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Dec 3, 2009, 8:03 pm
"You cannot stay on the summit forever; you have to come down again... so why bother in the first place?
Just this: what is above knows what is below, but what is below does not know what is above. On... Comment - Like
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Dec 3, 2009, 7:09 pm
While surfing the net, I have found a new book, entitled 'The Strategic Leader: New Tactics for a Globalizing World', by Dr John Pilipia of Florida Atlantic University.
What has attracted me ... Comment - Like
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Dec 3, 2009, 6:46 pm
When faced with a new task, ponder over these questions as part of thinking strategically:
1) what am I actually expected to do here?
2) how does this task resemble or differ from others I have deal... Comment - Like
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Dec 3, 2009, 6:36 pm
Congratulations & Best Wishes to my former boss, Kris Wiluan, during the last leg of my eventful journey through the corporate world during the very early nineties, for being awarded Ernst & Young 200... Comment - Like
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Dec 3, 2009, 9:59 am
"There are only two possible ways for creative tension to resolve itself: pull current reality toward the vision or pull the vision toward reality. Which occurs will depend on whether we hold steady t... Comment - Like
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Dec 3, 2009, 7:50 am
"... Rowe & Kahn, who popularized the term "successful aging," placed cognitive functioning front & center in the equation for achieving a fulfilled & satisfying later life. Being able to use your min... Comment - Like
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Dec 2, 2009, 10:55 pm
What will give me competitive advantage as a strategic leader in my sphere of activity?
How do I develop the requisite skills in order to gain & sustain competitive advantage in whatever I do? Comment - Like
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Dec 2, 2009, 7:54 am
"'If it ain't broke, don't fix it' is the slogan of the complacent, the arrogance, or the scared. It's an excuse for inaction, a call to no-arms."
~ Colin Powell, Chairman of the J... Comment - Like
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Dec 2, 2009, 4:38 am
What is this thing we WISDOM call?
An act it is, no thing at all:
To choose to do that which will bring
The happiest of everything
To everyone is WISDOM’s aim;
That we do not, is our shame.
~ extra... Comment - Like
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Dec 1, 2009, 7:25 pm
I love spending time working out in the gym during the mornings. As I do my exercise routines, I often use the quiet time to think & reflect.
So, I now have a new & interesting idea to share with rea... Comment - Like
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Nov 15, 2009, 1:06 am
I have probably watched the two crime action motives, 'Bad Boys' & 'Bad Boys II', on StarHub cable television, more than a dozen times in each case.
My wife often wondered why I could... Comment - Like
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Nov 14, 2009, 8:32 pm
"Everyone has a talent. What is rare is the courage to nurture it in solitude and to follow the talent to the dark places where it leads."
~ Erica Jong; Comment - Like
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Nov 14, 2009, 6:39 pm
Writing in his book, 'Psychological Foundations of Success', Harvard-trained scientist Stephen Kraus, also CEO of Next Level Sciences Inc., a peak performance consultancy, has synthesized deca... Comment - Like
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Nov 14, 2009, 6:26 pm
What went well and why?
What went less well and why?
What would we do differently now?
What would we do the same way?
What went unexpectedly well and why?
What went unexpectedly badly and why?
A... Comment - Like
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Nov 13, 2009, 7:50 pm
The above interesting & apt tagline comes from the beautifully revamped website of 'Brain Me Up', belonging to one of my most influential thought leaders, thinkologist Dudley Lynch.
As founde... Comment - Like
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Nov 13, 2009, 7:21 pm
"Problem solving is what you do when you don't know what to do."
Frankly, I don't know who had defined it as such, but it certainly gives an interesting perspective.
All I know is that a pro... Comment - Like
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Nov 13, 2009, 7:05 pm
1) moving with attention;
2) turning on the learning switch;
3) experiencing subtlety;
4) breaking harmful habits through variation;
5) living more slowly;
6) setting flexible goals;
7) firing e... Comment - Like
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Nov 13, 2009, 6:42 pm
"Tomorrow is the most important thing in life. Comes into us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learnt something from yesterda... Comment - Like
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Nov 13, 2009, 7:43 am
The whole idea of retail therapy - a prevalent term often used by the newer & larger shopping malls - intrigues me.
... In a nut shell:
For the customer, it describes the pleasures of the total sh... Comment - Like
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Nov 10, 2009, 3:45 am
In Singapore, the Elecronic Road Pricing (ERP) has proven to be quite a successful system implemented by our government since many years ago to curb the traffic congestion in the city area during peak... Comment - Like
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Nov 9, 2009, 4:47 pm
“One can’t stand forever on the shore. At some point, filled with indecision, skepticism, reservation & doubt, you either jump in or concede that life is forever elsewhere.”
– Arthur Miller; Comment - Like
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Nov 8, 2009, 5:22 pm
"And now you have joy?"
"I do indeed."
"And how did you get it?"
