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https://youtu.be/p3F-1QyvHnY?si=b-qX3dMrVM_PTalq 0:39 1 : Trap yourself     ~ Don't give yourself plan B     ~ Force yourself by:     ✓  Public Commitment       ✓ Financial Stakes      ✓ Cut the access (remove temptations)      ✓ Time Box  3:48 2 : Stop relying on willpower    ~ Willpower is limited    ~ Willpower consumes energy   ~ Lock three variables:        ✓ Time        ✓ Place        ✓ Trigger Note: For more benefit    - Decrease resistance    - Don't think, just do it   - Make it interesting   - Don't hurry 7:07 3 : Craft your mental algorithm ✓ Don't commit  ✓ Set conditional plans (if x, then y) ✓ Just run the algorithm   9:09 4 : Outsource decisions    ~ Mistakes are human   ~ Make lists:  ✓ To do list --> Execution   ✓ To...

In this TED talk, Jennifer Parlamis shares that activities which reduce your physiological arousal can help reduce anger. These include things like meditation, deep breathing, and yoga ( 11:48 ). Conversely, physiologically arousing activities, such as verbal venting, or even running, working out, or screaming into a pillow, do not decrease anger ( 11:14 , 11:31 ).

Re:  The Odysseus Trap by Sahil Bloom The underrated skill that most highly successful and wealthy people will not tell you is the amount of all-nighters they pulled to build their lofty, ambitious dreams until they could finally take a step back and let their systems run on autopilot. As the saying goes, "There are no shortcuts to success." As I look back on my life, while there were periods of painful striving, I probably wouldn't have attained the mastery as soon as I did had I not ground in the hours and tried and failed miserably. And 10 years feels like a considerably long waste of time to learn the life lessons that youngsters these days learn at even younger and younger ages, thanks to access to quality education. I'm a late bloomer, as you can tell. Had I known about personal finance and productivity tips earlier, I would have taken a shorter time to get here. Welp, too late to turn back time. 

When Michelin Stars Don’t Pay the Bills – Singapore’s F&B Reality Check - 8days https://share.google/nH5oygByHgzYUGgo6 Here are the key points from the text: Restaurants Need to Be Businesses 📈  * Business Success Over Awards: Winning awards like a Michelin star doesn't guarantee business success 🌟. Recent restaurant closures underscore this need.  * Chefs as Entrepreneurs : Many chefs aren't trained entrepreneurs, making business fundamentals like marketing, branding, customer fit , and having a business plan crucial. 🧑‍🍳➡️💼 The Recipe for Success: The "Trifecta" and Beyond 💡  * The "Trifecta": Long-term success involves a focus on three key areas:    * Product: Differentiation and quality in offerings. 🍽️    * Finances: Handling finances well. 💰    * Marketing: Effective marketing. 📣  * Customer Focus Leads to Innovation: Adapting to customer preferences, like launching a " dim sum style " brunch trolley after noticing gu...

https://simonsinek.com/stories/is-it-wrong-to-be-friends-with-your-coworkers-a-therapist-weighs-in/ Simon Sinek, what an inspiration. Encountering his videos many years ago changed my perspective on leadership, work, and life, and challenged me to reconsider my life path and take a leap of faith away from my previous job. There are more alternative pathways to success and fulfilment in life today. However, it requires courage, wit, humility, and grit to reach that dream destination. For an average person like me, it took close to a decade of God's mercy and inner work before I could find peace in my heart. It has been an honour and privilege to have found many friends in my workplace past and present. You all have a special place in my heart, and I am grateful for your friendship all these donkey years. 💖💝 I wish you good success and opportunity in your life, my friends.

With the recent news of appalling layoffs, someone's grandfather's service road, non-CDC merchants' woes, I can't help but think that Singaporeans with deep pockets, and good handshakes live in the land of scott-free, adept at jumping through loopholes. The best we can do is make our cents count and place them in better hands. Boy, it's time to cott bad business practices.

In this season, I have learnt to enjoy the little moments and things. I don't crave going out as much, and I'm fine with that. Rest is good. Finding peace in my circumstances and rest in Christ is even better. ⚓️✝️

Data Subject Rights (DSRs): 1. the right to be forgotten which means individuals can ask companies to delete their data. 2. The right to access the data a company has about you 3. the right to portability which allows individuals to ask companies to provide their data to another company on your behalf 4. The right to restriction of processing which allows an individual to require a company to stop processing their personal data 5. The right to rectify, or correct data a company may hold about you 6. the right to object to the processing of personal data about you at any time.

"Goodbye" originated from the phrase "God be with ye" or "God be with you." It's a shortened and contracted form of that original blessing or valediction. Over time, "God be with ye" evolved through various spellings like "godbwye" and "God be wi' you" before becoming "goodbye." The "God" part also changed to "good" likely due to the influence of other common greetings like "good morning" and "good night." What a cool trivia! 👋🏼😄 Source:  OED

Four elements of systems thinking are DSRP: distinguishing ideas from other ideas (distinctions) organising ideas into systems relating ideas to one another looking at ideas from many perspectives Systems Thinking Feedback Loop: Build a Mental Model = Information + Thinking Test it Observe the results Seek feedback Adjust model

Mindset Shift: Focus on the results—not the method Build your strategic ladder 6 Steps: Know your organisation's big picture Place your function in the bigger vision Engage stakeholders through networking Define your purpose before your method Impact Blueprint business impact metrics leading indicators return on investment hours/time saved Be flexible when executing your plan Back your decisions up with data Communicate in headlines BLUF (Bottom line up front)

The clock ticks on, a relentless beat, For those whose wallets know defeat. CPF untouched, a morbid dread, "Will I live long enough?" hangs overhead. A lottery ticket, a four-digit dream, A fragile hope, a fleeting gleam. "Investment," they sigh, with weary smiles, For a chance to escape these thankless miles. Canned beans and noodles, a convenience store's fare, A cheaper sustenance, a burden to bear. Hawker's delights, a luxury untold, As every dollar must be closely controlled. Government handouts, a much-needed grace, A small reprieve in this relentless race. Vouchers clutched tight, a lifeline so thin, Stretching each cent, to somehow just win. Across distant seas, the parcels arrive, Taobao's allure, where savings survive. Local shops suffer, a silent lament, As budgets dictate where each dollar is spent. Retirement's a whisper, a faraway shore, Two jobs, or maybe more, forevermore. Community spirit, a vibrant display, But time is a thief, stea...

As a 90's child, I consider myself fortunate to have dozens of incredible cartoons that were mature and complex. One that resonates with me today is Roughnecks: Starship Troopers . On the surface, it seems like a clear-cut war to defend humanity from the invasion by "dumb" alien bugs. Yet, as the story goes on, we discover that these enemy bugs are highly intelligent, sophisticated, and feel fear just like humans. Behind their seemingly insatiable thirst for blood and brains, there was self-defence in their list of reasons for advancing the war. However, whether the Bugs in Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles were innocent is a complex question with no easy answer. The show presents a nuanced perspective that avoids portraying them as purely evil monsters deserving only extermination. Here's a breakdown of the arguments for and against their "innocence": Arguments for potential "innocence" or understandable aggression: Defense of their territo...

"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw “It takes courage to say yes to rest and play in a culture where exhaustion is seen as a status symbol” - Brene Brown, Gifts of Imperfection "It takes courage to be kind." - Maya Angelou