If your answer is yes, you are an honest chap. If your answer is no, either you are lying to yourself or your name must be Nobody (“Nobody is perfect”). Or you are a candidate running for president—the best any country ever had. I would…
I am convinced that my brain does a poor job of separating truth from fiction. This leads to many false beliefs. Therefore, I want to make at least a minimal effort to understand my brain better and be on guard…
The time has come again. It’s that time of the year when families gather for reunion dinners, when extended families from far-flung corners of Singapore meet in one central place for the annual “oh-how-have-you-been – when-are-you-getting-married – have-you-gained-some-weight – conversations”.…
Before you read on, take a minute and think about this question for a while. Look back at your recent transactions. How did you arrive at those decisions? Are you happy with your past decisions? Any regrets? C’mon. If you’ve…
Warning – very egotistical post ahead with nothing new, but stuff you knew already. The other day Rolf Suey dropped a fitting comment to my post “Is having more money important to make you happier? Let’s put it into perspective”…
We all have a preferential set of intuitions, feelings, and ideas. Less poetically characterized by the term “bias”. These little quirks in our thinking pose a challenge to our ability to weigh evidence accurately to arrive at truth. Bias is…
Busy schedules and weekly routines have a tendency to put my brain on autopilot and I lose sight of the important things in life. Some of life’s essential truths need repeating. So, I’d better write them down: MY SELF-WORTH…
There is no denying the fact that our lives are determined by our unconscious beliefs about money. So, what do you really believe when it comes to money? I am convinced that discovering and exploring our general attitude towards money…
We have the tendency to overestimate the degree to which others agree with us; therein making this—tendency—just another of those predictable patterns of thought and behavior that lead us to draw incorrect conclusions. Psychologists call this the False Consensus Bias. Let me ask you: “Is agreeing…
… and whoever does not believe that urgently needs a change in perspective. May I invite you to open your mind to the universe’s abundance? Undoubtedly, this could be your ticket to something better, since feelings of abundance attract even more abundance. Having trouble believing me? Do continue reading then. It…