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A few suggestons to politely remind someone who has forgotten to do something for you without coming across as a pain in the neck. 1) “As a gentle reminder, ..” or “As a kind reminder, ..” 2) “As a quick follow-up, …” 3) “As a positive confirmation, …”

In order to transform negative energy into a positive one, we must practise speaking in a positive tone. To start, we can avoid using the word NOT. For example:- 1) Replace “It is not my job” with “My job is actually…” 2) Replace “It is not my problem” with “Perhaps someone else can help you […]

A few people told me that they felt that January was the toughest month of the year. There are numerous reasons why one would think that way, but let us focus on some simple ways to counter that. 1) Light at the end of the tunnel: Based on the time line, we are actually at […]

Earlier this week, I went to see my physiotherapist due to the pain from my right arm. While she was twisting my arm to loosen the muscle, she asked me what the cause was.  I replied it was because I was carrying too many books to Canada during Christmas and “naturally” told her a little bit […]

One hard lesson that I learned in the recent years as part of maturing process is to accept that “I HAD the moment and move on”.   In other words, accept your moment of doing certain things has passed and moved onto the next stage of life. Lingering on will only cause disappointment and frustration.   There […]

Hit: So far, the feedback in particular the actions that some of the readers had taken were really encouraging such as taking classes that they always wanted to. As I mentioned before, I think it is the best feedback a self-help writer can ever get :> Miss: Getting readers to write Amazon reviews was more […]

Hit: Restaurant, café and hair saloon managers were very supportive allowing me to put my promotional posters and postcards there. Miss: Promotional posters were too costly and not very effective on generating sales of my book as the audience were too diverse and might not be interested in the subject of my book.

I read a book today that offered an excellent elaboration on my point mentioned in my book (p.25) on ”training your emotional muscle to deal with down moment and negative energy”. The book titled “The Coaching Manual – The Definitive Guide to the Process, Principles and Skills of Personal Coaching” by Julie Starr (p.150) suggests […]

Hit:  Branding was lot of fun.  With the help of my art director Damian, we came up with a series of promotional items under the same theme of “hour glass”. That included posters, promotional postcards, business cards, stickers and letter papers with logo.  Even the staff at the post office noticed the special sticker I […]

Continuing on the theme of “Hits and Misses” in 2014: Hit: Personal Development – Through the self-publication and promotion of my book, I have learned a great deal on how to present myself in a more formal/corporate way. It was a great experience to take a day off from work going to independent bookstores to […]