Tag: Personal Development
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Hungry and Tired? Top Three Easy Recipes to Lighten Your Day
Here’s something lighthearted from the hustle and bustle of investment and economics! Written By Stephanie Goh I grew up spending a lot of time in the kitchen, helping my mother with whatever new recipe that caught her interest that week. From cooking pizzas and noodles to baking cakes and cookies,…
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Why Taking the First Step is Always the Hardest
The harrowing depths, beneath,Steps to the edge, looking down,Strong gusts of wind, bloweth,Frozen in spot, but forward,We must. I remembered that time I applied for a position on myPF as a writer during the pandemic. I quit my dream job and pursued a Masters. Trapped at home with nowhere to…
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Getting 1% Better Every Day – Why Small Progress is Important
There was once a tale,Of a person who slowly,Lifted the rocks from a hill,To put them next to the sea,He wasn’t strong, nor fast,And everyone laughed at him,Gradually, he lifted more of them,Gained muscles and speed,One day, tall waves hit,And the barrier he formed,Protected his home, and the village,Slowly, everyone…
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How 8 Years of Slow Groundwork is Helping Me to Transition to a One-Person Business Model with Multiple Businesses
A step forward,Lays the foundation,To climb upward,It won’t move a nation. But it will spark,A meaningful life into,And with luck,Other people drive too. The poem above, written by me, encapsulates what I feel about taking the plunge to transition into a one-person business owner. It starts with a single step…
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Why We Struggle for Meaning in Life and What I Did About It
Sometimes I wake up,Sometimes I don’t. I blame myself,Not being strong. I struggle,To find me. But in the Lord,I found faith. This might not apply to all. The pursuit of meaning is subjective but for some reason, I thought it was objective growing up. Or rather, many of us did.…
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Setbacks and Failure Humble You to Keep Trying and Taking Risks
Today, there is a particular topic that many self-made entrepreneurs peddle in their biographies and life experiences I would like to talk about – the topic of failing. However, this will be from the perspective of someone who is not a multi-billionaire but rather just a regular person on the…
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5 Reasons Why the 9-5 is Perfect for You to Pursue Your Passions with an ‘s’ Part-Time
I still remember the days where I stare at my screen with a blank expression at 11pm. I was in office and waiting for someone’s approval for my work. I was scrolling through Facebook ( I know, I am a millennial doing boomer stuff ), and came across an economics…
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Here are the Things that I do When I Struggle to be Productive
Have you ever had such a moment when you are working? One hand is on the keyboard while the other is on your forehead. You are trying to work but nothing is coming. You have been staring at the screen for what feels like hours, with nothing to show for…
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Depressed Woman Left Her Corporate Job and Travelled with Her Grandpa in China: Why I am Focusing More on Exploring These Days With my Wife
Source: Unsplash An interesting story emerged in South China Morning Post. Depressed high-flying Chinese women turned down a job offer from a Global 500 company, and traveled with her cancer-stricken grandpa all over China. She spiraled into depression as her mum and paternal grandmother passed away in 2019. Her documentation…
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The Grass is Greener Here and on the Other Side But I am going to the Side with None
Source: Unsplash (Kamal Hossain) I have heard so many people talked about how the grass is greener on the other side. It symbolizes that things potentially are better in other places compared to the current one. However, recently, I have been thinking of this saying. I myself am lucky enough…
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