31 March, 2011

To begin again

Failure is the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.

-- Henry Ford (1863-1947) American Industrialist

Through discussion, we progress

The aim of an argument or discussion should not be victory, but progress.

-- Joseph Joubert (1754-1824) French Philosopher

Through discussion, we progress!

Remember, if you wish to progress, do your study with group discussion!

Yet, avoid argument!

Dexterine Ho

16 March, 2011

Winners Vs Losers

In life or in your learning journey, remember:


Winners Have Dreams. Losers Have Schemes.
Winners See The Gains. Losers See The Pain!
Winners See The Present. Losers See The Past.

Winners Make It Happen. Losers Let It Happen!

Winners See Possibilities. Losers See Problems.

Winners Makes Commitments. Losers Makes Promises!

Winners Are A Part Of The Team. Losers Are Apart From The Team.

Winner Always Has A Programme. Loser Always Has An Excuse!

Winner Says "Let Me Do It For You"
Loser Says "That Is Not My Job"

Winners Say "I Must Do Something"
Losers Say "Something Must Be Done"

Winner Is Always A Part Of The Answer
Loser Is Always A Part Of The Problem

Winner Sees An Answer For Every Problem
Loser Sees A Problem For Every Answer

Winner Sees A Solution To Problem
Loser Sees A Problem To Every Solution

Winners Believe In Win/Win
Loser Believe For Them To Win, Someone Has To Lose

Winner Says "It May Be Difficult But It Is Possible"
Loser Says "It May Be Possible But It Is Too Difficult"

Winner Makes A Mistake And Says "I Was Wrong"
Loser Makes A Mistake And Says "It Wasn't My Fault"


What is your choice? 

A winner in learning or a loser in the journey of learning?

17 December, 2010

Success in your learning journey

You can choose success in your learning journey. Do you believe you can?

If you do not, then you have already decided to choose a different path and success will not be the goal in your study!

If you choose success in your learning journey and taking the necessary steps to achieve that goal. You will not let anything stops you until you get there!

If you choose success in your learning journey, you will learn to remove whatever is holding you back.

Reflect upon your learning journey for the last 5-10 years, has something happened in the past affected your self esteem and your learning attitude?

If you do not choosing success in your learning path, it is very likely that simple problem will block your ability to overcome and change your learning path.

In study and learning. to remove any obstacle and mentle block you must have focus.

To have focus you must first have a dream or goal of where you want to be.

Only when you have defined that dream or goal of success can you start to focus on it.

Focus intently that everything you do is done with your dream and goal in mind.

Only then can you move toward that dream and achieve the goal.

Choose to live your success in your learning path and make the dream and goal a reality in your learning journey!

Dexterine Ho

16 December, 2010

Be content with a little ...

"Beware of undertaking too much at the start. Be content with quite a little. Allow for accidents. Allow for human nature, especially your own."


- Arnold Bennett


Be content with a little learning at a time. You cannot digest the whole elephant within a meal by yourself.

Knowledge in any field is too much for our mind if we wish to know and acquire it in total instantly.

No one can do so, hence you just demand yourself too much if you were to force it upon your mind from the beginning.

Working very hard the night before the examination is only helpful if you have good understanding throughout the course of study.

Beware of undertaking too much at the start or at the end. Be content with a little learning daily.

Allow for mistakes made in your journey of learning, especially your own, learn from it and you will be a better problem solver then!


Hence give yourself time for making errors and corrections. Learning from your own mistakes, and move on...

Understand that you have human nature and simply things like dullness and tiredness will happen in your learning journey.  Take some time to rest, recharge and reset your body.  With a break and some rest, tune it back to learning mode is a pleasant experience.

Learning a skill or a subject is like growing a plant, overloading your mind by undertaking too much at one time is like watering the plant whole day, it will kill your mind like the way too much water is killing the plant.

Just be content with a little...

Dexterine Ho

30 November, 2010

Ask for success ...

Perhaps the most important word in success and happiness is the word, 'ask.'

-- Brian Tracy

In any study and learning, asking question is the starting point of clearing your doubt.

Once you are able to answer or find a way to resolve it, you are on your way to success.  With that learning is a joyful and happy journey!

Dexterine Ho

25 November, 2010

Perseverance

The following quotation tell use what is truth about life and it is the same in the process of learning:

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Economic disaster begins with a philosophy of doing less and wanting more.

-- Jim Rohn

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There are no shortcuts. To be a big success, start a little earlier, work a little harder, and stay a little later.

-- Brian Tracy
 
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There are two ways of attaining an important end, force and perseverance; the silent power of the latter grows irresistible with time.


-- Anne Sophie Swetchine (1782-1857)