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Monday, July 30th, 2007I really like this post by Steve Pavlina.
Steve’s article crystallizes what I felt and saw as an employee in my last job.
Holding a job is like being a caged animal. Living a life of an employee is like living a life of a circus animal. At 9am you drag yourself to work (cage), perform for the rest of the day at the command of your boss (master) till 5pm when you are released from the cage. I don’t mean to sound derogatory, just using an analogy here, which you will probably appreciate if you care to look closely.
In the week leading up to an upcoming holiday, the HR department wrote a notice like this :-
“On the eve of Christmas Day, all employees will be released from work at 12pm. We wish everyone a very merry Christmas.”
Yeah, indeed they had to release us… It sounded really funny, and I remember joking about it to my colleagues.
Then there’s the atmosphere of fear and insecurity in the workplace. In conventional “wisdom”, people think and feel that they have the greatest security when they hold a day job, preferably in an MNC. However, do you sense the fear and insecurity in these people ?
Why do people engage in work politics and make their number one priority that of protecting their own asses in every work encounter ? Because at the back of their mind, they are always afraid of losing their job, losing their next promotion opportunity, or losing favour with their bosses. So instead of focusing on the client and on contributing value, they put their self interests first. Employees in fact live in fear, not security.
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How to do more with less
Friday, July 27th, 2007
Do you catch yourself saying “I’m busy” often ?
I do. Sometimes, I set targets at the beginning of the day on what I want to accomplish for the day. However, as I get through the day, I find my attention distracted by numerous things unrelated to my targets.
An afternoon on a precious weekend can get burnt away quickly just by sitting in front of the computer, surfing mindlessly site after site. The visual stimulation of the internet world is easy to make one think that he has done much intellectual activity. But at the end of the afternoon, what has he gained, truly ?
On one of these afternoons, I came across this article by Willie Crawford on how he manages to get it all done. I think they are good tips, especially these ones which I find pretty useful.
5) Specific times for most routine tasks
6) Set time limits for many tasks.
9) Only “touch” each email once… if possible. When you open
an email, decide right then and there what needs to be done
with it and take care of it.10) Learn to say no…
11) See each project through to completion before starting
the next… Pick a project to focus on, and then work on ONLY that project
for an allocated amount of time, or until completion.14) Finally, know the value of your time. Perhaps the simplest
way to “value” your time is to set an income goal for yourself.
Ultimately, good mental discipline and self-control are the keys to personal effectiveness.
For the full article, click here
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Guitar - This guy rocks !
Sunday, July 15th, 2007
At the time of writing this post, more than 23 million people have viewed this guy’s guitar performance on Youtube. Have you ?
After I checked out the video, I understood why this attracts so much attention. Because he is GOOD !
Talk about the genius in everyone of us…
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The Secret… Exposed
Thursday, July 12th, 2007The Secret has taken the world by storm.
Have you wondered - what’s so “secret” about it ? What’s behind the eye-catching cover that claims to be an ancient “antidote” which can give you anything you want, if you apply it ?
I am a book fanatic. The local bookstore is my favourite hangout and I can easily spend hundreds of dollars a month on books. However, there is this thing about books with flashy cover, which makes me want to linger around it longer before forking out the extra dollars. I want to base my decision to buy on the substance, not the cover.
Perhaps the marketing hype is too loud. Perhaps the title is just too “secret” and therefore enticing to a curious consumer. After a couple of trips to the bookstore, I finally succumbed to my inquisitive nature and bought it. I want to find out for myself what the hoopla is all about.
What ”The Secret” Is Really About…
The book is a compilation of quotes by well-known people - living and ancient (i.e. dead). The author tries to give a structure to the quotes and breaks the book into different categories. However the essence is the “law of attraction” - the weaving thread through the chapters.
The basic concept is visualisation and belief in the thing you want, hence in the process attracting it into your life (hopefully).
If you keep thinking about bad things, likely you’ll attract the bad things into your life. if you visualise and cultivate strong positive emotions, etc about your desired object, your mind will tend to notice the paths to attain your goal. hence, it seems that you are “attracting” it into your life.
So Is “The Secret” Really A Secret ?
If you are an ardent reader of self-help books, you’ll find that the concept is nothing new or “secret”. It’s the marketing hype that makes it take the world by storm.
Having said that, visualisation, strong desire and belief are the first steps to achieving what you want. So a book with this focus is a good read too…
Ultimately, action has to follow to actualise the mental “exercise” as in the law of attraction. Otherwise, it’s like building sand castle in the air. No matter how beautiful the sand castle is, it is still … in the air !
If by reading this book, you can get so inspired to take that first step to start the process of attraction - by thinking right - then I think you would have reaped the benefits from reading it and the money is well spent.
Hey, you could even present this as a gift and capitalize on the sensational-looking cover !
See also … The Secret
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Sammi Cheng - MTV
Monday, July 9th, 2007
Nice song …
I like her vocals. Somehow she can bring out the feel in the way she sings.
For more of her MTV’s, check out my Youtube Playlist.
See also … Sammi - Courage
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