"I chose it, admitted it into my life, then I celebrated its arrival in my heart. I made my celebration so loud and boisterous, I prohi... Comment - Like
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Nov 8, 2009, 9:21 am
Here's the link to an interesting blogpost, organised in a Q & A format, on the importance of 21st century skills, as outlined in the book, '21st Century Skills: Learning for Life in Our Times... Comment - Like
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Nov 7, 2009, 5:45 pm
The company's laundry business as envisioned on their truck is certainly an exemplar of the day-to-day pursuit of quality & excellence.
Reflecting from a personal perspective, the pursuit of exce... Comment - Like
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Nov 7, 2009, 5:19 pm
"I think most of us look at personal delights as somewhere between minimally important & borderline immoral. We like them, but we're not sure we ought to. We seldom give them a high priority when ... Comment - Like
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Nov 7, 2009, 7:51 am
Pleasure is desire fulfilled. It's certainly an apt & cogent definition, from both the literal & gastronomical standpoint. Comment - Like
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Nov 7, 2009, 3:33 am
Here's the link to an interesting excerpt, actually the first chapter, of the book, 'Lightposts for Living: The Art of Choosing a Joyful Life', by artist/painter Thomas Kinkade.
To me, it... Comment - Like
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Oct 16, 2009, 9:33 pm
"It's no longer enough to be a 'change agent'. You must be a 'change insurgent': provoking, prodding, warning everyone
in sight that complacency is death."
~ Robert Reich, author o... Comment - Like
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Oct 16, 2009, 9:17 pm
Here's the link to an interesting though belated article entitled 'Your Job is Change' on Fast Company, by Robert Reich, author of 'The Future of Success: Working & Living in the New E... Comment - Like
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Oct 16, 2009, 8:54 pm
I just thought that the following extract, taken from the book, 'The Future of Success: Working & Living in the New Economy', a seemingly well-researched analysis of the present state of worki... Comment - Like
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Oct 16, 2009, 8:42 am
Some shop or boutique owners certainly take great pains to create great & memorable trade names for their businesses, so that their customers can easily remember them.
Also, the chosen trade name has... Comment - Like
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Oct 16, 2009, 1:46 am
In his book, 'The 21 Indispensable Qualities of a Leader: Becoming the Person Others Will Want to Follow', leadership expert John Maxwell describes the five qualities of leaders with effective... Comment - Like
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Oct 16, 2009, 1:29 am
Strategy guru & strategic management profesor Gary Hamel offers some exercises to "train yourself in the art of 'seeing around corners", as follows:
1) Exercise Your Imagination:
- Pick the wors... Comment - Like
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Oct 15, 2009, 6:44 pm
"Somewhere out there is a bullet with your company’s name on it. Somewhere out there is a competitor, unborn and unknown, that will render your strategy obsolete. You can’t dodge the bullet. You... Comment - Like
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Oct 15, 2009, 12:03 am
This is actually not a good sign!
If our signboard copywriters can't even write proper English in short sentences - also, that's to say, our advertisers are not discerning enough to spot simp... Comment - Like
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Oct 14, 2009, 11:44 pm
If you are not a discoverer, then, sad to say, you are not welcome here, judging from the intended message of this management training school. I reckon the school is looking for students who are not j... Comment - Like
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Oct 12, 2009, 10:22 pm
According to Jeanne Liedtka, professor at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business, writing in her article “Linking Strategic Thinking with Strategic Planning”, in 'Strategy an... Comment - Like
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Oct 12, 2009, 9:56 pm
According to Alex Colket, an amateur neuroscientist & professional game developer, who has developed more than 100 brain training games at PlayWithYourMind.com, the following skills are the most impor... Comment - Like
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Oct 12, 2009, 9:49 pm
According to Keith Wright, an educator & director of the Australian International Language Academy, critical thinkers are people who:
• Seek to be well-informed about a broad range of subjects and ... Comment - Like
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Oct 12, 2009, 8:52 pm
"The real challenge in crafting strategy lies in detecting the subtle discontinuities that may undermine a business in the future, & for that there is no technology, no program, just a sharp mind in t... Comment - Like
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Oct 12, 2009, 6:46 pm
"The way forward is paradoxically to look not ahead but around." ~ John Seely Brown, computer scientist & innovation strategist; Comment - Like
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Oct 12, 2009, 7:41 am
This sports bag on display at the 'The Wallet Shop' - with the fancy slogan - at Jurong Point shopping mall caught my personal attention this afternoon.
I had to shoot it through the shopfron... Comment - Like
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Oct 11, 2009, 11:01 pm
On Thursday afternoon, together with my wife, I went to visit my second eldest sister & her husband, Mr & Mrs Khoo, who are staying in the Kembangan area.
My wife & I deliberately brought along a Pek... Comment - Like
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Oct 11, 2009, 5:44 pm
"Most thought provoking in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking."
~ Martin Heidegger, (1889-1986); influencial German philosopher; Comment - Like
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Oct 11, 2009, 11:12 am
What will people say of me when I am gone?
What do I wish they would say?
What really matters when my own mortality looms on the horizon?
Will future generations be better off because of me?
~ ins... Comment - Like
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