Archive for August, 2007

The fast pace of the modern world may put our mind in chaotic state. Information comes and goes, we must do this and do that. There are simply too many things that reside in our mind. While it may cause stress or even depression, at the very least it puts us away from a peaceful  [ Read More ]

Categories: Attitude, Thinking

I sometimes meet people who say that the topics I talk about is “boring”. In such occasions, sometimes I can’t believe what they say that I ask them to repeat it just to ensure that I hear it correctly . Why is it hard for me to believe it? Is it because I really love  [ Read More ]

Categories: Attitude, Learning

Eight Random Things About Me

Posted by Donald Latumahina 27 Comments

Daniel Sitter from Idea Seller tagged me to provide eight random facts about myself. Since there are quite a lot of new readers in the last few months, I think it’s a good idea to reveal more about myself. I believe that knowing each other is a good way to build relationships, so I hope  [ Read More ]

Categories: General

Fortune favors the prepared mind. (Louis Pasteur) Our success very much depends on whether or not we can seize opportunities in our life. This, of course, won’t happen by itself. You must do your part to make it happen. There are essentially three things you should do: Preparing your mind Following Pasteur’s advice, it is  [ Read More ]

Categories: Learning, Relationship, Working

How we live is determined by how we think. How we think, in turn, is very much influenced by the questions we ask. Asking the wrong questions means thinking the wrong thoughts, and that will lead us to a mediocre life. On the other hand, asking the right questions means thinking the right thoughts, and that will lead us  [ Read More ]

Categories: Purpose, Working

The Pareto principle is a very well-known principle for productivity. In essence, it says that 20% of the causes gives 80% of the results. The implication then is to focus your effort on that 20% causes that gives 80% of the results. But a question arose in my mind: how should we implement the Pareto  [ Read More ]

Categories: Time management, Working

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