Healthy Eating Tips for CNY 17 Jan 2023 5:29 AM (2 years ago)
Healthy Eating Tips for CNY
Eating healthy during Chinese New Year is possible. And it’s easy with these tips from the Dietetics & Nutrition department at SingHealth Community Hospitals (SCH).
5 Easy tips to eat healthy for CNY
1. Eat before visiting
You are more likely to overeat on an empty stomach. Take a high-fibre snack such as oats, salad or fruits before you head out.
2. Go for fresh food over processed food
Choose healthier snacks like mandarin oranges. If you are cooking, use fresh ingredients such as lean meat and skinless poultry over processed food items like fish balls as they are usually lower in salt and fat.
3. Practice portion control
Put your food onto a smaller plate to help you eat less.
4. Plain water is best
Opt for plain water or drinks with reduced sugar over soft drinks and sweetened beverages.
5. Take it slow
It can be tempting to indulge in feasting but eat slowly. It can take up to 20 minutes after eating before you feel full. Eating slower also helps with digestion.
Know what you eat
link from HealthXchange.sg
Blessed Lunar New Year… GongXiFaCai !!!
Building a Rock-Solid Client Relationship 4 Mar 2017 11:46 PM (8 years ago)
A client relationship is not just about giving a big smile when you meet your clients. Your clients can feel whether you are genuine or not when you communicate to them.
For a rock-solid client relationship, you need to create wow factors that will set you above your competitors. Remember the R.O.C.K. S.O.L.I.D acronym, which stand for the pointers below, and apply them to build strong relationships with them.
(R) Remember Your Clients’ Details
Clients love to be acknowledged by their names. They feel good when you remember details of what they had shared with you during your past conversations with them. If you do not have a good memory, one helpful way is to write them down. This can be very time-consuming but it is an effective way to keep a detailed report of your clients. This should also include the likes and dislikes of your clients.
(O) Open To New Ideas
Your clients may have their own ideas about what work best for them or what they want. You may be an expert in your industry but you need to recognise that your clients have their own thinking too. Be open to new ideas given by your clients and explore with them. Clients like to be respected when sharing their ideas and it is essential to make them feel important.
(C) Consistent In Your Follow-Up
At the end of every phone call or meeting, send a follow-up note on what was discussed. This is to assure your clients that you have understood their needs and are working on them. Clients like to be kept informed of what will interest or affect them, their businesses and their lives. Do a regular follow-up to keep connected with your clients.
(K) Know Your Products
Attend your company’s product training and read up on your products’ information. Clients love to work with someone who knows his or her products well. You must be able to answer your clients’ questions on your products and advise them accordingly. This will immediately build their confidence in you.
(S) Surprises Always Work
Have you ever done anything that left a long-lasting impression in your client’s memory? Sending a greeting card to clients is a common practice, so what else can you do to make a difference? Learn more about your clients, and you will know what will make a pleasant surprise.
(O) Organise Your Materials
Always go prepared for every appointment. Organise your materials with the most updated information. Your presentation kit represents you and your work. Spend some time checking it, and ensure that everything is in order before any appointment. Always keep a separate folder with additional information or collaterals that you think your clients may be interested in. It is always better to be prepared than not ready.
(L) Listen Attentively
Listen to your clients attentively. Your clients want to be heard and given attention. They want to express their feelings and opinions to you . While they may not be accurate or right, you cannot fight their thinking and emotions. Be patient with them. Be quick to listen and slow to speak.
(I) Integrity Is Your Brand
Integrity is important in a client relationship. Say what you will do and do what you have promised to deliver. Always give advice to your clients with their best interests at heart. Your clients will feel your sincerity and they will trust you and your recommendations.
(D) Do What You Are Best At
You have your own strengths and ideas that your clients like about you. Do not follow blindly what your competitors are doing for their clients just because they are successful in doing them. Do what your are best at instead.
Article by Richard Gavriel, a client relationship building and sales expert with Richard Gabriel Speaker Management.
