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 […]
The True Spirit of Leadership (Featured On The Straits Times, 1 June 2018)
The Essence of Leadership If you search online for the term ‘leadership,’ you’ll encounter over 765 million results. Among these definitions, one particularly stands out: ‘the action of leading a group of people or an organization, or the ability to do this.’ This definition is profound because it shifts the focus from titles or positions […]
The Science of Happiness (Featured On The Straits Times – 15 June 2018)
THE SCIENCE OF HAPPINESS To many people, happiness continues to be a myth. Many remain in search of that happiness through tangible outcomes, be it a promotion, money, or buying more stuff that eventually ends up in the storeroom. I called it the “accidental happiness” – short-lived happiness that requires us to keep looking repeatedly […]
Retaining Talent (Featured On The Straits Times – 15 March 2018)
RETAINING TALENT THROUGH EMPLOYEE RETENTION Organizations struggle with the concept of talent retention in a competitive job market. Often, activities held to engage their staff are just done so that they can be ticked off a checklist. Such activities lack purpose so they do not work. Therefore, an organization must change its perspective and strategy […]
Make Career Success Your Personal Mission (Featured On The Straits Times – 19 July 2018)
Take control of the direction you want to go in and the milestones you want to achieve, for career development and success should be a personal responsibility. Gone are the days where you expect your employer to lay out a career path for you. Today, employees and their employers are encouraged to work together to […]