"Ingvar Kamprad" - monday inspiring story

A new Monday! Pagi2 ogut dah nongol di kantor jam 8 kurang 10. Berangkat dari rmh jam 7.30, panasin mobil, tunggu fog yg beku di kaca mobil sampai mencair dulu. Listen to the radio n drove to my school. Sampe di kantor, bersih2 meja n start to boot my slow DELL Desktop. Ceritanya gua kerja di Admissions Dept ini pake sistem jaringan AS400/CMDS, system yg kita pakai udah lamaaaaa banget, dari jaman bedil sundul.... n ga tau kenapa hari ini komputer gua lemot sekaleee, pencet ENTER aja reaksinya nunggu lama.

Well, I start to think.. minggu ini bakal spt apa ya???

Then I found out this inspiring story about the Sweddish IKEA founder/owner who has just been ranked as the 4th richest man in the world according to Forbes, "Ingvar Kamprad." Harta boleh $28 miliar (waduh, brp Rupiah ya itu.... nol nya berjejer) TAPI dia hidupnya sederhana, sampe skrg masih nyetir mobil Volvo tua yg umurnya 15thn, dan selalu terbang pake Economy Class. Eit, umurnya 80 thn lho...

"If there is such a thing as good leadership, it is to give a good example." Ini pasti jadi teladan buat 90.000 pegawai yg kerja di chain-store iKEA - the world's biggest furniture chain-store, 202 stores in 32 countries. Ada klaim katanya buku katalog mereka adalah publication yg paling sering dibaca orang KEDUA setelah Bible. (jadi apa mereka admit jg kalo Alkitab adl buku yg paling banyak dibaca di seluruh dunia????) Wow! Gua baru tau tuh! Waktu thn lalu Christmas di Philadelphia gua sempet pergi ke iKEA disana, tokonya rapiii banget. Nongkrong disana gak bosen deh, liatin furniture dan barang2 aneh yg lucu2. Pantesan tokonya bernuansa menyenangkan gitu, ownernya aja punya filsafat hidup yg bagus... so company mereka punya etos kerja yg jelas dan bisa dibanggakan.
Listen to what he said, "I'm not afraid of turning 80 and I have lots of things to do. I don't have time for dying." Wah wah... bravo Mr. Kamprad!

Well, gotta go back to my work. It's gonna be a longggg week, but I'm doing well and I'll have fun! Jia you!