http://www.stuart-tan.com 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. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 15:49:39 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Randy Pausch of "The Last Lecture" has passed on. Please remember this man's amazing lecture, and his message to really live life the way you want... and leave the legacy that you deserve to leave. Link to the memoriam page http://www.stuart-tan.com/2008/07/25/randy-pausch-has-died-but-not-before-passing-on-his-last-lecture/ http://www.stuart-tan.com/2008/07/25/torrential-rain-in-singapore/ Ah... inner demons. I've been constantly telling people that there's no such thing as an external solution. And, of course, the uninitiated will argue with me about it. It's okay - I understand. You probably think that in order to be vindicated, you have to handle the issue with someone else, ... http://www.stuart-tan.com/2008/07/21/guilt-and-shame-part-2-learning-to-live-with-mistakes/ I tell people to set motivating targets and goals. In fact, this is a very powerful process that motivates. Unfortunately, because of the bad rep of motivation, it seems like many people who are planing their goals never achieve them, then this leads to them thinking that motivation is a ... http://www.stuart-tan.com/2008/07/15/guilt-and-shame-dealing-with-poison-on-your-success-journey/ All right - I know quite a few readers are out of Asia, so you may not understand Chinese (actually I don't very much ahaha) but this is a very popular reality series in Taiwan, which was heralded in 2007 by a highly popular participant, Yang Zongwei (aka Aska Yang). [I ... http://www.stuart-tan.com/2008/07/13/confidence-and-self-esteem-lessons/ I had an opportunity to discuss some ideas with Jeff Wellman, a friend of mine, whom I met at JVAlert Live in Philadelphia. While he is a successful internet marketer, he's still got a lot in him to reach his own 7-figure dream. Right now, Jeff's all heart and is ... http://www.stuart-tan.com/2008/07/07/professional-personal-development-want-more-power-in-your-life/ So, the classes of 4E1, 4E2 and 4E6 had the opportunity to see me. Strange... that I'm back in the schools training once in a blue moon. It does help though, to see young aspiring individuals. Here's wishing you guys all the very best. Take the lessons in your stride ... http://www.stuart-tan.com/2008/06/20/im-gifted-so-areyou-east-spring-secondary-school/ In case you were wondering... I was struggling with the upgrade of my blog. So, since it's been updated, I think I'm a happier man.. haha. If any of you have missed me... I've basically been busy planning out my whole new business at www.InternetMarketingSingapore.com. If you have been a part ... http://www.stuart-tan.com/2008/04/19/wow-wordpress-25-looks-really-cool/ If you ever wondered why it's a "dog's life", you better head down here to take a look. ==> http://www.kloudiia.com/1281/if-you-drink-see-this/ psst... in case you thought I was talking about the picture of the girl in the banner, well, she's cute too, but not for your eyes. hahaha... http://www.stuart-tan.com/2008/03/14/soooooo-cute-pet-lovers-only/ Just came out of a training with SMSS... and what do you know. Absolutely a thrill! say "well, that's to be expected - they come from a good school". I think that's true, but I also think that I've never seen such a group of students who are that close-knit. ... http://www.stuart-tan.com/2008/03/13/awesome-ladies-st-margarets-secondary/