Nov
27
Eye Experiment Update
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It has been another week and time for me to give an update on my [[eye experiment]]. Unfortunately, I am disappointed to report that I have not been able to keep up with it. In a hectic schedule, one hour per day on a regular basis is harder than I’d thought it would be.
This [...]
Nov
26
The PE Ratio
If you’ve ever tried investing in stocks, this is probably the first number people mention. If you pull up any ticker, like MSFT, you’ll see this number:
So what is it?
What Is The PE Ratio
On the surface, the P/E ratio is how much the company is currently worth on the market, divided by [...]
Nov
24
Never Criticize, Condemn, or Complain
Filed Under Life Happenings | 3 Comments
“Don’t Criticize, Condemn, or Complain” - This is the central piece of advice given in How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie. I remember reading this last year and thinking, “Sounds like good advice. How hard can that be?” Alas, actually doing this is much harder than it seems.
I take this particular [...]
Nov
21
How To Feel Better And Be Happier
Filed Under Motivation & Purpose, Relationships, The Bigger Perspective | 108 Comments
Feel Better - Be Happier
Are you feeling sad or unhappy? Here’s a few things that I’ve found to be extremely helpful.
Exercise
If you are feeling sad, this is probably the most effective method of feeling better right away. Go outside and just start running. It doesn’t matter how fast you run, or how far you run, [...]
Nov
19
How To Win Someone’s Heart
Filed Under Career, Entrepreneurship, Relationships, The Bigger Perspective | 22 Comments
The Battle You Can’t Win
For some reason, my mother has this unrelenting desire to stuff me with food. Growing up, there are always requests to “eat more”. When I leave home, there’ll always be packages of food stuffed away in my luggage somewhere. Whenever I receive a present, half the package is guaranteed to be [...]
Nov
16
Eye Experiment Observations Part I
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Here are some observations from my first week of conducting my eye experiment. For an hour a day, I would cover my left eye and read a few articles online with my right eye, with the font increased 4 levels at about 20-30 centimeters from the screen.
I would try to focus my eye [...]
Nov
14
7:56. A train pulls into the station in front of me, right on schedule. As I stepped through the door, I wondered, “How on earth do trains and buses arrive at their destination within +/- a few minutes of the indicated time?” It seems like a pretty unlikely event - there are just so [...]
Nov
12
The Happy Birthday Digg Effect
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Two days ago, I had my 24th birthday. Growing up, my parents had never extended me much leeway when it came to my birthday. It was a time when I should reflect over the previous year, and try to set an example for the next year. Over the years, this has kind of sunk [...]
Nov
12
The Stages Of Getting Things Done
Filed Under Career, Entrepreneurship, Improve Efficiency, The Bigger Perspective | 3 Comments
Getting Things Done
Here are several stages that people seem to get into when they think of something to be done. The level you are at largely determines how effective you will be in accomplishing that task. From my experience, these are the states people tend to get into:
It’s Impossible
At this stage, the task seems [...]
Nov
12
The Proposal
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What is life
But our dreams?
Put together
We are whole
Two parts
Greater than their sum
Shall our dreams
Never be?
Unending possibilities
Never realized?
Nowhere else
Can this need
We both have
Be satisfied
From our imaginations spring
The dreams others cannot conceive
That only we
Can turn into reality
Be with me
Try with me
Let our imaginations flourish
Let our dreams come true
A life so lived
We shall never regret
The passions of youth
A [...]
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