Pass!I have made a new discovery today. =)I've just passed my CMFAS Module 9 Test today. Most importantly, I did not go for any tutorials or lectures for this particular subject, and that means that, I studied this subject ALL BY MYSELF! STRAIGHT FROM THE BOOK! WOW! Great Feat !I started this posted is not to boast about my accomplishment most definitely. Instead, what I want to say about my discovery is that, it doesn't matter whether are there going to be tutorials to help one study, what matters the most is the strategy he/she adopts, the mental state and the beliefs of that person as well. And it definitely work out well for me! With everything in place (strategies, mental states, beliefs etc.), I just went ahead and study for my test. However, If I chose to blame the fact that there's no tutorials or blame any other thing, I most probably won't have the right abilities to study independently. And I'd most likely give up.
Another crucial factor that constitutes to this is that I took total responsibility over the situation. Let's say if I chose to blame the fact that there's no tutorials, the I guess I'd just accept that fact and do nothing to change or even rectify the problem. Because in my mind I would be thinking, "No tutorials is their fault what, not mine, what can I do about it? "Instead, I chose to take responsibility, and by take responsibility means that I have the ability to rectify the problem and eventually telling myself, "Well, let's see what I can do since there's not tutorials now." From there I then start to plan out the strategies and all to go ahead with my self study. And I'm right, it's all about taking control of the situation, and not the other way round."Whatever the mind of man can concieve and believe, it can achieve."
Napolean Hill
I'm proud of myself. =D
Another article for all your reading pleasure. =)
"There's the tragedy of the man who works all his life for something and never gets it. There is the even more bitter tragedy of the man who gets what he wants and finds it empty."
This reminds a story of Barry McGuire, a rock singer. In his one-man concert, McGuire relate to a incident where he and his cast were once guests of an exceedingly rich man. To have an idea of the size of his property, the drive from his gate to the front door took nearly Fifteen minutes. One evening, while they were all high from drinking and drugs, McGuire happened to be lying next to his host and said, " Wow, you must really be happy with all you've got. "
His host replied, "I'm the most miserable man on this earth." That proved to be the turning point in McGuire's life. He was shattered to discover that his pursuit of success could be equally meaningless.
Many people never get what they want in life. So they don't know if that's really worth it. Many people think money is everything and devote their entire lives to this goal. But as a wise father once advised his son, "money can buy everything except happiness;it is a passport to everywhere except heaven." But since few ever get to amass the kind of money we hope for, we never really know how the pursuit of money can be both an illusion and delusion. For others it may be fame, or the world's adulation, or sex, etc.
The true purpose behind the purpose
One touching story is that of 2 world class artists who were close friends. In old age, Pierre Renoir the great French painter sufered from arthritis, which twisted and cramped his hand. Henry Matisse, his artist friend, watched sadly while Renoir, grasping brush with only his fingertips, continued to paint even though every movement caused stabbing pain. One day, Matisse asked Renoir why he persisted in painting even at the expense of such torture. Renoir replied, "The pain passes, but the beauty remains."
Here's purpose behind the purpose: he painted despite great personal discomfort because he knew the end product held special significance and would survive long after him.
Imbued by that same sense, how would we go about our daily business ? Work is more than just earning a couple of dollars. Serving a customer well is more than just getting rid of him. Doing our best whether anybody is watching takes on a new dimension.
So what's the true purpose behind the purpose? For people who has the goal of achieving some level of financial abundance, what's the purpose behind it? How about those that has the goal of achieving academic superiority over others, have you found the purpose behind it?
When we can arrive at that same point - "Is that all?" - we are very close to discovering the purpose behind the purpose for our daily continuance here on earth. If "that is all", then we can determine for ourselves what extra dimension we can add to our lives and transform it into something extraordinary.
" Some men see things as they are and ask, 'Why?'
I see them as they never have been and ask, 'Why Not?' "
George Bernard Shaw
Cheers!
- Part of this article is an extract from Dr Andrew Goh compilations of motivation.
