PersonalGrowth & SelfEsteem

The Kindle is temporarily out of stock. You can’t get it till after Christmas this year.
What do you think about the kindle?
I think it will become such a rage, like the handphone.

The greatest gift you can give to yourself is on educating yourself.Now you can pamper yourself with up to 200 titles in a gadget that is smaller than a paperback size.
What’s more, you can read up to 250 top blogs, on the move ..updated daily!.

For those not familiar about the electronic-paper, here is a product overview:

• Revolutionary electronic-paper display provides a sharp, high-resolution screen that looks and reads like real paper.
• Simple to use: no computer, no cables, no syncing.
• Wireless connectivity enables you to shop the Kindle Store directly from your Kindle—whether you’re in the back of a taxi, at the airport, or in bed.
• Buy a book and it is auto-delivered wirelessly in less than one minute.
• More than 90,000 books available, including 100 of 112 current New York Times® Best Sellers.
• New York Times® Best Sellers and all New Releases $9.99, unless marked otherwise.
• Free book samples. Download and read first chapters for free before you decide to buy.
• Top U.S. newspapers including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, and Washington Post; top magazines including TIME, Atlantic Monthly, and Forbes—all auto-delivered wirelessly.
• Top international newspapers from France, Germany, and Ireland; Le Monde, Frankfurter Allgemeine, and The Irish Times—all auto-delivered wirelessly.
• More than 250 top blogs from the worlds of business, technology, sports, entertainment, and politics, including BoingBoing, Slashdot, TechCrunch, ESPN’s Bill Simmons, The Onion, Michelle Malkin, and The Huffington Post—all updated wirelessly throughout the day.
• Lighter and thinner than a typical paperback; weighs only 10.3 ounces.
• Holds over 200 titles.
• No monthly wireless bills, service plans, or commitments—we take care of the wireless delivery so you can simply click, buy, and read.

What are you waiting for?
Let’s kindle. Watch a video of the kindle in action==> http://hyperlink.to/kindle

One of the most common challenges that we face is about money.
Bad debts or bad credit is growing by the day, in USA and all over the world.
And in our mail, we do get sources on bad credit offers.
The question is, how do you select the best offer, especially tailored to suit your needs?
Do you wait by the day for the best provider to send their offer to you by post?

Recently I came across an online site that provides bad credit loans and the site contains all the major providers. This means that you can window-shop conveniently and efficiently.
Why not get a credit loan and since you are at it, why not get a free credit report at the same time?

While women have plenty of choices to look good, men have much lesser options.One often overlooked gadget is actually to wear nice cufflinks.
While women can change necklace often,men can vary cufflinks just as well.
So get some cufflinks and start looking more successful and more sharp.
Incidentally, if you are born in the year of the rat ( Chinese calendar), wear gold cufflinks to increase your wealth and luck starting the next lunar new year.

Yesterday, I watched another episode on “Search for the next pussy cat doll”. Two of the contestants were chosen to lead a team each.
You can watch the expression on the faces of the two of them… fear, horror, discomfort, disbelief on being chosen to be a leader.
They were intentionally chosen to lead because they have great potential in other skills but lack leadership skills. The only way for them to learn or overcome their limiting belief is to face it and step up.
At the end of the show, both contestants are still in the race and were happy that they were chosen to lead.
What a difference they have made, when compared to the beginning of the show.

Now, back to you…are there situations that is holding you back?
Or you feel the fear or the lack of confidence?
If the pussycat doll contestants can do it, I am sure you can too.
Time for you to step up.

Here are more power phrases to help you…

- Learn to feel comfortable by being uncomfortable.
- Rich people act in spite of fear;poor people let fear stop them ( T Harv Eker).
-”Impossible” is actually I m possible.
-Feel the fear and just do it ( Helen Keller)
-You don’t have to get it right, you just have to get it going.

And here is an exercise to help you get started…
Think of a situation in the past in which you feel very confident or certain.
With the feeling good, then take action now on something that is holding you back.

