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Three Innovator Lessons from Larry Wall

Today I want to share the three attributes of innovators, inspired by Larry Wall as he is mentioned and described in the book Learning Perl, by Randal L. Schwartz, Tom Phoenix, & brian d foy

[ More ] June 29th, 2009 | 6 Comments | Posted in The Engineer, The Leader |

Every Post is an Opportunity

This time I really made some difference with how I write. I’m less stressed and not rushed for the deadline. Instead of a burden, I found blogging as opportunity. Each post is an opportunity. What opportunity?

[ More ] June 25th, 2009 | 4 Comments | Posted in Featured, The Blogger |

Simplifying Your Life Message

I was thinking about a topic to share about in my next speech, and GTD came out. This time I am going to repeat the same message with different structure and purpose. Basically, I’m integrating the lessons I have learned from the earlier speech, and these are some of them…

[ More ] June 22nd, 2009 | 6 Comments | Posted in The Leader |

Three Life Lessons From My Room

As I just renewed my room rental contract, I thought this is a good time to get me new furniture and rearrange my room. And more than a new room, the experience taught me a number of lessons. I’ll share three of them in this post.

[ More ] June 18th, 2009 | 7 Comments | Posted in The Engineer, The Human |

You can say “Maybe”

Maybe? That sounds like a lame response. It’s so uncertain, so irresponsible, so uncommitted… If earlier I was reading that consistency is overrated, today I also want to say certainty is overrated.

[ More ] June 15th, 2009 | 11 Comments | Posted in The Human |

Three “Less” for More Productivity

Why only three? Okay, it seems to be much fewer than many list of productivity in the blogosphere. I can always come out with more but a list article has not always been my favorite. And more than that it’s exactly relevant to the first point I want to share…

[ More ] June 11th, 2009 | 7 Comments | Posted in The Blogger, The Engineer |

Theme Launch: Turning Limitation Into Advantages

Today, 8th of June 2009, I’m launching a new theme for Reason-4-Smile, a subject back to the Turning Limitation into Advantages. What limitation? Maybe it’s introversion, but I guess it’ll be more than that.

[ More ] June 8th, 2009 | 11 Comments | Posted in The Blogger |

Sales Lies & Naked Truth by Corinne Edwards

Buy book Check posts

Sales! When you heard the word, what comes to your mind? I guess it will be selling/persuading people, techniques, tricks, –or if you have ever disappointed with undesired purchases–traps? According to Corinne it’s not the only thing that matters. High-pressure and arm-wrestling techniques may no longer work. Even if it works, people will feel manipulated. [...]

[ More ] May 2nd, 2009 | 9 Comments | Posted in Book, Review |

Turning Limitation into Productivity Tricks

What if we can turn our limitation into advantages?

For readers that have been following me long enough will know that I used to have “turning limitation into advantages” as the big theme of this blog. Today, I want to share something along that line, especially in relation to productivity tricks.

[ More ] April 26th, 2009 | 12 Comments | Posted in Featured, Habit, The Human |

Smile with New Library Site

Reason-4-Smile has a new companion site, Reason-4-Smile Library. Yes, it’s a new blog. While this blog will share insights and inspirations, the Library site will focus on the books, podcasts, or any other resources that I’ve ever picked.

[ More ] April 22nd, 2009 | 17 Comments | Posted in The Blogger |