Imagine there are 2 math problems. 1 is the easy one, you only have to spend 5 minutes and the result is there already. Another one is a tough one, you’ve spent hours and hours on it, you’ve done everything from google, read books, or ask your friends but still got stucked. Then after one [...]
Archive > May 2009
Accummulation or Decummulation – Time to review!
Are u AWARE of what you are doing? Are u conscious of the way you are learning? Through my years of coaching and guiding students, I notice a trend among some students who keep doing the same things over and over again expecting their results to improve. Like what Albert Einstein said, this is INSANITY… [...]
Realise the power of your results!
Throughout my decade of coaching and working with students, I notice a trend with students who generally do not do well as they do not understand the power of their results. When I ask these of students about their results, their normal answers are “I can’t remember”, “So long ago” and “I really don’t know” [...]
Remember
When it comes to learning, strategies allows us to use minimal time to yield maximum results. Recently it’s the mid-year examinations, and during this time, students come to us, with many hoping for miracles. Yes, miracles can happen, yet, it must come with one important thing: Memory. Concept Maps are not useful, when they are [...]
No panic… No fear…
It’s the mid-year exams, and this time of the year is usually one of the busiest period. And it’s also one of the most stressful periods. During the coaching these days, I realise that some of the students exhibit the “No panic, no fear” syndrome. I wish I could say that this is a good [...]
the world’s greatest
it has been 1 week since my exams ended, more or less gotten to terms with it. but this song helped me tide thru the exam period, where i have to almost literally study frm the moment i wake til the moment i sleep. i listen to this song very loudly a few times every [...]
The Last Lecture
The Last Lecture (Professor Randy Pausch) Watch this movie… Pause and give a thought to our life now and how we are living it…. Enjoy and happy reflecting…
Seek not wait…
Lately while I am coaching many students to prepare for their exams, I noticed a disappointing trend among some of them. I found some students were just waiting for me to feed them with quick summaries and answers to some exam papers without asking themselves the most important question, “How should I approach this question?”. [...]
Let’s live in the moment and rejoice every single victory in our lives!
It’s time for me to blog again. Though its past 12 midnight… Actually I have been contemplating what to blog. Been a busy week for me. I just look at the last few entries, many people are on the topic about happiness n life. Even students who are merely in their teens. Is this a [...]
The purpose of life is to be Happy?
Is the purpose of your life to be HAPPY? Is “Be Happy” a value in your life? Well, I read something recently that gave me an all new paradigm on this. It’s written by Robin Sharma in his book “The Saint, The Surfer and The CEO”. Here it goes: “The purpose of life isn’t to [...]
“I wish that life is easier”
I was coaching a student one day when she spoke of this softly, possibly under her breathe as she works on the question. I am sure most people wished for that at one point in their life. Who doesn’t face challenges in their daily encounters? Who doesn’t have frustrations when met with obstacles that prevent [...]