Too many people have small things in their life. And as you begin to realise, these people are just too focused with this small things and forget every other things. They probably need something big to explode their world and mind. Or so must we, if not we will only end up like the frog in the well. Life still goes on and everything in the world revolves even when we're sleeping. Nothing comes to a halt. So we must find a place in our big picture of life.
If you don't see big, then you are seeing small.2 similiar shoe salesman was sent to India to promote their shoes and both experienced the same events happening to them. The people in India does not wear Shoes! To his horror, the 1st salesman immediately made a phonecall back to his company, complaining how is he going to sell shoes when people don't wear shoes at all. However, the 2nd salesman chose to react by saying "good! this is the best time to sell these shoes to them!" So how did this happen ? It's because one saw problems and the other saw opportunities, and being that only means that the latter can begin to see beyond the limitations and liabilities of the potential of the problems.
Life is like jigsaw puzzle, without the big picture, the small bits probably don't make sense. I'm sure most wouldn't even know how to start putting all in place! But once they have the idea of how it looks like, then every small piece will have its value and contributions.
Have big things in life, otherwise, small things become big.What the above says is really true. If one doesn't have big things in his/her life, then Small becomes BIG. But if we big things, the small will remain small, and we will have the correct perspective in life. Events which happen can be viewed and accepted differently.
Same Questions, Different AnswersA man who passes 3 brick layers performing identical tasks stops by and start to ask a question. He asks the 1st, "excuse me sir, what are you doing?" and the 1st bricklayer replied " Cant you see ? I'm a brick layer, I lay bricks." He then apologised and hurried over to the 2nd and asked the same question. The man replied " Me ? I'm building a wall' He then asks the 3rd and the 3rd said "I'm am raising a great Cathedral."
Same questions, so amazingly different answers! Why is this so? That's because the 3 all looked at their task differently. As you can see the 1st just lay the bricks without any vision of how it's gonna be like and ultimately, such task is meaningless to him and he doesn't enjoy what he's doing. However, how the 3rd bricklayer looks at his task shows that he has total understanding of his big picture and thus, he's doing it with so much meaning and enjoying the moment as well!
Day in day out, our work hardly changes. However, if we begin to see the big picture, we will begin to find meaningfulness in what we do.
Lastly I would like to share the story of Terry Fox, I'm sure all of you know who this hero is, right ? In his pursuit of raising money for cancer research, Terry Fox decided to run a marathon 24/7 across canada totalling up to 5000 miles. He's created an impact and memory in all of us because he CHOSE not to succumb to self pity or recriminations. So instead of his original goal of raising C$1 Million. It has exceeded Manifold! C$24 Million.
In an interview before his death, Terry Fox Quoted
"I guess that one of the most important things I've learned is that nothing is ever completely bad. Even Cancer. It has made me a better person. It has given me courage and a sense of purpose I never had before. But you dont have to do like what I did... to wait until you lose a leg or some awful disease before you take time to find out what kind of stuffs you're really made of. You can start now. Anybody can."Having the big picture helps us more than cope with daily obstacles and setbacks. It shapes our overall approach to life.
Life is more than time to be spent. It has significance beyond life itself.
So what's your big picture? =)
- Today is the beginning of the rest of your life! -
And so it is
Just like you said it would be
Life goes easy on me
Most of the time
And so it is
The shorter story
No love, no glory
No hero in her sky
You got that right ?
No ?
Stones taught me to fly
Love taught me to lie
Life taught me to die
So it's not hard to fall
When you float like a cannonballI'm sure you got that right ????
Indeed! Damien Rice's first concert here
Tonight! And most importantly I'm gonna be there ! Man I can't wait.. Hope It will be good! I definitely don't someone like him to cause a disappointment but well.. I guess he will live up to expectations yea ?
The anticipation is too hard to handle.. God let time fly!!
Hah!The impromptu ktv session was simply amazing. Didnt know my mates can sing so well so effortlessly! *Envies*
But 3 hours are alittle too short to totally enjoy.. man, now I can feel the ache in my throat..
