We all know that Leadership is a HIGH STRESS position. In fact, every leader rises and falls on stress management. Some leaders fall on overt stress and some on covert stress. The overt stress is obvious, and it’s usually the stress of shame caused by Scoff, Sabotage, Setback, and Suffering. Read more…
What I like about Christmas is that it comes right before the New Year. It helps me end the year with a positive note, no matter how hard the year had been. And it also helps me enter the New Year with hope because of the good news of Christmas. Read more…
Most people know that humility is beneficial in every way, but maintaining humility is not easy. Humility is not thinking less about yourself, but recognizing that you can learn more by keeping your cup empty. When I think about humility, I can’t help but remember Benjamin Franklin, a well-rounded high Read more…
I remember when I was in high school, back in Burma, students were allowed to bring snacks into the classrooms after recess. One of the most common snacks we enjoyed was sunflower seeds–those unshelled ones. One day, the teacher got annoyed by the noise we made cracking the sunflower seeds Read more…
I’m sure you’ve heard the saying, “If you fail to plan, you plan to fail,” and in the same time you’ve heard the wisdom of living in the present moment. How would you reconcile the two? In fact, the wisdom behind living in the present moment is that we are Read more…
Most people live their lives with one foot in the past and the other in the future, and piss on the present. It does not just mean missing opportunities, it is an offense to the Creator who created us to enjoy the present moment with Him without past guilt or Read more…