I heard this terminology from a talk quite a while ago. I didn’t really get what it mean until recently. To give some background about the speaker, he’s a monk and sometimes he has to give counseling to his people. People who has session with him, will throw all their concerns to him. But does he overwhelmed with their stories? He said, he didn’t. The simile that he used is to become rubbish bin without bottom. Sometimes we experienced it […]
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Accidentally offended
I think most of my friends know how I love Apple, or idolized Steve Jobs. I simply inspired by him since listening to his commencement speech at Stanford back in 2005. Recently, there is A who likes to loathe about her iPhone. Anything wrong with her phone, she will blame Apple. How stupid is the reason to change the wide pin charging cable into lightning pin, or the common woes for every iPhone users, the battery. Basically she’s an unhappy […]
Avoid burnt out
(Found my Dec 2010 scribble) One: identify the trigger. It can be: Crash between priority Bored Physical fitness level low Two: find practical solution to solve it: Get rest Write down
Advice from my Japanese sensei
Sensei (S): you guys want to improve your Japanese right? But never really practice? *smirk Us (U): *gulp ^^! S: *smile . Well I know that you are may be busy with other things, until you forgot to study. And sometimes you’re too stress until you can’t sleep well at night. U: *nod S: and sometimes studying is too boring right? Well, you should read your notes before you sleep. U: *puzzled S: at least you read something then you’ll […]
Managing others expectation, managing ours
Managing other’s expectation is hard, but don’t you think that managing our own expectation is harder? I found that it’s harder to manage my own expectation. One of my benchmark is I have to do more or give more than what is set for other people. For example, if someone can swim for 10 laps, I will aim 12 laps; if someone can deliver the work within 3 days, I have to be able to deliver it for 2 days. […]
Are you interested or..?
Interesting quote I read this week from Ken Blanchard is: “There’s a difference between interest and commitment. When you’re interested in doing something, you do it only when circumstance permit. When you’re committed to something, you accept no excuses, only results.” After reading those, suddenly learning foreign language popped up in my head. I have been learning Japanese for about a year or more, and recently I also enrolled myself into a Korean class. So am I just interested or […]
To whom I should blame this to
One of my friend recently told me that how miserable his life is. And he felt that why life is so unfair to him. (sounds familiar hey?) Yes, it’s all about complaining. I did that too quite often in the past, until a certain extent when I decided to learn to control it. It takes time, and over the time though I still did it, but it’s way lesser than what I used to do.
On anger and forgiveness
When someone do something accidentally or make mistake that leads to disturb you to reach your destination, will you be angry to the person? We are, normally. A well mannered person maybe still be able to control themselves. A “saint” maybe can instantly forgive the mistake. Adding some salt to the wound, sometimes the mistake or accident is made by people who is closed to you because of your close friend. When these kind of situations happen, how would you […]