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Everyday Stories, Lived

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This is a collection of stories and daily musings.

  • Where do bad decisions come from?

    In making decisions, your own mind may be your worst enemy. from the 1998 HBR article The Hidden Traps in Decision Making From the article, there are well-documented psychological traps that undermine our decision making. They are as follows: Just click on the psychological trap you want to explore further. The anchoring trap The status-quo… Read more

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  • Misleading stories

    You need to be careful what you listen to repeatedly because you might eventually mistake the lie for truth. Take this marketing ploy as an example. Branding often involves retelling the same fictional story again and again, until people become convinced it is the truth. What images come to mind when you think about Coca-Cola?… Read more

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  • Rabble-rousers

    The malice they spread is contagious, viral. And if you are not careful with your biases, it’ll be easy for you to take sides. However, just like every division, not taking a side is also interpreted as taking a side. But do you really grasp how complex human relationships are? As difficult as it is… Read more

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  • Addicted to stats

    Since mobile devices are almost always with you, it became easy to check your stats from time to time. You want to be updated with how many people reacted or commented on your social media post and how many page views or site visits you received. You might have even espoused the idea that high… Read more

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  • Why I read the Bible in one year (again and again and again)

    Yes, I identify myself as a Christian. My life was never the same again since I encountered the reality of the Lord Jesus Christ. And I would never get to know Him if not for all the church workers who lent their time and effort to teach me what it means to live life as… Read more

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  • Keeping up with everyone

    This is a rather impossible task, even if social media tells you otherwise. Because knowing someone better takes a lot of time and even effort to actually make that time possible. Even if you insist, try to remember and count the people you mostly maintain communications with throughout the week. Narrow them down to the… Read more

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  • The hireling

    You will know whether a person is just a hireling or not by how she handles her tasks. A hireling only sees the work as a transaction where she does the work she thinks the pay was worth. Just like ticking the boxes off a checklist, she makes the transaction happen without an extra. But… Read more

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