Or have you always been obsessed over your weaknesses?
“Now, Discover Your Strengths”, authored by Marcus Buckingham and Donald O. Clifton, advises on ‘living a strong life’. Leading a ’strong life’ is about being able to do what you are most apt in and where your greatest strengths are put into best use.
Are you leading a ’strong life’ yet?
Do you have the opportunity to do what you do best everyday?
Tags: now discover your strengths, self improvement
After almost 2 weeks of sporting excitement and record breaking moments, the 2008 Olympic Games has come to a close.
Quite an impressive Games I must say.
At the time of publication, China leads with a total of 51 Gold medals, obviously surpassing United States’ tally of 36, although in terms of total medal count, US is the first on the scoreboard with 110.
It seems like China’s initiative to boost their Olympics ranking has been fruitful given the sweeping performance of the Chinese athletics. Their total gold medal count has widely surpassed expectations.
Tags: 2008 olympics, beijing olympics, china, olympic gamesMalaysia in Turmoil.
Last Sunday, Selangor Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim proposed to allow Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) to be opened to non-Bumiputeras. He proposed that 10% of new student intakes be reserved for foreign students and non-bumis. UiTM has traditionally been set up as a public funded university for ONLY Bumiputeras.
Abdul Khalid has subsequently been barraged by various powerful groups including Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, UiTM’s vice-chancellor Professor Datuk Seri Ibrahim Abu Shah, Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi & more than 5000 UiTM students.
Tags: abdul khalid, abdullah badawi, abu shah, Bumiputera, Bumis, luqmann, Malaysia, Menteri Besar, orang asli, racial bias, turmoil, UiTM, zahid hamidi
Alot of us have read about the on-going hyperinflation in Zimbabwe.
But how much do we actually know about it’s origin.? How this scary hyper inflation was born?
Recently, the Zimbabwe’s government has dropped some zeros from the currency, making it much more manageable. However this isn’t going to solve the problem.
Tags: economics, economy, economy crisis, inflation, Zimbabwe
Soldiers run near a blazing apartment after a bombardment in the town of Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. REUTERS/David Mdzinarishvili (GEORGIA)
Miscalculated.
One word which sums up the military offensive launched by Georgia against South Ossetia.
No one could have expected the escalation of crisis following the Georgian military campaign.
In the late night of 7th August, the Georgian army launched an offensive against South Ossetia citing it as a military response against attacks by South Ossetian separatists.
By 8th August, it became clear that Russia has involved itself in the conflict on grounds of aggressive actions by the Georgians. The crisis quickly escalated into extensive war campaigns which saw the Russian military moving into Georgia in the following days. Large scale battles continued in the conflict zone while the international committee attempts to salvage the situation and halt further military aggression in view of a possible full scale war. Foreigners were swiftly evacuated by emergency agencies.
Tags: Conflict, Georgia, Russia, South Ossetia War, War
2008 Beijing Olympics Poster
From social unrest in Tibet to the disastrous earthquake in Sichuan, China has weathered through several obstacles to the final countdown of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games. Throughout the past few months, China has gained substantial international media coverage. Along with such publicity came heavy criticisms of the Beijing Government, ranging from issues of Tibet suppression, human rights violation, Darfur genocide, air pollution, and strict media censorship, especially with regards to the internet.
Tags: 2008 olympics, beijing olympics, china, media censorship, olympic games
Randy Pausch (23 Oct 1960 - 25 July 2008)
~Summer 2006~
It first came with unexplained pain in his upper abdomen. Jaundice set in subsequently. Hepatitis? No. Randy Pausch was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. After enduring an ‘extremely toxic regimen of chemotherapy and radiation’, having tumours, his gallbladder, a third of his pancreas, a third of his stomach and several feet of small intestine removed, Randy Pausch thought he had beaten Pancreatic Cancer. Randy’s doctors gave the all clear sign, after all CT scans signaled that the cancer had disappeared, but it was not to be.
~August 2007~
Imagine waking up to the possibility of having only 12 months to live…sitting in the grim hospital examining room, that was what Randy Pausch and his wife Jai experienced. Flashing on the screen were CT scans of Randy’s liver…and the tumours in them. 10 in total. 10! The initial pancreatic cancer had metastasized into his liver. More »
Tags: carnegie, carnegie mellon, randy pausch, the last lecture
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