Working Hours

According to a study commissioned by a global financial services company (UBS AG) KL people although not the hardest working people in the world (measured by hours of work in a year), we are there in the top 20 list. The report says that we work an average of slightly more than 39 hours per week.

Singaporeans are slightly above us at 40 hours a week. New York is lesser at 37 hours per week, London 34 hours a week and.. surprise, surprise.. Tokyo is doing 38 hours a week! Your colleagues in Paris works only.. 30 hours a week (an average of 6 hours per day only).

Before you give yourself a pat on the back for being among the hardest working people in the world, ask yourself this: Why is it that those highly developed countries work less hours but can be more productive than we, Malaysians, who are working at longer hours? Food for thoughts..

Insomnia

For while some people have a shoulder to cry on

It is the destiny of others that they must cry alone..

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Insomnia is a torture,

While the whole world is fast asleep, you are up all alone.

Your mind is buzzing with every random thoughts in the universe.

Sometimes, nothing comes into your head, your mind goes blank.

You become more aware of the silence.

And it is at this exact moment that you realize how alone you are...

Commitment

Sustainability isn't about the quick fix or the cheap solution.

Generally it means making a commitment and trying, as best we can, to honor it.
In preserving a relationship, we are going to encounter difficulties.
The good life is not a problem-free life.

In point of fact, the process of overcoming adversity often produces some of the most rewarding experiences we will ever have. Human beings need to be challenged to 'test their mettle,' as it were.

Throwing in the towel at the first sign of trouble or small inkling of distress may be the easy thing to do, but it doesn't help our self-concept. Most of life's troubles can be overcome if we are willing to work through them with patience.

- Michael A. Schuler