Just as I clicked on the "Submit" button, a thought ran through my mind: does altruism really exist? I was transferring funds from my bank to the Community Chest, my preferred charitable organisation (a preference years of playing Monopoly developed). Why am I donating? was all I could think. But I did so anyway. I... Continue Reading →
On Happiness
A passage I thought especially enlightening from the book The Art of Happiness, authored by Howard C. Cutler with the Dalai Lama: [H]appiness is determined more by one's state of mind than by external events. Success may result in a temporary feeling of elation, or tragedy may send us into a period of depression, but... Continue Reading →
Invisible Strings of Association
I'm currently reading the book The 11th Element by Robert Allen. 15 pages into the book and I hit a paragraph where the author lists some far-fetched claims of occasions that I may have had experience with the "11th element": You've tapped in "the invisible network" yourself. Haven't there been times when you knew something... Continue Reading →
Happy Valentine’s
Happy valentine's day my dear. May it be the second of many more to come.
Happy Valentine's
Happy valentine's day my dear. May it be the second of many more to come.
An IFA Career
A couple of posts back, I wrote about my foray into sales and how I was seriously considering a career as an IFA (or independent financial advisor) representative. The first few days after making the decision were great -- I felt that I had at long last settled on what I had wanted to do;... Continue Reading →
The Secret Law of Attraction: Fact or Fiction?
I recently came across a video detailing "the secret law of attraction" -- secret because people don't know about it, and a law because it is infallible. In essence, what the law of attraction tells is that we get what we think about most of the time. Is the law of attraction really that effective?... Continue Reading →
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