Just another Sunday
Was reading the Chinese Newspaper this morning and the headline is 1 out of 4 local men are marrying overseas bride. Hmmmm..... interesting but I think this trend will definitely be increasing since Singaporeans need to embrace globalisation more than anything else. Just in case, there are local ladies reading this, there is also increasing number of local women marrying overseas man, but there were no exact figures given. With Singapore needing to welcome more talented foreigners into our land, locals having overseas spouse would be increasing. Maybe it is time Singapore look at our marriage laws in our land and see if we can be more accomodating (as in less red tape for these people to apply permanent residency here) As for me, I still think there are some good ones out there (have found one but ...), so I will keep looking. I do prefer locals but that does not mean I will stick to my preferences without flexibility. Most important is the character and intelligence I am talking abt in the last blog entry.
Just realise that I have more than 100 entries in my blog already, so was looking through the entries that I have written before. I am amazed at some of the things I have written, and like what was written in my friend's blog, I have seen my growth and thinking grown and bloom. EQ at work, biz and networking has grown. Knowledge has grown tremendously as well, especially on the health side. Of course, I also witness my biggest mistake made in my life (and still regretting and finding the meaning of it) when going through my blog.
Things have been going well for me on most fronts, as most of you who have been following my blog would know. But it seems that I have not been able to achieve my goals set out as quick as I wanted to be these few months. I do attain the goals I set out to do but most of the time it missed the deadline that I set out. The motivation level is just not there like last time anymore, something seem to be missing, and has yet to find it out. I need that extra thing to push me to the next level, but something seem to be missing. Mixed feelings! But no matter what, I will not let such thing stop me from achieving things, at least I am still achieving them so things are not that bad. Maybe I will discover the missing 'ingredient' as I move on in life.
Today was reading this book called "Making Strategy Work" and "Built to Last" both are business books. "Making Strategy Work" as the title says, is about how to make strategy work. Basically the book was written base on two surveys that was done. One of the surveys, was conducted by Wharton School of Business. I have read half of the book and make comparison with Sun Zi Art of War. As most of you would know, I am a fanatic about Chinese Ancient Military Works, and always find a lot of applications of the works in business books and "Making Strategy Work" is no exception. The main points mentioned in the book so far is that, knowledge sharing and information flow, incentive system and organization structure may impede the successful execution of strategy. But all these points have been mentioned in Sun Zi Art of War. Knowledge sharing and information flow was mentioned in Sun Zi Art of War Chapter 7 and the rest I have mentioned are found in Chapter 1 but they are briefly mentioned. So you see we can find a lot of business applications from Sun Zi Art of War. Mixing my passion of Chinese History with Business, YEAH!!! Now is to take steps to make this mix of two passions into my 'job'. People who are doing business or are interested in doing business should read up these works. Sun Zi Art of War is definitely a good book to start with. But in my research so far. Sun Zi Art of War, touches a lot of areas briefly, so you will need to read other works as well, and since there are lack of good literature on others, maybe you should consider picking up Chinese. :P
Going to start on my third leg of training, but I got news that there will be a fourth leg! Another three more days! Haha! No need to go back to the desk job for another 3 days! YES!! Crossing my fingers I am able to conduct training for 5 days per mth, so that I can have more time to work on my other passion. As most of you would know, I like the lifestyle I am leading now although definitely it can be improve further and I will definitely work on it. Life is definitely more fulfilling as well, gaining knowledge in my interest areas and making an impact on others through training and blog entries. Onward, MARCH ON towards my life vision!
Cheers!
Just realise that I have more than 100 entries in my blog already, so was looking through the entries that I have written before. I am amazed at some of the things I have written, and like what was written in my friend's blog, I have seen my growth and thinking grown and bloom. EQ at work, biz and networking has grown. Knowledge has grown tremendously as well, especially on the health side. Of course, I also witness my biggest mistake made in my life (and still regretting and finding the meaning of it) when going through my blog.
Things have been going well for me on most fronts, as most of you who have been following my blog would know. But it seems that I have not been able to achieve my goals set out as quick as I wanted to be these few months. I do attain the goals I set out to do but most of the time it missed the deadline that I set out. The motivation level is just not there like last time anymore, something seem to be missing, and has yet to find it out. I need that extra thing to push me to the next level, but something seem to be missing. Mixed feelings! But no matter what, I will not let such thing stop me from achieving things, at least I am still achieving them so things are not that bad. Maybe I will discover the missing 'ingredient' as I move on in life.
Today was reading this book called "Making Strategy Work" and "Built to Last" both are business books. "Making Strategy Work" as the title says, is about how to make strategy work. Basically the book was written base on two surveys that was done. One of the surveys, was conducted by Wharton School of Business. I have read half of the book and make comparison with Sun Zi Art of War. As most of you would know, I am a fanatic about Chinese Ancient Military Works, and always find a lot of applications of the works in business books and "Making Strategy Work" is no exception. The main points mentioned in the book so far is that, knowledge sharing and information flow, incentive system and organization structure may impede the successful execution of strategy. But all these points have been mentioned in Sun Zi Art of War. Knowledge sharing and information flow was mentioned in Sun Zi Art of War Chapter 7 and the rest I have mentioned are found in Chapter 1 but they are briefly mentioned. So you see we can find a lot of business applications from Sun Zi Art of War. Mixing my passion of Chinese History with Business, YEAH!!! Now is to take steps to make this mix of two passions into my 'job'. People who are doing business or are interested in doing business should read up these works. Sun Zi Art of War is definitely a good book to start with. But in my research so far. Sun Zi Art of War, touches a lot of areas briefly, so you will need to read other works as well, and since there are lack of good literature on others, maybe you should consider picking up Chinese. :P
Going to start on my third leg of training, but I got news that there will be a fourth leg! Another three more days! Haha! No need to go back to the desk job for another 3 days! YES!! Crossing my fingers I am able to conduct training for 5 days per mth, so that I can have more time to work on my other passion. As most of you would know, I like the lifestyle I am leading now although definitely it can be improve further and I will definitely work on it. Life is definitely more fulfilling as well, gaining knowledge in my interest areas and making an impact on others through training and blog entries. Onward, MARCH ON towards my life vision!
Cheers!
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