Managing Stress (Part G)

July 25, 2011

  As I reflected on my life, I realized I have always been a driven person. I like to challenge limits and push the boundaries. I endeavour to defy the odds and achieve breakthrough results. You can imagine I have come face to face with many major challenges in life and put myself through extremely […]

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Living A FUNtastic Life (Part 7)

July 24, 2011

Happiness is a plan. Like any plan, I must work on it so as to achieve the desired results. The strategy for being happy is like a multiple-lane highway. Every lane serves a purpose and all the lanes support and reinforced each other. I can choose to travel on one lane or even multiple lanes […]

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Living A FUNtastic Life (Part 6)

July 24, 2011

During my HSR Leadership Bootcamps, I deliberately asked the participants to revisit the most unpleasant moments in their lives. Interestingly, it was many of such experiences that had caused them to make the most changes in their lives – and usually, it was when the experience was over. When I reflected on the darkest moments […]

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Managing Stress (Part F)

July 23, 2011

Many years ago, I lost almost everything in my life. It was at that point in my life, I discovered our Creator was still there for me. Through Him and together with my family and friends, I took the long and arduous journey to get out of the pits and to reconstruct my life. Through […]

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Finding Meaning

July 23, 2011

I remember this incident as if I was still there. And it happened a long time ago. I was 14 at that point in time. Our class was looking forward to learning chapter 7 of the Biology textbook. The lesson – Sexual Reproduction. Mr Tee Kok Liong, our Biology teacher was a good teacher. I […]

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Managing Stress (Part E)

July 22, 2011

A good friend from another country was trying to contact me through different channels. Finally, he managed to contact me through facebook. I have not met him for a long time but he felt I could help him with some personal matters. During the meeting, he poured his heart out to me about the challenges […]

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‘Digitising’ Love

July 22, 2011

Recently, I gave a talk to a group of technologists. Obviously, they were keen on the ‘bits and bytes’ of technology. During the talk, I wanted to put technology into proper perspective. Technology should be used to serve us and not the other way around. Technology should help us live a better life and make […]

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Living A FUNtastic Life (Part 5)

July 21, 2011

Every morning, I will go for what I call my Power Walk. During the daily ritual, I tap on our Higher Power to recharge me. I have realized that one of the best ways to do it is be grateful to our Creator for all the wonderful gifts in my life – including the ones […]

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Managing Stress (Part D)

July 21, 2011

Research in positive psychology has proven that journaling can help us cope better with challenges in life. It can also improve our overall well-being. Since young, I have always kept some kind of a diary. I have recorded reflections about my life. I believe that everything in life happened for a reason and purpose. I […]

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‘Force Feeding’ Myself

July 20, 2011

I have a hilarious relationship with the Geographical Positioning System (GPS) system in my car. I quarreled with it all the time, especially when my kids were in the car. As the GPS was part of the first generation of such systems, it did not have the most current map and latest information. As a […]

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