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Personal Effectiveness Purpose & Fulfilment

A Renewed Life of Purpose & Possibilities

As this is the time of the year to reflect, contemplate, meditate & understand what has passed & what is to come, I have titled this piece, “Seeing Inward & Outward: A Renewed Life of Purpose & Possibilities”. A few quotes to get us going…“An unexamined life is not worth living”. (Socrates) “As Within, So […]

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Spirituality and Authenticity

A Good Time for Silence & Reflection

While many people consider December as a period of party, celebration and merry making, I’ve always used this period as a time for introspection, reflection, thanksgiving & sense making. We’re two days away from the new year (2021). As CNA reviews 2020, things happening at national & international levels in a few documentary programmes, at […]

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Transformational Leadership

Leadership & Organisational Health

Many years ago when I was a Principal of a secondary school in the East, I noted that many parents who wanted to send their children to a school would ask the question, “Who is the Principal?” It appeared that these parents must have read or instinctively understand John Maxwell’s comments on “Leadership”. Maxwell has […]

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Emotional Intelligence and Adversity Quotient

On Fears (False Evidence Appear Real) …

Fear is one of the 8 primary feelings/emotions that if not well taken care of, can escalate into the secondary and tertiary feelings of frustration and depression respectively. To better handle fear, we need to: Understand some hard facts about Fears (usually due to past programming, memories, beliefs & lodged in the limbic system); and […]

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Personal Effectiveness

Are You Hungry Enough?

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong reflected at one National Day Rally Speech that “Singaporeans are not as hungry as the Vietnamese”. He is probably right that our people today are less hungry, less disciplined, less hardworking as their predecessors i.e. immigrants who came to S’pore 50 to 60 years ago & turned S’pore from a […]

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Balance & Mental Wellness

Work-life Balance…

Not too long ago, a leader of an organisation shared with me that he was concerned with his organisation’s climate survey results. When I took a look at the survey results, I told him that I would not be too concerned as his organisation has fared generally well in the “leadership” domain. The only ‘red […]

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Personal Effectiveness

Thai Hospitality & Swiss Management

The first time I visited Ko Samui some 20 years ago, I saw this interesting advertisement while traveling from the airport to my hotel, “We have Thai Hospitality and Swiss Management”. The Thais are well known for their Service Excellence, Service Mindset and Service Hospitality and the Swiss well known for their Effectiveness, Efficiency in […]

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Personal Effectiveness

Increasing My Learning Index: Sharpening My Saw

The desire for self-improvement and self-fulfilment is what Maslow would call ‘SelfActualisation’. This quest for continuous improvement and learning is what Covey terms, ‘Sharpening the Saw’. In Learning Organisation, it is called ‘Personal Mastery’ or in John Maxwell’s words, ‘Raising the Lid’. How can I do this? I propose 2 approaches to Learning: i) ‘Inside-Out” […]

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Balance & Mental Wellness

10 Tips to Enjoy Life & have less stress

Don’t interrupt other people’s sentences. People go to therapists because they feel no one is listening to them. Give friends, family, & co-workers that respect. They’ll be amazed & relationships will benefit. Make peace with imperfections. Life is rarely as you want it to be. The sooner you accept, the better. When you die, your […]

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Spirituality and Authenticity

Trust: The Little Sparrow

Some time back, I shared with Eugene Loh in 93.8 Live, “A Slice of Life” about the 4 stages in life i.e. i) Struggle; ii) Success; iii) Significance & iv) Surrender & how I suspect that these 4 stages are not linear. Learning to surrender, let go, trust & go with the flow may actually […]