Stuart’s Philosophies

Searching For Direction, Perspective, Some tongue-in-cheek humor and Purpose? Seek to engage your mind, develop yourself and become a master of your own being. Here are my reflections of life and living, self-coaching and personal introspection.

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Tao Li And The Epitome Of Selfishness?

I read in the news today (Straits Times, January 28 2008) regarding Tao Li’s response to her “tax” money. Well, as it seems, there is not much wisdom in the young lass’s words even though she’s produced a lot of results from a medal standpoint.
It reminds me of times when my partners and I wonder […]

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Masterminding Lessons #2 - What to avoid in a mastermind

I was reminded about this masterminding series I intended to write about.
I still feel that too many people aren’t able to understand the core of mastermind groups. They think they join a group for exclusivity. I’d rather talk about mastermind groups in the context of sharing and bridging people, not to create some kind of […]

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Masterminding Lessons #1

Masterminding Lessons #1
If you are not familiar with the power of the mastermind group, you really need to grab a copy of Think And Grow Rich.
I just came out from a powerful mastermind session today. A couple of things that I have observed about a strong mastermind session.
Pillar #1 - Purpose
I think you must always have […]

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The Reason For Success In Training

I’ve been training for quite some time. I’ve discovered more or less the elements of success in a training workshop. In a corporate or school environment, different people expect different things from us as trainers. The biggest issue is that of support.
Many organizations do not understand the psychology behind training. It’s not the training or […]

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Are You Progressing?

Every day we look at the news and there’s so much bad news. We haven’t really even scratched the surface of knowing what progress is. If we are so progressive, shouldn’t we be focusing more on the development of ourselves as human beings and as a human race? Many new ideas are weird but just […]

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Lunch With Ron Kaufman

I just had a lunch meeting with the dynamic Ron Kaufman who specializes in customer service training. Ron is a high-energy live-wire who thinks at a hundred miles an hour, and is one of the most creative minds I know.
I discovered a number of interesting things related to the power of leverage in this meeting […]

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The Power of Leverage (Podcast)

I just did an audio podcast to explain leverage and what you can do with the different kinds of leverage. It ties in with another concept in business known as optimization. The idea behind leverage is simple - do little to get great results. If you want to know how to do this, then you’ll […]

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The Startling Reality: Individuals versus Teams

I just completed a series of trainings in schools and in corporations that got me thinking – in reality, we are all extremely pampered and lazy individuals, and without an external object of competition, without a group of people pushing us on, we’ll never move forward. This is the reality of goal setting. The truth […]

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