Hi,
I am really happy to know that my new book, 羸一場人生 is on its 2nd printing within its first month of publishing.
Thanks a lot to all of you who support me (and John Lau) and the book.
Wishing you all 羸一場人生!!!
Keith
Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Friday, April 07, 2006
The Monk & the Lady
Hi,
Suddenly, I think of an old Zen Story.
It is about 2 monks and a lady.
2 monks and a lady come across a river. The lady does not know how to cross the river. One of the monk carries the lady at his back.
After a looooooong while, the other monk asks the first monk why he carried the lady. It did not fitted the moral code of being a monk.
The first monk calmly replies, the lady had already left, why she is still on your back?
Why is she still on your back???
Keith
Suddenly, I think of an old Zen Story.
It is about 2 monks and a lady.
2 monks and a lady come across a river. The lady does not know how to cross the river. One of the monk carries the lady at his back.
After a looooooong while, the other monk asks the first monk why he carried the lady. It did not fitted the moral code of being a monk.
The first monk calmly replies, the lady had already left, why she is still on your back?
Why is she still on your back???
Keith
Tuesday, April 04, 2006
Metaphor about How to See More
Hi,
Here is a metaphor about seeing more:
To see more, you can either going up, turning around or going to another spot.
When you go up, you can see broader (stuff at the ground level) and higher (stuff at the upper levels). In NLP, we go Meta! (Many people misunderstand the Meta-Position. It is an upper position, or you can't see yourself, others and the relationships among them!)
When you turn around, you see what's behind you. You change your angle of view, you see other stuff at the same level. In NLP, we intentionally apply different filters and frames.
When you going to other spots, you see different perspectives of the same stuff. In NLP, we dissociate and go to other positions.
Keith
Here is a metaphor about seeing more:
To see more, you can either going up, turning around or going to another spot.
When you go up, you can see broader (stuff at the ground level) and higher (stuff at the upper levels). In NLP, we go Meta! (Many people misunderstand the Meta-Position. It is an upper position, or you can't see yourself, others and the relationships among them!)
When you turn around, you see what's behind you. You change your angle of view, you see other stuff at the same level. In NLP, we intentionally apply different filters and frames.
When you going to other spots, you see different perspectives of the same stuff. In NLP, we dissociate and go to other positions.
Keith
"Seeing" More is More Important than "Seeing" Accurately!
Hi,
Seeing more is more important than seeing accurately!
It is difficult for us to decide whether what we perceived is accurate or not. The only way is to see "more". The "extras" we see can provide evidence to prove the accuracy of our original perceptions.
In the NLP Practitioner Program, I urge you to verify and reduce your "Filters" (i.e. Presuppositions: values, beliefs, rules, attitudes) and to extend your VAK Frames in order to see more.
In the Master NLP Practitioner Program, I encourage you to see more by recognizing your meta-programs, mental models and by seeing at the Meta-Level.
In Systemic Thinking Course, I motivate you to see more by seeing/thinking synthetically, multi-dimensionally, expansionally and in a multiple causes & effect manner.
I watched a TV program yesterday night. It is a sci-fiction. It is in the year of 200,000, the media is broadcasting news that they want the people to see. They even make up news so as to fool the people and stop them from thinking. The result is the intelligence level of the people dropped seriously.
It is not sci-fiction. It happens today. See more by yourself, not by someone else!
Keith
Seeing more is more important than seeing accurately!
It is difficult for us to decide whether what we perceived is accurate or not. The only way is to see "more". The "extras" we see can provide evidence to prove the accuracy of our original perceptions.
In the NLP Practitioner Program, I urge you to verify and reduce your "Filters" (i.e. Presuppositions: values, beliefs, rules, attitudes) and to extend your VAK Frames in order to see more.
In the Master NLP Practitioner Program, I encourage you to see more by recognizing your meta-programs, mental models and by seeing at the Meta-Level.
In Systemic Thinking Course, I motivate you to see more by seeing/thinking synthetically, multi-dimensionally, expansionally and in a multiple causes & effect manner.
I watched a TV program yesterday night. It is a sci-fiction. It is in the year of 200,000, the media is broadcasting news that they want the people to see. They even make up news so as to fool the people and stop them from thinking. The result is the intelligence level of the people dropped seriously.
It is not sci-fiction. It happens today. See more by yourself, not by someone else!
