Tag: <span>Self Preservation</span>

Reflections and lessons after three months of blogging

Reflections and lessons after three months of blogging

Make no mistake, I still have no clue what I’m doing. But after three months of displaying something resembling discipline, here are the lessons I’ve learned from committing myself to posting at least one article per week.   1. Time is like money   I’m […]

7 Reasons Why Missing Your Target Can Be a Good Thing

7 Reasons Why Missing Your Target Can Be a Good Thing

Last week was the first time I missed my self-imposed deadline of posting one article per week every Wednesday. I can hardly say I was surprised. I had been progressively cutting it thin as the weeks went by. For my first few articles, I would […]

How to Go Against Your Family’s Wishes in 10 Steps

How to Go Against Your Family’s Wishes in 10 Steps

In Malaysia, there is a Malay proverb that goes like so:   Air dicincang tidak akan putus.   The literal translation is ‘water minced will never break’. Some might liken it to the English proverb of ‘blood is thicker than water’, which is used to […]

Have You Chosen the Right People to Be Your Friends?

Have You Chosen the Right People to Be Your Friends?

The people closest to our hearts have the most strategic position of hurting us and quite possibly destroying our lives. It’s easy to keep our wits about our enemies – we know for a fact that they are out to get us. But with people […]

How Much of Your Life Can You Truly Control?

How Much of Your Life Can You Truly Control?

Every now and then, each of us is faced with circumstances that can leave us feeling helpless and frustrated. It could be small things like getting stood up or missing the train to big things like losing the people and things we hold dear. At times […]