One of the easy ways to move smoothly up the corporate ladder is to find yourself a career mentor. In fact, you don’t even have to restrict to only having one mentor. I am very fortunate to have my first mentor when I was 18 years old. I was in my first permanent job in…
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I like to keep my options open so I almost never ever closed my mind on something. Who knows one day, I may be able to game professionally (not really have the patience to sit in front of a computer screen all night) or open a cafe (don’t drink coffee, can’t bake to save my…
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Podcasts are becoming a favourite for many people who would like to learn away from books. Nowadays, you can find podcasts for any subject and one can listen to it while doing other tasks. Many people are now tuning in to podcasts to help them succeed. If you are an online entrepreneur looking for inspiration,…
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When we were young, our parents will definitely nag at us to study hard so we can land a good office job. An office job will be stable and provide a lot of benefits. While it is understandable that our parents do not want us to end up being a farmer or a construction worker…
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Once again, I stumbled upon a wonderful article that FLAVIA VINCI generously allow me to share with you all here. I can identify with his frustrations in his post because I am, too an expat and a foreigner in a different country. So enjoy his post and you are hunger for more, go to his…
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Not everyone is born confident. As we grow, we make mistakes and we learn from mistakes. But nobody likes making mistakes. When we realised we made a mistake, feelings of incompetence, disappointment and embarrassment come rushing in. At work, our fear of making mistakes impact our confidence and lead to affecting our productivity. If you…
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Good day, Kally Please allow me and your readers to give you a little peek into my background so you’ll understand where I come from. In my younger years, I was an extremely active young woman. I flew with the national airline as a flight attendant for ten years then I moved forward to become…
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A recent report published in the Straits Times, stating that Singapore is the 2nd worst in the world for workplace diversity with 1 in every 4 workers abused at work. Really? Is Singapore such a bad workplace? Singapore is known to many as one of Asia’s major economic players. Many foreigners looking for work often…
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In my country Singapore, tips are never common. One can argue because it has been worked into the bill with the service charge of 10% with restaurants on top of a goods and service tax of 7%. I like to tip when it comes to good services like in a restaurant or a pub or…
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Sometime ago, I did mentioned that I’m starting to write a book about freelancing. My first thought was it should be pretty easy since I already have plenty of articles here lined up for me to massage the data and elaborate and dive deeper into each topic. That should serve as a good guideline for…
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If you want to be successful in your career, curiosity is a skill that you must have. Being curious will allow you to learn more about your work and find out other interests you never knew you had. Considering this fact, how can curiosity help you get your dream career? Isn’t too much curiosity bad?…
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At a workplace, it can be difficult to say “no” when you want to prove yourself to your employers and colleagues. You will take on anything just to be recognized and accepted. However, saying yes too often can cause you to burn out and people may think you are an overachiever. Your coworkers or employers…
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