Keith
Learning Attitude of People in Macau and Mainland China, Part 2
Hi,
I wrote the Part 1 of this article a few day ago.
There are many feedbacks, some by emails, some on my blog.
I like to clarify one single thing. I am not saying that the learning attitude of all the people in Hong Kong is not good. It is just a matter of trend.
When they are becoming very eager to learn while we are not keeping up, we are at our competitive disadvantage. It is hard to admit someone is better than us. But this is the beginning of excelling ourselves.
Keith
I wrote the Part 1 of this article a few day ago.
There are many feedbacks, some by emails, some on my blog.
I like to clarify one single thing. I am not saying that the learning attitude of all the people in Hong Kong is not good. It is just a matter of trend.
When they are becoming very eager to learn while we are not keeping up, we are at our competitive disadvantage. It is hard to admit someone is better than us. But this is the beginning of excelling ourselves.
Keith
Monday, March 27, 2006
我的新書: 羸一場人生
Hi,
很高興小弟與劉遠章兄合作的第五本書－羸一場人生已於月初付梓！
這本書談的是...
有些人贏了事業，但輸了家庭﹔
有些人贏了金錢，但輸了健康﹔
有些人贏了自尊，但輸了親情﹔
有些人贏了掌聲，但輸了自我﹔
有些人贏了名譽，但輸了自由﹔
有些人贏了此刻，但輸了永恆﹔
有些人……………………………
可曾問過自己，到底贏了什麼﹖
「宇宙」（ Cosmo ）這個詞語，在古希臘文中是解作「秩序」和「規律」的意思，宇宙萬物都是依循已安排好的秩序規律運行。生命教練能夠助您「發現」其他人看不到的現存的自然規律，能夠助您「預見」即將發生的規律，然後「順應」這些規律，指引您更容易透視自己的生命，掌握自己的命運。
小弟正是擔當您的生命教練，讓您掌握最重要的助人技巧。如果藉本書某一個章節、某一段文字或故事來牽引儲存於您心內的記憶，令您再次發現這些可能早已遺忘了的規律，從而繼續思考關於生命的問題，這就是本書最大的成就﹗
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Remark: Updated on Oct 6 2011
很高興小弟與劉遠章兄合作的第五本書－羸一場人生已於月初付梓！
這本書談的是...
有些人贏了事業，但輸了家庭﹔
有些人贏了金錢，但輸了健康﹔
有些人贏了自尊，但輸了親情﹔
有些人贏了掌聲，但輸了自我﹔
有些人贏了名譽，但輸了自由﹔
有些人贏了此刻，但輸了永恆﹔
有些人……………………………
可曾問過自己，到底贏了什麼﹖
「宇宙」（ Cosmo ）這個詞語，在古希臘文中是解作「秩序」和「規律」的意思，宇宙萬物都是依循已安排好的秩序規律運行。生命教練能夠助您「發現」其他人看不到的現存的自然規律，能夠助您「預見」即將發生的規律，然後「順應」這些規律，指引您更容易透視自己的生命，掌握自己的命運。
小弟正是擔當您的生命教練，讓您掌握最重要的助人技巧。如果藉本書某一個章節、某一段文字或故事來牽引儲存於您心內的記憶，令您再次發現這些可能早已遺忘了的規律，從而繼續思考關於生命的問題，這就是本書最大的成就﹗
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
Remark: Updated on Oct 6 2011
Learning Attitude of People in Mainland China and Macau
Hi,
I started the first NLP Practitioner Program in Macau last year, and in Mainland China this year.
I am surprised and impressed by their participation and their attitude in learning. This might be one of the reasons of the rise of their economy.
They actively ask questions and involve in discussion. They think through what they learned even after classes. They are so eager to seek knowledge instead of just qualification.
You might argue that those who can aford the program are senior people, high-incomed group. Yes, nearly all of them are either senior management or business owners. This makes another point. It might be their attitude in learning that makes them senior and wealthy.
Those who are hungry for knowledge and really learn get good returns. This is just a fact of life.
This finding inspires me. Macau and those major cities in China will sooner or later get ahead of us. This can happen really fast if they keep on learning.
We, in Hong Kong also study very hard. But studying is different from learning. We seem to be interested in qualification more than in knowledge. Many people study, but not learn!
In the 60's, 70's and the 80's, the atmosphere for studying as not as keen as today. But the atmosphere for learning was much higher. People seeked learning opportunties everywhere. This created so many great, capable people but without much qualification. They laid down the foundation of our rapid growth in economy.
