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What Do Car Guards and Insurance Companies have in Common?

What do Car Guards and Insurance Companies have in common?

Both are one of the root causes of Car-Jacking in South Africa!

Have you ever wondered why car thieves steal your car while you are in it?  Why don't they just steal it the traditional way? Like from the car parking lot? 

The reason is simple - Car Guards and Insurance companies.

Insurance companies make it so difficult to insure your vehicle. They require you to have every anti-theft device, that it is near impossible to steal your vehicle without your keys and you in it. 
The same goes for the constant watchful eye of the Car Guard. Making it near impossible to steal your vehicle. Leaving the only alternative for the thieves to steal it while you are in it.

Wouldn't it be wonderful if we could go back to the old days when we would walk out of a restaurant or shopping centre to find our vehicle no longer there? The alternative is having your life in constant threat of being killed, injured or maimed in a car-jacking?

So the next time you pay your Insurance premium, or the local friendly car guard, remember who is the cause of your Car-Jacking fears.

Lars

Candidates Faking It?

You always tell the truth and put your employer's interests before your own.

True or false?

If you answered True, you'll probably be shocked to learn that a new study by a group of Colorado researchers says most applicants distort or fake answers on pre-employment personality tests.

"Job applicants usually have substantial motive to make themselves look as attractive as possible," said Joe Rosse, a management professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder and coauthor of the study, which will appear in the Journal of Applied Psychology. "And applicants generally have ample opportunity to get away with faking because there is no objective way to verify a person's answers", he said.
The researchers compared responses from job applicants with responses from current employees on tests designed to measure both personality dimensions and the potential for distorted answers.
The current employees were less likely to fudge answers; they were more likely to admit to undesirable personality traits.
"Personality testing is increasingly used to assess job candidates because fast-changing companies need workers flexible and adaptable enough to work at a variety of jobs", Rosse said.
"Despite the potential for job seekers to lie or fudge their answers, employers shouldn't give up", he said.

"It is critical that personality tests be chosen carefully on the basis of their relevance to specific job-related requirements," he said.  - by David Algeo

Lars.

The Truth Hurts

Don't ask people you know or who have a vested interest in the relationship, for their opinion, especially when it comes to important business advice.
Generally people you know will usually tell you what they think you want to hear. They will seldom tell you the truth. The reason for this is that they are protecting the relationship. The advice is driven by EGO.

In the first place, we usually only ask the people who we know will tell us what we already think. We are usually just asking to confirm what we already have decided and to justify our already made choices. This lets us feel better about the decisions we have made.

Should the venture fail, the person who gave you the advice to go for it in the first place, is usually the first person to let you know that they knew you shouldn't have gone for it.

Lars.

The Power of the Question Mark

It is more important to know the questions than the answers.

It is said that the question mark is more powerful than the exclamation mark.

It is unfortunate that all through our lives we are taught to answer questions and to know the answers, however I believe it is sometimes more important to know what the right questions are to ask, as then you get all the answers anyway.

The person who controls the question mark wields the power.

Lars.