Thinking hard

Its the 11th July and i finally found the will to write again!

There’s a lot of stuff that happened since then.
Asset-Based thinking(ABT) is a way of looking at life through a positive, do-able mentality that can energize your life. Well, the point of view is not really new though the presentation has been made engaging. The book is very colorful with humorous pictures and photos that help to empathsize the points being made. The only other book I read which is also very readable is “Be Happy”. That was a book meant for juniors. Or so they thought. It seems that even at the ripe old age of 25, the colorful presentation, albeit more professional for some reason grabs attention. This, no doubt, is partly because of the team behind it. Concept farm, which is a renowned agency based in UK is involved in the book’s production. I especially loved this quote
” To acquire knowledge, you must study.
To acquire wisdom, you must observe.”

–Marilyn vos Savant

Pretty easy to be understood huh? Its the same theory with how is it that insights cannot be done through questions and answer and looking at what others write. As mentioned in a presentation by Malcolm Gladwell at TED, nobody knew that they actually loved their pasta sauce to be chunky. Thousands of customer surveys, none of which revealed that. It is only through observation, that you can learn of such insight.

I have been offered a job for 1.8k. with erm, a one month guaranteed bonus. Pretty paltry, if i may say, especially after i’ve spent 24k on this piece of paper and 4 years of my life. I know that with this job, alot of things will start to open up, my options, etc. But still…1.8k. I mean, without even considering the relativity with others’ pay(which i have wisen up to) its a very tight salary i’m running on.

1.8k – CPF = 1,440.

Supposing my expenses = 300 food + 150 transport + 200 insurance + 150 bills, personal learning

and family 300 + laptop 100 + studies 300 = 1500.

wow i can’t even cover the basic stuff. i need to think.