I sometimes hope Tai Chi philosophy can be used as a leadership tool. And I think losing the mind might be one of them.
The theory goes, the body knows more about what’s best if the mind lets it. I think it’s true for an organisation and its leaders as well. If the leader allows the [...]
Budgeting is touted to be a good financial discipline. It is recommended in most financial books, to be used religiously in both your personal finance and business finance. It basically is a tool so that you won’t spend more than what you think you can spend. Does budgeting work for you? Do you find that [...]
My father was doing the “swimming” routine on land, i.e. waving his hands in a crawl (free style) fashion, while standing in a park. I noticed the wobbly knees as he swing from left to right and back again. I suggested that he should try to relax his hands and not wobble the knees as [...]
I’m reading a book called Time-Saving Training for Multisport Athletes - How to fit Workouts into Work Days, by Rick Niles. I definitely qualify as someone who do multisports, but I won’t say I’m an athlete. There’s one tip in the book though, which can be quite useful. It’s called intensity training.
It’s not how [...]
Do you write an email to your colleague who’s sitting right next to you? Would you rather email a person to negotiate a deal? How many times do you play email tennis until you decide to pick up the phone to call the person?
I’m an office bound worker, and my work requires me to deal [...]
I woke up at 5.30 in the morning, without an alarm clock. Since I’m awake, I might as well do something productive. So I listed down what I wanted to do, booted up my computer and started arranging my work place. Then I found a bill which I needed to pay. So I went online [...]
A panda destined to be a Dragon Warrior, and yet do not have a clue how. Let’s face it, have you seen a panda fight? Even his teacher is clueless how to teach this panda kung fu.
So the movie begins with how each other found faith and belief in each other, and themselves - the [...]
When it comes to money, the holy grail of all questions is always “how to make more money”. I believe this is only part of the equation of making money. We also have to know how to spend the money so that we will end up having more money to make more money. I believe [...]
I got this quote from a comic book about a kung fu kid:
To surpass yesterday’s me, I have to train today’s me.
It’s original Chinese version is:
为了超越昨日的自己，所以要磨练今日的自己。
Enjoy.
It’s back to the book on Maria Montessori. It’s quite amazing what she’s actually saying about kids, essentially about us when we were much younger. We unconsciously learn from the environment around us, be it from parents, siblings, uncles, granmas, friends, insects, trees, grass, bugs, stone, leaves, branches, bicycles, streets, neighbours, and the list goes [...]