“Your past is not equal to your future.” Did you ever heard of this statement? While you may have heard it and understand it. Have you really unshackled your past? Are you still being haunted by the past?
I have not. Continue reading
If you have been following my blog, you would have remember the post, I Felt Like A Loser. I lost a deal, but things were not as bad as I thought. Thought I lost that deal, I got busier. Interesting that things turned out this way. It might be a blessing that I lost the deal, because I might not have the time to handle this deal.
Do you have “friends” whom you refuse to speak to them? From your perspective, these “friends” did some terrible things to you. You were no longer friends with them since then.
I had friends who did some terrible things to hurt me in the past. I couldn’t forgive them even though it was the right thing to do, I just couldn’t do it. My hair behind my neck would stand upon hearing their names. The anger would start boiling in me when someone mentioned their names. Continue reading
I was excited. Who wouldn’t be when a international bank called to give you money? A well-known bank requested me to do a training for 80 participants. What an opportunity to generate income and to add strength into my portfolio.
I did what most sales person will do, find out what they wanted and the constrains in budget that they faced. Understanding their requirements, at least I thought I understood, I got my proposal ready on the day of our first meeting.
Little did I know this meeting would turn out to be a nightmare.
Honestly, I was tired for the past two months because business result hasn’t been blossoming. Enrollment for Public Presentation Mastery got stagnant in the new year. Losing a five-figure corporate deal didn’t make me feel any better.
So I asked, how much longer can I hang on to this alone?
This is not a coaching post. This is not a post about discovering the deeper you. This is a post about taking responsibility for your result. This is a post to remind myself to walk the talk, and not just paying lip services.
A blockbuster, Life of Pi stirred up great discussion with my friends. Our discussion was opinionated but it revealed human’s behaviour. Our discussion revealed the origins of arguments and disappointments in life.
We talked about a wide array of topics regarding the movie. Our discussion range from the visual, to the lessons learned in the movie. Generally we found that most of our views are the same until he mentioned that he was disappointed with the theme.
Almost immediately I wanted to jump into the movie’s defence, but I held back. Several questions popped up two seconds later.
