Do you often feel overwhelmed at work? Are you straining under the weight of your responsibilities? Are you a perfectionist constantly agonising over all the details you need to manage? We cannot possible control everything! And the resultant stress of trying to do so is not nice to live with.

Faith is the answer. I am not talking religion here. Faith means doing the best we can (without killing …

You can become a success through playing by your own rules (ethics and morals), working to your own higher purpose, and chasing your own dreams.

Or you can do what everyone else is doing, adopt their ethics and morals, and chase the conventional definition of success.

You can’t do both. Your rules; your life. Or not.

“…the best commercial strategy for my tomorrows is to be present at all times today.” Peter Tunjic, Thoughtpost Legal, writing in Bill Jensen’s book: What is your life’s work?.

The Nice Factor Book: Are you too nice for your own good? By Robin Chandler and Jo Ellen Grzyb. ISBN 0-671-02948-7.

This book just leapt out of the shelves at me! I have been told I am often too nice and let some people walk all over me. I just had to read this book.

An entertaining and easy read. With tips to raise …

Cubicle Commando: Intrapreneurs, Innovation and Corporate Realities. By Lisa Messenger and Zern Liew. ISBN 0-9775519-0-3.

It may come across as a strange thing to do, but I am reading a book I had an intimate hand in writing. It is quite amazing how the disciplined writing process can capture and structure so many seemingly loose and unrelated thoughts gathered over years of business practice. …

This is a piece of insider wisdom from the adult services industry. You don’t work when you are desperate, because it leads you to compromise your values. You may do things you never thought you would. And you may engage with people who are not good for you. (Don’t ask where I got this from, and no, it is not what you think. :P)

I had the dubious opportunity to be handed an evangelical booklet the other day. This was one of those comic-book-like affairs with nice black ink drawings. It is ironic to note that in this day where the media and advertising ram hysteria, fear and uncertainty down our collective throats 24/7, a religion still chooses to use overwhelming fear as the drawcard to their beliefs.

Opportunity: someone should start a …

You are reading a book, an article, or a blog post. The piece spoke to you. It resonated with something inside you. You thought “Wow! This is great. I must contact the author!” You get on to email… Then you stop.

“Why would they want to hear from me? They don’t know me! They probably have loads of more important people writing to them. I don’t have much to …

I gave a talk to a group of Year 10 students recently on the Power of Choice. After the talk, one student came up to me and asked “Should I become a spray painter or an electrician?” I said “Do both!” And the look on his face made my day. How often we forget the power of small words!

When buying your dream home, are you making design decisions based on what you want? Or the resell value of the house? It strikes me that many people sacrifice what they way in their dream home for fear of eroding the resell value. They live with something somewhat “impoverished”, but that may make them more money if they were to sell it in the future. A prudent economic …