You know you should exercise for at least 20-30 minutes daily and eat fruits and veggies to improve your health. You know you should spend a few hours after school or work to work on your personal projects such as Resume writing, or taking that course on coding. But instead, we end up binge-watching Squid Game on Netflix. Why? And more importantly, what can we do to stop procrastinating
Read MoreAs a career coach, I have had the pleasure to work with 30+ newcomers and new graduates in Canada in the past 3 years and I feel proud to say that each and every one of them ended up getting a job in their desired field in Canada whether they were in IT, HR, Finance or Accounting. So what I am about to tell you is tried and tested in the field and has produced fabulous results for my clients.
Read MoreWe are truly living and dying in meetings. With Covid, there are just too many meetings indeed. But at the same time: Meetings matter! They really do. The quality of meetings impacts not just the business but our job satisfaction and engagement! In this blog, we will discuss 12 strategies that can truly transform your meeting experience. Most of these apply to all types of meetings
So, how are you tracking so far on your new year’s resolutions? Did you know, the success rate of New Year’s Resolution is only 8% successful? That means 92% of people are unsuccessful in this endeavour. Use this simple framework to transform your goal-setting practice and achieve your goals!
Empathy is a social and emotional skill that helps us feel and understand the emotions, circumstances, intentions, thoughts, and needs of others such that we can offer sensitive, perceptive and appropriate communication and support. The good news is that this is an emotional skill that is completely malleable (i.e. anybody can learn it).
This is a multi-part blog series on the topic of empathy where we will learn about what is empathy, why it is important and how we can develop it for a better future.
Read More“Your life is a sum total of the decisions you’ve made until this point” - Jim Kwik - Speaker, Author and Brain Coach.
Think about that quote for a minute. We are using our brains to make decisions since we are born. You and your life is a result of all the decisions you have made.
How do you think you have done so far? Do you want an improved life? Do you want healthy relationships with friends and family? Do you want to be more successful in your career? Well, you can achieve all that by improving your decision-making skills.
Read MoreI’ve been on a journey to study the lives and habits of numerous successful people by interviewing them, listening to their interviews and reading their books. In this blog, I will share three (3) ways that successful people spend time instead of wasting it. The one thing that is common and fair for everyone in the world, regardless of their nationality, race, skin colour, economic and social status is that we all get the same 24-hours a day. And we all have the luxury of making decisions about how we choose to utilize that time. We can choose to invest it, or to spend it or to waste it. Naturally, people do not wish to waste time but end up doing so unknowingly.
Read MoreIn today’s digital world, we are consuming a lot more information than we used to previously. But are we utilizing this information to become more effective and productive learners?
Read MoreLeadership has a constantly growing and evolving definition. It is the ability to inspire and execute a movement. You don’t have to be a leader of a country or a fortune 500 company to be considered a leader. You can be a leader of your own self like Hamza was during his time with the Canadian Armed Forces. You can be the leader of your family. You can be a leader of your sports team or a leader of your friends. In order to become great leaders, we need to cultivate the following four (4) skills.
Read MoreHere is how I developed a daily meditation habit. Learn the proven method to train your brain develop a habit with B=M.A.T. Read this article to learn more.
Read MoreHas it ever happened to you that you put your heart & soul into achieving a goal and when you get it, you don't feel the euphoria that you expected? That's what happened with me a few years ago when I left no stone unturned on my quest to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro only to learn a very different but important life lesson about achieving goals. Read my story & lesson learnt here…
Read MoreAre Great Leaders Born Talented or Self-made? Here is a 2 min. read to help you understand the secrete of Greatness. Explore how great leaders identify & grow their "Natural Talent" in their journey of "Greatness" with Growth Mindset.
Read MoreLearn to increase your happiness & contentment with the right use of your skills. Explore the tips to find your true purpose of life in order to attain happiness with fulfillment.
Read MoreIn order to solve complex problems and become successful in any field, we must develop our abilities to reflect and to think critically about the problem from different perspectives. Here are the best tips to improve your memory & critical thinking capabilities
Read MoreLearn the importance of digital fasting & understand how it effects your brain’s capacity to generate dopamine. Explore the ways to create a downtime for your brain from social media & digital life.
Read MoreDid you know…We have created 18 zettabytes of data so far and that number is projected to explode to 175 zettabytes by 2025? What does 175 zettabytes even mean? According to a paper published by the market intelligence company, IDC, called Data Age 2025, if you were to store 175 zettabytes on DVDs, your stack of DVDs would be long enough to circle Earth 222 times. If you attempted to download 175 zettabytes at the average current internet connection speed, it would take you 1.8 billion years to download. Even if you enlisted every person in the world to help with the download, it would still take 81 days. That is an incredible amount of data that we are drowning in today.
Do you find yourself losing focus & concentration due to too much data, information & notification buzzing all around you? Email, Text, WhatsApp, RSS, Social Media and the list goes on.
Read MoreUnderstand the evolution of human brain & the Brain Challenges of 21st century Digital Economy
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