Finishing Your Year 2016 Strong 22 Aug 2016 1:52 AM (8 years ago)
Every year many people start with huge goals and dreams. Now, we are left with less-than 5 months to end 2016. Have you reviewed your goals? How are they doing?
If due to whatever reasons, your goals seems still far fetch, I strongly encourage you to go back to the basics… I find the 3 main necessary steps of goal setting by Peng Joon is very helpful and I’ve put his article for your reading. Wishing you success!
Effective goal setting comes in 3 main steps.
STEP 1 – KNOW WHAT YOU WANT
When it comes to planning your year, the most important thing is for you to have clarity.
You need to know what you want to begin with.
So the first step is to think about, and be clear on what you want to achieve this year.
Now most people stop here. They list down what they want and that’s it. That’s like putting an image of a sports car on your desktop wallpaper. Nothing happens.
STEP 2 – KNOW WHY YOU WANT IT
Many times, people tell me: “Peng Joon, I want to make a million dollars this year.”
Well, that’s a great goal.
But the next step, after knowing what you want, is knowing why you want it.
What I always tell people is that once you know what you want, you need to have clarity on your “why”.
So you want to make a million dollars…. the question now is why?
I list down about 10 things that I want to accomplish during the year – but instead of thinking about accomplishing them, I think about “why”. This is something you should be doing, too.
Why?
Because if you can figure out the “why”, then you can figure out the “how”.
STEP 3 – HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO IT
These are the steps. The mechanics. It needs to be specific and actionable.
Ineffective: I will go to the gym 3 times a week.
Effective: I will complete the p90X fitness program and complete all 90 days from start to end. I will limit my carbs intake by one bowl of rice a day.
So as a quick recap:
To be able to plan things out and make 2016 your best year ever, you need to:
1. Know WHAT you want to do
2. Know WHY you want to do it
3. List HOW are you going to do it
If you can plan these three things out next to each other, then you’ll have a compelling reason to take action.
So, I hope this post has helped you in terms of planning to finish your year strong, and will enable you to really have the best year ever!
As always, if you found value in this post, please feel free to leave a comment below and let me know.
May 2016 be an amazing and incredible year filled with happiness, love, peace and everything else that you could wish for
How Many Singapore Merlion Statues? 16 Aug 2016 1:42 AM (8 years ago)
Have you ever wonder how many Merlion Statues are there in Singapore?
There are 7 of these half-lion, half-fish mythical creatures in Singapore. The 2 most famous ones are situated at the Merlion Park, next to One Fullerton.
The 2+5 such Merlion statues are at:
– Merlion Park (2 of them)
– Sentosa
– outside Singapore Tourism Board’s office at Tourism Court
– Faber Point at Mount Faber
– Ang Mo Kio Ave 1 (2 pink-granite ones flanking the public carpark entrance along AMK Ave 1)
I’ve just returned from USA and realised that I know too little about my own country, Singapore!
Now having fun learning about this tiny island, my home, Singapore :)
A Good Life Contains These 6 Essentials – Jim Rohn 27 Oct 2014 3:55 AM (10 years ago)
The values that make up the foundation of a life well lived—and, no surprise, money isn’t one of them.
The ultimate expression of life is not a paycheck. The ultimate expression of life is not a Mercedes. The ultimate expression of life is not a million dollars or a bank account or a home. The ultimate expression of life is living a good life.
Here’s what we must ask constantly, “What, for me, would be a good life?” And you have to keep going over and over the list—a list including areas such as spirituality, economics, health, relationships and recreation.
So, what would constitute a good life? Jim Rohn has a short list:
1. Productivity
You won’t be happy if you don’t produce. The game of life is not rest. Yes, we must rest, but only long enough to gather strength to get back to productivity.
What’s the reason for the seasons and the seeds, the soil and the sunshine, the rain and the miracle of life? It’s to see what you can do with it—to try your hand to see what you can do.
2. Good friends Friendship is probably the greatest support system in the world, so don’t deny yourself the time to develop it. Nothing can match it. It’s extraordinary in its benefit.
