Strange into Strength
Posted on 20 January 2008 by Robert A Henru
On the news: Boomerang do come back! A boomerang has been returned after 25 years ago being stolen. It comes with the following note…
“I removed this back in 1983 when I was younger and dumber,” said the note, according to Mount Isa Mayor Ron McCullough. “It was the wrong thing to do, I’m sorry, and I’m going to send it back,” said the note.
It’s a wonder to see how someone can keep the guilt for 25 years, how can he live with that boomerang, the guilt in his life.
Posted on 20 January 2008 by Robert A Henru
This is the book that opens my eye about introversion. Many times we think that introvert is bad, abnormal, or introvert is unlikely to be successful or introvert. From this book I got a lot of insights about introversion which we actually can consider it as advantages instead of limitation. Really a must read for introverts!
Posted on 19 January 2008 by Robert A Henru
I’m sure that you have heard a lot about decision making by considering alternatives, listing down pros and cons, writing them down, etc. But I don’t think lazy person will do that, that’s too troublesome, isn’t it?
What I’m going to share in this article is more about the attitude you need to watch out when making the decision, it’s all in your mind and you too can make better decision if you look out for the warnings and mindset I’m going to share.
The easiest and laziest way to make decision is following our gut! I’ve shared about this in the first part of the series on decision making I have created. As what I have shared in the first part of the series, following our gut can give us better as we have no time to splash it with our doubt, fear or worry, but sometimes it will take consideration, check and re-check a lot of things before we can truly make a better decision.
Tina Su from ThinkSimpleNow.com gave me a comment in the first part of the series as below…
Learn to recognize when your gut is speaking out of fear and when it is speaking out of infinite intelligence.
Posted on 18 January 2008 by Robert A Henru
Have you heard someone saying “opportunity knocks only once”? Some people don’t want to miss the opportunity as it knocks only once, so they’re taking every opportunity that comes in front of them. Some other people believe that opportunity knocks so many times that they procrastinate taking the opportunity and miss the great opportunities that comes to them.
But my question is… does opportunity knock?
Here is a great quote that I find…
A wise man will make more opportunity than he finds.
Francis Bacon
Posted on 17 January 2008 by Robert A Henru
Do you notice the new category I made?
It’s called News category, I submitted one post recently under this category. And I would like to share more about this category…
It’s been a while that I blog, I started from the end of September until now, my style in blogging has evolved, in the month of October 2007, I posted a short article everyday, some with or without pictures, and some is just simply sharing a quote with short comments. November 2007 is my transition, and December 2007 my articles are longer, always comes with points to ponder, picture, and those are the types we bloggers called pillar articles.
So what’s the news?
I’m going to combine the two styles of blogging I have gone through, I will post newsy types of articles, that is simply sharing an inspiration of the day or a quote of the day. Simple comments and short post that I hope can give you some principle or encouragement to bring through the day.
Posted on 15 January 2008 by Robert A Henru
Would you like to taste your own death? going to your own funeral?
Here is a business idea that has been established in Korea, published in AsiaOne News:
After solemnly reading their wills, seven perfectly healthy university students climb into caskets in a dimly lit hall….
Posted on 14 January 2008 by Robert A Henru
Do you dare to say NO!?
This article is part of “How to make better decisions” series, following the first two articles that I have written.
The first part of this series, I’m writing more of how to say YES! We need to say YES for opportunity to be a better person, to be able to give our best for others, and to obey and glorify God. However, we are not supposed to say YES! for every option that comes into our way, we need to be able to say NO! as well.
Why we need to say NO?
My second part in the series talk about things to be aware of in decision-making, that is the anchor or point of reference we’re taking, the social pressure, and the emotion. All of them are not a good indicator or reasons for a good decision making. We better say NO! than taking decision that is influenced by them. We need to say “NO” so that we are not being taken advantage by other people.
I believe many of us having a hard time to say NO! trying to be nice, out of naiveness, or maybe out of desire to be accepted and loved, we give out, pour out of ourselves a lot, and unable to say NO! We are afraid of hurting the other people, we wondered if we will break the relationship, we are afraid to miss out the opportunities and we are obliged to do more and give out of ourselves more than we can.
So here is the reason why we should say NO in our relationship!
Posted on 11 January 2008 by Robert A Henru
Wondering, from so many choices given, which shoes will the woman take?
Life is all about choices and decisions! Few days ago, I discussed about making better decision against your fear and with your gut. This time, I’m going to share about the forces of making decision that are coming from outside of us!
Life will give you many choices, people will offer you with so many choices, and each one of them will request something from you, your time, your attention and your money. Either to buy their product, to make a deal with them, work with them, to meet their need, to spend time with you, or to help them.
From so many requests which one will you choose?
Many things can influence us in taking the decision, but not all of them will lead us in good decision-making. Reading the Reader’s Digest December 2007 article, “10 ways to make better decisions” has given me insights on the external threats that we need to be aware of…
Posted on 08 January 2008 by Robert A Henru
Introvert doesn’t like decision making, am I right?
Probably I should say it that introvert make decision only after a long thoughts, after putting some consideration, after putting some reflection, bringing some past experiences for reference, and then wondering the pro and cons, and eventually take a decision. That’s really a long way isn’t it?
This is what Marti Olsen Laney, Psy. D. has been mentioning in her book The Introvert Advantage, about how introverts speaks, compared to the extroverts. She mentioned that the brain path of speaking for extrovert is very short, they don’t trigger the past memories for reference, they think while they’re speaking. Introverts’ path is much longer in speaking, and I believe that’s what happens when introverts are making decision as well.
So, how can we make a better decision?
Posted on 05 January 2008 by Robert A Henru
What happens when the three dreamers having dinner together?
It was a Friday night, in a cafe called Timbre, a cafe with a very nice outdoor setting, nice arrangement, and live band which would be playing later that night. Over there, the three of us, me and two other friends, two girls who are big dreamers, having dinner together.
One of them is Lydia, she’s really an artist, her outlook and dress really show that, she has started a business on design and photography, d’Zign for you! She is also the one whose video I have ever posted before in this blog, the Thank You, Rainbow! Another dreamer is Elvira, someone who has been inspired so much to do business, investing both money, energy and courage to make her dream comes true! Both of them are dreamers, they both have a great dream and vision, and it was really a great dinner with them!
So here was our menu for the dinner:
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