Month: June 2008

It’s just determination

Last year Paul Pott was the ordinary people that won the Britain’s Got Talent and George Sampson was an unlucky young man who could not make it to the semi-final. But just like the dancing version of Rocky, George enrolled to the BGT again this year and won !! He’s only 14 years old … and that’s what he told BBC:

Don’t let anybody get in the way – if you stay strong and determined, it’ll pay off so just keep your head down and focus on it … it’s just determination.

I am sure you can search his GTD semi-final and final video on the net … but here is the round 1 video, I absolutely love it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W_dcnS-KZpE

Glorious Years

One of Beyond’s best songs was used recently in a big event … I can appreciate all the good intentions behind, but I just don’t know why the organizer didn’t hire a professional lyrics writer to do the job …

Anyway, we all know no one can do it better than Ka-Kui … we will remember their glorious years, we will remember Ka-Kui, always.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeM6nH6CLgI

I love you

Taipei Experience

Taipei may not be the first choice of many people to travel, but in fact the city changed a lot in the past few years that I certainly think worth a visit. You know, if one can afford the time and money, one shall always revisit a place every few years. So, what are the changes in a city just went through 8 years of economy turmoil ?

In short, new developments in infrastructure while keeping the old traditions and the art scene. I suppose there are lots that our city government needs to learn from Taipei.

Taipei 101

Jiufeng

Juming museum

Getting things done, again

According to the productivity guru David Allen, we shall re-read his book Getting Things Done every three to six months – to see if we can learn something new. But after reading his book two times in the past already, it is not easy to pick up the book again. So this time I tried the audiobook version of the book, narrated by David himself. With only 3 CDs in this audiobook, it is really easy to finish it. And here are the three main points of GTD again, for your pleasure:

  1. Keep everything out of your head;
  2. Regular review and update the complete inventory of open loops of your life and work;
  3. Decide actions and outcomes when things first emerge on your radar, instead of later.

Plain and simple, isn’t it ? Unfortunately, It takes a long time to master it …