Tuesday, January 30, 2018

The Art of the Good Life #8 : The Introspection Illusion

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The introspection illusion means that you should never let your emotions guide you because our emotions are fluid. Also you cannot contempla...
Sunday, January 28, 2018

Why are female experts on personal finance so fierce ?

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[ I need to make a disclaimer at this stage, while it might seem that person we are referring to is Budget Babe, the conversation is not tri...
Friday, January 26, 2018

Improving your life satisfaction with more "cash on hand"

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There is a brief report entitled How your bank balance buys happiness: The Importance of "Cash on Hand" to Life Satisfaction b...
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Tuesday, January 23, 2018

The Art of the Good Life #7 : The Ovarian Lottery.

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This week, we will discuss the Ovarian Lottery. First of all, ask yourself... What much of your personal success is a result of your...
Sunday, January 21, 2018

Think twice before you marry the financially independent guy.

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[ Kyith Ng of Investment Moats requested a fantasy themed picture to represent a financially independent person. I think a D&D Troll ...
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Friday, January 19, 2018

Properties of an ideal investment across history.

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Sometimes lessons about money can be picked up from some of the most shameful moments of human history. One of the hardest chapters to r...
Tuesday, January 16, 2018

The Art of the Good Life #6 : Negative thinking

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By negative thinking, we mean to live our lives thinking about minimising the negatives rather than maximising the positives. This makes a...
Sunday, January 14, 2018

What is a "Civet Cat" friend ?

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So it's been about 2 weeks of work. I'm getting a lot of very interesting exposure and personal growth from the problems I face at w...
Saturday, January 13, 2018

How I coped with my shitty O level results

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[ The original title of this article would have been tasteless in light of the latest news on social media about the teen who committed suic...
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Wednesday, January 10, 2018

The Art of the Good Life #5 : Productivity and counter-productivity

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As I have just started working again for a prolonged period of time, it has become worth my time to start thinking productivity. The book I ...
Sunday, January 07, 2018

Personal Update - Training has begun.

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It's about time to provide a personal update. a) Training Training has commenced for a week. I spent the first two days working unti...
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Saturday, January 06, 2018

Lessons from Salty Gen-X "The Last Jedi" haters

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Of late, even the Star Wars franchise has join the inter-generation wars with Generation X forming the majority of folks who are upset wi...
Wednesday, January 03, 2018

The Art of the Good Life #4 - Black Box Thinking

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We're rapidly moving back into our regular programming because I need to put in more effort to complete my training. The section of bl...
Monday, January 01, 2018

Onwards ! Let's conquer 2018 !

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I don't have a lot of big audacious goals for 2018 but 2017 has given me a solid base to build up a life beyond my previous life....
Sunday, December 31, 2017

How other bloggers are rounding up their 2017.

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For the year end, I'm going to do something different since I have been updating everyone on my personal progress. So today, I'm goi...
Friday, December 29, 2017

So will any ITE guy date an RGS girl in 2018 ?

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Yesterday, the Straits Times had an article on class divisions. The article attempts to conclude something that we already know - There are ...
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Thursday, December 28, 2017

The Art of the Good Life #3 : Inflexibility as a Strategem

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Inflexibility is normally seen as being irrational. The book uses the example of the CEO who has a no tolerance policy towards eating dess...
Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Possible solutions for Polytechnic Graduates.

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The last post on Polytechnic students must have struck a chord with the readership as the numbers have been off the charts. It has sparked a...
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Monday, December 25, 2017

Thoughts on my 43rd Birthday.

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I actually share the same birthday with two illustrious individuals. The first founded a major religion and is thought to have died for all ...
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Saturday, December 23, 2017

Brutal truths about Polytechnic graduates.

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As a parent of two kids, issues affecting Polytechnic students and graduates are important issues to me because, at this moment, I still lie...
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