ThunderStorm

Passion & Perseverance Fuel the Fire 🔥 Passion and perseverance drive long-term success 🏋️ Grit keeps athletes and artists dedicated to improvement Effort: The Unsung Hero 🌟 Consistent effort and deliberate practice lead to mastery 🏆 Grit propels you forward, even if talent gives a head start Develop a growth mindset 💪 Believe abilities can improve with effort and dedication 🌱 Embrace challenges as opportunities to learn and grow Find your flow ⏰ Flow is a state of focused enjoyment with balanced challenge and skill 🎯 Identify activities that challenge you and are within your skill range Set stretch goals 🚀 Aim high and push yourself beyond your comfort zone 🏅 Stretch goals lead to growth and persistence Embrace the power of interest 🔍 Find goals that genuinely spark curiosity and passion 💖 Intrinsic interest fuels sustained effort and perseverance Develop effective practice strategies 🎯 Deliberate practice involves specific goals and focused feedback 🔄 Mindless repeti...

  The Paradox of Self-Awareness Positive and Negative Effects 🌟 Self-awareness can be harmful if taken to excess 🌟 Like medicine, too much self-awareness can be detrimental to our well-being Therapy and Context 🔎 The value of therapy lies in the context and environment it provides 🔎 Type of therapy is not as important as the act of seeking therapy 🔎 Journaling can be an effective alternative to therapy in providing a non-judgmental setting The Consciousness Paradox 🔬 Consciousness can be divided into the subject and object 🔬 When we focus on ourselves, our thoughts and feelings become the object of our consciousness 🔬 Detaching ourselves from our thoughts and feelings helps us put them into perspective Pathologising the Normal 🤔 Unhealthy self-awareness may lead to self-delusion and inflating small problems 🤔 An overemphasis on awareness of mental health issues can lead to a decrease in overall mental health Advice for Overwhelmed Self-Awareness ✋ Stop seeing discomfort o...

Biggest regret: Caring too much about what others thought about me. The truth is that most people are too busy thinking about their lives to care about yours. Biggest lessons: The people you surround yourself with can make or break you. The saying that "it takes a village to raise a child" is so true. It is important to surround yourself with good company who help you develop solid values, habits, and relationships. Advice to my younger self: The trick to building your self-confidence and losing your social anxiety is to seek out and help others with shared struggles. By serving others who struggle just like you, you end up being able to solve your own problems by viewing it from an objective third party perspective.

I was just watching the CNA podcast on a law protecting employees' right to disconnect and was infuriated 🔥by the majority's biased stance towards not mandating that law to maintain Singapore's competitiveness. Year after year, the government speaks of the need to improve worker productivity, which means doing more in less time. How does working overtime improve productivity rates? Oh, the irony. Hence, I believe a right to disconnect law is essential for Singapore's workforce. It would offer several key benefits: Protection from Exploitation : This law would be a safeguard against employers who pressure staff to be constantly available. With clear boundaries, workers are less vulnerable to feeling obligated to respond to emails or calls outside of work hours. Stronger Families and Communities : By ensuring time for personal lives, the law would allow employees to prioritise family. This could lead to more quality family time, potentially contributing to a rise in bi...

Tools to combat stress: 6 breaths per min or Box breathing (Navy Seal technique) Physiological sigh Power posing The importance of recovery: top athletes sleep at least 8h a day Growth mindset courage to take risks > fear of loss "A lot of football success is in the mind. You must believe you are the best and then make sure that you are." - Bill Shankly (Former Liverpool manager) More:  Brown Bag Series