So time is limited and you only live once. Perhaps the battle of our generation is looking for that meaning, that something, or perhaps nothing? 10 Simple Ways of How You Can Have a Lifestyle Design to Fit the Status Quo, be normal, unmemorable and unremarkable! Don’t Be Yourself Ensure you have a lifestyle design that you hide your interests
Wonder Women – Turn a Transition into a Work of Art
This week I got to interview Carolyn who runs the Huang Yao Foundation. Starting from banking, to motherhood, to establishing a foundation to continue her grandfather’s legacy, to gardening; Carolyn shares how she tries to live in the moment and how she is more aware of the stages of life and career – transitions. Today, we delve in deeper to
Xtraordinary Women Award 2013 Social Business Panel
I am super excited to be the young representative at the Xtraordinary Women Award 2013 Social Business Panel! The panel is titled “Social Businesses – Doing Good Sustainably” and is organized by IWFCIS. The International Women’s Federation of Commerce and Industry (IWFCI) is one of the leading organizations in Singapore and provides women entrepreneurs access and resources to participate in business
Banish Unproductive Work Habits and Get to Work B*tch
Everyone is in the race for being more productive. We all want to do more things, want to achieve more things? Have you ever walked into the office in the morning, with all the best intentions to conquer a massive workload, just to face one distraction after the other all day and leave the office feeling deflated and with an
Business Stress: 6 Things You Can Do When You Feel Stressed or Down
Being in business for yourself, by yourself is super-rewarding, however, it can be rather stressful. Sometimes the load just seems too heavy… What do you do when your clients are unhappy, or pull out of deals? You stress of course! Well, that’s one option, at least for a very short while. But then it’s time to count to 10, slowly,
List-Building Myth: 7 Psychological Strategies for a Bigger, Better, More Effective Newsletter
How many of you would like to increase their number of subscribers on their list? Do you cringe at night? Are you getting stressed out because everyone is telling you that the money is in the list. Well I am here to break that myth for you: The numbers is not in the list, can you imagine building a list
Email Marketing Psychology: 5 Things You Miss When Are List-less
And 5 Tips For Creating a Kick-Ass Email Marketing Subscriber List During my exchange year in Vancouver, the only job I could get was a fundraising job on campus where I would spend 20 hours/week cold calling alumni to donate money to the to help current students on financial aid. Being on financial aid myself, was really curious how it
Ali Meehan: How to build a community of 2000 engaged individuals
This week, I got to interview Ali Meehan who is runs the largest online community in Spain for Women called Costa Women. Meeting her and learning how to build a community the way she did, was a fascinating experience indeed. Today I’d like to share her wisdom with you. Ali’s Story – Before She Decided to Build a Community Ali has
Self-Confidence Myth: The Key Ingredient to Launching and Building Your Business or Career
Do you feel like you need a career transition or want to take your business to the next level? Last week, we spoke about MK who made a huge (and successful) career transition in her 40s. She took courage, determination, risk but she succeeded. MK wasn’t confident overnight! An article in the Harvard Business Review says Less-Confident People Are More
From Army Officer to Customer-Centric Financial Advisor
This week I interviewed a good friend of mine; she was one of the first people I met when I moved back. I just know you’ll be fascinated by MK’s story of how she went from Army Officer to running her own financial advisory business. We dig into her psychological barriers and how she went from no customers to filling