After that 2 other friends of mine and I went to play pool. We played king (Winner in loser out) and most of the time this particular friend of mine stayed on as king. He was simply unbeatable.. Only managed to clear him twice (I consider my skills fairly good..*grins*). Sighs there's always a mountain higher. I was pretty surprised that I wasn't a sore loser this time round. *rubs chin*
Later at night, I went to meet the girl and she wanted to try out the smelly tofu at the Jurong East Pasar malam. Eventually the smell convinced her to backed out... The smell is
!#$%!!$^&*^*$(!^! It almost made me vomit, I could even smell it about 6 - 8 stalls away!! No shit man, I swear I'm not kidding. Haha. I really respect the aunty selling the tofu man. She can do business since like for dont know how long without being affected by the smell! Wah Pei fu pei fu. Now we know who to nominate for the next people of the year. The Tofu aunty hands down! *Barghh* thinking of the smell makes me wanna vomit again... -_-'
Well I guess I should make my days like this more frequently. I'm definitely not enjoying my life enough...
yet..
For the 1st time in 22 years of my life, I am proud (at the same time rather ashamed) to say that, I washed the dishes after dinner. But hey, Never Late Than Never right ?
I'm learning to become a better husband.
Good grief... someone still actually visits my site! Omg.. makes me feel so guilty not wanting to update it.. *laughs*
Initially when I started doing up this blogsite I wanted cultivate a kind of discipline.. that is to update a piece of my life regularly.. I don't care even if anyone reads it.. at least it's for myself, my own remembrance. So what has happened to it now? Totally untouched.. I couldn't even be bothered.. claiming that I have no time is a extremely lousy excuse for my laziness. Maybe it's also due to my kind of life ? So much of a routine I'm tired of explaining.
However, I have to admit, there were some parts worth mentioning.. maybe when I have the time, I will do it ? Haha. Pretty old the same lazy Lj for you..
I was just looking at my photo album a few moments ago. At the same time, iTunes was playing 'photograph' by nickelback. How coincident..
if only this happens when I buy 4D.. lyrics of the song plus the photographs in my album caused
lots of flashbacks of my childhood & sch days... so much memories.. if only I can store of all them into one mega drive where I can play videos of my childhood as and when I want. *
Oh me praysss...* Been thru so many phases, got into so many fights, many quarrels.. a few tears.. and laughters..
For those who didn't know.. we are 5 years old! I Love U !
Look at this photographEverytime I do it makes me laughHow did our eyes get so redAnd what the hell is on Joey's headAnd this is where I grew upI think the present owner fixed it upI never knew we'd ever went withoutThe second floor is hard for sneakin' outAnd this is where I went to schoolMost of the time I had better things to doCriminal records says I've broke in twiceI must have done it half a dozen timesI wonder if it's too lateShould I go back and try to graduateLife's better now than it was back thenIf I was them I wouldn't let me inOh oh oh oh god I....IEvery memory of looking out the back doorI have a photo album spread out on my bedroom floorIt's hard to say, time to say itGoodbye, goodbyeEvery memory of walking out the front doorI found the photo of the friend that I was looking forIt's hard to say, time to say itGoodbye, goodbyeWe used to listen to the radioAnd sing along with every song we knowWe said someday we'd find out how it feelsTo sing to more than just the steering wheelKim's the first girl I kissedI was so nervous that I nearly missedShe's had a couple of kids since thenI haven't seen her since god knows whenOh oh oh oh god I...IEvery memory of looking out the back doorI have a photo album spread out on my bedroom floorIt's hard to say, time to say itGoodbye, goodbyeEvery memory of walking out the front doorI found the photo of the friend that I was looking forIt's hard to say, time to say itGoodbye, goodbyeI miss that townI can't believe itSo hard to staySo hard to leave itIf I could I relive those daysI know the one thing that would never change......Every memory of looking out the back doorI have a photo album spread out on my bedroom floorIt's hard to say, time to say itGoodbye, goodbyeEvery memory of walking out the front doorI found the photo of the friend that I was looking forIts hard to say, time to say itGoodbye, goodbyeLook at this photographEverytime I do it makes me laughEverytime I do it makes me......
____bring me back time....
