Published on Thursday, November 18, 2010 by Optimist Over the years, many have been drawn into the corporate world in order to survive. Have enough to feed the family and perhaps a vacation once every 3 years. With the years of being trained to take the public transport and squeeze into the crowded train or bus, one might have forgotten something, or rather someone. That someone is self. Although this was posted ...

Published on Thursday, October 28, 2010 by Optimist Time is money. ~ Benjamin Franklin [Source] It is critical to have money when it comes to food and basic necessities. Without money, we can't do anything, perhaps we used to be able to forage for food but with urbanisation overtaking the forests, we are left with one choice. That is to spend the money, no matter what the amount, on food and transport. The prices f...

Published on Thursday, October 21, 2010 by Optimist Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.~ Howard Thurman [Source] There is so much more to life than we see in our own world that we prefer to see.  Maybe it's the mission in life that we are missing. It's amazing how game developers keep coming out with objectives to a...

Published on Thursday, September 9, 2010 by Optimist The best way to appreciate your job is to imagine yourself without one. ~ Oscar Wilde [Source] Many often, standing around the cooler, you hear people talking about how bad their job is. You might have even seen the following below. Smelling armpits Toothbrush and toilet paper The phrase job satisfaction may have been over used to the point where on...

Published on Thursday, August 5, 2010 by Optimist Often, we play games to pass the time. If we notice just a little bit more, we might find the game's objectives clearer. The game developers have designed the game such that the game play is fixed in terms of objectives, such as rescuing a person in the game, completing all the stages without using any game lives, and much more. All of the games have a common goal; to...

Published on Thursday, June 17, 2010 by Optimist Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it. ~ M. Scott Peck [Source] Once we are born, we are valuable to our parents. Our parents take it upon their responsibilities to make sure that we get the best, so that we can enjoy lives better than they did. They hated the lives they had because they were ...

Published on Thursday, March 18, 2010 by Optimist Change is inevitable - except from a vending machine. ~ Robert C. Gallagher [Source] What happens in life is change but how willing to change are you? The things that surround us is the comfort zone. The place where we feel safe as it is familiar. Due to the familiarity, we tend to take it with such ease that we forget about certain dreams in life that were somehow...

Published on Thursday, December 31, 2009 by Optimist Your big opportunity may be right where you are standing right now. ~ Napoleon Hill [Source] Many of us had dreams as young as 5 years old. Perhaps we saw that brave firefighter carrying so many people to safety or that courageous policeman who chased and caught a robber despite weapons pointing at him. Later, as we grew up, we let go of our dreams. Shrinking them be...

Published on Thursday, October 8, 2009 by Optimist In life, we meet different people but they are often defined by similar characters and personalities. Some like to be friendly while there are others who find joy in taking advantage of others. No one likes to be taken advantage of and it is a terrible feeling especially when your loved ones are the ones who take advantage of you. If strangers do that, it's easier ...

Published on Thursday, October 1, 2009 by Optimist If you think about disaster, you will get it. Brood about death and you hasten your demise. Think positively and masterfully, with confidence and faith, and life becomes more secure, more fraught with action, richer in achievement and experience. ~ Swami Vivekananda ~ [Source] Life has given us many opportunities but do we see their value or the surface level? We d...