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Recently, I have watched a documentary regarding the disadvantages that students from underprivileged families faced with as compared to the peers from better-off families. Despite the differences in resources available, one key point is the ambition of a student. The presenter underscores that often time students achieve less success in life if they don’t have […]

I go swimming on average twice a week at a swimming pool of the CMG Sports club in Paris. In the course of time, I have discovered some interesting and sometimes amusing “lessons” at the swimming pool. First of all, there is a small diverse community at the swimming pool. Even though most of the […]

Even though I am still a fan of the French president Marcon, I was disappointed by his performance during the second round of the presidential debate against Madam Le Pen on 20-April-2022. I found him too aggressive and arrogant during the debate. In fact, he was upset and irritated by Le Pen a few times. […]

First of all, what is patience? With patience, we accept the fact that it takes time to achieve a goal, a result or an objective. In some cases, we continue to work on it with discipline and efforts till the end. In other cases, we observe and monitor the changes of the situation instead. In […]

“You can’t turn your life upside down for an old lady (like me)!!!” Shauna (a woman in her 70’s played by Fanny Ardant whom I am a fan of) said to her lover Pierre, a man in his 40’s, in a new film “The Young Lovers” released in France last week. I replied out of […]

Last week, a friend of mine mentioned to me that he was stressed out due to his situation at work. He elaborated that he had started a new project with another team. Since there were many new things that he needed to pick up, he felt like facing a test to prove himself again like […]

It was 12h40 on 3-Nov-2021. Whilst I was crossing a zebra-crossing (half-way) on la rue Saint-Lazare in Paris, an electric scooter was traveling in my direction. According to my colleague, the electric scooter had hit me on my left hip before stopping and I fell to the ground. However, I thought I had fallen on […]

Yesterday morning, a client told me that she had changed her answer to an interview question that we had discussed during our previous life coaching session. She added that our discussion was useful in starting and stimulating her thoughts on the subject for her to come up with the best answer. That is an excellent […]

A friend of mine called me over the weekend and told me that he had had an unpleasant dispute with the owner of his company. The main reason was the difference in working style. I offered him the following questions for reflection. 1) How did you explain your working style? How can you explain it […]

Last week, a friend told me that she could not sleep because she was overwhelmed with worries. She later disclosed to me that those worries were related to things beyond her control. Then I asked her whether she lost sleep over next day’s weather. She replied, “Certainly not over the weather which I cannot control.” […]