What Differentiates The Successful & Unsuccessful People
July 30, 2007
A few months ago, our local newspaper featured a billionaire remisier who bought an entire building of condominium in an expensive district. His main reason for doing so? Neighbours.
He didn’t like having neighbours around so reckoned the best way to keep them out was to buy the whole condominium. Currently, the building is only occupied by his family and some of his friends who are privileged enough to be invited. And the carpark is a garage for housing his expensive collection of luxury cars.
That piece of news set tongues wagging and needless to say, some of those tongues belonged to my friends 
They began analyzing.
They tried to understand what was going through those successful people’s minds for them to have resorted to such radical behaviour and shared with me their thoughts.
Subconsciously, they have already accepted that the billionaire remisier is successful. That the fact he possess the wealth capable enough of doing such a seemingly “outrageous” action is an indication he’s successful.
But they failed to see one thing. Read more
How to Live With Uncertainty
July 27, 2007
Are you starting a new job, getting married or relocating to a different country next week and feeling all jittery about it?
Well, a good friend of mine was experiencing the same, exact unsettling feeling 2 months ago. She had taken up a company posting to a distant land but couldn’t let herself off for making that decision. She kept worrying about leaving her family and friends behind and wondered if she would be able to adjust to the weather, culture and food etc. You name it, she had pondered about it.
But in my opinion, I don’t think she was really worried about what would happen. Because if she knew that, knowing her personality, she would be well prepared for it to dismiss that fear.
Paradoxically, she was worried about something that wasn’t on the game plan.
She was scared about the unknown, a state we call the uncertainty. Read more
