The EAP Experience

I've joined a program called Entreprenuer Action Program 2 weeks ago. It was a great experience as the program was really action based and we were required to accomplish list of given tasks in a group of 6 within a very short period time.

1) Earn net profit of 20k within 2 weeks.
2) Come out with a whole new business idea and present it to the investors.

3) Set up booths in a business opportunity fair to attract crowd and to earn profit.

It was a problem. All of us were total strangers and were not even bother to look at each other before we met. All of us are from different background and we shared no similarities in expertise. And to make things worse, 2 of the members (including me) were not based in KL? How are we going to meet up and get things done??

Nevertheless, we still meet up for a short while, try to figure things out, delegating task after the 2nd day session before I reached Ipoh at 2am Monday morning (Gosh! I still need to attend a company meeting early in that morning). Things weren't going so smooth as expected, we were hit by lots of rejection and disappointment in selling our products and asking for sponsorhip.

It was an obvious depression, doubtfulness and reluctance to carry on with the projects anymore as deadline was approaching. I'm not confident and have no ideas at all how are we going to accomplish the task within a relatively short period of time. Things weren't going as what we've planned! It was just about a week to go and we were stretched out like hell..

Guess what? Yea! You are right! Miracle happened! We finally found 2 sponsors that are willing to work with us to participate in the booth fair and at the same time we've got inspired of an excellent business opportunity to be presented. Thanks to our dedicated team members who had work so hard for all these. I guess this is the spirit of persistence, never give up until the last breath was drawn.

Things had never been as smooth as this after the breakthrough of the bottle neck. We over came one obstacle and another with sheer confidence and determination. Our dedicated sponsors have a big role to play as we were provided with valuable supports in terms of expertise and pyschology. The key learning here is, we mush collaborate with the right partners in order to excel in any business we are venturing. It save us time and gain leveraging.

After days of preparation, the last day of the program was finally unveilled yesterday. We were all dressed up in blue and were the most striking team among the rest. We kicked off the business presentation with a superb power point featuring MJ's Children's theme songs. I still can remember the touching moment when I played the last slides show featuring children's pics and MJ's "We are the world". I'll never forget the moment as thunderous applause from the crowd were filling every corner of the hall. No doubt, we won the best presentation award! (btw, i was the creator of the power point. hehe..)

The program followed by the Business Opportunity Booth Fair in the afternoon. Our booths had the best design and were always busy, our team synergism was always at the peak level and guess what again?? It is very obvious now. Yea! We won the ultimate championship and were awarded RM 4000+ for the team, in real cash!! Isn't this amazing? Never imagined this will happened to us at the begining until we started to visualize our success in high motivation. Thanks to our mentors and sponsors who had guided us through the process. I reached Ipoh at 2.30am without feeling sleepy although i've been staying awake and working for more than 20 hours!!

Few key learning to share with you,

1) Never underestimate yourself

2)Be patience and stay cool even when you are at your toughest moment

3)Choose the right partner to work with and leveraging on their strength

4)Choose the right mentor to follow as they can help you with valuable tips to avoid mistake and accelerate your success.

5)Visualize your dream with sheer determination and you will be the ultimate winner.

Cheers!!