Friends are those wonderful people who know all about you and still like you. I lost one of my dearest friends when he was 53—heart attack. As one of my very special friends, I used to say that if I was stuck in a foreign jail somewhere accused unduly, and, if they would allow me one phone call, I would call David. Why? He would come and get me. That’s a real friend—somebody who would come and get you.
And we’ve all got casual friends, friends who, if you called them, they would say, “Hey, if you get back, call me and we’ll have a party.”
You’ve got to have both real friends and casual friends.
3. Your Culture
Language, music, ceremonies, traditions, dress. All of that is so vitally important that you must keep it alive. The uniqueness of all of us, when blended together, brings vitality, energy, power, influence, uniqueness of all of us, when blended together, brings vitality, energy, power, influence, uniqueness and rightness to the world.
4. Spirituality
It helps to form the foundation of the family that builds the nation. And make sure you study, practice and teach—don’t be careless about the spiritual part of your nature because it’s what makes us who we are, different from dogs, cats, birds and mice.
5. Don’t miss anything
My parents taught me not to miss anything, not the game, the performance, the movie, the dance. Just before my father died at 93, if you were to call him at 10:30 or 11 at night, he wouldn’t be home. He was at the rodeo, he was watching the kids play softball, he was listening to the concert, he was at church—he was somewhere every night.
Go to everything you possibly can. Buy a ticket to everything you possibly can. Go see everything and experience all you possibly can.
Live a vital life. If you live well, you will earn well. If you live well, it will show in your face; it will show in the texture of your voice. There will be something unique and magical about you if you live well. It will infuse not only your personal life but also your business life. And it will give you a vitality nothing else can give.
6. Your family and the inner circle
Invest in them, and they’ll invest in you. Inspire them, and they’ll inspire you. Take care of the details with your inner circle.
When my father was still alive, I used to call him when I traveled. He’d have breakfast most every morning with the farmers at a little place called The Decoy Inn out in the country where we lived in Southwest Idaho.
When I was in Israel, I’d have to get up in the middle of the night, but I’d call Papa. I’d say, “Papa, I’m in Israel.” He’d say, “Israel! Son, how are things in Israel?” He’d talk real loud so everybody could hear. I’d say, “Papa, last night they gave me a reception on the rooftop underneath the stars overlooking the Mediterranean.” He’d say, “Son, a reception on the rooftop underneath the stars overlooking the Mediterranean?” Now everybody knew the story. And giving my father that special day only took five or 10 minutes.
If a father walks out of the house and he can still feel his daughter’s kiss on his face all day, he’s a powerful man. If a husband walks out of the house and he can still feel the imprint of his wife’s arms around his body, he’s invincible all day. It’s the special stuff with your inner circle that makes you strong and powerful and influential. So don’t miss that opportunity.
The prophet said, “There are many virtues and values, but here’s the greatest: one person caring for another.” There is no greater value than love.
So make sure in your busy day to remember the true purpose and the reasons you do what you do. May you truly live the kind of life that will bring the fruit and rewards that you desire.
Tiny Changes Mean Huge Results – Tony Robbins 25 Oct 2014 11:21 AM (10 years ago)
“When it seems impossible, when it seems like nothing is going to work, you are usually a few millimeters away from making it happen.” – Anthony Robbins
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… our physical physiology really do change our states, start putting on the empowering ones!
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A Journey of Forgiveness 14 Jun 2014 8:41 AM (10 years ago)
“To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you.” ~ Lewis B. Smedes
One of the secrets to happiness, peace of mind and good health is being able to free our minds of any anger, hatred or resentment towards others. While it is only human to feel angry and resentment towards those who have wronged you, it takes a true winner to be able to understand and forgive.
Recently, I have my fair share of people who have intimidated, humiliated, betrayed and wronged me. I was hurt and it took me a month’s journey to face the world again..
I would like to share a talk by Ellen Rutledge whose son was brutally murdered but chose to forgive her son’s killers… If she can learn to forgive the unforgivable, we can certainly learn to forgive the petty arguments or misunderstandings we have with our friends, family and colleagues. Ellen was one of the inspirational speakers at TEDx Ironwood, standing onstage along with prisoners, performers, educators and administrators to tell her story of forgiveness. Ellen’s son was tragically murdered in 2008. She expanded on the power of forgiveness, and how it can bring freedom for both all parties. She now works at Ironwood State Prison, where their focus upon education and rehabilitation fits perfectly with Ellen’s own philosophy.
