Archive for October, 2006

By Donald Latumahina, October 15, 2006

Though I try to maintain positive thought all the time, there are times when negative thoughts strike me. And when they do, they can sometimes grow wild and conquer my whole mind. At such times, the positive state of my mind seems to be out of reach.
Well, of course such situation should not happen. Now [...]

By Donald Latumahina, October 12, 2006

I’ve just listened to Productive Talk #01 podcast which features David Allen and Merlin Mann. It’s a very interesting podcast in which they talk about procrastination and how to handle it. Toward the end of the show, there is something David says that catches me:
Procrastination actually is not about not doing, it’s about not doing [...]

By Donald Latumahina, October 10, 2006

I am now taking Management of Technological Innovation class here at NUS, and it’s a very interesting class. There I learn how companies innovate, succeed, and fail, and how innovation works. There are many new concepts I learn there, and I think many of those concepts can also be applied to personal innovation.

By Donald Latumahina, October 7, 2006

Motivation is a key to success. If you are a motivated person, then you will very likely be successful in everything you do. In fact, research shows that motivation is the key behind the expert minds. People who are motivated will be very successful in their learning process. And so will in other areas of [...]

By Donald Latumahina, October 5, 2006

Have you experience a day when everything seems to go wrong ? You work on task A and it goes wrong, you move to task B and it also goes wrong. You speak to person C and she doesn’t give the response you expect. Definitely a bad day right ?
Well, not exactly. I think there [...]