Breaking The Habit Loop

In our earlier article, we explored how a habit loop can be formed, and the impact it might have on our lives. Life skills habit As William James, a famous psychologist, once said: All our life, so far as it has definite form, is but a mass of habits Achieving financial well-being is thus also about mastering our habits so that the good ones remain to make our lives more efficient while the...Read More

An Adventure Awaits

Last Saturday, YWLC organised a hackathon for Social Change with a focus on empowering women in the community. Cynthia and I were proud to be part of the change-makers involved in this hackathon.  The experience for me was an amazing, humbling and inspiring one. It was a pleasure to meet all the other change-makers and to hear their different stories of the social work they do to...Read More

Life Skills To Achieve Financial Well-Being

Money can’t buy happiness but the lack of it can be a source of stress. Financial well-being is the sense of financial security for the present and future. Beside building up our financial provision, having a resilient mindset is also essential for our financial well-being. If you find this infographic useful, here are other articles you may like. Read More

Why Can’t I Succeed?

In my last week’s article, I wrote about what skills were necessary to survive in life.  Looking back, I am not 100% certain that having the knowledge or being educated on these skills are sufficient for success.  After all, it’s one thing to be book-smart, and another to be street-smart. Being Book-Smart When I was in my mid 20s, I had friends asking me what they should do with...Read More

#adulting: Learning To Survive & Thrive in Life

When I was 15, I questioned the benefits of learning binomial theorem and its application to my life.  2 decades later, this question still remains unanswered.  Today, I am recognised as an adult legally and expected to be an adult.  This “adulting” process has been challenging and while I respect that life cannot be as structured as a classroom, there were definitely some...Read More