Can we compete?

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What is the missing competency link? Why is that we find some are
Rainbow Creators, willing to make things happen, taking the sense of
ownership to ensure we fulfill not just hang about there? While, some
are just Rainbow Chasers.

This morning I had the opportunity to climb the famous Hindu temple
Batu Caves. Close to 280 steps. It was a wonderful experience. I had
not climbed the Batu Caves for the last 5 years. As with customary
Hindu practice, we had gone there as a family to fulfill a prayer. The
interesting part was when we climbed down the 280 steps; to quench our
thirst, we decided to have a few Cokes. As we found no straws, we
asked the customer service operator if we could have one and he just
said “figure it out yourself, it should be somewhere there."

My wife had recently visited India. Her goal was to buy a handicraft
piece in the government authorized handicraft emporium. She paid with
her Malaysian credit card.
It has taken three long months and we have still not received the
handicraft piece. Apparently, this evening's phone call revealed that
they have just about got the government permission to ship the
handicraft piece. The customary answer to a frustrating question was
“these things take time Madam."

Compare it with my visit to China. I had bought two water features for
the office. The service representative called me at every stage of the
shipping process and received the shipment within four weeks. And, on
my next trip to China, I visited the shop; I was amazed to be greeted
by name by the Chinese representative who spoke only a few words of
English.

I am a Malaysian of Indian origin and I just can’t stop being marveled
by the competitiveness of the Chinese.

What is that we others are missing that the Chinese seem to do with
ease?

Can we ever compete with the fierce competitiveness of the mainland
Chinese?

Remember the saying:

It does not matter if you are a gazelle or a tiger, either way you
just got to run fast.

Every morning, a gazelle wakes up, ready to run fast to escape being
eaten up by the tiger.

Every morning, a tiger gets up, ready to run fast to hunt for food.