Year: 2024
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Irritable men are easily annoyed by trivial things, such as being asked, “How are you?” They easily scowl to express annoyance and displeasure, often followed by a grunt and gestures that push you away from them. Instead, They would want to be left by themselves rather than engage in interpersonal conversations. If you are not…
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So many things are running in my mind right now, overwhelming my thoughts. It seems that the immediate relief to this situation is to type without regard. I could have written more about work in this post, but today isn’t the day to do that. The current dilemma: what media-sharing platform can I use to upload photos…
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It’s incredible to witness people of power display their frustrations. They appear confident with what they say as someone with authority over things, unafraid of being called out. They know where they stand. And it made me wonder how to gain that confidence. Does it come with age? Experience? Wealth? Status? Power? Or an overlap…
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Have you been angered by a message you received or a news you’ve watched? How did you respond? Sure, how our emotions are evoked matters and often dictates how we respond (especially when we are quick to react and not think our actions through, like a frog 🐸 leaping immediately from a perceived threat). From…
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I can’t remember when and how I learned about it, but writing down what you feel helps you sort your feelings and tone them down. So, on one occasion (way back in college), when frustration wanted to overpower rationality, I penned a note about what I felt at the moment. Without care about order and…
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Today, I have put into practice what I wrote in my previous blog. How? I did seven major tasks for today, with reading a book sometime in the afternoon, and they are as follows: And it’s incredible how I did all these things in one day, while I can spend the same hours working in front…
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These days, while mulling about creating value, I wondered if there’s really a point to doing something that nobody would take time to appreciate, value, and use. Morten T. Hansen, author of Great at Work: How Top Performers Do Less, Work Better, and Achieve More, presented the traditional productivity equation this way: A person’s work…