I wish I did that more; speaking up in class. Unfortunately, the opportunity for that has gone, and my marks have been locked in. Now, I'm facing an almost insurmountable hurdle in the final examinations to get the grade I so desire. If I work hard now, will it happen? But then again, should it... Continue Reading →
Does Jesus Really Save?
Imagine that you are going through one of the hardest times of your life. Your performance at work is much to be desired, and your relationship with your loved ones appear to be going down the drain. You turn to drinking to ease your troubles, but this habit only serves to make things worse. One... Continue Reading →
Firefox Download Day
Today's the Firefox Download Day! Get your copy of Firefox 3 now and help set a new Guinness record!
The Intellectual Businessman
Businessmen, or businesspeople, are generally not considered the intellectual kind. You don't have to go far to find a person who holds the belief that "to succeed in business, you don't have to be really smart". I had never really thought about this until recently, when it was mentioned during one of the training sessions... Continue Reading →
Learning about what really matters
I would like to follow up a little on my previous post on sensitivity analysis. Writing on sensitivity analysis wasn't quite my aim in writing that piece; I was actually hoping to get down on paper (or screen) something I've long felt but didn't quite express before: the tug-of-war between striving for achievement and going... Continue Reading →
Sensitivity Analysis
I'm currently taking a unit called decision making, and in it we get quite into the nitty-gritty of this thing called sensitivity analysis. Sensitivity analysis is, in a nutshell, the study on how sensitive an output is to variations of input. For example, is one percent inspiration and 99 percent perspiration really needed for genius?... Continue Reading →
How Smart People Can Be So Stupid
I'm currently reading a book called Why Smart People Can Be So Stupid, edited by Robert J. Sternberg. The book, as the title suggests, is a compilation of essays written by various authors on some of the sub-optimal behaviours that otherwise "smart" people engage in. The first essay in the book that I read, called... Continue Reading →
Complementary Love
When it comes to love -- though it may be hard to tell the difference -- seek not one who compliments you, but one who complements you.
Eat That Frog
About a couple of months ago I submitted an application for a job doing fund-raising via the phone. This not only surprised me, but surprised some of my close friends and family too. I don't know how many of you know me well enough to know I hate telephones, but I do. It wasn't always... Continue Reading →
A Second Chance
I received the results of one of my mid-semester just the other day. I got a little above what I had expected -- I had expected a pretty low score -- and was more relieved than anything else when I saw what I had gotten; but even with this sense of relief, deep down inside... Continue Reading →
Donn, fragments 