Always detach yourself from pride and emotions when making decisions
Last weekend, I attended a friend’s wedding in Jakarta. I had booked the seats for my wife and I early on with the intention of flying in...
Did you read that the middle class in Singapore is feeling more insecure?
Last Friday, a group of academics spoke at a forum that focused on the state of Singapore’s middle class. As reported by the Straits...
Should I quit my job to be a stay-at-home mum?
This is taken off one of the questions that came to us by email. We replicate our response for other mums (and mums-to-be) facing down...
Overcoming helplessness starts with your intent
Welcome to the second installment of our five-part series on using strategic thinking to overcome helplessness at work and in life. In...
What to do when you’re feeling helpless at work and in life
Are you stuck between a rock and a hard place? Do you sense that you can’t achieve anything? Feeling stressed that nothing is going your...
Are you an emotional thinker? Then you need to read this...
"First the charioteer of the human soul drives a pair, and secondly one of the horses is noble and of noble breed, but the other quite...
Turning away from the negative - creating constraints
In my last post, I discussed the need to have constraints and the impact of these on making the right decision every time. Far from being...
How do I break the emotional deadlock in decision-making?
Have you ever had to make one of those big decisions that had a great impact on your future, and had higher opportunity costs? Did these...
How strategic thinking could have avoided the loss of $1m in a year
So there is this news moving around on social media about the poor widow who lost $1m in a year. While it is a sad event, it is not...
