Author Archives: Shark Rabbit

I have an important team presentation to our clients this week. After our dry run today, some of my teammates suggested adding some more materials to my presentation part. It was a good suggestion, but I felt an increase in nagging self-doubt in me. How can I gain my confidence back before the presentation? AccordingContinue reading “Learn to do mental rehearsal right”

How wonderful would it be if you have only positive, happy feelings inside? Unfortunately, that is not the case for most of us. There are some techniques to deal with negative feelings. Some suggest that you keep quantifying the level of the negativity (e.g., the scale of 1 – 10) and name the negativity likeContinue reading “Learn to handle negative feelings”

No one is free from failures and setbacks. I learned this fact in my late thirties. Don’t get me wrong. I had many setbacks but I always worked hard to achieve my goals. And I was getting what I want until I hit my late thirties. By then, I had my own family, and IContinue reading “Learn to fight tooth and nail”

Today I noticed that someone I care seems to care more for someone else. I was consumed by the jealousy feeling and could not shake it off. Out of my frustration, I searched for ways to deal with jealousy. It turns out that such feelings are rooted in our early childhood experiences from our parentsContinue reading “Learn to deal with jealousy”

One of the qualities I like myself is tenacity. I don’t give up easily. I am like a snapping turtle: once I engage in a thing, I won’t let it go until it completes. But now I felt that the quality put me in misery I never know existed. I clung on to something thatContinue reading “Learn to Walk Away”

In my household where I grew up, we seldom said, “I love you.” to each other. We felt that you need to express love through your actions, not through mere words. Our parents worked hard to provide us with a comfortable living because they loved us. They felt that just saying, “I love you.” didContinue reading “Learn to say “I love you.””

I am losing my focus lately because my mind is preoccupied with a dramatical event in my life. I want to be able to focus with a clear mind. I need to, but I cannot! I searched the web to find out if there are some techniques to gain focus. Some supplements can increase focusContinue reading “Learn to focus”

Throughout my life, there was always someone in my life from whom I tried so hard to obtain approval or recognition. At this time of my life, I am finally free from all the meagerness. Now it is time to accept who I am. Nobody is going to judge you or criticize you for whatContinue reading “Learn to accept who you are”

Come to think of it, I have done my share of socializing and making friends whenever I enter a new environment and a new phase of my life. But lately, I was too comfortable in my current environment and communities and stop socializing. When was the last time I put my forth effort to socializeContinue reading “Learn to socialize”

There are many books about gaining good habits. It is always easy to acquire a bad habit, such as eating junk foods, but why is it so hard to make a simple good habit stick? For instance, practice something every day. Two years ago, I picked up the violin for the first time, but neverContinue reading “Learn to practice every day”