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Several axioms I’ve learnt and committed to memory in recent days. Mediocrity begins with a closed mind. People who refuse to step into the shoes of others are doomed to live their lives out with a narrow perspective. Sounds like common sense, but you’d be surprised how many people refuse to take off their rose-tinted glasses. People only go on the [....] Continue reading Axioms Feb 2010 I was reading TIME magazine’s profile on Robert Gates when this paragraph and its last quote just jumped out at me. The public saw only the poker face. " ‘Never let them see you sweat’ — you can put that above Gates’ door," says Richard Armitage, an old friend and colleague. Four years later, while serving as Deputy National Security Adviser [....] Continue reading A humbling quote Update 11 Jan 2010: Real artists painting over the “vandalized” postboxes. Picture from ST. Looks like SingPost did a nice turnaround by getting real (ie. talented) artists to paint over the “vandalized” postboxes (actually I should remove the apostrophes as I do consider the postboxes vandalized). From what the press says, this repaint is being managed by a different agency [....] Continue reading SingPost fiasco: where was the creativity? This is the 7th entry in my upcoming book “50 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me Earlier”. If you’ve done home renovations before, you know how painful the whole process is. This article applies to renovation of small apartments and doing proper future-proofing, I’m afraid I’m too poor to tell you how to renovate a bungalow right Back [....] Continue reading Chapter 7: Renovating Your House For The Future This is the 6th chapter in my upcoming book “50 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me Earlier”. The previous chapters were getting a bit too serious, so here’s something less philosophical, but no less important. The photo above is that of our wedding bands which I designed after watching too many episodes of Xena the Warrior Princess. Whenever people [....] Continue reading Chapter 6: The Wedding Survival Guide This is the 5th chapter in my upcoming book: “50 Things I Wish Someone Had Told Me Earlier” Some years ago I sat down with my mum’s old friend and insurance agent, Uncle Tong Hai, for lunch, and he related a story of a client who was perpetually unhappy. The conversation went something like this: “He was very wealthy but he was [....] Continue reading Chapter 5: How to solve problems quickly This is the fourth chapter of my upcoming book “50 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Earlier”. I started teaching Isaac how to play chess yesterday (9 Dec 2009) and I kicked it off by explaining the role of the pawn and how he could move and attack the other pieces. Today, I went on to the role of the knight [....] Continue reading Chapter 4: Life’s really a game of chess Some of you might remember Darren’s story which I wrote the night after he got married in Sep 2006. When I was a journo I asked Darren if I could write the newspaper story on him, but he was too shy. He’s not so shy now, and my dear ex-colleague Wan Ching finally did the deed a few days ago [....] Continue reading Darren’s Story Part II |
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