Hrarvesting in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1...

In less than 24 hours...the fruits will be harvested...will they be sweet or bitter?

NLP Series Part 3

Student: Can you summarise how to be successful in 3 words?
Teacher: Outcome, Acuity, Flexibility

Outcome - know what you want, have a clear idea of the desired outcome
Acuity - know where you are going, be alert to what you are getting
Flexibility - keep changing if necessary to attain the desired outcome

Student: Can you summarise how to be successful in 2 words?
Teacher: Believe, Focus

Believe - have faith in yourself and others
Focus - always be mindful of what you are doing

Student: Can you summarise how to be successful in 1 word?
Teacher: Observe

Observe - know yourself, others and your environment

NLP Series Part 2

People explore the world using their senses...the sense data passes through various filters before becoming a map...this map represent the reality of the individual...

A hungry beggar sees a mouldy bread as appetitive...while a rich man sees a mouldy bread as aversive...

Some basic filters aka Behavioral Frames

Outcome Vs Problem (i.e asking how or asking why)
Feedback Vs Failure (i.e there is no such things as failure, only results...these results will act as feedback)
Possibilities Vs Necessities (i.e focusing on choices or constraints)

Learning -> Unlearning -> Relearning

Unconscious Incompetence -> Conscious Incompetence -> Conscious Competence -> Unconscious Competence

To learn something, one has to consciously process the relevant information...
As something is mastered, one is able to subconsciouly perform...
To relearn something, one has to consciously process the relevant information again to replace/enhance the old information

Learning how to use the chopsticks using the right hand...initially, need to consciously note the positioning of the fingers...the amount of strength to use for each fingers etc...gradually, using the chopsticks become very easy, almost automatic...
Relearning how to use the chopstick using the left hand...the whole process repeats...

The Way of Gain and Loss

Someone walking on the street...found a $10 dollar note...rejoice over his finding...thinking that he has gain something

Someone working for an hour...earn $10...does not rejoice over the earning...as it was a normal consequence...an exchange

Someone just reached home to find himself $10 poorer...for he has dropped his $10 note somewhere along the path he passed by...mourned over his loss...thinking that he has lost something

Someone uses the $10 earned to buy food and drinks...does not mourn over the using of the $10...as it was a normal consequence...an exchange

Such is the way of gain and loss...see things in the right perspective...no more gain and no more loss...

NLP Series Part 1

NLP - Neuro Linguistic Programming

NLP is a tool that involves various techniques that aim to increase personal effectiveness through modeling the success model of self and others.

Creation - Founded by John Grinder and Richard Bandler who refined the underlying patterns used by 3 therapists, Fritz Perls (Gestalt), Virginia Satir (Family Relationships), Milton Erickson (Hypnotherapy).

Why NLP is named NLP?

Neuro - the fundamental idea that all behaviours stem from neurological processes

Linguistic - indication of language being used to order our thoughts and to communicate

Programming - refers to the possibilities and ways ideas and actions can be organised to produce results

Just like that

Just Like That

Man loses horse.
Friends console him.
He says,
“I don’t know whether this is good or bad -
it is just like that.”

Horse returns with a wild horse.
Friends congratulate him.
He says,
“I don’t know whether this is good or bad -
it is just like that.”

Man’s son breaks leg while training horse.
Friends console him.
He says,
“I don’t know whether this is good or bad -
it is just like that.”

War breaks out and all able young have to fight.
Friends congratulate him.
He says,
“I don’t know whether this is good or bad -
it is just like that.”

After sunshine comes rain;
after rain comes sunshine.
Neither good nor bad -
things are just like that.

- adapted from The Daily Enlightenment

Hope at last!

after a long, torturous and depressing wait...
at last I see hope when all seems lost

What do you want to be when you grow up?

Teacher: Class!...I want you all to tell me what you all want to be when you grow up...Lets start from you...

Student A: I want to be a doctor...just like my dad!
Student B: I want to be a cook...cos I like to eat!
Student C: I want to be a lawyer...cos my mum wants me to be one

Student D: I just want to be happy

Teacher: You are missing the point of my question...I asked what you want to be when you grow up...not what you want to feel when you grow up

Student D: No...you are missing the point of life...I just want to be happy regardless of what I become when I grow up

- adpated from Life Hacks

A test of faith and patience...

It is pride that push me on to what I am today,
It is pride that cause the agony I am feeling today.
Once again, reality has made me bow my head...
I am not so great after all...
Perhaps this is a good time to reflect on my arrogance,
Perhaps this is a time to train my patience,
May time reveal to me that the world is still fair...
May I have the strength to carry on even if the world is unfair...

What went wrong!!??

What happen?!!
I thought all went quite well...
Haiz...

Big 4 Sorting Hat

Oh, you may not think I'm pretty,
But don't judge on what you see,
I'll eat myself if you can find
A smarter hat than me.
You can keep your bowlers black,
Your top hats sleek and tall,
For I'm the Big 4 Sorting Hat
And I can top them all.
There's nothing hidden in your head
The Sorting Hat can't see,
So try me on and I will tell you
Where you ought to be.

You might belong in KPMG,
Where dwell the brave at heart,
Their daring, nerve and drive for excellence,
Set KPMG apart;

You might belong in Deloitte,
Where they are just and loyal,
Those patient Deloitters are true
And unafraid of toil;

Or yet in wise old PWC,
If you've a steady mind,
Where those of wit and learning,
Will always find their kind;

Or perhaps in EY,
You'll make your real friends,
Those friendly folks have the best facilities,
To achieve their ends.

So put me on! Don't be afraid!
And don't get in a flap!
You're in safe hands (though I have none)
For I'm a Thinking Cap!

-modified from Harry Potter's Sorting Hat Song

the reluctant salesman

to sell...one has to tell lies...only because the truth is never good enough