Happy wife, happy life

Bring some flowers on your way home for your wife or partner and supercharge your relationship and happiness. Key takeaways: Relationships at home affect your performance at work;Your social life also affects your performance at work;Poor performance and productivity at work can be improved by better social relationships. I have never seen a high-performing person... Continue Reading →

Fix my busy life please

Key takeaways: - you can fix your life the way you want, if you are willing to try; - what works for other people may not work for you; - keen to try new ideas and experiment on yourself; - if you can't change people around you, then change yourself. In my trip last month,... Continue Reading →

Career with a purpose

  Key takeaways: - Find your purpose, but it takes time; - Purpose doesn't always bring you money, but definitely bring you happiness; - Happy people achieve goals and definitely live the life fully; - Respect 'the other half' of you, because they are meant to 'complete' you! I teach in a world top-50 university... Continue Reading →

Habits – Part II (the 11am morning tea)

  Key takeaways: - Morning tea time is such a luxury in our busy lives; - Morning tea is when I relax so to boost my work productivity; - Good habits help our lives but takes time (and efforts) to form; - Spend time to relax and boost your productivity and life quality. One thing... Continue Reading →

Do you sleep well? (part III)

  Key takeaways: - Foods (especially caffeine, alcohol and carb) affect your sleep quality; - Relaxation before bed time improves sleep quality: - Bed-time routine helps you sleep; - Take sleep seriously and cure yourself by sleeping. I don't want to pretend that I'm an expert in sleep research. So, I am going to blog... Continue Reading →

Do you sleep well? (Part II)

Say Hi to your work. To be productive, you need to be happy. To be happy, you must sleep well. Key takeaways: - Being gritty is good but need to have good health to be gritty; - Sleep quality affects work performance, moods and relationships; - Productivity starts at 10pm the night before, not 9am... Continue Reading →

The short-cut to happiness

(Pic: the lovely letter I received in my athlete pack of Ironman New Zealand.) Key takeaways: - thank-you is such a good gift to give and it's free! - when you express gratitude to someone, you make their day and yours, too. - a small thank-you can change a person's life, perhaps. - you will... Continue Reading →

The Pursuit of Happiness & the Struggle

Key takeaways: - create the life you desire; - floating in your life is not getting you anywhere; - pursue happiness so you know who you are; - we only live once, so make sure you are happy most of the time. On a family trip to southern Taiwan earlier this year, we came across... Continue Reading →

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