Kiasi and Kiasu...

Kiasi is a Chinese word (in Hokiean) which means fear to die whereas kiasu is also a Hokiean word which stands for fear to lose. A person is consider as kiasi and kiasu when he or she want to win in everything he or she involve. yes, we cannot deny that nobody wants to lose but one who is kiasi and kiasu will just concentrate on the result instead of the process. Some enjoy the process of doing something while some will just look at the result. The latter is consider as kaisu.

One who is kiasi or kiasu will suffer depression or more precisely will have higher stress level than ordinary people. Everything they do, they want to be number one and want to be perfect. This will indirectly increases their stress level as they will do over and over again on the same thing until it become perfect. Those who are kiasi and kiasu are very hard to feel enough with what they had achieved. We cannot deny that in this world full of competition, every second counts. Everyone is improving and it is hard to maintain on the top if you slow down a beat.

In addition, those kiasi and kiasu will have relatively less friends as they always want to win and they focus on the result rather than the process. They will chose to neglect their connection with their group members or coworker as for most of them this is not as important as the outcome. Furthermore, they will feel annoyed if their friends are ahead of them. This will make them hard to find a true friend as they do not pleased with their friends achievement. They like to mingle around with those who perform poorer than them or those he or she wins in certain aspect. This is hard for kiasi and kiasu people to find a friend in the same field with them.

Though we cannot deny that one who is kiasi and kiasu tends to be more enthusiasm than others and normally will perform better. The productivity might be high but the same goes to people who suffer from depression. Moreover, this will make the working environment tense and boring. It is hard to change from kiasi and kiasu, and if it does not bring problem to one daily life, change is not necessary.

"Enjoy your life when you are able to as life is short!"