Any of you who have ever read “Romance of the Three Kingdoms” will know that Cao Cao is the most suspicious man in the world. Therefore, we have a saying “Overly suspicious like Cao Cao”. I remember when I was little, I extremely disliked Cao Cao when I read this novel, yet I kept thinking to myself: “Perhaps I should never be as suspicious to the point of cruelty as Cao Cao did, but maybe suspicion is something I should learn more about, otherwise how do I survive in this world?” And this question has followed me for many years as I grow up. (more…)
The word ‘resource’ means a source – source of money, source of materials, source of supports, source of people–basically sources that enrich us, as resources, in plural form, is the sum of properties possessed by a person, a company, or a nation. In daily working life, a resourceful person is someone who knows a lot of sources. Needless to say, this is a very important person for every project, as he/she has the ability to pull different sources of people or materials into the projects. (more…)
May 3, 2013
by Cyril Pereira
Ever since the landmark April 2012 United Nations session convened by Bhutan on “Happiness and Well-being: Defining a New Economic Paradigm” attracted 600 participants including presidents, heads of state, economists, Nobel laureates, scholars, NGOs and spiritual leaders to consider Gross National Happiness (GNH) as a holistic extension to Gross National Product (GNP) indicators, Western economists and academics have lost no time clambering aboard the new bandwagon of hope.
I often receive questions from you guys like: A friend of mine keeps talking nonsense about things she does not understand, and I want help her improve her understanding, but I’m afraid she might get angry. What should I do? I have a friend who just doesn’t understand the spiritual life you preach, and is suffering because of it. Should I try persuading him again? (more…)
If you want to persuade your friends, parents, siblings to live positively, the least effective way to do so is by words, and the best way to persuade them is by your own positive living.
Words are the worst way to persuade your loved ones. Deeds are the best way.
Why is it that words are the worst way? (more…)
Suppose that you are the HR Director of a company and you are recruiting employees for your company. Which one among the following will be the most important character trait that you look for in a candidate: experience, academic degrees, integrity, intelligence, teamwork, modesty, diligence, or good speaking skills?
Feb 27th, 2013
Singapore, known for its order, was rocked by Interpol findings that an international soccer match-fixing operation was based there. Though soccer scandals are not new in Southeast Asia, many were surprised that the ring was Singapore-based. Soccer is Southeast Asia’s most popular sport in both viewership and gambling, and we examine the scandal by the numbers.
The number of games between 2008 and 2011 that Europol deemed suspicious, including 150 international matches in Africa, Asia, and Latin America; 380 games in Europe, including FIFA World Cup and European championship qualifiers as well as UEFA Champions League games.
Dear brothers and sisters,
Below are the links to two very good reports on cybersecurity released by the Center for International and Strategic Studies in Washington DC.
Report of the CSIS Asia Team
By Michael J. Green, Ernest Z. Bower, Victor Cha, Karl F. Inderfurth, Christopher K. Johnson, and Matthew P. Goodman (Project Director)
The CSIS Asia Team is pleased to announce the release of a new report, “Crafting Asia Economic Strategy in 2013”. Economics is critical to Asia-Pacific affairs and to U.S. interests there. The region accounts for roughly half of global GDP and trade and includes some of the world’s fast-growing economies. Effective U.S. economic policies in the region are thus an essential complement of the Obama administration’s “strategic rebalancing” to Asia, reinforcing and being reinforced by the military, diplomatic, and political elements.
With the help of regional experts who participated in a series of roundtable discussions in the fall of 2012, CSIS prepared this report on a number of key economies of the Asia region: China, India, Japan, Korea, and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The report is intended to offer practical advice to Obama administration policymakers as they set a strategic course for economic relations with these important countries over the next four years.
To continue reading Crafting Asia Economic Strategy in 2013, please click here.
Center for International and Strategic Studies
By Gregory Poling
January 24, 2013
On January 22, the Philippines fired a legal shot across China’s bow with Secretary of State Albert del Rosario’s announcement that Manila had submitted a motion to the United Nations requesting that China’s South China Sea claims be brought before an arbitral tribunal. China has consistently refused to negotiate its claims in the South China Sea, which overlap with those of the Philippines, Malaysia, Brunei, Vietnam, and Taiwan, in multilateral settings. China’s first official reaction to del Rosario’s announcement was unsurprising; it decried the decision and reiterated its “indisputable sovereignty” over the islands and adjacent waters of the South China Sea.
Very often we feel that we are completely lost, that we don’t know what we should do, what we should use our life for, which direction we should go, which job we should do or learn, how our future will be, or where our future lies.
And we feel lost. Seeing our friends work hard, building their careers, holding good positions… we wish we could be like them, know what we want and what we should do, and be happy with our life plans…
There’s a fear that weighs heavily upon many of us every minute, every single day, through our whole life, whether we think about it or are aware of its existence or not. That is the fear of rejection, the fear of not achieving what we aim for. In other words, it is the fear of “No” – no acceptance, no agreement from someone, no gain, no achievement…
If we pay attention to what happen in our daily life with gratitude, we will see “miracles” or “God’s blessings” or “good karma” come to us almost every day. If we are not grateful, they will all seem to be coincidences and meaningless.
If we are profoundly grateful, we will see that everything has a very deep meaning.