How are you writing your life story? The story you tell yourself defines your trajectory in life. As you read this article, you are creating a new story and guess who is the main character. You are the most important person in that story. You have the power to choose what the main character does […]
Category: Mindset
What You Need to Know About Kindness
Can you remember how it felt when you experienced an act of kindness? We take notice when kindness is shown to us because it creates a positive impact to our wellbeing. Kindness is not only beneficial to the receiver but the person practicing kindness also reaps some of the benefits. Research has shown it enhances […]
Living a Purposeful Life
Most people go about with their life and do not ask themselves important questions about their dreams. Guess what was the most common regret dying people express? I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me. This was the most common regret people had […]
How to Be Happier?
Most people miss opportunities that can bring moment of joy and happiness everyday because they don’t appreciate good things happening to them. Gratitude (Great Attitude) is a pathway to happiness many of us don’t practice. I know what you are thinking. Give me a break! Gratitude is so cliché. Let me run through a couple of […]
Circle of Competence: How Warren Buffett Makes Decisions
The concept the “circle of competence” was developed by Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger to focus on investing in areas they knew best and avoiding areas they didn’t understand. In his 1996 letter to Berkshire Hathaway, Buffett explained the concept: What an investor needs is the ability to correctly evaluate selected businesses. Note that word […]
Better Decisions: 3 Time-Tested Mental Frameworks
We make thousands of decisions every day, yet most of us have not been taught how to make better decision. Doctors make critical decisions daily. The consequences of these decisions impact upon the lives of people. Sometimes, the quality of decision determines outcomes between life and death. Making decision is a complex process that requires an ability […]
The Benefits of Delayed Gratification
A common trait highly successful people exhibit is their ability to delay gratification. They have a long-term future focus. We all know patience is a virtue. Most of us know in the back of our mind we ought to think long term. We want everything now Yet, we favour choices that bring us instant gratification […]
From Failing AKT to a Pass
When Dr Stephen first came to me, he was desperate having failed MRCGP AKT multiple times. He lost all hope and self-esteem. The previous attempts deflated his confidence. Stephen was granted one last chance to sit the exam. He was nervous as this was his final attempt. It was make-or-break time. We worked together and […]
How to Transform Your Life?
The six logical levels of change proposed by Robert Dilts provide a useful model to understand ways we can achieve change at an individual and organisational level. The six logical levels are: purpose, identity, value/belief, capability, behaviour & environment. Purpose: Why are you alive on this Earth? This question may be hard to answer if […]
Free Yourself From These 3 Toxic Thought Patterns
Humans have around 50, 000 thoughts every day. With all the thinking that goes on, mind wandering is an activity you may be familiar with. The human mind tries to make sense of the world using past references and memories. Thinking creates a unique narrative through which we understand the world. According to Buddhist principles, […]