Life At Slow-Mo

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Category: In English

  • How To Handle Rumors

    What would you do if you heard that a rumour about you has been spreading? What would you do if you heard that 100 people have heard the rumor? What if 1.000 people heard it? 1.000.000 people? 10.000.000 people? A continent’s worth of people? Just recently a rumor has been…

  • To Know or Not To Know Your Passion

    For the past months my wife followed the Masterchef US on Star World, and I tagged along whenever I wasn’t too busy with something else. It was a reality show about a group of amateur cooks competing for the title “Masterchef.” It was a wow-ing show for us because it…

  • Beautiful Place of Work

    During one of today’s sessions in our management meeting, we discussed how difficult it was to find the right candidate for a job opening. Some vacancy gets a mob of applicants, while some others attract nobody. But at the end of the day, both kind of vacancies return the same…

  • Like The Little Brother I Never Had

    My Mom likes to tell and retell the story of how my Dad got into the business of owning a Dale Carnegie Training® franchise. And the story always starts with me. It was in the beginning of 1976. Jakarta had just experienced a heavy rainy season, and some part of…

  • Dreaming Mr. Dale Carnegie’s Dream

    When I was in my early twenties, living a dream life was not something that I was much concerned. I was pretty much content with the life that I led then. I had a job. I had friends with whom I could hang out and enjoy the fruit of my…

  • Being a Dale Carnegie Trainer

    A few days ago, I received a message in my LinkedIn inbox from another user of the professional networking site. When I took the time to write down my answer, I found it to be very profound and thought provoking to me as a Dale Carnegie trainer. Here is the…

  • Drama of the Delayed Flight

    What happens when an airline crew managed to keep their cool when facing passengers who are pissed over a 4-hour delay.

  • Who Am I?

    The past four years have been the years of soul searching for me to find the answer to one, single question. That is, “Who am I, exactly?” I used to harbor envy at people with deep passions in their lives. There are those who are so passionate about cooking, or…

  • 25 Things Most People Don’t Know About Me

    (Previously a Facebook Application Content) 1. My wife accuses me of being over-narcissistic at times. Usually when I spend too much time in front of the mirror. Too much time. Like, you know, 5 seconds. 2. At other times, I don’t like being the center of attention. You know, like…

  • Resumes Don’ts

    Recently MSN Careers published an interesting article, title “10 Ways Your Resume Irks Hiring Managers.” I’ve just been through hundreds of resumes myself as I am looking for candidates for vacant positions, so naturally the title is of a great interest for me. The article lists the following 10 sins…