How My Bathroom Products Came to Be

Idol Delusion Factor

Remembering More Than Myths

The ultimate goal of education is…?
Growing up in an Asian immigrant family, I learned to value education, which meant that doing well in school was a minimum requirement of being a good son. In other words while other kids got cash rewards for getting over 70% on their report card, my reward was that I was not punished if I [...]

Five Foolish Follies
1. Choosing not to think. Have you ever noticed that there are boundaries to what we choose to think about? Religion is certainly one area where we may choose not to apply the usual rigours of thought. Math is another one I think childhood school fears are the main block. Relationships might not be tested [...]

Does “being present” lead to evil?
One of the factors that made the Holocaust possible is this: “Another factor that reduces self-control and fosters the crossing of moral boundaries is a certain kind of mental state. This state is marked by a very concrete narrow, rigid way of thinking, with the focus on the here and now, on the details of what [...]

It’s a Criminal Act
What do these three pieces of information add up to: a quote from the founder of a start-up company, an article from Harvard about outsourcing, and a book about peak oil?  The answer: a trend worth paying attention to! In Jeff Rubin’s Why Your World is About to Get a Whole Lot Smaller, he describes how [...]

Are you an adaptive leader?
“Well of course, I’m a flexible and adaptable person,” I would answer and be done with the question. But what if being an adaptive leader is a continuous struggle to help oneself and the group meet complex life challenges that are often beyond the group’s capabilities? Upon second thought, maybe it’s a question I’m never [...]