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One Practical Tool FOR LEADERS TO DISCOVER MORE Often, when it comes to introducing ourselves, we talk about our job title and the company we work for.  The repeated saying made us believe that is our core identity. And it's not true. The moment when we leave our job, due to burnout or layoff, we have no work to do, no one to report to, no team to lead, we lose the sense of direction and identity. We ponder 'Who are you?" The feeling of loss is driven by the fact that we spen

ONE SMALL SHIFT YOU CAN DO TO OVERCOME THAT Are you spending time on something you truly want to do ? If not, you are wasting your precious effort. If yes, there is no wastage because EVERY EFFORT IS A GAIN. Every time you put some effort into pursuing your goal, you are making a commitment to yourself and signalling to yourself to honour your needs.  And during the process, you'll LEARN and GROW through hands-on experience. That will build your capability for future success

One question you need to think through to find your possibilities. Are you a high achiever who always delivers top-quality work, crack complex problems, and smash business goals? Congratulations! That must not be easy. You managed to make it happen and enjoy deep satisfaction and rewards. Until one day, you suddenly feel they don't bring you as much satisfaction as before: you feel most emails and meetings are more and more pointless you notice something out of alignment with

THE 4 GUIDING PRINCIPLES TO GROW WITH AI (or ANY NEW TECHNOLOGY) Breathe. Keep calm and read on. Everyone shares the same worry of AI, so you are not alone. Every time a new technology emerges, many senior executives get excited (and nervous) about… What is it? How can it be used to improve company performance?  Will our competitors use it faster than we? If we don’t use it, will we be losing out?  Will it affect the business and even my leadership role? The moment we fear we

Reading More BOOKS Won't HELP you BEAT AI if you don't Do One THING. Do you find yourself reading many books?  Listening to numerous podcasts?  You must have learnt something inspiring. How wonderful!  And, do you find yourself applying the ideas? Or do you simply love hoarding them?  Most of us love accumulating stuff because it brings us a sense of comfort.  Hoarding ideas used to help us feel more confident and worthy.  Yet when AI can access infinite ideas on the planet,

3 Techniques to create some breathing space. Are you feeling tired while working hard to close the year at work and plan family holidays? Does it feel like you were a marathon runner pushing through the last mile with the following? 🚀 Completing final projects  🎯 Hitting sales targets 🗓️ Planning for Q1 📊 Closing budgets 📝 Preparing HR reviews You know you need to keep going, but you are feeling the strain. The good news is you don’t have to tough it out until New Year’s

5 Tips to Manage Your Emotional Toll Being made redundant is a tough challenge regardless of whether you expected it or not.  I have been there, and I feel for you if this is happening to you now. I want to tell you that you can make the most out of it, no matter how painful it may feel at this moment.  Beyond losing the income, which is a realistic issue, the emotional toll is what impacts you the most: Suffering from stress and anxiety due to the uncertainty Feeling frustra

This is a BIG question that many are asking. It can be firstly explored from the angle of MONEY (north star for the majority): WHY do you want to make money?  What is your plan to manage or use that money? What are they for? Who are they for? What purposes are they for? If you have more than enough to cover your living expenses and your wish list items, how would you use them?  If money is out of the question, what kind of impact do you truly want to make? What are you chasi

Let's have a quick check! On a scale of 1 to 10, How happy are you with your job? How fulfilling do you feel? How well does your job fit into your life?  What are your scores? What do they mean to you? I don’t have model answers to interpret that. YOU DO! HOW EXTERNAL SUCCESS fails us? Recently, I watched a variety show produced by a YouTube channel in Hong Kong called Trial & Error 試當真 . The program recreated Squid Game by incorporating some childhood games that many multi-g

Who is holding the magic wand? AI or you? Here we have a magic wand: AI . Many people are still skeptical about using AI for various reasons. One of them is the FEAR of losing the ability to think and becoming dumber when we over-rely on it. That's understandable, and it could happen easily if we only use AI to improve the outcome for short-term gain and do not upgrade ourselves for long-term success. The Role of AI Tools is similar to the Role of Advertising Agencies. AND Yo