Aloysius Chan's Blog

Review: The author knows exactly what caught your attention and how to re-focus, even when reading the book you will constantly be reminded to stay focus. To focus means to be able to make things happen. Rated: 8.5/10 Phase-locking: technical term for brainwave synchrony with a sound you hear 2 main varieties of distraction: sensory and emotional Bottom-up mind (muscle memory): faster in brain time, involuntary and automatic, always on, intuitive, operating through networks of association, impulsive, driven by emotion, executor of our habitual routines and guide for our actions, manager for our mental models of the world Top-down mind: slower, voluntary, effortful, the seat of self-control, muting of automatic routines, able to learn new models, make new plans, take charge of our automatic repertoire A mind adrift lets our creative juices flow With better focus, a child did better in term of health, wealth and less crime Life cycle analysis: to handle degradation better Losad...

Review: Not an easy read, need to be intermediate and above to understand it. Not much content and review to share as you need to study this book instead of simply reading it. Rated: 7/10 Drug addictions: approval, attention, success, making it to the top, prestige, getting your name in the paper, power, being the boss.

Review: Written by religious leader with great thoughts and examples, guiding but not forcing us to take the right path through awareness. Rated: 9.5/10 An eagle grew up with the chickens and one day it saw a majestic eagle soaring above the sky wondering what that is, the eagle lived and died a chicken, for that’s what he thought he was. Many people want to get out of kindergarten but all they want is for you to mend their broken toys. Give me back my wife, job, money, reputation and success. When you fight something, you empower it. Don't renounce it, see through it. Worse kind of charity is to do something so you won't get a bad feeling, you don't want people to think of you as bad people. Transferring the bomb from your lap to under the seat is simply transferring problems and not solving them. 3 most difficult thing: returning love for hate, including the excluded, admitting that you are wrong.  2 things in the world: love and fear; fear causes you to be angry...

Review: A complete handbook for kickstarting your business in practical and structured ways without dreamy and big ideas. Suitable for aspiring entrepreneur with zero knowledge to business owners with less than 2 years of experience. Rated: 8.5/10 Good idea: solve pain point, unique solution, right market segmentation, low competition, good go-to-market strategy, various transaction based, solid financial milestone, scalable / Team, traction, minimum viable product "Make me feel important" -Mary Kay If you have no business ideas, buy an existing business or invest in a franchise Find your niche: make a wish list, focus, describe your customer’s worldview, synthesize, evaluate, test, go for it Business objective: what are you in business, who are you customers, what image of your business do you want to convey, what is the nature of your products and services, what level of service do you provide, what roles do you and your employees play, what kind of relationships wil...

Review: A very short book with enough information to set you intrigued about what have you been doing and what do you want in life. Ikigai have been widely spoken about the four quadrant and this book explains them deeper. Rated: 9/10. 7 needs - a fulfilling existence, change and growth, future perspective, receiving responses, freedom, self-actualisation, significances and value Ikigai - what you love + what you are good at + what you can be paid for + what the world needs A father changing a nappy can be happy too when he knows the daughter’s bodily functions are working “I make sure that occasionally, late at night, I’ll have a drink or two, not think about anything in front of me but just sit back and think about my life: How’s it going? What’s bothering me? What’s really going on now?” - Gordon Mathews Passion is good, but not obsessive passion; embrace harmonious passion instead where you can do whenever you like to “If you are working on something exciting that you real...

Review: a self-improvement book with all the core contents covered to motivate and make you want to crave a plan for yourself. Rated: 9/10 Spending the night re-evaluating your values can fetch a bigger price tomorrow You have Mr. Triumph and Mr. Defeat in you, always let Mr. Triumph tell you what to do instead Power of belief: think success and not failure, remind yourself you are better than you are, believe big Common excusitis: health (no perfect specimen of health, don’t talk about it, don’t worry), brains (don’t overestimate the other fellow’s brainpower, attitude is more important than intelligence), age (invest in future time), bad luck (cause and effect, don’t be a wishful thinker) Countering fears: be decisive and stick to your decision, isolate your fear and take actions,  deposit only positive thoughts in your memory bank, withdraw only positive thoughts Good attitude builds confidence: underneath he is probably a very nice guy, most folks are Confidence: be a...