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The competition is evolving. The arena you compete in is evolving. The world is evolving. It is becoming more difficult for you to survive, with a static skillset. Things are zooming along at an alarming rate, and the possibility of being left behind is very real. Portable skills are the currency for today’s world, and being able to gain and use skills effectively can be the difference between gaining a lead, and falling behind.
How will More Than 100% solve your problems?
Written in a conversationally humorous style, More Than 100% is a book that gives you insights. On how to build your own value, in an easy to follow and implement strategy. You will see methods to do things differently for maximum impact, and be able to experience becoming More Than 100%.
Ongoing support is available from the author, at Stackedskills.com, giving even more value than just the book itself.

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Publié par	Partridge Publishing Singapore
Date de parution	26 février 2023
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9781543772852
Langue	English

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MORE THAN 100%
THE BOOK THAT GUIDES YOU ON HOW TO BUILD YOUR OWN VALUE.

CLARENCE CHEONG

Copyright © 2023 by Clarence Cheong.

ISBN:
Softcover
978-1-5437-7284-5
eBook
978-1-5437-7285-2

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the author except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

www.partridgepublishing.com/singapore

To my wife Shervonne, and kids Nat, Annette, and Sophia. They are unlikely to ever read my book. As Nat hilariously asked me at age seven:
“Daddy, why do grownups read such boring books?”

CONTENTS
About The Author
Foreword
Why This Book?
Part 1: The Concepts
Boggling Your Mind
Perception shift #1
Perception shift #2
Basics Of Skills
Basics of skills: uncommon, rare elite and unique skills
Uncommon skills
Rare skills
Elite skills
Unique skills
Side note on skill classifications
Amplifier skills
Should I master 100 elite skills?
Story of my friend
Learning Skills
The ancient method
Ushering in the new age
Getting started
Use it or lose it
Decay: fast or slow?
Together, we are unique
Fret not about decay
Nature of skills
Innate skill acquirability
Skill affinity
Increasing affinity?
Isolated skills
About affinity and decay
Hone your horses
Creating “New” Skills
Perception shift #3
Skill Blending
Examples of Skill Blending
Applying creativity
Bearing in mind
Measuring Skills
Skill Slider
Practicing Skills
Accountability partner
Recruiting that partner
Encouraging
Supportive
Goal oriented
Gives constructive feedback
Starting the accountability program
Decide on your goals
Find an accountability partner
Set up (meeting 0)
Work it (meetings 1, 2, 3, 4)
Close it (meeting 5)
Part 2: Application Of Concepts
Personal Sheets
Worksheet
Define your goal
Write it down
Color it in
FAQ
Mastersheet
Define your end goals
List down all your current skills
Add in skills you need to learn
Note on compound skills
Skill List
Skills that everyone can or should master (Uncommon)
Skillful Google usage (amplifier skill)
Writing (amplifier skill)
Creating processes (amplifier skill)
Speaking
Listening
Reading
Drawing
Positivity
Observation/Perception
Accepting constructive feedback
Empathy
Copying
Skills that some can or should master (Rare)
Presenting
Lunching the boss
Leadership
No failures
Bullsh*t detector
Persuasion
Money management
Innate skill acquirability (amplifier skill)
Finding a mentor
Copywriting (amplifier skill)
Book writing (amplifier skill)
Referral asking
Cooking
Humor
Acting
Public speaking (amplifier skill)
Curiosity (amplifier skill)
Procreate drawing & design basics
Social media (amplifier skill)
Building processes for others (amplifier skill)
Sprinkle of crazy
SEO optimization
Skills that very few can or should master (Elite)
Conclusion
Bibliography
Bonus Chapter: Puzzle Solving

ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Clarence is a Senior Financial Services Director based in Singapore. With more than 10 years of experience in direct sales, Clarence has coached more than 100 advisers. An award-winning Toastmaster, wielding public speaking and communication skills, Clarence is an avid learner with the heart to share his experience.

