Category Archives: Worklife

Success and passion: is there a correlation?

Posted on April 2, 2013 by

Successful people tend to be passionate about they do. But what if you start pursuing your passion, will you be successful? If you are thinking of diving into your passion, careful. For starters, do read up this article from the … Continue reading →

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Debunking the myth of the brainstorm

Posted on January 7, 2013 by

In 1948, Alex Osborne, then a partner at BBDO, first spoke of the brainstorm in his book “Your Creative Power”.  Chapter 33 in the book was titled “How to organize a squad to create ideas”. Thus was the legend of … Continue reading →

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“5-day work week not good for economy”

Posted on July 20, 2012 by

I was with my friend Mr. Lee, who works for a Korean multinational, and we were in the midst of our quarterly drinking session. Mr. Lee is a 60 something senior executive, he’s worked with only one company all his … Continue reading →

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Selfish to hit the top, selfless to stay there

Posted on July 6, 2012 by

This piece of insightful analysis – that you have to be selfish to hit the top, and then become selfless if you want to stay there – comes from none other than the legendary basketball player Michael Jordan. Since corporate … Continue reading →

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Not everyone likes being promoted

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

A friend of mine, who has worked in Asia for a long time, told me this fascinating story from his days in Jakarta. He was then running a large and successful ad agency. He promoted a young lady in the … Continue reading →

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