The Dos and Don’ts of online dating The statistics on dating apps show that 70% are men and 30% are women. I recently watched an interesting TED talk on online dating “The Beautiful Truth About Online Dating | Arum Kang & Dawoon Kang” that explained online dating behavior based on data. From the data, one of the insights was that profile length played a key role on the success rate of finding a partner. This got me curious and on a journey to learn more because I’ve always been a skeptic when it comes to online dating.  Another TED talk “What Dating Apps and Algorithms Don’t Tel ..read more

The art of sticking to your goals Do you start off excited about your goals, give it a good go and mid way forget about them and don’t follow through. A study by the Journal of Clinical Psychology showed that about 54% of people who make resolutions fail to keep it up past six months. If you are wondering how you can get out of this rut below are a few tips that will help you stick to your goals and habits: ✦ Work on your Instigation habits – The 12 week Year by Brian Moran talks about “lead indicators” which are tasks that will lead you to the goal. For every good habit you have there is a ..read more

Are you Emotionally Healthy? Being emotionally healthy means having the ability to confront and face your emotions or feelings regardless of whether they are positive or not. Our emotional health is heavily dependent on how we think, feel, behave and act. Being emotionally healthy on the other hand doesn’t mean that you’ll always be happy and have an optimistic outlook on life. Being emotionally unhealthy can cause you to  neglect other areas of your life. Poorly managed negative emotions to some extent have a negative effect even on our physical health. Bottom line in order to be emot ..read more

How to not let negative people affect you Nulla porttitor accumsan tincidunt. Donec sollicitudin molestie malesuada. We have all experienced negative energy from others or being negative  to other people. Spending time with a person that exudes negative energy can be draining and before you know it you can end up taking on all the negativity. Toxic vs Negative People  It is important to note that not everyone who is in a negative mood is toxic. Toxicity has a certain level of awareness and toxic people will stir up situations on purpose. Negativity on the other hand is cyclic ..read more

Productivity is not about doing more, it’s about making more use of your time. Below are a few tips that will help you be more productive. Urgent vs Important (Eisenhower Matrix) Most of the time we prioritize the urgent things as opposed to the important ones. When deciding on what to do first, focus on the things that have a higher positive effect in your life. Another tip is to look at the outcome as opposed to the time that it will take to complete a particular task. Re-think your to do list When writing down your to do list use a futuristic approach. What task will give you the most satis ..read more

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Do what makes you happy Most of the time we are stuck in places that make us unhappy. In turn we end up complaining and we all know that misery loves company and negative energy is passed on. At times you have you gather the courage and go after the things that really make you happy. Have the courage to be disliked I don’t know where I got the notion that I should strive to be liked by everyone but over the years I have come to appreciate the fact you are not everyone’s cup of tea. Don’t feel like you have to hold your tongue especially on things that are important to you on the account of tr ..read more

Life can at times be super overwhelming but once you start planning and putting things in place, things will start getting easier. Knowing what you are supposed to do is one thing but figuring out where to start and actually completing tasks is something totally different.  Here are 5 productivity tools to help you get more done by being organized. Google Calendar I started getting into Calendar blocking a few weeks ago, and  I can testify that there has been a huge improvement in my output. Calendar blocking reminds me of school time tables and I feel like it is a tool that sho ..read more

Introversion is a personality trait characterized by getting stimulation from internal sources as opposed to external ones. An introvert recharges from time spent alone. As introverts we are so accustomed to being within and with ourselves and social distance to some extent is the preferable choice. Social distancing is part of our norm and the only difference this time round is that it is forced.  Our society is built on extroverts, right from school with group assignments to the workplace with meetings and working as a team. Growing up you are taught to glorify extroversion and adapt t ..read more