FOREWORD
As of this writing, I am a Senior Financial Services Director, representing a Financial Advisory firm based in Singapore. This is my first job in my first career, since graduating in 2010.
Funny thing about me; I never grew up looking or feeling like a genius. My parents did a fantastic job in raising me, in a generation where education and money was harder to come by.
Mum would tell me how smart I was (generally referring to my smart mouth), but that was it. I did okay in school. Though according to my Mum, I could not even read properly at the age of 9. In comparison, my son Nathanael first published his written book at the age of 7. Big difference.
Still, I made it through grade school. Then made it to tertiary education. All the while wrestling with “okay” grades (thanks for the support, Mum and Dad!). Nothing fancy. I ended up in an Engineering course, and I had so much trouble with the syllabus. The thought of switching to business school did cross my mind. That was when I had my first perception shift.
I remember the exact thought that made me decide to stay the course:
“Why be a business graduate in a business world, when I can be an engineering graduate in a business world? I would have a unique skill-set, and be able to see or do things that non engineering trained personnel could not.”
I managed to survive the syllabus. Then came my penultimate and final years. There, I met lecturers and attended courses that blew my mind. In cross faculty modules, I learnt about careers and career psychology, and matching of personality to job types. In my core engineering modules, I met lecturers that questioned. Questioned the way we think and approach problems. Lecturers that solved problems using simple, analytical approaches, that could be replicated to solve any real-world issue.
After acquiring a unique and marketable skill-set, I had my second perception shift. I was going to do sales. Not just any sales, the hardest possible sales known to mankind at that time. Insurance. Everyone thought I was nuts. That I was crazy.
Here’s the thing, it was a calculated crazy. Using my available skill-set, I figured out what I was good at. What I would love doing. And what I could get paid doing. I did this self-analysis in 2009, the book Ikigai was published in 2017.
I figured that by using my engineering skill-set, I could conquer any problems in my career.
My pre-graduation engineering course mates were sending out 300-1000 resumes each (true story). I posted a mere 10 resumes. I got 8 interviews and 6 job offers. The wonders of knowing your own strengths. And doing specific, niche targeting.
And that is history. Today, I could not be happier. Having joined my industry in 2010, I never once thought of quitting (also true story). All my success stems from having the right skill-set analysis done in 2009, and making the right career decisions.
What drives my continued success? A laser focus on systematically acquiring and utilizing the most appropriate skills I can. For situations I face today, and any day.
Systems that I will reveal to you in this book. For ongoing updates, you can also visit my website at: Stackedskills.com.
O ne final note: I do not profess myself as a guru, or expert, of any sort. Neither do I declare my work as perfect. Rather, my aim is to share tips and pointers that could help you grow and improve. If there is one valuable lesson you take away after reading this book, my work is done.

WHY THIS BOOK?
The competition is evolving.
The arena we compete in is evolving.
The world is evolving.
No longer are jobs, careers, or businesses safe. Global competitors have entered the scene. The internet linked world is a totally different playing field. Challengers from across the world are fighting. Fighting to do it “cheaper, faster, better”, in all possible fields. Accelerated by the COVID-19 pandemic, a global and mobile workforce with a global conn ectivity is pushing the very definition, scope, and power of a remote workforce.
Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, work from home (WFH) had just become commonplace. Suddenly a new term, work from anywhere (WFA), was coined. WFA has already been implemented in some companies, and you can see what it means. It means that we are no longer competing with country-men/women for the job. We are now competing with our friends from across the globe for the same work. Friends that can be willing to work for longer and cheaper hours.
To compound the issue, the workforce is changing. Tides of Millennials joining the workforce are equipped or are equipping themselves with a diverse skill set. Being pioneers of the gig economy, they are rewriting social and workplace norms at an alarming speed. The world is evolving right under our noses.
What does that mean for you? A standard set of skills today, will now get you nowhere. A standard set of skills (the baseline skills), is a minimum something that everyone would have by now. Merely having read the 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People , Rich Dad Poor Dad , How To Win Friends And Influence People , will not give you the same mileage that it used to.
Because your competitor, from across the world, would have read the same books and learnt the same concepts. Now the quest