I came across this story few days ago, and want to share it here. Bob (fictional character)’s grandfather passed away few months ago. During the funeral procession, they had to drive through the city area and very few cars bother to slow down and let them pass, even though they have the funeral flags. They [...]
Categories: Life,Motivational,Self-help
Tagged: communication, Life, motivational, people, Relationship, respect, Self-help
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- May 24, 2010 – 8:30 am
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- By Alvin Lim
Nowadays, I notice that people tend to ‘see’ only those who are close to them – family, friends, relatives, colleagues. They will not notice, or even care much, about strangers. We see that everywhere we go – aunties fighting with other strangers during sales, people fighting over a car park in a crowded shopping complex, [...]
Categories: Life,Motivational,Self-help
Tagged: Life, mentality, motivational, people, Self-help, world
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- May 17, 2010 – 8:13 am
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- By Alvin Lim
As simple as it may seem, most of us do not have the courage to do it. “Let’s sit down and have a chat” can actually be quite a scary line when we’re trying to escape from a conflict. It’s like an official confrontation. And yeah, most of us would just run away. We’ll keep [...]
Categories: Life,Motivational,Self-help
Tagged: attention, communication, conflict, issue, Life, listen, motivational, people, Self-help
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- May 10, 2010 – 8:17 am
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- By Alvin Lim
Money has fast becoming one of the most important things in the life for a lot of us. And for some, THE MOST important thing. Some of us use this money to buy things for ourselves, and for our loved ones – our spouse, kids, parents, siblings, friends, etc. Because we feel that, when we [...]
Categories: Life,Motivational,Self-help
Tagged: focus, Life, material, Money, motivational, people, Relationship, Self-help, things
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- May 3, 2010 – 9:34 am
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- By Alvin Lim
When something screws up (or to put it bluntly – when shit happens), we are quick to point our finger at others. Anyone but us. Why? Because if it is something bad, it got to be a mistake made by someone else. Why blame ourselves and start feeling bad for ourselves? Nobody likes to feel [...]
Categories: Life,Motivational,Self-help
Tagged: apology, blame, ego, Life, mistake, motivational, Self-help
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- April 26, 2010 – 8:00 am
- Author:
- By Alvin Lim