Are You Interested To Become A Positive Genius?

In his book "Before Happiness", Shawn Achor puts forth his case that your potential can be evoked by changing your mindset or deep-seated limiting beliefs. 

He opined that "The better your brain is at using its energy to focus on the positives, the greater your chances at success." The following is a summary of the five practical strategies to creating a positive path to success:

1. Reality Architecture -- Choosing  the most valuable reality

2. Mental Cartography -- Mapping paths to success

3. The X-Spot -- Using success accelerants

4. Noise Cancelling -- Boosting the signal by eliminating the noise

5. Positive Inception -- Transferring your reality to others

For illustration, the 2-dimensional pyramid would have three sides representing Intellectual Quotient (IQ), Social Intelligence and Emotional Intelligence. 

However, in 3-dimensional reality there is a hidden leg to the pyramid as can be observed in the following picture of glass pyramid at the Louvre Museum. This fourth leg or facet can be likened to having a positive psychology towards life. 

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A positive genius, in Achor's definition, is "someone who see solutions, possibilities, and connections that are unseen by the average person".

Photo by Mike Marquez on Unsplash

For example, the average person is seated down and sees only the half-empty or half-filled glass cups before him. But, his positive genius buddy enjoying a cuppa with him sees the waiter and signals for the cups to be topped up.

To learn more, click here for Shawn Achor "Before Happiness" on "Valuable Reality" | #OWNSHOW | Oprah Online.

Zest Up With A Muscular Mini Cooper

This gleaming Mini Cooper is all beefed up and ready to hit the road.

Game, Set, Eat Your Chocolates

“Life is like a box of chocolate, you never know what you're going to get.” 
― Winston Groom  

Are You On Target?

Excuse me, where is your life heading? Are you on target or do you even have a target?

Make your target clear. Hold it high in your mind so that you do not divert from it as a result of the distraction of other people, your myriad of personal activities or the happenings in your environment.

You have only one life to live. Make it count by making a good difference in your small, medium or large ways. The power to create your future is in your hands as you keep pursuing your target and fine-tune your process of reaching the target.

The day will come when the ball is at your feet and it will be easy enough for you to kick the ball, strike the target and trigger your celebration of success.  

Don't Waste Your Day and Take An Instant Vacation

"The most wasted of all days is one without laughter." -- e. e. cummings

"Laughter is important, not only because it makes us happy, it also has actual health benefits. And that's because laughter completely engages the body and releases the mind. It connects us to others, and that in itself has a healing effect." -- Marlo Thomas  

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"A day without laughter is a day wasted." -- Charlie Chaplin

"Laughter is an instant vacation." -- Milton Berle

"The two things in the world we all share in this world are laughter and pain. We've all got problems. The levels of those problems vary, but we've all got problems. When you can take things that are painful and make them funny, that's a gift - to you and your audience." -- Kevin Hart

"Live by this credo: have a little laugh at life and look around you for happiness instead of sadness. Laughter has always brought me out of unhappy situations. " -- Red Skelton

It is time to rattle your funny bones, wash your eyes and exercise your stomach muscles.

Click here for Just For Laughs Gags Ultra Best Of Video.

Life Is Now Today, TODAY!

Life and death is like the ebb and flow of waves. People appear and disappear.

While we have life, let's not squander our time. We do not need the daily headlines in the news of tragedy to remind us that life is fragile and transient.

We are like the leaves on a tree which grow and flourish for a season before they become dislodged and fall to the ground.

While there is life, go out and seize the day and gather the rosebuds while ye may as Walt Whitman reminds.

Take out your musical instruments or whatever it is that serves as an avenue for your celebration of life and let loose. Make music, spread some happiness and invoke positive thoughts that life is good no matter the circumstances.

Life and time will not delay. Life is now, today, Today!

Looking for a Necktie in Singapore?

If you need to wear a necktie regularly as part of your work outfit or you need one for a special event, then Isrida Silk & Tie Collections would tie-in nicely with what you need.

At Isrida you will be spoilt for choice at the range of neckties available and you  can get one for S$7.00 each. For this price, you get similar quality as what you may have to pay thrice as much elsewhere for more upscale-sounding brand names. 

Isrida's owner, Mr Shaik Mohamed Abdul Razak, believes in treating everyone the same and this is inscribed on his business card as "(Singaporeans and tourist same price since 1989)". Mr Shaik is young at heart and would not hesitate to sprinkle humour into his conversation with all and sundry.

Not-for-sale decorative ties

Besides retail, Isrida also handle wholesale or bulk orders for your organisation's needs. 

Not-for-sale decorative ties

Aside from neckties, Irida also deal with other neckwears such as shawls, scarfs and bow ties.

Not-for-sale decorative ties

There is something for everyone here at Isrida if you are looking for neckwears. 

Not-for-sale decorative ties

In the vicinity you can run other errands at the plethora of businesses such as money-changers, banks, drink stalls, food outlets, tailors, office stationeries,  electronic gadgets, cobblers and hairdressers.

Not-for-sale decorative ties

If interested, the address and contact details are as follows:
ISRIDA
#02-01 The Arcade
(Above Raffles Place MRT station)
11 Collyer Quay
Singapore 049317
Tel. (65) 6339 7655
   

To tie this up, here is a quote for your rumination: 

"Like a necktie or a bouquet of flowers, an idea was best if one did not fuss with it too much." -- Galen Beckett