Life Profiling Workshop For Mindef
This is a philosophical question. What is life? To many of us, it means the existence of us on this planet. To others, it may represent the significance of each breathing moment. Whether you take the first or second definition or come up with another one of your own, I’m certain we will all agree that life is a choice. The paths we take, the people we meet, the lessons we learn, the dreams we chase… Life is short. It is something that we ought to cherish. What is important is the quality of life itself and not the …
Career 2014 Singapore: Power of Life Profiling
Mastery comes in many different forms – they can range from the physical, emotional, spiritual to financial. But the one that transcends all these forms is still personal. Personal mastery, simple as it may sound, has more to do with the self than others. Seek first to understand yourself, then understand others. This was the promise I made to the participants who gathered here at the Career 2014 Singapore at the newly refurbished Suntec City Convention Centre. Simply titled ‘Power of Life Profiling’, the 45 minute talk was a useful introduction into why people should know themselves inside out (so …
Personal Life Profiling Training For MINDEF Officers
One of the most memorable quotes from the 1994 hit movie Forrest Gump was this immortal line “Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you’re gonna get.” That’s what happened to the young Gump when he received a nondescript box. He did not have the faintest idea of the chocolate variety inside that box. Many times in life – even if it’s a nondescript, we can still make meaning from it even before we open that box. All we need to do is to have a good grasp of the circumstance and the target we are …