Category Archives: Life

Talking among my female friends, I realized that many are deeply offended by criticism. The source of the criticism can be from our spouse, family members, and friends. Sometimes it can be an acquaintance who may say something about your Facebook post. If it is a constructive criticism, we should learn to take it right.Continue reading “Learn to fend off criticism”

I recently joined a hiking group and started to hike long hikes with many hills and dales. When climbing hills, I feel like I am the Little Engine that could, huffing and puffing miserably. During our hike, one of the hikers mentioned about a runner who suffered from a memory disorder. Because of the disorder,Continue reading “Learn to climb hills”

We had a small get-together for our friend’s birthday a couple of nights ago. I was dreadful about going out after work, worrying about many things like if I could meet them at the promised time with the heavy traffic, if I needed to go home to change for the appropriate attire, or if IContinue reading “Learn to celebrate”

I was told a story about communication from a well-known communication coach once. He was at an airport waiting for his plane. He bought himself a magazine and a bag of cookies at the stand and sat down in his chair and started to read the magazine. Then he noticed that a lady sitting nextContinue reading “Learn to communicate (really communicate)”

It has been almost two years since I listen to Earl Nightingale’s Lead the Field CDs during my commute. These CDs have been helping me in developing better attitudes toward life. Naturally, I was curious about his other inspirational work – the Strangest Secret. Originally Earl wrote this short message for a group of salespeople.Continue reading “Learn from the Strangest Secret”

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”