“When there are no glass ceilings, the sky’s the limit” is perhaps the most inspirational line from Hillary Clinton’s acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention
Enduring quotes, inspiring words, poetry and motivational stories have that special magic on me, since young. Each time I discover such gems, I archive them…
Now that’s a very audacious goal in the title itself ‘How to become a big potato anywhere.’ My circle of (younger) close friends convinced me…
Within my circle of (younger) close friends, I am jokingly referred to as the ‘Big Potato’ because of my days of being a high flier…
At the end of last year, I made a decision to post three times a week, and I am starting now! It’s difficult to keep new…
The Singapore Teochew Festival I was still thinking about the Teochew people and their culture three days after publishing my post to commemorate my Dad’s 30th…
Ah Dia*, (endearing salutation for Dad* in my Teochew dialect) I write this letter to commemorate your 30th anniversary and to celebrate your journey of resilience…
Before I retired, I was a Big Potato in Singapore Airlines. And this is my story, and I hope it will serve to encourage young people to improve their Resilience Quotient so that they can be courageous when facing the two dreaded R’s: Retrenchment and unplanned Retirement.
It is commonplace these days to be told “Learn, Unlearn and Relearn” during a motivational seminar. The “resilience” I am sharing about in this blog post is about returning to a stronger position than before once you step out the door.
I’m dedicating this – my 100th – blog post to my Mom for teaching me these 5 important life lessons. Lucky are those of us…