christian oey

About five years ago, Marvel Studios planned to package, develop and market four of their superheroes so that they could eventually create one “SuperMovie” which would feature all of them together in the one mega-movie. The superheroes selected were as follows: Iron Man (my favourite), Captain America, Thor, and finally The Hulk. Every Marvel movie [...]

Not long ago I wrote about “Colonel Sanders”, the founder of KFC who was 65 years old when he founded the finger-lickin’-good institution all those years ago, after knocking on 1009 doors trying to sell his famous recipe. (Oh, and remember he was a school dropout too.) Today I venture to write about someone on [...]

I heard a story about a grandfather and his grandson who were walking back to their home from town with their donkey, after a morning of picking up supplies. As it was a long walk, after a little while the grandfather picked up his grandson and placed him on the donkey so he could ride [...]

“Under the circumstances” is a well-known saying in business, in life. It justifies negative outcomes and screw-ups. This is one phrase I stay clear of. No matter how much under the thumb I am, I am determined to be “Above the circumstances”, not under them. It always amazes me how I can take off in [...]

The other day I was helping my brother in-law assemble a toy kitchen for my 3 year old niece for her birthday. As any great toy of that size, it comes flat packed, with bits and pieces, pieces and bits, and an instructional booklet. After some procrastination and deliberation, we finally looked at each other, [...]

I’ve noticed that the most successful people are usually the ones who have put in the blood, sweat and tears and, most of the time…they’ve failed the most too. Australian billionaire retail king Gerry Harvey once said, “You haven’t been in business until you’ve been to the brink, looked over the edge, and come back [...]

Sometimes it’s time for new chapters in your life. To move forward and enter new seasons, new chapters (and there will always be these throughout life), you have to be willing to let go of the old. The things behind you are not nearly as important as what is out in front of you. That’s [...]