Business Advice

Sounds boring? Maybe ... maybe not.

I stumbled upon these 7 pieces of Business Wisdom from the Freelance Folder. Please read on :-

1 — Push through your limitations

“The successful person makes a habit of doing what the failing person doesn’t like to do.” — Thomas Edison

2 — Never stop improving

“An organization’s ability to learn, and translate that learning into action rapidly, is the ultimate competitive advantage.”— Jack Welch

3 — Action is more important than talk

“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing”— Walt Disney

4 — Success takes hard work

“Only one who devotes himself to a cause with his whole strength and soul can be a true master. For this reason mastery demands all of a person.”— Albert Einstein

5 — Hard work brings happiness (and success)

“Satisfaction does not come with achievement, but with effort. Full effort is full victory.”— Mahatma Gandhi

6 — Don’t be afraid of failure

“Success is not built on success. It’s built on failure. It’s built on frustration. Sometimes its built on catastrophe.”— Sumner Redstone

7 — Strive to provide something great

“A lot of companies have chosen to downsize, and maybe that was the right thing for them. We chose a different path. Our belief was that if we kept putting great products in front of customers, they would continue to open their wallets.”— Steve Jobs

The Color of My Love - Celine Dion

Ill paint my mood in shades of blue
Paint my soul to be with you
Ill sketch your lips in shaded tones
Draw your mouth to my own

Ill draw your arms around my waist
Then all doubt I shall erase
Ill paint the rain that softly lands on your wind-blown hair

Ill trace a hand to wipe out your tears
A look to calm your fears
A silhouette of dark and light
While we hold each other oh so tight

Ill paint a sun to warm your heart
Swearing that well never part
Thats the colour of my love

Ill paint the truth
Show how I feel
Try to make you completely real
Ill use a brush so light and fine
To draw you close and make you mine

Ill paint a sun to warm your heart
Swearing that well never part
Thats the colour of my love

Ill draw the years all passing by
So much to learn so much to try

And with this ring our lives will start
Swearing that well never part
I offer what you cannot buy
Devoted love until we die

Study Effectively

ATTITUDE TO STUDY

• importance of studying
• open mind
• cultivate right/positive mental attitudes on subjects and teachers
• make study interesting

TIME FOR STUDY

• how much time devoted to study
• time to study must be regular and consistent

PLACE OF STUDY

• conducive environment
• proper ventilation and bright lights
• no distractions
• desk, chair and stationaries

METHOD OF STUDY

• map and plan topics to study and cover
• take quick quiz sessions
• take notes
• underline keywords
• say out what you have read as discussion with friends
• do some practice problems

GOOD DIET

REGULAR SLEEP SCHEDULE

Hocus Pocus FOCUS !

These are interesting tips for improving your concentration.

F = Five More Rule
O = One Think At a Time
C = Conquer Procrastination
U = Use Your Hands as Blinkers
S = See As If For the First or Last Time

You may read the full article Focus Pocus: How to Magically Improve Your Concentration 5 tips to help you concentrate from Sam Horn.

This is an except from the said article.

What people have said about concentration

"I used to think the human brain was the most fascinating part of the body, and then I realized, 'What is telling me that?'" - Emo Phillips

"Iron rusts from disuse, stagnant water loses its purity and in cold weather becomes frozen, even so does inaction sap the vigors of the mind." Leonardo da Vinci

"Tell me to what you pay attention, and I will tell you who you are." - Jose Ortega y Gasset

I would go without shirt or shoe sooner than lose for a minute the two separate sides of my head." - Rudyard Kipling

"It's not that I don't want to listen to people. I very much want to listen to people. I jut can't hear them over my talking." - Paula Poundstone

"I'm getting so absent-minded and forgetful. Sometimes in the middle of a sentence, I . . . " - Milton Berle

i carry your heart with me - eecummings

i carry your heart with me(i carry it in
my heart)i am never without it(anywhere
i go you go,my dear; and whatever is done
by only me is your doing,my darling)
i fear
no fate(for you are my fate,my sweet)i want
no world(for beautiful you are my world,my true)
and it's you are whatever a moon has always meant
and whatever a sun will always sing is you

here is the deepest secret nobody knows
(here is the root of the root and the bud of the bud
and the sky of the sky of a tree called life;which grows
higher than the soul can hope or mind can hide)
and this is the wonder that's keeping the stars apart

i carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)

My Bowling Mantra

Please don't mind me. I am INTO bowling at the moment. What with the coming competition (sports & recreation club level.. ** ehem!!**).

For a beginner like me, bowling is tough. I have to learn from basic, that is, from the posture, to the steps, to the throw, to the release, to the score (did I miss anything?).

Anyway, I have created myself a "BOWLING MANTRA" (thanks to the bowling tips in the internet, of course and some informal trainers), So as to choreograph my bowling steps

Here goes...

Step 1 - "Push Away" (Ball moves out)
Step 2 - "Pro Zone" (Ball moves down)
Step 3 - "Pivot Step" (Ball moves back)
Step 4 - "Slide" (Ball moves down)

Ball moves out --> ball moves down --> ball moves back --> ball moves down --> release --> follow through.

Bowl the ball and knock the pins

photo from ourworld.compuserve.com

photo from winbowling.com

Four-step Delivery - from eHow.com (with my little notes in italics)

Step1

Pick up the ball and go to your starting position.

Step2

Hold the ball on your bowling arm side (not the center of your body) to create a straight arm swing.

Step3

Take a deep breath and relax.

Step4

Take your first step with you right foot if you are right handed, or with your left foot if you are left handed.

Step5

Move the ball out and down, away from your body, as you take you first step.

Step6

Allow the weight of the ball to swing it past your side as you take your second step.

Step7

Take your third step as the ball reaches the top of your backswing.

Step8

Slide your foot on your fourth step, and swing the ball down into the release. (focus on the arrow that you are throwing to)

Step9

Close your fingers together, like snapping, as you release the ball.

Step10

Follow through, extending your arm towards the pins and continuing upward. (swing arms completely like a pendulum - to avoid the gutter or getting the ball too far to the left/right)

Step11

Finish with your left foot in front (or right foot for left handers), and your back foot pointing toward 7:00 (with 12:00 being the pins).

Step12

Keep you shoulders square to the foul line

Most importantly, FOCUS and always remember to HAVE FUN!

P/S : There are many interesting articles about "how to" bowling at http://winbowling.com/

Love, Reign O'er Me by Pearl Jam

Reign Over Me - Original Soundtrack

Only love can make it rain
The way the beach is kissed by the sea
Only love can make it rain
Like the sweat of lovers
Laying in the fields

Love, reign o'er me
Love, reign on me, rain o'er me
Rain on me

Only love can bring the rain
That makes you yearn to the sky
Only love can bring the rain
That falls like tears from on high

Love, reign o'er me, rain on me
Love, reign o'er me, rain on me
Rain on me

On the dry and dusty road
The nights we spend apart alone
I need to get back home to cool cool rain
I can't sleep and I lay and I think
The night is hot and black as ink
Wooh God, I need a drink of cool cool rain

Love, reign o'er me
Reign o'er me, o'er me
Love, reign o'er me
Rain on me


I watched the movie 'Reign Over Me' on HBO the other night. It was a touching story about a man named Charlie who lost his family in a plane crash. Ever since the tragedy, he was living in a world that deluded this tragic fate. He became a recluse. Until one day, an old college mate, Alan, met him and tried to reconnect to him. From then on, the life journey of the 2 friends began. In a way, rekindling the friendship saved both their lives.