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The two-years-old blogger update

I’m getting older. It was my second birthday in this year. As the human, I celebrated my 26th birthday last August. As the blogger, I celebrated my birthday again last September.
I started blogging 2 years ago. My first post is published on the 28th September 2006. It was a desperate moment and the blog was [...]

[ More ] October 11th, 2008 | 10 Comments | Posted in The Blogger |

The Dip by Seth Godin

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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.

[ More ] October 4th, 2008 | 4 Comments | Posted in Book, The Leader |
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Should you fake your confidence?

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.

[ More ] September 30th, 2008 | 13 Comments | Posted in Featured, Mindset, The Leader |

Your heart, your fight, your dream

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Have you ever fought your heart?
Nervous… I have no idea why, but that was what I felt last weekend. Maybe it’s worry of the project that I have to complete in The Courage to Create program. Maybe it’s a worry as I was working on the new theme on my blog. Will [...]

[ More ] September 10th, 2008 | 16 Comments | Posted in Featured, Mindset, Personal Story, The Human |

This is the world of “I”s

“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 [...]

[ More ] September 5th, 2008 | 5 Comments | Posted in Mindset, The Leader |

Review: The Courage to Create by ECI

You guys may think where I have been the past weekend. I’ve been participating in a three-day intensive seminar called The Courage to Create, organized by ECI (Executive Coach International). A place where we are being developed to create our destiny. A program where we can clear our emotional clutters and work in our goals [...]

[ More ] August 30th, 2008 | 8 Comments | Posted in Review, The Human |

From blogging to public speaking

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Blogging made me better with written words; but how about spoken words or public speaking?
I experienced that quite some time ago, even before I took my break and my holiday. That night I had church small group gathering and I was not in the mood of attending. It is the men’s [...]

[ More ] August 21st, 2008 | 22 Comments | Posted in Featured, The Blogger, The Leader, Writing |

Writing less, eating more

Should you write more or less?
I would like to thank Rummy, this message is all started by what he commented in Jean’s post on Writers’ Blockhead. I am encouraged by what he said on how my posts have made some impacts. It’s not to boast about it as he also pointed his disappointment seeing how [...]

[ More ] August 18th, 2008 | 13 Comments | Posted in The Blogger |

If only your life is a Wordpress project

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Do you dare to make your life an open source project?
Imagine your life is an open source project… Let’s say a Wordpress project!
People will be able to download it from internet, check out your PHP source codes, modifying it with all sorts of plugins and themes, and making it a custom-made [...]

[ More ] August 9th, 2008 | 27 Comments | Posted in Featured, The Engineer |

Happiness in success journey

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Do you enjoy your success journey?
As promised, Reason-4-Smile got a new theme. The new tagline is “Happiness in Success Journey”. It’s pretty much inspired by Joyce Meyer with her program, Enjoying Everyday Lives. I wanted to do the same thing, or I should say the mini version with this blog: sharing and [...]

[ More ] August 4th, 2008 | 27 Comments | Posted in Featured, The Blogger |