A journey of forgiveness: Ellen Rutledge (6:24 mins)
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Celebrities Drinking Kangen Water 10 Aug 2013 12:36 PM (11 years ago)
I didn’t know I’ve joined a series of world famous people and celebrities when I purchased my Kangen Machine from Enagic Japan 20 months ago. Today, many Singapore families are blessed with easy access to owning a Kangen machine right here in Singapore! Me and my family benefited much from drinking Kangen Water… from pain relieve, goodbye to my water retention issue, more energy, improved medical reports to mind clarity and focus power.
Today, the celebrities’ choice of choosing drinking Kangen Water, not for money in commercial advertising purposes, but for their own health and peak performance, speaks volume of the goodness and effectiveness of Kangen Water. Find our more about Kangen Water and be blessed to enjoy living good health with your loved ones.
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Attitude Is Everything 14 Jul 2013 10:14 PM (11 years ago)
We all know attitude is such an important factor in everything we do… May this article I read from late Jim Rohn serves as a good reminder to all of us..
The process of human change begins within us. We all have tremendous potential. We all desire good results from our efforts. Most of us are willing to work hard and to pay the price that success and happiness demand.
Each of us has the ability to put our unique human potential into action and to acquire a desired result. But the one thing that determines the level of our potential that produces the intensity of our activity and predicts the quality of the result we receive is our attitude.
Attitude determines how much of the future we are allowed to see. It decides the size of our dreams and influences our determination when we are faced with new challenges. No other person on earth has dominion over our attitude. People can affect our attitude by teaching us poor thinking habits or unintentionally misinforming us or providing us with negative sources of influence, but no one can control our attitude unless we voluntarily surrender that control.
No one else “makes us angry.” We make ourselves angry when we surrender control of our attitude. What someone else may have done is irrelevant. We choose, not they. They merely put our attitude to a test. If we select a volatile attitude by becoming hostile, angry, jealous or suspicious, then we have failed the test. If we condemn ourselves by believing that we are unworthy, then again, we have failed the test.
If we care at all about ourselves, then we must accept full responsibility for our own feelings. We must learn to guard against those feelings that have the capacity to lead our attitude down the wrong path and to strengthen those feelings that can lead us confidently into a better future.
If we want to receive the rewards the future holds in trust for us, then we must exercise the most important choice given to us as members of the human race by maintaining total dominion over our attitude. Our attitude is an asset, a treasure of great value, which must be protected accordingly. Beware of the vandals and thieves among us who would injure our positive attitude or seek to steal it away.
Having the right attitude is one of the basics that success requires. The combination of a sound personal philosophy and a positive attitude about ourselves and the world around us gives us an inner strength and a firm resolve that influences all the other areas of our existence.
Carrots, Eggs or Coffee 12 Jul 2013 8:09 AM (11 years ago)
A young woman went to her grandmother and told her about her life and how things were so hard for her. She did not know how she was going to make it and wanted to give up. She was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed that as one problem was solved, a new one arose.
Her grandmother took her to the kitchen. She filled three pots with water and placed each on a high fire. Soon the pots came to a boil. In the first, she placed carrots, in the second she placed eggs, and the last she placed ground coffee beans. She let them sit and boil, without saying a word.
In about twenty minutes she turned off the burners. She fished the carrots out and placed them in a bowl. She then pulled the eggs out and placed them in a bowl. Then she ladled the coffee out and placed it in a bowl.
Turning to her granddaughter, she asked, “Tell me, what do you see?”
“Carrots, eggs, and coffee,” she replied.
She brought her closer and asked her to feel the carrots. She did and noted that they were soft. She then asked her to take an egg and break it. After pulling off the shell, she observed the hard-boiled egg. Finally, she asked her to sip the coffee. The daughter smiled as she tasted its rich aroma.
The granddaughter then asked, “What does it mean, Grandmother?”
