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Last night I watched the special edition of 25th anniversary of Les Miserables in concert live at the O2 Arena, London (dvd made in 2010). Even though I have seen the musical 8 times in both New York and London, it never failed to touch me each time I watched it. The main character Jean […]

Daniel Goleman quoted American Psychologist David McClelland “McClelland argued that once you were in a given job, specific competencies like self-discipline, empathy, and persuasion were far stronger forces in success than a person’s ranking in academics. He proposed the methodology that has become competence modeling — now common in world-class organizations — for identifying the […]

Happy Easter to ALL. May the spirit of Easter bring you hope, revivial and triumph :>

Yesterday I ran into a colleague who heard about my book. When I “naturally” prompted him to purchase a copy, he replied “I am quite motivated myself already, so I don’t think I needyour book.”. I explained to him (and to all blog readers) that my book is not just about motivation. The book focuses […]

Today I asked a colleague if he had read my book. When “push came to shove”, he said he has it next to his bed and will read it when he has problem falling asleep. I explained to him that he might be disappointed (not the content of my book). It is because another colleague […]

Daniel Goleman has given the following advice on how to be good leaders? (p.238, Focus – The Hidden Driver of Excellence) “* Listening within, to articulate an authentic vision of overall direction that energizes others even as it sets clear expectations. * Coaching, based on listening to what people want from their life, career and […]

SEL is an educational program that promotes emotional intelligence at school. Singapore has become the first country that made it mandatory for students. The 5 key competences of SEL are: Self-awarness, Self-management, Social awareness, Relationship skills and Responsible decision making.

In his book “Focus – The Hidden Driver of Excellence”, Daniel Goleman quoted an example based on Susan Butcher who reinvented the Iditarod (a race that sled dogs compete over a distance of more than 1,100 miles of Arctic ice for over a week). Her method is running and resting alternately in 4-to-6-hour periods around […]

With a 12-month sales target of 300 copies of my book, it means 32 copies (268 copies sold so far) need to be sold by the end of Sep, which is approx. 5 months away. I have a plan :> I will target 50% of sales, 16 copies, by asking friends and family to ponder […]

I have been battling with the recovery of my shoulder/arm injury for 5 months. Besides inconvenience and physical discomfort, something else actually bothered me as well. As I don’t want to jeopardize my recovery, I am not able to offer a helping hand to my fellow commuters who are in need (with luggage and strollers […]