Anywhere from 75 to 90% of a project manager’s time is spent communicating – Project Management by Stephen Hartley I couldn’t agree more after working with a brilliant team to start up the first Shell Eco-marathon Asia, a regional sustainable mobility challenge for university students in Kuala Lumpur in 2010. Besides working on staging the physical event, […]
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Rejection feels like running into a brick wall. Defeated. The door slams shut in your face as you were trying to get your foot in, yet again. Disappointed. You try to get up, only to have the wind knocked out of you. Rejected. You have done nothing to deserve this yet you feel like you […]
To live fully, we must learn to use things and love people, and not love things and use people. ― John Powell Are you are in a constant rush, one activity to another? Multitasking trying hard to juggle competing priorities? Feel you don’t have the time to stop and take a break? This “superman complex” is […]
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It’s a tough job
One of the toughest roles that I have taken on is being a father. It’s one that you start with no experience and learn as you go along. I remember feeling on top of the world when Joshua, my eldest son was born 12 years ago. It was the most awesome feeling to witness his […]
Fear paralyses but love sets you free. What’s your biggest failure? That’s a tough question to answer. Nobody likes to talk about failure. It’s much more comfortable to talk about success. But you learn a lot more when you fail. The last six months have been trying times job hunting for me with no results. The […]
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Time to just get over it
Just get over it. That is sometimes the best advice when you get stuck in a rut and start feeling sorry for yourself. You need the strength and courage to pick yourself up and just move on. No amount of thinking, rationalizing, analyzing, blaming, whatever is going to work. So just get over it. That […]
Remember finding the right job is NOT what it’s all about. There is more to life than pursuing a chosen career. Work is a means to an end not an end in itself.