Shine With Grace

Are you stretching yourself too thin?
Don’t you feel that there are too many things to do, too many projects to look into, and simply, too many ideas/options/choices and therefore, distractions…  
And this is different from being busy.  When one is busy but focused, he/she could be pretty efficient in getting the things done.  But, if you are stretching yourself too thin, you’d probably find yourself all over the […]

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Are you honest with yourself?
I didn’t realise it before, but, more and more, I find that we do fool ourselves (sometimes, if not always), and it takes a lot of awareness and honesty to face our true selves, our real intention.
Denial
Remember the fable of the grapes we learnt in kindergarten?  We do take up that […]

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Being a perfectionist
Are you a perfectionist? 
I am one. 
And I found that, the constant quest for perfection though brings (pushes for) high quality output, it also backfires.
Sometimes it’s not high quality output it brings, but zero output - for when you expect yourself too high, you are never satisfied, you are hardy happy with what you’ve […]

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When you think that you have done nothing wrong, when you think that it’s your boyfriend / girlfriend / husband / wife / parents / boss / the government’s fault, fat chance that you’ve made some serious mistake.
I am the victim
Over-heard the following conversation from a phone-in programme on TV:
The civil servants’ salary should not […]

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You are desperate.
You have a quota to meet and you have not signed any contract in this month so far.
You push yourself harder.  You made more cold calls.  You tried every sales technique you know in order to lure, press, inspire your clients.
Nothing happens.

You are desperate.
You have been out of love for 3 years and really […]

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