In an episode of the TV Reality Series, "Fear Factor", a seemingly dumb-blonde-Barbie-Doll-like babe made it to the last round for a shot at the $50'000 prize. She got there not because she qualified for it. In the first round, a hunk of a guy [...]
The original article was featured in the Straits Times on Sunday 16 August 2020 (Click to subscribe). I have written many similar pieces with regard to financial management over the years but it seems people indeed never change as with each new generation of working class [...]
Sport, business and life are nothing more than endurance tests and we all have to run at least one of those races. It’s not how or where we finish the race that matters nor what we achieved in the process. It is the race [...]
A common query I get is what the life of a “full-time” trader is like. Many are also curious about what kind of life I lead being a trader, a teacher, a mentor, counsellor, consultant and author/writer. DON’T READ THIS ARTICLE if you don’t [...]
This weekend's and the year's-ending Motivational Message: As we leave 2016 and all its moments behind us to prepare for 2017 ahead, we once again face the challenges to outperform ourselves to make the year ahead better than the one we leave behind. For all [...]
In my early days in the film industry, I was told something by my late mentor, Joseph Tan, that has stuck with me for all my working life since. I was always too ready to give up, find excuses or blame when faced with difficult [...]
Have you noticed how you're able to achieve the things you put off only when it becomes desperate, the last minute, the eleventh hour, when your back is against the wall ... when there's no other option, no more time, no more excuses and nothing [...]
Ever so often, I get asked how I found the motivation to fight my way out of rock bottom. Then how I find the motivation to keep going further when others would be satisfied to be where I am. When you're working to achieve something [...]
