If You Don’t Have The Water Bottle, You Are Not Leading
I was once a Peace Keeper under the United Nations Peace Keeping Mission in Timor Leste. And there are many times we must trek through mountainous terrain to detect suspicious activities. This time, we stopped for a rest, and we passed a water bottle around, and it reached our commander first. But no, we did […]
We Are Not That Really Smart
What should have taken at least the next 10 to 15 years to become a norm is happening now. Virtual conversation became a norm in less than one month. Online consumption became a norm in less than one month. Working from home became a norm in less than one month. 01: #SUBTRACTION IS AN […]
Mind Setting, Not Goal Setting
We’ve all been told that setting goals is the key to success in life and in our careers. And yes, having specific targets to work towards is certainly important – it gives us direction and allows us to measure our progress. But simply setting goals is not enough on its own to succeed. What really […]
Do Not Set Your Goal in 2023, Instead…
1. First, Set Your Mind, Not Your Goal We cannot set a #goal without setting our #minds. If you set a goal without the mind, you will likely get to your destination with more effort than you think is required, including giving up. We heard the term setting yourself up for success. But the […]
Waking Up In A Storm
What if you woke up today and the Sun did not appear? That was what happened to me in 2019. An infection took me by surprise overnight, and I was handicapped overnight. I cried to sleep every night because my whole body was in pain, and medical science had no idea what was happening. […]
Be Kind To Those Who Show Up
I am a fan of SCOOP. And this is not a sponsored post. Lol… I wish it were… 🙂 While shopping to replenish my healthy breakfast staple, I saw these signs on the counter. THE WHOLE WORLD IS SHORT-STAFF, BE KIND TO THOSE WHO SHOW UP. We used to take the people who worked […]
SHOPPING FOR HAPPINESS
Are you shopping for that happiness but end up being broke? Being a professional leadership and behavioural speaker, an intriguing topic that I speak about most often is about discovering what would allow us to be at our psychological best every day. And often, we can’t run away from this simple word, happiness. Almost everything […]
Weakness Are Strength in Disguise – How our weakness can reveal powerful qualities hidden from us
No matter how great a personality you have, how many supposedly innate strengths you possess, how much money you got, how beautiful or handsome you are, how brilliant you are or how you have succeeded in the past – none of these things matter on their own. In my speaking session on human transformation, many […]
Boost Work Performance: Simple Strategies to Achieve Your Psychological Best at Work
Let’s be real: not every day at work feels like a productive powerhouse. Some days, it’s a struggle to get out of first gear—tasks pile up, distractions creep in, and your motivation seems to vanish. Sound familiar? The good news is, you’re not alone, and better yet, there’s a way to turn it around. I […]
Learn How To Use Influence Positively (Featured On The Straits Times – 5 October 2018)
Learn How To Use Influence Positively More than 60 years of research and study have been done on human behaviour and influence, and it points to one thing – human behaviour can be highly predictable if we know the various triggers? We need to challenge our beliefs about influence. Here are three conventional beliefs about […]