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How to Create Life-changing Core Values in Your 20′s

June 13, 2013 Intentional Living 9 Comments
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Imagine yourself in the following situations:

  • My best friend’s girlfriend invites me to her graduation party. I get inside information that there will be lots of drugs and excessive drinking during the party. Should I still attend the party? I know my best friend will be very disappointed if I miss this special day.
  • Tomorrow is my final exam, and I’m completely unprepared. The grade of this exam will either break or make my opportunity to graduate as an Honors student. My friend suggests creating a “cheat sheet” to use during the exam. Do I engage in this behavior?
  • I compete in tennis tournament with an opponent I know whose skills are sub-par. Do I play with a mindset that I’m playing with my younger sister who doesn’t know how to play or do I take every game seriously?

These are several of the many similar ethical dilemmas I’ve faced in my 20’s. It seems rather easy to make the “right choice” by reading these examples. But we all know that it’s a lot harder when you are actually in these situations. Suddenly, things have become a lot more blurry. In these very moments, you are tested on what you stand for.

A looming epidemic that is sweeping twenty-somethings today is what I call the “CV Syndrome.” … Continue Reading

Self-Awareness Project – How to Discover Your Leadership Capability

November 28, 2011 Intentional Living, Leadership 1 Comment
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Hide not your talents, they for use were made. What’s a sundial in the shade? 

Benjamin Franklin is right. His insights into these very words has resonated profoundly with me in the last twenty five years of my life. In fact, for most of the my life, I truly felt that I was bereft of talent. I believed I represented quintessential mediocrity, if not an inferior superiority. Tough decisions, changing environments, and, insurmountable pressure debilitated my emotional and mental health in my early adolescence . 

However, the year of 2001 has been a turning point in my life. This is when I made the decision to study abroad in North America at the age 14. Since then, I have been blessed by the grace of God to be surrounded me with numerous people who have been a constant source of inspiration, encouragement, faith, and hope in my life. 

It is with this purposely long-winded introduction that I write the main crux of my thoughts. Leadership is all about influence. In order to have influence, one must have a solid understanding of the subject one is leading. This can be achieved only if the leader understands himself/herself – what motivates himself, temper, pressure, personality etc. In the past three month, I have stumbled across a Harvard Business Review article, Making Yourself Indispensable” by Zenger and Folkman which ignited me to embark on this project. Below is a brief idea behind this project:

With Good leaders can become exceptional by developing just a few of their strengths to the highest level—but not by merely doing more of the same. Instead, they need to engage in the business equivalent of cross-training—that is, to enhance complementary skills that will enable them to make fuller use of their strengths. For example, technical skills can become more effective when communication skills improve, making a leader’s expertise more apparent and more accessible. Once a few of their strengths have reached the level of outstanding, leaders become indispensable to their organizations despite the weaknesses they may have. … Continue Reading

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