Richard St John ’s take on success (a short 3-minute video) really summarises what all of us are looking for when pursuing success. Based on my personal experiences, I believe that the various factors mentioned in his presentation do apply to all our lives (the part on “pushy mums” is rather interesting and it is true for some of [...]

Jill Bolte Taylor’s speech on how her stroke enables her to reach an epiphany is both humourous and insightful, and enables us to understand with further details on how our brain works, specifically the left and right hemispheres. As Jill Bolte’s stroke causes a brain haemorrhage in the left brain hemisphere of her brain, it [...]

It has often been said that there are two fallacies of life that we must take note of, the first being committing the mistake of being arrogant. Arrogant individuals are usually people who feel that they are superior to others in certain aspects such as intelligence or capability. And at times, this is indeed the [...]

We are often advised since our childhood days by many individuals to read more books. This will increase our literacy level (which is true) and enable us to be more knowledgeable (which is also true). However, there is something that is often not highlighted to us, which is the fact that mere reading of books [...]

In life, it is always good to handle life with a sense of calmness and patience. And this practice is becoming more crucial and essential to us as our pace of life speeds up. We are often told to multitask. While this- on the surface- seems efficient (how many times have you listen to music while [...]