Great life lessons from people who have “been there, done that” long before you.
Recently we celebrated Earth Hour, the International Day of Forests and Singapore’s Green Plan 2030. One of Singapore’s key targets is to plant 1 million more trees in Singapore. Globally, each week, nearly 475,000 acres of forest are senselessly cleared,…
Earning the money we need to live is presumably the main reason we work at all. But does money motivate us to continuously perform our best work? Let’s take a peek at what science and research have to say about…
Do you remember the last idea that you took from a book? Back in 2019, I set myself the goal to read a book per week and then read 52 books. For 2020 I told myself that quality trumps quantity and…
What is important for your important decisions Life is all about decisions – those thousands of decisions that we take every single day. And luck – lots of luck in a world of randomness and serendipity. A life-skill I have…
Me pondering about where I am and what I have achieved: I don’t reach optimum contribution levels because I believe everything is important. Sounds familiar? In truth, only a few things are essential. To practice the skill of identifying those…
Hmm, recent survey findings suggest that Work from Home works. Made me think, are we all just putting up a brave face & say it works for us in those surveys? Are we just trying to make the best of…
I hope you have time for this. It is a long read (hopefully timely for you). 1. Do you appreciate time enough? People like talking about how busy they are as if it is a sign of success. Perhaps it is for some, but for most…
Because of the involuntary quiet caused by the COVID-19 cutie, many of us have sensed an opportunity to think a little more deeply about life. In our go-go-go world, we rarely get the chance to stop & consider the big…
I love the VisualCapitalist.com. There is so much intriguing stuff to be found there. They just published this chart: ❔ What do you think? Is it just correlation or causation? ❔ As Singapore is not part of the OECD we…
The other day I had lunch with one of my former colleagues from my former dutiful corporate life. A life I left 8 years ago. So still meeting her occasionally for lunch after such a long time is quite a…