To write effective e-mails always assume readers are starved for time. Start with the most important points you want to put across whenever you write e-mails that are meant to inform or persuade. This ensures that as soon as your readers read the first few sentences of your writing they'll know what it's about. And even if they skim or... Continue Reading →
To be a perfect speller, follow these two rules: Be careful and double check -- Don't be complacent. If you have even the inkling of doubt that what you've just typed or wrote is wrong, don't risk it. Find out. Use a search engine -- In general it's faster than using an online dictionary. Most browsers... Continue Reading →
It is one of my strongest beliefs that touch typing is the most important computer skill that you can learn and should master. Here are 6 reasons why: It can help you become more productive. Time saved typing means more time for more value-added work. I cannot emphasise this enough. I've seen countless of my colleagues spend hours crafting... Continue Reading →
The cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. -- Oscar Wilde Opportunity cost can help you make better decisions because it helps put your decisions in context. Costs and benefits are framed in terms of what is most important to you at the time of the decision. Every time we make... Continue Reading →
The wife and I are going back to Perth next March! Our son favourite ex-housemate is graduating! He’s now officially a doctor (we’re so proud!) Though the last time we were there was more than three years ago, way back in 2009, knowing Perth’s reputation it’d be just about exactly as we had left it.
I was feeling down so I went to the shops And got myself a radio. It was on sale. --No returns. --No refunds. No problem. I brought it home and turned it on. It made me happy. My mind was busy with its mindless chatter. --No thoughts. --No feelings. No problem. Then she spoke to... Continue Reading →
It’s coming to the end of the year. Lots of major dates! Soon, it’d be the hand-holding anniversary of the wife and I (28th Nov); then it’ll be my birthday in early December (along with a load of my best bud’s birthdays: two on the 2nd of December, one on the 13th, and then a... Continue Reading →
Of late, I've become an increasingly greater fan of this game called "Type Racer". In case you're not sure what it is, it's an online game where you compete against other people to see who can type faster (in real-time, which is really cool). I used to play these sorts of typing test games all... Continue Reading →
I tend to live in the future more than I live in the present or the past. I’m constantly thinking about what comes next, and how events will come to transpire. This tendency of mine is both blessing and curse. It is a blessing because I’m constantly planning ahead: nasty surprises are few and far... Continue Reading →
Life is like a rubber ball God drops from high above. From the heights of Eden We fall to the depths of Hell Where we refuse to linger. We bounce. And fly towards a momentary stasis Where Heaven and Earth collide, Before we are forced to drop once more. Up. And down. Up. And down.... Continue Reading →
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