of 錯過你，錯過愛。

如果我是東東，那你肯定是我的詠琪。

of words from a former fraudster

When you first meet security adviser Frank Abagnale, it is hard to believe this urbane, sharp-suited gent had a previous career as a renowned con man, cheque forger and impersonator.

The confusion is heightened, given that actor Leonardo DiCaprio portrayed him with great zest in the Steven Spielberg hit Catch Me If You Can in 2002.

Before giving the keynote speech at a conference on financial crime at Raffles City Convention Centre yesterday, Mr Abagnale told a media briefing that tackling white-collar crime begins at home and boils down to a matter of character.

"This is beginning to be a very unethical world where ethics is not taught at home nor at school"

He argues that young people are raised without the concept of right and wrong, and go into the business world thinking little of cheating and stealing.

He notes that financial scandals like Enron stemmed from people with bad character: "Before we can even dent white-collar crime... ethics and character must be brought back into homes, schools and workplaces."

of 犀利人妻

看《犀利人妻》的当儿，会不知觉地希望有个她一同共赏。如果有个心爱的人搂在怀里，该有多好。这种感觉，应该挺甜蜜的吧？好想赶快体验一下这幸福的滋味。

of Karena

Hold my breath, make no noise
Hear the trees stroke, one another
Humming bees make annoying melodies
that aren't welcome, forget that
Rub my feet between mildew grass
No shoes on tickles, just lay
See nothing as we only feel everything,
The world is made up of little wonders

of 燕姿's 相信

突然覺得　我只是一個人
有點孤單　淺淺的憂鬱
我不知道明天　會不會　很美麗
雖然今天天很藍　而雲很白　風很涼

今天日記　空白　沒有關係
不必每件事情　都在意
不想工作　不想困擾自己
不必刻意想你

該是我的總會來　就算挑戰　我不走開

一點點你的微笑　已經讓我覺得溫暖
我還不懂堅持　正好讓我　學會去愛
我曾經看見困難　變得膽小　不夠勇敢

但還是要相信　相信感覺　相信簡單
(我還是會相信　相信感覺　相信簡單)

有一天　等我懂得事實　也許更灰心
至少現在讓我去相信　哦

of Showing Up for Life

For example, reflecting on my own experience raising a family, I think about how as parents most of us try to feel our way through the challenges that come with being married and raising children. We have very little formal training for those roles, and they are two of the most difficult and important things we’ll ever undertake.

What I learned from this is that life sends opportunities and challenges our way. And our futures are shaped by how we respond to them.

"To love and to cherish"
Celebrate his good points and remember you don’t have to love everything about him. If you see some things about him that you simply have to improve upon (things his mother did not get just right) recognize ... reforming a husband is a long-term project and it doesn’t always work out. Sometimes it is better to reform one’s own expectations.

"For better or for worse" Don’t expect calm waters. Pray for courage. Keep your sense of humor. No man and woman ever had a perfectly harmonious marriage. A good marriage takes effort, resilience and suppression of personal ego, but the fundamental requirement is living with the fixed vision that your relationship is permanent and forever.

He suggests that collaboration is fundamental to life and progress, and I couldn't agree with him more.
I have witness the power of collaboration, in many different forms, and with no small degree of awe, in many parts of the world.
I suspect the famous anthropologist Margaret Mead had the same experience before writing words now renowned among those who volunteer for good causes; "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."

"Life is the ultimate teacher, but it is usually through experience and not scientific research that we discover its deepest lessons. We are all here for a single purpose: to grow in wisdom and to learn to love better. We can do this through losing as well as through winning, by having and by not having, by succeeding or failing. All we need to do is to show up openhearted for class... So fulfilling life’s purpose may depend more on how we play than what we are dealt. You have to be present to win.”

of Seth's Tribes (2)

How To Be Wrong

John Zogby, the successful pollster, was completely, utterly wrong about Al Gore in Florida. By ten points. And he was wrong about John Kerry, and wrong about his prediction for the New Hampshire primaries in 2008. But notice that I said "successful pollster," not "disgraced pollster." If he wasn't willing to be wrong, he'd be unable to be right as often as he is.

Issac Newton was totally, fantastically wrong about alchemy, the branch of science he spent most of his career on. He as wrong as a scientist could be. And yet,he's widely regarded as the most successful scientist and mathematician ever.

Steve Jobs was wrong about the Apple III, wrong about the NeXT Computer, wrong about the Newton. Insanely wrong. You know the rest.

The secret of being wrong isn't to avoid being wrong!
The secret is being willing to be wrong.
The secret is realizing that wrong isn't fatal.
The only thing that makes people and organization great is their willingness to be not great along the way. The desire to fail on the way to reaching a bigger goal is the untold secret of success.

I've been waiting for you to ask for the shortcut, the error-free, failure-free way to get people to do what you want, to make change happen without risk or fear, to magically alter the status quo. That, after all, is the best way to sell you on the ideas here. If I could just give you the answer, you'd be leading a tribe right now.

The honest answer is: There isn't an easy way. It isn't easy for middle mangers or CEOs or heretics. The truth is that they appear to risk everything, but in fact, the risk isn't so bad. The downsides are pretty small because few of us are likely to get burned at the stake.

The secret of leadership is simple: Do what you believe in. Paint a picture of the future. Go there.

People will follow.

of Seth's Tribes (1)

How Was Your Day?

It’s four a.m. and I can’t sleep. So I’m sitting in the lobby of a hotel in Jamaica, checking my e-mail.

A couple walks by, obviously on their way to bed, having pushed the idea of vacation a little too hard. The woman looks over to me and, in a harsh whisper a little quieter than a yell, says to her friend, “Isn’t that sad? That guy comes here on vacation and he’s stuck checking his e-mail. He can’t even enjoy his two weeks off.”

I think the real question – the one they probably wouldn’t want to answer – was, “Isn’t it sad that we have a job where we spend two weeks avoiding the stuff we have to do fifty weeks a year?”

It took me a long time to figure out why I was so happy to be checking my e-mail in the middle of the night. It had to do with passion. Other than sleeping, there was nothing I’d rather have been doing in that moment – because I’m lucky enough to have a job where I get to make change happen. Even though I don’t have many people working for me, I’m in the business of leading people, taking them somewhere we want to go.

On the other hand, most people have jobs (for now) where they fight change, where they work overtime to defend the status quo. It’s exhausting. Maintaining a system in the face of change will grind you down.

Think for a second about the people you know who are engaged, satisfied, eager to get to work. Most of them, I'll bet, make change. They challenge the status quo and push something forward - something they believe in. They lead.

"Life's too short" is repeated often enough to be a cliché, but this time it's true. You don't have enought time to be both unhappy and mediocre. It's not jus pointless, it's painful. Instead of wondering when your next vacation is, maybe you ought to set up a life you don't need to escape from.

The amazing thing is that not only is this sort of life easier to set up than ever before, but it's also more likely to make you successful. And happy. So how was your day?