Improving Cultural Intelligence

September 27, 2011

It was a boring shopping trip – but an enlightening one. Three of us were tasked to buy prizes for a grassroots leaders’ retreat. We had decided to look for food that they can share among themselves. Simple enough? No. As we had people from different race, religion, gender, age, and other background, we wanted […]

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Optimising Performance (Part 6)

September 27, 2011

In My HSR Bootcamps, one of the many principles of success we learned is focus. Whatever I focus will expand. This is a skill that is grossly lacking in many people today. They don’t know what to focus and even if they do, they don’t persist to make things happen. They get distracted along the […]

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Living In The Past, Present And Future (Part 2)

September 26, 2011

When I think about the past, I’m mindful that there is not a single person – neither amongst the living or the dead – that has only beautiful memories. In fact, if everything has been going smoothly, there will not be exciting experiences to remember and recall. Memories will just be a record of ‘business-as-usual’ […]

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Optimising Performance (Part 5)

September 26, 2011

Achieving peak performance begins with having a vision. Without a vision, I do not know what I want to achieve and how I can turn it into a reality. Envisioning the endpoint is not a one-time process but an ongoing one. I need to continue to review and improve on it. The review should encompass […]

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Living In The Past, Present, And Future (Part 1)

September 25, 2011

It was one moment that will always be etched in my mind. A large boardroom. Lots of files and documents on the table. Around the table were some of the smartest professionals in the business world. There was total silence. All eyes were on me. We had put in more than 12 months of hard […]

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Living A FUNtastic Life (Part 40)

September 25, 2011

I am a lover of nostalgic moments. That’s why I will try not to miss out on alumni gatherings. I love to meet old friends and look at old photographs. I have letters that were dated more than thirty years ago. I still find it hard to clear emails that bring back pleasant memories. Sometimes, […]

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Closing The Files In My Life

September 24, 2011

“Mrs. Lim, can I have the key to the library? “We are having a lesson break and like to spend our time in it?” Once again, Mrs. Lim smiled and enthusiastically handed over the key to me. This and similar conversations happened in 1971. There are hardly any students that would be more enthusiastic than […]

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Living A FUNtastic Life (Part 39)

September 24, 2011

When I was a kid, I thought I could be an artist. I love drawing lessons. In fact, I once won second prize in the school’s drawing competition. My grandmother used to say, “When Patrick draws a frog, you can hear croaking sounds coming out from it.” But then again, I was her favourite grandchild. […]

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Remembering My Primary School (Part 2)

September 23, 2011

In 1964, my parents enrolled me to start my primary education at Joo Avenue Integrated Primary School (JAS). I looked forward to it because it was a rite of passage that my elder brothers have gone through. It was a coming of age sign – “I was no longer a little kid. Yeah!” On the […]

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Living A FUNtastic Life (Part 38)

September 23, 2011

There was one evening when I felt really down. During such times, one of the things I like to do was to just talk to my kids. They have a way to improve my mood and make me happy. That evening, I discovered a useful way to change my emotional state. It started when my […]

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