Recently, during one of our in house training, I shared on what I have learnt through my past years of training and experiences with successful business owners. A simple lesson yet profound and hard to practise in real life, “Do not give me excuses of why you are not getting your results!” echoed the voices [...]
Archive > February 2009
Dislike doing what you are doing(for a good cause)? All the more you should do it!
When I was informed that I have to blog weekly of ONE learning…I was like “wth~ where to find so many things to blog?” Of course the inertia is great. After which it dawn on me that this has enabled me to become more conscious of my learnings. In fact, there are things which we [...]
Life of no Return..
i win it all… yesterday i was talking to a parent and her child. Even a blind can tell that her child is pampered.. As usual, i proceed on with my favourite part of the session. OBSERVE! From the way the child carried himself, he was the king. I was thinking at the back of [...]
Why not BOTH?
Today as I was driving to attend my yoga lessons, I was listening to CLass 95fm. In the morning express, F.D mentioned something about “Advice that I will give to a 20 year old” and he shared one of the posting which said “Don’t sacrifice your life for your career!” It’s interesting to see that [...]
Reaching Forward.
“船在海中央, 不进则退。” For those who do not understand Chinese or who cannot comprehend what I’ve typed, the meaning is very simple. When your boat is in the middle of a rough sea and if you are not focused on moving forward, you will only be drifted further away into the ocean, probably lost and isolated. [...]
Gratitude – to a calculator!
Last night I had such a funny dream. I dreamt my old scientific calculator, which has a broken screen, was fixed! And I was using it happily to do my sums. Why is this funny? Because for the past week, I have been emo-ing over this calculator. If not for the screen, it would be [...]
The Joy of Teaching
When I was younger, my mother always told me that teaching is a very “wei3 da4″ profession as teachers impart knowledge to the nxt generation. She probably talked to me about that about 5 times at least. Despite it being just casual conversation, I somehow knew I would also like to teach when I grow up. I started [...]
Are you a Sleepwalker?
I was surfing a forum and came across this interesting article that was shared. So here I am passing on the goodness. =) Original article link: http://embraceliving.net/blog/2009/0…our-life-away/ Do you have a clear direction for your life? What life long goals and dreams do you have for your life, career, health, relationships, wealth and spirituality? Are you [...]
Making a Difference
Probably a few of my colleagues might know that I’ve been giving free coaching to a Secondary 5 boy for the past 1 month. I met him through… VIWAWA.COM. Yes, that infamous virtual mahjong game called WAHJONG. Which totally absorbed Elsie(me) into a whole new world of the un-cute naked characters, in which you have [...]
Slow and Steady? Why not Fast and Steady?
The story about the hare and the tortoise is one that was told since we were very small. And the moral of the story was said to be “Slow and Steady wins the race!”. Recently I challenged a student who had exactly such a mindset in terms of learning Math. He believes that he needs [...]
I am special, so are you! The special AdvoCoach & Trainer…
Last week, we had a great teaching and sharing session with AdvoTeam on how we can make our students feel special about themselves. We came up with many ideas and actions that we can embarked on to make others or students feel special. I gave my inputs how one can do that. 1. BIG HEART! [...]
What’s your excuse?
Do you give a reason, or rather, an excuse for not being able to score an A1 in your test or examination? Do you tell yourself “It’s okay” when you fail to score A1? Why do people give excuses? Simply because excuses make you comfortable… and being comfortable is dangerous, as there is no growth [...]
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To walk in pitch darkness, to balance on a narrow rope high up in the sky, to stand up against everyone, to seek for the undiscovered….. Scene from indiana jones when he walk with a step of ….. balancing on rope can be easier with ….. Walk in darkness, and you will reach the light with [...]
YOUR MOST VALUABLE ASSET CAN BE YOUR WILLINGNESS TO PERSIST LONGER THAN ANYONE ELSE.
Are YOU fretting over problems like.. Your school work? your financial burden? your social life?? How life seemed to be so unfair.. full of disappointments and why are you so “SUAY”(unfortunate). . . HEY HEY… I want you to stop this instant your disasterous thoughts from spreading all over your head! STOP! . . Stop [...]
What is the ONE IDEA that will change your results and achieve your goals the NEXT DAY?
Recently, I attended a talk by James Skinner and he mentioned on imagining your future: 1. Die Broke or 2. To manifest, create and produce in one to two years a lifestyle (say $1million dollars) that give you freedom in the things you do. Of course the natural answer is 2. Then the next question [...]
Never underestimate the difference u make :)
The Starfish Story adapted from The Star Thrower by Loren Eiseley (1907 – 1977) Once upon a time, there was a wise man who used to go to the ocean to do his writing. He had a habit of walking on the beach before he began his work. One day, as he was walking along [...]
Customer Service Training from the Chicken Rice Auntie
On Saturday, I went to buy chicken rice. When I went to pay for my food, the auntie noticed that I was wearing my “presentation outfit” and said “Oh, you’re working on Saturday?” because, as you know, most people don’t work on Saturdays. It was a very simple observation to make, and it only took [...]
Are workings or answer more important when solving Math?
Do you think the workings or the answer is more important when solving Math? There are many students who are only concerned about matching their own answer against the answer sheet’s. If it matches, they mark themselves correct and will be satisfied with their performance. This is the time where I usually comes in as a “devil” [...]