and business rules vital to attract talent to M'sia Revenue boost for plywood exporters as Japan r ebuilds Firefly identifies new hub users As Japan shutdowns drag on, auto c risis worsens Plastics firms see demand rise Classifieds Jobs Property Motoring Kuali Women Parenting Youth AllMalaysia GMN mStar Red FM SuriaFM 988 Studio V Mobile SEARCH Stocks Panasonic VIERA LCD TV Bring Home the Real 3D Experience Check Out at Malaysia VIERA Website panasonic.com.my/viera/ Latest Jobs from and life is like a jigsaw puzzle http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2011/3/28/busine 3/28/2011

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Monday March 28, 2011

Work and life is like a jigsaw

puzzleMonday Starters - By Soo Ewe Jin

AS I settle into my respite from my usual

work routine, I am tackling a 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle sent to me by a dear friend,

Mark Tarnacki, from Vermont.

The puzzle is a winter scene so the bleak landscape makes it even more

challenging. Like most puzzle enthusiasts, I start by sorting out the pieces.

It is foolhardy to begin working on a puzzle without going through this

process first, no matter how tedious it is.

By habit, I hunt down the border pieces first, so that I can start work on

the frame once I locate them all.

From this point on, I notice that there are many different approaches

toward completing a puzzle.

Some people are systematic, connecting the pieces in an orderly manner,

from left to right or top to bottom. Others are random, joining whatever 

pieces they can so there are countless little islands of interlocking pieces.

Neither option is more effective than the other. Eventually, the puzzle is

completed.

A jigsaw puzzle is much like work. When there is a job to be done, it

sometimes has to go through a number of processes and through

the hands of various people.

Nation Business World Sports

Most Viewed Most E-mailed

Business Links

Automotive Technician

Automotive Workshop

Manager 

Automotive Service Advisor 

Electrical Engineers

General Clerk

Sales and Marketing

Executive

Account Manager 

Application Developer (Web

Developer)

Sales Executive

Customer Service &

Telemarketer (Female)

More

Latest from StarProperty

Boustead buys 51 pc t stake in MHS Aviation

Local bourse down in morning trade

Ringgit poised for more gradual rises

M'sian stocks likely to continue uptrend this week(update)

Work and life is like a jigsaw puzzle

Ringgit poised for more gradual rises

Work and life is like a jigsaw puzzle

M'sian stocks likely to continue uptrend this week(update)

Local bourse down in morning trade

Boustead buys 51 pc t stake in MHS Aviation

Flexible labour and business rules vital to attract talent to M'sia

Revenue boost for plywood exporters as Japan r ebuilds

Firefly identifies new hub users

As Japan shutdowns drag on, auto c risis worsens

Plastics firms see demand rise

Classifieds Jobs Property Motoring Kuali Women Parenting Youth AllMalaysia GMN mStar Red FM SuriaFM 988 Studio V Mobile SEARCH Stocks

Panasonic VIERA LCD TV

Bring Home the Real 3D Experience Check Out at Malaysia VIERA Websitepanasonic.com.my/viera/

Latest Jobs from

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Catch them when they are still young: Young children, under thesupervision of adult, trying to piece things together in a Jigsaw Puzzle

Competition. - Filepic

I like to finish off anything that is assigned to me immediately. But the

reality is that delays at various points often lead to a scenario much like

an uncompleted jigsaw puzzle, where the final connecting pieces are not

in place.

Some people advise colleagues not to work too efficiently, or they may

end up with more work. They also point out that the way to get noticed is

to work especially hard when the bosses are watching.

These may be good survival tips, but I reckon there is no satisfaction to

be derived from shortchanging our colleagues, and employer, by choosing

to delay working on the task at hand.

Another thing about jigsaw puzzles is that they remind me that we

are not meant to take on all of life's problems alone.

Even if we pick up the right piece, there appears to be four ways to put it

in, and often the fourth way is the only right way. The person next to us

may be able to share a perspective that we had chosen to ignorebecause of our impatience.

When you first begin, it can be quite daunting to see all the pieces that

don't seem to fit. But when you have people to help, it becomes a joy

which is why I am happy to let visitors join in the fun.

Sometimes what is not obvious to me may be clear to someone else. I

remember how my elderly mother used to walk by and casually pick up a

piece and place it in the correct spot, much to my bewilderment.

In the current journey that I am going through, I have been overwhelmed

by many friends and neighbours who have provided support and practical

help in many ways. They are, in a way, helping me put together the current

 jigsaw puzzle of my life.

When it's completed, it will be a beauty.

● Deputy executive editor Soo Ewe Jin believes each person he meets

is important to his life, because we are more connected than one can

ever imagine.

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