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 [...]

 
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It’s amazing how ordinary people like us are able to achieve extraordinary things once we have put our mind to it. I believe that all of us have the abilities to achieve great things once we have focus, determination and perseverance.  While many of us may not be recognised by the world for our [...]

 
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All of us have the capacity to be curious about things, to want to know and to explore, examine as well as analyse. However, all of us are not doing this at the same rate. Inquisitiveness is an important quality that is within us but not all of us are releasing that potential. The [...]

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The abovementioned video illustrates the importance of teamwork both in the classroom and in the workplace. In life, we have to work as a team to achieve more through collaboration. It’s amazing that the more you give, the more you receive.  And you will often be assisted by others [...]

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The abovementioned video lists the prominent pitfalls when presenting your slides. If the video is slow in loading, the points mentioned are listed below:

Avoid wordy slides so as not to lose the audience’s attention.
Do check your spellings and finalise your slides before the presentations. (Remember, too many spelling error dents your [...]

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The above video is an interesting take by writers for writers on writing. I hope the series of quotes will inspire you to write better. Especially noteworthy is the fact that we do not write in order to be understood. We write in order to understand. And this is [...]