Self Empowery

Cracks and Commitments: The Comedy of Keeping Your Word

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Cracks and Commitments: every commitment you honor becomes a superhero cape for your confidence. But, ah, every commitment you break? Well...

Embracing the Mess: A Journey into Psychological Safety and Authentic Connection

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“I don’t want to be at the mercy of my emotions. I want to use them, to enjoy them, and to dominate them.”  ― Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray Hi. Confession time – speaking up and diving into messy feelings? Not my favorite cup of tea. Emotions? Kind of icky, right? They just seem to complicate things and throw a curveball into the smooth ride of relationships. My go-to strategy? Keep it in, wear that “everything is okay” mask, and echo the Thai wisdom of “Sabai Sabai,” tranquility on the surface. Guess what? This thinking isn’t just an Eastern thing. […]
Unearthing My Growth Mindset:3

Unearthing My Growth Mindset: A Tale of Rice, chilli, and Cold Calls

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Realising that work does not always have to be hard. There are different ways to go about doing good work. What is the intended result? Why am I doing this task, what is the bigger goal that I am trying to achieve? Am I working for the sake of working, just to keep busy or am I trying to achieve something meaningful that will create value for me and others? 

Be calm and clear like water

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If I be calm like water, will I fight like Bruce Lee and discover the meaning of life? It is a very good question…Knowing yourself is one of the greatest virtues of being a man. When was the last time you stopped and asked yourself this question; " what do I think of the task set before me?". "What would I really like to eat for dinner?". "How would I like to spend this evening or this weekend?". "Happiness — what does it mean to me?". Be calm and clear like water 

Its never too late to get started right now

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"We are not going in circles, we are going upwards. The path is a spiral; we have already climbed many steps"- Hermann Hesse. Its never too late to get started right now. So many things happen to us along the way. Yet, we always have a choice of how we choose to respond to them. There is a space between stimulus and response and this is reached through the golden pause.

Can a baby complete your life?

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Thats a great question. Can a baby complete your life? As a party boy, I never imagined it would be possible for me to love another human being as much as I do my wife. And then my daughter happened to me. It wasn’t that all my fears vanished over night. Before she arrived, we went through a 40 hour pre labour period with massive contractions. My wife spent them grabbing her belly and making funny noises every 5 minutes. It was definitely not the most pleasant experience. We stayed up all night and poured warm water over her belly […]

The little secret that everyone knows but many struggle to follow.

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The strange thing about life is that if we can make ourselves happy, we can and want to make others happy. Joy is contagious —
Self empowery as Wolverine Hugh Jackman

You can’t change the fruit without changing the root

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Someones got your seat. Hes not backing down.. neither are you. The only difference is.. he's 5 years old.

The Odyssey, Talking Horses And A New Me

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"The best advice I ever got might have been from a talking horse", Jim told me one day as he left on his odyssey....

Whats on the other side of fear?

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Whats on the other side of fear? Charlie was afraid but he wanted to know. All his life he had waited for this moment.. and now...

The Blind Giants gift of friendship

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The blind giants gift of friendship is the story of a giant named Cliff who lived in a mostly happy world with shades of strife and sorrow.

Contributing to the world in a meaningful way

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Contributing to the world in a meaningful way. It was a glorious morning. The birds chirped as a warm darkness permeated the morning air with a culmination of mystery and serenity. There was something buzzing. Not quite sure what it was, I perched at the window viewing the world moving once more. Like a clockwork toy all wound up, people went busily about their business; cars hummed by, birds sang and the sun, like a stubborn child took its time to get up to go to school. I need somebodyHelp! Not just anybody(Help!) you know I need someoneHelp! The Beatles […]

Us and them, feelings are feelings

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Us and them. Feelings are feelings. A short essay on what goes on in our minds, why we run away and the art of Dustin Yellin.

Commitments can help you start cults and quit smoking

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Meet Debra and learn how a simple card trick and commitments can help you do both.