I have for some time engages in sefl-service, on-demand learning through the internet. A couple of well established institutions have provided for free their course materials. Most of the day I am working at the office and the rest goes to my family, I am unable to engage on formal learning sessions, so distance learning comes in very handy.
The seemingly lowly and always taken for granted tissue is very much respected here in Singapore. For most of us, we do not even give it a thought, a tissue is a tissue and we often take it for granted, throw it around, wastefully use it, don’t bother how it is doing and discard it at will. The only instances where people give it the higest importance is when you really have to go or when we are eating and there is no running water and it’s not there in which we would scramble around to look for a roll or even a precious few, After which when we have already done our business we thank the inventors for inventing such.
Keeping your focus and sticking to the plan does not come easy to some but are natural to others. For those who are finding it a hard time to focus, here’s a couple of Ts, I hope this will work for you. But do remember that each one of us is unique and what may work for me might not work for you so do try to find your own groove.
It helps to consider being focused as a habit, be consistent and do it regularly, as they say, 21 days to make it a habit.
Have I mentioned that I work with Walt Mossberg? Well, the organization is really, really, really big and we don’t actually work together per se, but we do work for the same company. So I hope you can imagine the excitement and deep sense of happiness to be working for an organization wherein Walt Mossberg also is. So technically, I can actually say I work with Walt.
If you don’t know who Walt is, shame on you. But for those who truly do not know, search him out on google, read his wiki and head-on to All things Digital(http://allthingsd.com/). When you are done, bookmark AllThingsD and surf it often, subscribe to it’s Feeds, download the Iphone App and interact through the post comments. Better yet, if you want to, send him a mail. I recommend checking out Mossberg’s Mailbox and The Mossberg Solution regularly.
I was reading about finding information and one of the most important channels for this is obviously the internet. The material said that one of the criteria or second identifier to verify if the information is accurate or acceptable was critical mass. If the information is cited by more publications, the higher the probability the information is acceptable.
I downloaded the MS Project trial and it came in ISO. The installation instruction was standard, burn the ISO image unto an optical disk and run the installation program from there. I used to be a mac user and I had no problems with ISO images, it was a breeze. But now that I am a PC user, I scoured around the web again to check what was the best virtual drive utility for PC. I was looking for a utility that would mount the ISO image, was lightweight, easy to use, did not come with spyware, viruses, trojans, keyloggers, etc., was created by a reputable developer or organization, had good feedback, tried and tested and most of all FREE.
I have stopped all distractions, comfortably termed as multitasking. Focusing on the task and path at hand, I move more efficiently and I would say more productively. Cutting back on all the excesses and the un-important activities saves a lot of time, brings me to my goal faster, helps me develop and evolve more, sharpens my mind and skills, develops focus and overall improves me as a person.
It’s been a couple of months since my last post, and beginning today I hope to be able to have an update more often. I have adjusted well with my new job and new country, the family is already here with me and have just recently moved to a more suitable flat. I have also visited the main location of Dow Jones Risk & Compliance in London.