Understanding the meaning of Slash Slash When we think about slash, what may first come up with might be the punctuation -- “/”. But if we use the word “slash” to describe a person, the meaning of it extends to people with multiple occupational identities -- a UI designer/ blogger, consultant/ career coach, or editor/ …
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Understanding Mindfulness What is Mindfulness? Mindfulness simply means being in the present moment. It tells you to feel the flow of time by only paying attention to where you are, what you are doing, what is in your mind, and how you feel at this present moment. By channeling your concentration entirely towards your bodily …
Special Offers for Students and Educators Gone through the “Sci-Fi movie” called 2020, life goes on and unfolds new challenges for us all, especially for those students and teachers who have just experienced not-so-efficient remote learning and for those who are new to the college this autumn. At this key stage, turning life into a …
A couple of months ago, I saw a TV series called Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, where a Japanese lady Konmari visited families to help them tidy their homes. The tiding process normally starts from clothes, books to sentimental items. A rule she’s given is only keeping what’s necessary and discarding those that don’t …
Minimalism: How I Finally Found the True Beauty of Living with Less Read More »
What is OKRs? Drown in the jargon river where so many abbreviations represent different business management methods, the OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) framework stands out due to its popularity among some household names, e.g. Google and Linkedin. Moving through Andy Grove, who first introduced Management by Objectives to Intel in the 1970s to …
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What is Time Blocking You might instantly recall the Lego blocks that we used to build a house when we were kids. Similarly, if we split 24 hours/1440 minutes of a day into blocks, how we spend the time is how we pile up these blocks in order the house to be built. Time Blocking …
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Understanding procrastination Usually, we think of procrastination as a bad habit, but this might not be the case. Research by Burka and Yuen, authors of Procrastination: Why You Do It, What to Do About It Now, have found that procrastination is not a bad habit, but a psychological syndrome caused by one’s fear. In other …
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An unexpected COVID-19 pandemic has led to a global rollout of working from home for a long time and some may be for now too, whether it’s out of personal choices or out of no choices. Although this may be no different for those who’ve already been used to remote work, like some freelancers. However, …
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