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For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also

27. November 2006

This is weird. I went to a friend’s beautiful wedding last Saturday, and first heard the proverb “For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” (Mathew 6:21) On Friday night, I saw it in big bold letters on the building across from the seat I’d randomly managed to secure in the food-court, [...]

Do You Want To Feel Alive?

8. November 2006

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Hi everyone! I just got back from a wonderful 3 day getaway to the beaches of Bintan. It was the best time I’d had in a long time Before I left, I was feeling stressed, detached, and uninspired. Knowing I’d have the chance to be away, I resolved that I’d practice a timeless technique [...]

What Are You Grateful For Today?

19. October 2006

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After watching The Pianist, the true story of how Vladislav Spelman survived the Holocaust as a Jew living in occupied Poland, I wasn’t only struck by the horrors he endured, but also by how privileged I was living my own life. One of the most effective ways to stop worrying and boost your personal power is [...]

Who Binds You?

2. October 2006

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This Zen parable is for someone for whom I’ve been talking for a while. A man once went to a Zen master and asked; ‘Master, I must seek liberation.’ The teacher asked, ‘Who binds you?’ The student answered; ‘I do not know. Perhaps I bind myself.’ So the teacher replied, ‘In that case, why seek liberation of me? In [...]

Seeing Things As They Are

13. February 2006

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I think one of the most essential things to do, without which you cannot ever hope to grow very far in life, and which is also one of the hardest things to do; is to see things as they really are. What do I mean by this? How many times have you heard people (or yourself!) give [...]

Get Comfortable Outside Your Comfort Zone

10. February 2006

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This may a little bit deviate from Alvin’s theme on Gratitude. At the same time, from another angle it’s really related because you should be gratify of all the challenges that is coming into your life. And that’s reason why you should be comfortable coming out of your comfort zone. If you remember the earlier post by [...]

Revealing the Hidden Assumptions

6. January 2006

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Everyone of us function daily on the basis of our assumptions. Assumptions are formed from the day we are born. We have to assume things like our transport will take us to where we want to go, the bank will keep our money safely, etc etc in order to prevent too much conscious thinking and [...]

What Do You Stand For?

29. December 2005

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What's acronym of your name?

Don’t Say What You Mean!

22. December 2005

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Don't say what you mean. Say what you want!

What is Rapport?

22. December 2005

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There’s a common misunderstanding that rapport is all about getting the other person to like you. While that is often a nice effect of having rapport, it is not the core of rapport at all. What rapport is, is this: Rapport means you demonstrate understanding of the other person’s model of the world. It has nothing to do [...]

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For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also

Do You Want To Feel Alive?

What Are You Grateful For Today?

Who Binds You?

Seeing Things As They Are

Get Comfortable Outside Your Comfort Zone

Revealing the Hidden Assumptions

What Do You Stand For?

Don’t Say What You Mean!

What is Rapport?

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