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

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…

Defensiveness, together with comparison and competitiveness, caused us to be blinded by the opportunity to see what the goods that others have. It makes us sad to see how others are better than us. But even worse, it’s hard for us to learn from them.

I have just finished reading the book “egonomics”. It shares about what makes ego our greatest asset (or most expensive liability).
I have bought this book many months ago. It was the result of impulse buying. It’s discounted yet still expensive, even worse when I checked out that the price was getting cheaper in other stores. [...]

They might be different.. they came from different world, they talk about seemingly different thing, yet they have something in common. And more than that, they complement each other.
No, I’m not talking about men and women, I talk about the 2 books that I recently read, Getting Things Done by David Allen and Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle…

Maybe the best productivity book so far, this book has inspired me to build a system to get things done. When it comes down to principle, these are the two cores that David emphasized…

This is the first part of series on Habitudes, or the habit of attitudes. In the first book, Tim Elmore shared the importance of leading our own “self” beyond leading others.
As he emphasized, leadership can be represented as an iceberg, 10% that people can see is your skill, while the 90% is your character, much [...]

When should you quit? And when should you stick?
This is the second book from Seth Godin that I read after The Meatball Sundae. This time it shared about whether we should quit or not. It’s great if we can become whoever we want, but to be the best at something, we need to quit something.

How often have you heard the quote “faking it before you make it”? In some degree the quote reflects some concepts in growth. But it is not always effective if it stays alone. Let me share with you more on what you can and cannot fake.

“Who am I?”
Do you often ask that question? It’s a very basic question that we should ask ourselves. It speaks about our calling and identity. The answer guides us in what we should do, what the significance of our life is, what our calling is, and so on.
The program I attended recently, The Courage to [...]