christian oey

I read this quote the other day  –> “A bend in the road is NOT the end of the road, unless you fail to turn”. Life must be improvised, for nothing you planned works out the way you want it. Correction: the road to what you had planned is almost always not the road you had [...]

I think it is unescapable. Everything in life is first difficult before it becomes easy. From learning to talk & walk, to learning a new skill, to getting married. So, undoubtedly, this difficulty you are facing right now, will soon become easy…the pressure will lift & you will soon arise from the depths of it, [...]

I am a fan of vision casting. If you ask my Exec Team, they’ll tell you that the vision I have for our company is far greater than our resources. That’s healthy. Like I said to them the other day, complacency can be a curse. Casting vision isn’t just for businesses though. We should cast [...]

Can you fill in the blanks?: “I work as/I am a _______, but I’d really like to do/be a ______ .” The latter is most probably your calling, and where you will be most happiest, content, & fulfilled. If the former is the same as the latter, then you must be having some serious fun… [...]

I have been talking about being bored, and how boredom can help us create better ways of doing things, creating the space to incubate ideas and innovation. Ideas and answers to problems often occur in innocuous environments & most times unintentionally, eg. sitting on the toilet, in the shower, riding the train or bus, sitting [...]

Sorry for this slightly longer-than-usual post. This is more of an instructional note. I’ve been talking about the need and the benefits of doing nothing as opposed to always doing something, which is acceptable in today’s busy culture. Here is one powerful way of doing nothing: Select a specific time and place to sit quietly, [...]

To achieve success, to obtain knowledge & wisdom, is to sit & do nothing. What the??!! {Disclaimer: This is not permission to be lazy!} We are always so busy that we’ve become proud of it, like it’s a status symbol of success, accomplishment, or productivity. We strive to arrive. It seems to be busy is [...]

Ok. So I’m back. Just to recap, I send you these little thoughts each day for free because I want to talk you into winning. There’s no catch, there’s no charge…Why? Because you were born to win. (Why would anyone be born so they could lose? That would just be a waste of time and [...]

I have a screen saver on my Blackberry smartphone which reads, “Life was much easier when “Apple” and “Blackberry” were just fruits”… We live in a noisy world. There is so much going on; not just in our own lives, but there’s soooo much information out there. facebook. twitter. Linkedin. YouTube. Google+. etc. Then there’s [...]