learning something

One thing I learn about speaking to superiors would be a quote I taken from the book ,"The 48 laws of power."

It says ," Never be too straightforward. Go to the forest, the straight ones are being chop down, the crooked ones are still standing." You can never tell your superior ,"Sir, I think you are wrong." But you can always say ,"marvelous solution, sir, but I think this method is slightly better...."

At first glimpse, some one might like your frankness as it might be refreshing to them; perhaps no one has ever talk to them in straight forwardness. After they start to stick to you, they might find your frankness quite insulting to their intelligence. That is when they would start to abandon you or leave you.

Thus, lesson learn is speak English with the Englishmen, Chinese with the Chinese and Malay to the Malays. Not every one can take a direct shot.