The Splash of Wisdom

Some of you may already know that I travel around the region pretty frequently, having to visit and conduct seminars at my offices in Malaysia , Indonesia , Thailand and Suzhou ( China ) . I am in the airport almost every other week so I get to bump into many people who have attended my seminars or have read my books. Recently, someone came up to me on a plane to KL and looked rather shocked. He asked, 'How come a millionaire like you is traveling economy?' My reply was, 'That's why I am a millionaire. ' He still looked pretty confused. This again confirms that greatest lie ever told about wealth (which I wrote about in my latest book 'Secrets of Self-Made Millionaires'). Many people have been brainwashed to think that millionaires have to wear Gucci, Hugo Boss, Rolex, and sit on first class in air travel. This is why so many people never become rich because the moment they earn more money, they think that it is only natural that they spend more, putting...

A group of junior-level executives were participating in a management training program. The seminar leader pounded home his point about the need to make decisions and take action on those decisions. "For instance," he said, "if you had five frogs on a log and three of them decided to jump, how many frogs would you have left on the log?" The answer from the group was unanimous, "Two." "Wrong," replied the speaker. "There would still be five, because there is a difference between deciding to jump and jumping." All high achievers plan their work and work their plan, for they are keenly aware that luck is most often being prepared to take advantage of a situation.

Take a 10-30 minute walk every day. And while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti depressant. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Always pray and make time to exercise. Spend more time with people over the age of 70 And under the age of Six. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants And eat less foods that are manufactured in Plants. Drink green tea and plenty of water. Eat broccoli, almonds , walnuts. Try to make at least three people smile each day. Clear your clutter from your house, car, desk and let new and flowing energy into your life. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip, issues of the past, negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead, Invest your energy in the positive present moment. Realize that life is a school and you are here To learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum That appear and fade away like algebra class .......but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a layman and di...

   A student asks a teacher, "What is love?" The teacher said, "in order to answer your question, go to the wheatfield and choose the biggest wheat and come back.But the rule is:- you can go through them only once & cannot turn back to pick. The student went to the field, go thru first row, he saw one big wheat, but he wonders....may be there is a bigger one later. Then he saw another bigger one... but may be there is an even biggerone waiting for him.Later, when he finished more than half of the wheat field, he starts to realise that the wheat is not as big as the previous one he saw, he knew he has missed the biggest one, and he regretted. So, he ended up went back to the teacher with empty hand. The teacher told him, "...this is love... you keep looking for better ones, but when later you realise, you have already missed the person...." "What is marriage then?" the student asked. The teacher said, "in order to answer your question, go to t...

Case 1: When NASA began the launch of astronauts into space, they found out that the pens wouldn't work at zero gravity (ink won't flow down to the writing surface). To solve this problem, it took them one decade and $12 million. They developed a pen that worked at zero gravity, upside down, underwater, in practically any surface including crystal and in a temperature range from below freezing to over 300 degrees C. And what did the Russians do...?? They used a pencil. Case 2: One of the most memorable case studies on Japanese management was the case of the empty soapbox, which happened in one of Japan's biggest cosmetics companies. The company received a complaint that a consumer had bought a soapbox that was empty. Immediately the authorities isolated the problem to the assembly line, which transported all the packaged boxes of soap to the delivery department. For some reason, one soapbox went through the assembly line empty. Management asked its engineers to solve the ...

LEIDEN : Research in child psychology reveals another peculiar fact lately. If you have an 8 yr old giving you trouble, then this could help you out.While a pat on the shoulder, or a simple ‘well done!’ helps 8-year old kids learn better, a negative feedback like ‘got it wrong this time’ makes 12 yr old children learn from their mistakes, says a new study. The study claims that the learning strategy for both age-groups is quite different. While 8-year old kids learn from positive feedback, it’s the negative feedback that helps 12 yr old children in learning, and the same goes for adults, but a little more efficiently. 12 yr olds are better able to process negative feedback, and use it to learn from their mistakes. Adults do the same, but more effectively. Behavioural research has shown the switch in learning strategy, which shows that 8 yr-olds respond disproportionately and inaccurately to negative feedback.Learning from mistakes is more complex than carrying on in the same way as be...

“Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry.” “When your friends begin to flatter you on how young you look, it’s a sure sign you’re getting old.” You may know Mark Twain for some of his very popular books like Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. He was a writer and also a humorist, satirist and lecturer. Twain is known for his many – and often funny – quotes. Here are a few of my favourite tips from him. 1. Approve of yourself. “A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.” If you don’t approve of yourself, of your behaviour and actions then you’ll probably walk around most of the day with a sort of uncomfortable feeling. If you, on the other hand, approve of yourself then you tend to become relaxed and gain inner freedom to do more of what you really want. This can, in a related way, be a big obstacle in personal growth. You may have all the right tools to grow in some way but you feel an inner resistance. You can’t...