I was reading a book entiled,” A leader’s guide to storytelling” today and I came across something which I felt was really meaningful. It went something like this. When you interact with a person from a company, you can either be interacting with “the representative of the company who just happens to be Shawn” or [...]
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See beyond the game
At a fundraising dinner for an American school that serves learning disabled children,the father of one of the students delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he offered a question: “When not interfered with by outside influences, everything nature does is done [...]
Be-Do-Have
Recently I’ve just completed a book by Robert Kyosaki. I’ve learnt plenty of things from there, but I shall just touch on one. It’s a lesson that came up several times in different forms really recently, and I’ll really like to share this with everyone. The lesson of Be-Do-Have Many people yearn to have something, [...]
Keep your goals in sight!
On July 4, 1952, Florence Chadwick was on her way to becoming the first woman to swim the Catalina Channel. She had already conquered the English Channel. The world was watching. Chadwick fought the dense fog, bone-chilling cold and many times, the sharks. She was striving to reach the shore but every time she looked [...]
Have fun!!! Always!
Here’s and Article I came across about having fun Enjoy! ” LEARNING TO HAVE FUN – EVERYDAY! Even as I write the heading – it feels odd. Surely we don’t need to ‘learn’ how to have fun? Perhaps not. But I do know from the many people I’ve coached, having fun everyday is not something [...]
The blind bat-man
http://www.mensjournal.com/the-blind-man-who-taught-himself-to-see/print One of the reasons why I totally LOVE biology is because of stories like this. The human body is truly an incredible creation, and every day we have people pushing the limits of both mind and body. Things we always thought we knew about ourselves have been put to the test again and again. [...]
Randy Pausch – The Last Lecture
It has been a tradition at Carnegie Mellon for selected lecturers to give a ‘lecture’. The only unifying theme was to the lecturers was that “if they had one last lecture to give before they die, what would it be?” The Last Lecture became an inspirational hub for many people. Among them is Randy Pausch, [...]
The power of words
By: Ralph Marston I remember my dad teaching me the power of language at a very young age. Not only did my dad understand that specific words affect our mental pictures, but he understood words are a powerful programming factor in lifelong success. One particularly interesting event occurred when I was eight. As a kid, [...]
You raise me up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJxrX42WcjQ&feature=related This song is one of my favourite songs of all time! It’s inspiring and brings to mind the people whom have helped me to get to where I am. Gratitude is one of the most powerful forces on earth. Give thanks to your loved ones and take time to appreciate the blessings you have [...]
Spagetti Tree Harvest in 1957
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27ugSKW4-QQ From youtube ” On April 1, 1957 the British television programme Panorama broadcast a three-minute segment about a bumper spaghetti harvest in southern Switzerland. The success of the crop was attributed both to an unusually mild winter and to the virtual disappearance of the spaghetti weevil. The audience heard Richard Dimbleby, the shows highly [...]
A map is not the territory it depicts
“A map is not the territory it depicts; words are not the thing they describe; symbols are not the thing they represent.”, Andrew Bradbury There are two types of worlds present. One world is the reality of things. The things that you can touch and taste, see and hear. It is the same no matter [...]
STUDY AND HAVE FUN!
Advo is organising a movie/study session next Friday (march holidays) for all students. We’ll be CHIONGING together to finish up whatever work we have to complete all together! Bring down your holiday homework, Advo homework, tuition homework, stuff …you wanna revise etc (if you have no work and wanna do more just ask me!)… It’ll [...]
HAPPY
Learn to enjoy studying! One thing I learnt through my university years was that simply dragging yourself to study will not get you good grades. You have to study with a HAPPY mood! One way to do so is to continue doing the things you love to do! For example, if you like sports, never [...]
Just do it!
I have always been a timid person. A person who doesn’t dare to speak his opinions, a person who doesn’t dare to take the initiative, a person who doesn’t dare to accept new responsibilities and commitments. I always liked to be fully prepared before I dare to tackle new things. But working in Advo has [...]
Pride
Met up with my agent friend again this morning. I’ve known him since uni days, but it’s only till recently that I’ve been chatting with him more. We touched on the topic of pride today, with an agreement that pride does sometimes get in the way of progress. It started off when I mentioned that [...]
China Power
In view of the upcoming CNY, here’s a couple of very amazing people from ‘China’s Got Talent’. They’re truly amazing people, who have accomplished a lot more than many peers their age, and have led more fulfilling lives than many others. All these despite the ‘disabilities’ God has given them. “The greater the struggle, the [...]
Every failure is a lesson, and a step to success!
Failure is not uncommon. There is no one person on earth who has never failed in his entire life! The important thing is how we make use of this failure to propel us forward. There are lessons to learn from every failure. And through each lesson you will be better equipped to turn that failure [...]
You can do ANYTHING once you set your mind to it!
A couple of my students showed me some pretty inspirational videos today. Living proof that nothing is impossible…
Your life is GREAT!
Every day I’ll always manage to hear at least one person complain about how lousy their life is… About how difficult their life is; about how unfair life is treating them; about how everything is not going their way… As a result, a significant portion of people do not manage to become what they like [...]
Be nice to your parents!
Here’s a little script I found on FB, and I thought it was very meaningful.. It kinda reminded me of how some of my students act.. And a little of myself too. Good things are meant to be shared, so there you go! *Conversation between Pencil and Eraser* (anything after this sentence is just plagiarism) [...]
