Sometimes your work demands you to upgrade yourself. Sometimes your boss wants to give you that promotion, but you feel you need to up-skill yourself. While there are courses you can take, or e-learning modules you can enrol for, there are always books out there going into detail about a topic you need to master. Sometimes, a book is just the informal development channel you need to push yourself past a personal threshold. Edward De Bono (picture of book in the picture) is a

How much time do we waste nowadays in the following scenarios? 1. Caught in traffic jams (while driving) 2. Waiting in line to buy something or pay for something 3. Waiting at a lobby of an office building waiting for a loved one 4. Caught in traffic jams (while in a Grab car) 5. Sitting in the toilet For (1) above, please don't read, listen to an audiobook (need some? Message me) For (5) above, traditionally people read newspapers. Nowadays, people may read their phone (plea

Remember my first post in this series? I mentioned that I am a lay preacher in my church? Hence my main topic of interest regarding that area was, of course, preaching. However, learning the skill alone is insufficient. The content knowledge needs to be developed as well. For a lay preacher, there needs to be reading in the Bible, in theology, in so many topics seen in this case as sub-topics. Therefore, investment of money and time has to go into these areas too. Surrounding

What do you enjoy doing in your free time? What do you make time for even when you don't have time? If the answer for the two questions are the same, that is your hobby. Something you are passionate about that you will do it whenever you have time, and even when you don't, you will strive to make time for you to engage in it. Want to find out more about your hobby? Want to develop your knowledge in it? Books are one of the best ways to go about it. My current passion and hobb