Have you ever wondered why a roomful of the smartest folks could make the stupidest mistakes? The Bay of Pigs invasion, the Exxon Valdez, and of course… Cherry Coke? I read this interesting book over the weekend and thought to share some salient points with you…so what are the reasons why dumb mistakes happen? Here are […]
We’ve all been taught wrong ‘facts’ as little kids that we believe were true, even till today. Like “Never pick up a baby bird or the mother will reject it”, or “The human tongue has different zones for different tastes”, or even “we only use 10% of our brain”? (Disclaimer on the last one –
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In my previous article, I spoke about resigning with Grace and Dignity. This week, I would like to share some practical tips about quitting. Sit tight and read on! 1. Keep your intentions confidential. Do not tell anyone – not even your best friend/colleague. You want to keep it private as it is preferable for
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I don’t mean to scare you, but there might be a Job-pocalypse within the next 24 months for PMETs in Singapore. Due to the unintentional effects of Covid19, a developing threat to the local job-market that no-one has noticed lays silently in wait. By themselves, these factors present little to moderate risk to the economy,
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That’s what someone said about me 11 years ago when I told her not to quit her day job to start a bakery because her cupcakes were bad. Really bad. Maybe the ‘Younger Me’ could have been more tactful or perhaps I should have just been super-encouraging and lied through my teeth, but I didn’t
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This is the third and final installment of my 3 part series. It reflects upon the 3 moments in my life that critical Career Decisions have altered my destiny and made me what I am today, the World’s first Career-Strategy Coach. In the first article, I wrote about how I was diverted into the world of
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Read Part 1 here) In life, there are ‘sliding door’ moments (as in the Gwyneth Paltrow movie) where pivotal decisions make you who and what you become eventually. My second moment came when I hit my first Career-crossroad at 30 yrs old. Fresh out of a short but unsatisfying stint as a Business Development Manager in
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As I sit here in my early 50s, I look back at a series of rather serendipitous twists that have brought me to where I am today, running the World’s first Career-Strategy Consultancy, Career Agility International. As a kid, I had always been very fascinated by other people’s careers. My dad was a humble Administrative
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Since I was a kid, I’ve always wanted to start my own business. I traded comics in primary school and even earned commissions introducing friends to jobs. At 19, I started my own business selling real human skeletons to medical students which paid my way through University. (This picture was taken in 1992 with me
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When I first read this, I was taken aback at the wisdom of this statement. Back in the 80s, I was a poor kid and was always surrounded by friends who were financially better off. I often envied them but never got jealous because these were great classmates who never rubbed in the fact that
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