Having more certificates doesn’t make you smarter. Driving a bigger car doesn’t mean you’re richer. Reaching your destination earlier doesn’t mean you’re a skillful driver. Using a more expensive camera doesn’t make you a better photographer. Staying in a big 3-storey house doesn’t mean you can look down on your other neighbours. Being there doesn’t…
I came from a consulting background and in our world, NUMBERS rule them all. Everything can be quantified – people, hours spent on project, minutes spent on meetings, project cost, mileage from office to client site, per diem, etc. And if you are sitting in the office without any assignment, it means you have ZERO…
Every time someone we know did something to us that we don’t like, we’ll be devastated or angry. It can be something as simple as not following a clear instruction, to something as complicated and as heart-wrenching as betrayal. And whenever things like this happen, people around us will tell us, don’t dwell on it…
The best gift in the world is none other than time. The time you spend…. Chatting with your family. Accompanying your spouse to the clinic. Listening to a troubled friend. Having fun with your kids/nieces/nephews. Caring for your aging parents. Brainstorming a solution to a problem for your boss. Walking in the park with your…
Have you ever experienced this – late for an appointment, and driving very fast so that you can get there in time? I have. And I don’t like it. Rushing is bad. Be it rushing for a…. project deadline – you might produce more problematic deliverables which you will have to fix later….thus spending more…
Really, what makes you happy? What are the things that make you feel alive? If you say it’s the 9-5 work, then good for you. But I can say that people like you are very rare indeed. 😛 For most of us, it’ll be small things like hobbies, passions, family, etc. It can be anything…
We live in a world of uncertainties. Job uncertainties. Security uncertainties. Relationship uncertainties. You name it, you have it. It’s just part of our life and our world that we need to deal with. Yes, “deal with it” is the phrase. Some of us might be thinking that these things will never happen to us….
A friend MSN-ed me recently and complained to me that her boyfriend did not want to settle down. I asked her, how old is her boyfriend? 33. I then asked her….does he know what he really want in life? The answer did not surprise me at all. It was a “He said he has no…
The first half of 2012 was not a good period of time for me especially after my trip to the US. The trip itself was fun and I met a friend (my brother-in-law’s friend) who is a very nice guy, a nice friend and was my tour guide in Vegas and LA. But still…aside from…
Communication works best when it’s 2-ways. I talk about my stuff a little while you listen and give comments…then your turn to talk about your stuff and I’ll be your listener. This will be ideal. Unfortunately, there are people who just cannot do this kind of ideal 2-ways communication. So what happens next? Well, it…