Inspiring Life Lessons
Recently, one of my friend asked me why I seemed like willing to share all my knowledge, experiences and even resources with others including my rivals or competitors. Do I not afraid that they might use it against me or override me? My answer is a very simple “NO”! Why should I? We’re not living [...]
7 Tips In Overcoming Distractions
At the end of every year, many will tend to write down their Goals and Visions for the following year. They might have things that they want to achieve and also things /habits that they want to get rid of off. With much hope and faith, every single goal looks achievable and so, they print [...]
Theming Your Years
In this article, I would like to share with you something very useful that I have learnt many years ago. I believe it will not only be useful but will eventually cut down your learning curves. It’s about theming your years! It’s about assigning your years with specific mission. In short, it’s about deciding what [...]
Are You Numbed?
Lately, I noticed that many of my friends are not that responsive as they used to be. The way they carry out their duties or responsibilities are not as enthusiastic as before. Some even simply gave up half way and started showing the “I-don’t-care-anymore” attitude. Some of these peoples used to be the top-guns in [...]
Importance Of Preparation Stage
In less than a few weeks time, whether we like it or not, we’ll need to bid farewell to year 2009. I hope all of you have had a fruitful year. Many of my friends are counting their accomplishments and doing their yearly assessment already to plan ahead for 2010. But what if you have [...]
Emotional Muscles
Lately, I noticed that many of my friends facebook’s walls were flooded with many types of feelings expressed either in text form or in symbolic form. Some were positive and some were negative. Since facebook is one of the most famous social networking system, flaring out your emotions using such channel means you are intending [...]
Good & Bad Pressures
I was at my friend’s bathroom of an apartment when out of sudden I heard a loud sound of gushing water. Then, I heard the concealed water pipes rattled within the walls as if it’s going to burst soon. One can easily understand that great pressure was being applied in order to pump the water [...]
The Real Stength
Most of the time, we associate the word “strength” with words like ‘might’, ‘power’, or ‘force’. Some may think it is about the physical ability to suppress and dominate others. However, the real strength doesn’t lie on the physical strength itself only but also lie within our inner person and can be visible through our [...]
Michael Jackson – Your Music Live On
On 25th June, 2009, the whole world was devastated after hearing the death of Michael Jackson. None seemed to be able to accept this sudden fact. The whole world, regardless race, religion, nationality or generation grieved and mourned together. To many, Michael Jackson was more than a singer, dancer or entertainer. He was not only [...]
What Is “Success”?
I believe different people might have different definitions on “success”. Some people will relate “success” with wealth and you will hear them say, “If I have $5mil cash now, I’ll be successful.” Some might relate it with social status and they will say, “If I can be the chairman of that organization, I’ll be considered [...]
Small Little Things vs Big Great Things
Do you have any big or great things that you want to achieve in this lifetime? Silly me, for sure I know you do have. That Big Great thing could be your grand wedding day, earn the first million in your business, become the CEO of the top 5 company in the world, or things [...]
The Chicken-Eagle Story
I think many people have heard this story before. If you are one of them, let this be a reminder. If you haven’t, let this be another post that will inspire you. Here goes the story… A naturalist was visiting a farmer one day when he spotted a beautiful eagle in the farmer’s chicken coop. [...]
The Dangers of Comfort Zone
I heard the following funny illustration recently … A baby camel asked its mother, “Mum, why do we have big humps on our back?”. The mother camel answered, “It’s for us to store water, because we live in desert.” The baby camel then asked, “And why do we have long skinny legs?” The mother camel [...]
The Map Is Not The Territory
I was trying to learn more about NLP when I came across a statement that says, “people do not in general have access to the absolute knowledge about reality, but in fact have access to a set of beliefs they have built over time, about reality.” At such, our sets of beliefs are like the [...]
VALUE vs COST; Which One Matters To You?
There is a saying that goes, “In the absence of value, people argue about costs.” Now, how true this can be? Consider the following illustration; Have you ever walked into a bookstore, browsed all the sections and finally your eyes were captured by a book with strong title such as “Mastering Speed Reading In 3 [...]
The A to Z Guides of a Motivated Life
If life is like a game, then there must be certain rules/regulations to follow through. Here are the guides from A to Z on how to stay motivated in life! A. Achieve your dreams. Minimize associating with negative peoples, staying in negative places, doing negative things. “The future belongs to those who believe in the [...]
The Analogies Between Chess & Life
Some time ago, I read a blog concerning the game of chess. After I’d read that particular blog, it somehow made me to realized that through this game, we can learn how to live as well. Let me share with you 3 analogies between chess and life. 1. Theory of the right opening moves and [...]
The Rear View Mirror
Many of us tend to live in the past. It seems like they can’t or perhaps unwilling to let go their past glories and worries. They hold it so tight as if they are living for the past. Some are just too submerged into the past until they fail to grasp the present moment which [...]
Put The Glass Down
A teacher entered into the classroom carrying a large glass filled with water. He held the glass high so that all students can see how big the glass is. He then asked the students, “How much do you think this glass weighs?” With this, several answers came in, “100 grams!”, “250 grams!” , “It couldn’t [...]