February 22, 2010
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We’ve talked about maximizing your strengths on the previous post, now what do we do with your weaknesses?
We all have our bad times. Or perhaps some of us are already born with the certain disadvantages that put us a notch below the others. But actually, who is it that is there to determine what is normal or success? And how do we weight ourselves, is it from your heart, or is it from how others see you?
After watching this talk by Aimee Mullins on TEDs, I guess she gave us a very simple but powerful answer.
“It is not so much about overcoming adversity as it is opening ourselves to it, embracing it. Grappling with it. Maybe even dancing with it. Perhaps as we see adversity as something natural, consistent and useful, we’re less burdened by the presence of it. “
Dancing with adversity, making it your partner. Now that’s some new idea that we all can use.
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November 5, 2009
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I have always believed that simple words or quotes, by anyone on the net, shows the zeitgeist of our time.
No matter how funny, how sad, how philosophical, how boring, how exciting, how stupid, how smart these quotes might seem to be, they do mean a thing. It might seem to be meaningless at first glance, they might not mean a thing to you, but when you’re looking at it, closely, how many things are happening around us, all of us, each second, each minute?
“When life gives you a hundred reasons to cry, show life that you have a thousand reasons to smile. =)” — Umay Es
“The man of wisdom is never of two minds; the man of benevolence never worries; the man of courage is never afraid –Confucius” — Alan Yip
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October 18, 2009
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I have always believed that simple words or quotes, by anyone on the net, shows the zeitgeist of our time.
No matter how funny, how sad, how philosophical, how boring, how exciting, how stupid, how smart these quotes might seem to be, they do mean a thing. It might seem to be meaningless at first glance, they might not mean a thing to you, but when you’re looking at it, closely, how many things are happening around us, all of us, each second, each minute?
“there are many variables to success – reactive, manipulatable and constant. You may not control all, but you control one variable: yourself.” — Aldric Tinker
“Ideal drivers – road etiquette = Malaysian drivers.” — KLue Magazine Oct ’09
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October 13, 2009
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Attention to details?
“If you want to be successful. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing, and believe in what you are doing.” – David Venter
I have always believed that simple words or quotes, by anyone on the net, shows the zeitgeist of our time.
No matter how funny, how sad, how philosophical, how boring, how exciting, how stupid, how smart these quotes might seem to be, they do mean a thing. It might seem to be meaningless at first glance, they might not mean a thing to you, but when you’re looking at it, closely, how many things are happening around us, all of us, each second, each minute?
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