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The Crazy Ones Change The World

2 Comments Published April 28th, 2008 in Life.

This is the commercial of Apple.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=No1MxAnHuJM

Pay attention to what it says:

Here’s to the crazy ones

The misfits

The rebels

The troublemakers

The round pegs in the square holes

The ones who see things differently

They’re not fond of rules

And they have no respect for the status quo

You can quote them, disagree with them

glorify or vilify them

But the only thing you can’t do is ignore them

Because they change things

They push the human race forward

While some may see them as the crazy ones, we see genius

Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world

are the ones who do

The crazy ones in this commercial include: Albert Einstein, Bob Dylan, Martin Luther King Jr., Richard Branson, John Lennon, Thomas Edison, Muhannad Ali, Maria Callas, Mahatma Gandhi, Amelia Earhart, Alfred Hitchcock, Jim Henson, Picasso…

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Promises Are To Be Kept

0 Comments Published April 21st, 2008 in Happiness, Friendship, Thoughts.

Promises are to be kept.

In every relationship, trust is the corner-stone and keeping promises is the only way to build up trust.

Promises can be large - politicians promising to turn around the economy in 4 years.

Promises can be small - calling your girl-friend at the agreed time.

Don’t be light-hearted. Large and small, promises are promises. Once broken, it leaves a crack on the trust between you two.

What if due to some unforeseen circumstances, you envisage that you can’t keep your promises?

Tell the truth before “the promise delivery date” and if possible, give a reason - to manage the expectation of your people / girlfriend - so that they / she won’t be disappointed finding out that you fail to deliver when the time comes.

What if you did plan to and was confident that you could keep your promise but somehow failed?

Apologize and be honest and give the reason to your people / girlfriend immediately. Don’t let them think that you’re a liar / somebody taking them for granted, somebody not keeping promises / somebody not trust-worthy. For once the negative impression is formed, it takes extra effort (if ever possible) to win them back. For once you are labelled incredible, your every action will be doubted.

What if you are not sure you can keep a promise, but would like to give one out anyhow to cheer up your voters / girlfriend?

My advice would be: Don’t make any promises unless you are determined to follow-through. True that they will be happy when you initiate it, but, they will hate you more when they find out that you don’t really have the heart to make real.

Indeed, people will even be more delighted when you under promise and over deliver. Afterall, people are result oriented, and action always speaks louder than words.

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Want More Good Luck? Network!

0 Comments Published April 14th, 2008 in Law of Attraction, Life, Thoughts.

Do you want more good luck in life?

We all do, right?

There is one easy way to get lucky: go out, mingle, meet new friends and old ones - network!

Why?

Because you may find a new friend who clicks, a business partner, a wise guy who answers your doubt…

Because you may find a way to help some people.

Because you will discover an interesting topic.

Because through the interaction and conversation you get to know more about yourself.

Because we are less than 6 degrees apart - the more people you get to know, the broader is your spider net and the higher the possibility you find your match - be it a partner, a good friend, a drinking buddy, an expert on a particular subject, a celebrity…

Enjoy the conversation, enjoy the inspirations.

And you never know - one day they will lend you a helping hand, or you lend them yours.

When you are open to new encounters, when you let people approach you, get to know you, you build bondages and new connections. And you don’t need to be too calculating in your networking, just enjoy the friendship and you will get it all.

Remember, afterall, it’s not what you know, it’s who you know that matters.

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Rewarding A Bad Behaviour

0 Comments Published April 8th, 2008 in Psychology, Happiness, Friendship, Life.

Have you ever wondered why your partner / kids / colleagues treat you badly? “I was always nice and considerate to them…” you thought.

The problem, maybe exactly that you have been too nice and considerate.

A easy-going character is always a merit. Yet, being a nice and considerate person doesn’t mean that you don’t stand up for yourself when you’re being let down.

Say, for instance, your partner was home late again, drunk. Instead of confronting his inconsiderate behaviour, you put up with it, you pretend that you’re OK with it, hoping that your partner would appreciate your being considerate and behave.

The result? He comes home later and later, he is always drunk.

This is indeed psychology 101. People tend to repeat what is being rewarded. When your partner can enjoy his late night drinking party with your absence of attitude about it, this habit is actually being encouraged - and therefore will continue.

The advice? Be honest - be honest to yourself and to the people around you, give constructive feedback to the people you love. Say no, if that’s you want to say. Remember that “if you can’t say no in a relationship, you have to say no to the relationship.”

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Feeling So Insecure… We All Do

0 Comments Published April 5th, 2008 in Psychology, Life, Thoughts, Belief.

Don’t you feel insecure when you lauch a new project, land on a new job, or simply when being introduced to a couple of new friends or visiting a new hip restaurant?

You thought that you’re the only one with the the sweaty palms?

I thought so before.

Then, this is true for everybody.

Even the most confident / the riches / the powerful person has his / her own insecurity - only that you don’t know it.

Robert Kiyosaki, the author of the best selling Rich Dad Poor Dad shared that when he lauched the beta version of his Cash-flow Game and learnt that a CPA was going to test play the game the next day, what ran through his mind was “I felt like I was about to be busted, exposed as a fraud.” The happened was the CPA, Sharon L. Lechter, who test played the game loved it so much that she’s so confident in its potential and became the partner of Robert Kiyosaki,while the game did turned out extremely popular world-wide.

The morale?

Never ever let your insecure feeling stops you. We all doubt ourselves. We are not perfect. But, it doesn’t mean that we can’t try, nor that we can’t succeed.

We won’t only when we don’t take the first step, or, may be the second.

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