We can maintain or even enhance our competitive edge for another 10, 20 or more years in the future, if we keep the spirit of our fathers' and mothers' spirit of learning.
Learn but not just study!
Keith
I started the first NLP Practitioner Program in Macau last year, and in Mainland China this year.
I am surprised and impressed by their participation and their attitude in learning. This might be one of the reasons of the rise of their economy.
They actively ask questions and involve in discussion. They think through what they learned even after classes. They are so eager to seek knowledge instead of just qualification.
You might argue that those who can aford the program are senior people, high-incomed group. Yes, nearly all of them are either senior management or business owners. This makes another point. It might be their attitude in learning that makes them senior and wealthy.
Those who are hungry for knowledge and really learn get good returns. This is just a fact of life.
This finding inspires me. Macau and those major cities in China will sooner or later get ahead of us. This can happen really fast if they keep on learning.
We, in Hong Kong also study very hard. But studying is different from learning. We seem to be interested in qualification more than in knowledge. Many people study, but not learn!
In the 60's, 70's and the 80's, the atmosphere for studying as not as keen as today. But the atmosphere for learning was much higher. People seeked learning opportunties everywhere. This created so many great, capable people but without much qualification. They laid down the foundation of our rapid growth in economy.
We can maintain or even enhance our competitive edge for another 10, 20 or more years in the future, if we keep the spirit of our fathers' and mothers' spirit of learning.
Learn but not just study!
Keith
Thursday, March 23, 2006
Are You a Human, an Animal, or a Plant?
Hi,
Strange headline? Yes!
But please consider it - are you behaving like a Human, an Animal or a Plant?
A Human can adapt to the changes in environment, while an Animal can only do some adjustments, and a Plant can just regulate itself hoping it can survive the changes.
How you respond to changes?
Being a Human can behave differently!
Keith
Strange headline? Yes!
But please consider it - are you behaving like a Human, an Animal or a Plant?
A Human can adapt to the changes in environment, while an Animal can only do some adjustments, and a Plant can just regulate itself hoping it can survive the changes.
How you respond to changes?
Being a Human can behave differently!
Keith
Monday, March 20, 2006
Learning from Life #56 - 60
Hi,
Here is another part of my "Learning from Life" Series.
56. Attacking others to get what you want will eventually being attacked back.
57. Things will go back to you, but can be with delays. (There is a 4 years' delay: Someone is hitted by the same gun he got by killing a good cop!)
58. Be careful when someone tells you that he/she is telling the truth!
59. Each step I take towards my goal will brings me nearer to it.
60. The best learning is learning myself by myself.
Keith
Here is another part of my "Learning from Life" Series.
56. Attacking others to get what you want will eventually being attacked back.
57. Things will go back to you, but can be with delays. (There is a 4 years' delay: Someone is hitted by the same gun he got by killing a good cop!)
58. Be careful when someone tells you that he/she is telling the truth!
59. Each step I take towards my goal will brings me nearer to it.
60. The best learning is learning myself by myself.
Keith
Friday, March 17, 2006
Difference Between Radiant & Expansionist Thinking
Hi,
In Session 1 of the Systemic Thinking Course a few days ago, one participant asked me the different between Radiant Thinking and Expansionist Thinking.
Radiant Thinking is the kind of thinking when we do mind-mapping. Expansionist Thinking is the basic philosophy of Systemic Thinking.
In both types of thinking, we can start from a single central point and then we think "out" from that single point. In Radiant Thinking, you first "see" the relationship between 2 points before you think of the second point.
In Expansionist Thinking, you do not care about the relationship first. You just "expand" your view to include more points. Then you see whether there are relationship amongst these points.
Which one is better? You decide yourself!
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
In Session 1 of the Systemic Thinking Course a few days ago, one participant asked me the different between Radiant Thinking and Expansionist Thinking.
Radiant Thinking is the kind of thinking when we do mind-mapping. Expansionist Thinking is the basic philosophy of Systemic Thinking.
In both types of thinking, we can start from a single central point and then we think "out" from that single point. In Radiant Thinking, you first "see" the relationship between 2 points before you think of the second point.
In Expansionist Thinking, you do not care about the relationship first. You just "expand" your view to include more points. Then you see whether there are relationship amongst these points.
Which one is better? You decide yourself!
Keith
Explore, Exceed & Excel
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