Or watch another video from the pussycat dolls to help you anchor ‘to do it now!’.
The song is ‘ wait a minute’. Do change it to ‘DON’T wait a minute…just do it”.

Hoo,hoo,hoo….christmas is coming.
I am sure you will be busy thinking about gifts to buy for this coming festive season.
Want some ideas on what gifts to prepare?
Watch tv on the info commercial “as seen on tv”.
Great ideas and great gifts abound there.
Now here is a bonus idea…want to get the same item as above but at a lesser price?
Click here

Yesterday, while watching TV, I saw a newsflash which showed 17 dragon boat rowers injured,5 drowned and feared dead. They were taking part in an annual dragon boat event in Cambodia in which more than 1 million people are expected to attend the 3-day event to celebrate Cambodia’s Water Festival.
It happened as they had finished the race and is about to dock to the side of the river to disembarked.

What is the first question that comes to your mind?
To me, it is obvious…why no life-jackets?

And this morning, the picture got clearer.
-The race is held to honour the ancient naval warriors of the country and to reflect the tradition, no jackets were worned.
- As they are about to dock, a sudden wave hit their boat and it hit into a pontoon, sucking all the rowers undeneath 9 metres of water.
-Fatigue and strong currents had an effect on them.

The life lessons here serve to remind me to never jump to conclusions.
How often do we jump to conclusions in life?
-like when our children do not do well in exams.
-or when we have an argument with our partner or spouse?
-or when our boss is not seeing our good work done.

It saddens me even deeper, knowing that the rowers are from my country, Singapore.
The five still missing are Stephen Loh, a national rower, Jeremy Goh,former vice captain of Nanyang Polytechnic dragon boat team, Poh Boon San, an engineer from Nanyang Tech University, Reuben Kee, Mr Singapore 2006 and Chee Wei Cheng, older of two sons.

200 people are involved in the search although the situation looks grim.
It is truly unfortunate that they chose to row back on their own instead of waiting to be towed back to the starting line after finishing the race.

Next time you jump to conclusions, take a deep breath and recall this unforgettable incident to remind you that it may not be what you are thinking.

P/s: Some 40 hours after the tragedy, all 5 bodies were recovered from the river. My deepest condolences to the families of the 5 rowers.

Once in awhile we want to pamper ourselves.Often we forget to love ourselves first before loving others.For men,one of the favorite pastimes is to watch a good movie at home.Isn’t it wonderful and cozy to own an awesome home theater system, with the realistic sounds and very sharp images.
Now how about your home theater furniture?
Isn’t it time to upgrade so that your movie watching or music listening becomes a complete experience?

Gold price is rising.Platinum price is rising too. Festive season is around the corner and you have a hard time figuring what to give as a gift for your loved ones?
How about pearls?
10 years ago, I bought a pearl necklace in Japan for my wife.I do not know how to select pearls so to play safe, I chose one that is not cheap.
Today, while surfing online,I managed to look at a site on pearls and there are valuable advice on how to select pearls.
Fortunately, the pictures shown in the site revealed that I did not make a wrong choice.
All I can say is that the lustre remains as original as the time I bought it.

Many many years ago, life insurance plans would have the investment and the protection mechanism packaged as one.Most people readily accept such plans at that time as it appears favorable.
Nowadays,you have a wider choice. Customers are more well-informed, more educated and with the availability of online like a term life insurance quote, insurers are kept on their toes to deliver innovative products.
Should you have two different instruments now? That is life insurance is purely term life and the investment part as unit trust plan.
My personal opinion is yes but the choice is yours.
If you are still confused, then have 3 plans..a whole life, a term life and a pure investment plan. Review them every 5 years to make adjustments.

I was just watching “deal or no deal”.For this episode,a popular hairdresser was the participant and the particular session is for charity.
Fortunately, he won $101,000 for the charity organization. Hoo-ray!
What if you need some extra cash and you are not playing ‘deal or  no deal?
Well, you can try to max your credit card or borrow from your friends.
Or you can try payday loan or cash advance online.

Borrow if you need to, spend if you need to..as long as you know your money management.