Her grandmother explained that each of these objects had faced the same adversity — boiling water — but each reacted differently. The carrot went in strong, hard and unrelenting. However, after being subjected to the boiling water, it softened and became weak. The egg had been fragile. Its thin outer shell had protected its liquid interior. But, after sitting through the boiling water, its inside became hardened. The ground coffee beans were unique, however. After they were in the boiling water, they had changed the water.
“Which are you?” she asked her granddaughter. “When adversity knocks on your door, how do you respond? Are you a carrot, an egg, or a coffee bean?”
Think of this: Which am I? Am I the carrot that seems strong, but with pain and adversity? Do I wilt and become soft and lose my strength?
Am I the egg that starts with a malleable heart, but changes with the heat? Did I have a fluid spirit, but after a death, a breakup, a financial hardship or some other trial, have I become hardened and stiff? Does my shell look the same, but on the inside am I bitter and tough with a stiff spirit and a hardened heart?
Or am I like the coffee bean? The bean actually changes the hot water, the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it releases the fragrance and flavor of your life. If you are like the bean, when things are at their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hours are the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you elevate to another level?
How do you handle adversity? Are you changed by your surroundings or do you bring life, flavor, to them?
ARE YOU A CARROT, AN EGG, OR A COFFEE BEAN ?
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Love Generously..
Care Deeply..
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May the God of hope fill you with joy and peace as you trust in Him…
Romans 15:13
What You Can Learn From Steve Jobs 23 Oct 2011 2:53 AM (13 years ago)
Steve Jobs’s 7 driving Principles:
- Do what you Love
- Put a Dent in the Universe
- Connect Things to Spark your Creativity
- Say “No” to 1000 things
- Create Insanely Different Experiences
- Master the Message
- Sell Dreams, Not Products
Dream Bigger…
See Genius in your Craziness…
Believe in Yourself, Believe in your Vision… and be constantly prepared to defend those ideas because it’s those ideas that can potentially change the world…
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10 tips to feeling happier now 18 May 2011 8:42 AM (13 years ago)
Are you happy? It’s such an important question that British Prime Minister David Cameron recently created a national happiness index to check on how Brits feel. Even Facebook is measuring the Gross National Happiness of its members.
We’re asking because happiness has a huge impact on your health, from your arteries to your heart, from the glow in your skin to the pep in your step.
Happy feelings influence your brain and body chemistry in ways that make you better able to cope with pain and stress, and to fend off colds, flu, heart disease, even cancer. The effects of happiness on your health can be even bigger than the effect of quitting smoking. If you’re happy, you’ll likely live longer and definitely live younger!
And here’s the thing: Being happy isn’t just luck. You can make yourself happier, day in, day out. Here are 10 ways to get started:
1. Listen to music. Whether you love Bach or the Beastie Boys, music that makes you feel good increases your heart and breathing rates, and makes your brain release dopamine, a lovely feel-good neurotransmitter.
2. Hang out with upbeat friends. Your chances of happiness increase by 15 per cent if someone in your immediate social circle is happy.
3. Take a joy break. Don’t worry if you’re among the 80 per cent who say their job doesn’t thrill them. Even a few minutes of doing something you love (singing, hiking, watching a sunset) can reduce anxiety and improve your mood.
4. Talk nice to yourself. Is your inner voice quick to snap out things like: “How could you forget that, you idiot?” Trade put-downs for encouraging words; you can do this. They set you up for success.
5. Connect. Talk, really talk, to people you care about; connecting is good for you both. Get physical, too: Hugs stimulate oxytocin, the “cuddle hormone,” giving you a feel-good boost. Lovemaking does, too, in steady relationships (those couples report the highest happiness levels).
6. Keep a gratitude journal. Simply writing down what you’re thankful for makes you healthier and more optimistic.
7. Don’t sit around. Physical activity is a significant happiness booster. Get moving for 30 minutes a day.
8. Meditate. We do. It eases stress, improves sleep, strengthens immunity and measurably increases happiness (in one study, by 20 points on a scale of 100).
9. Help others. Volunteer at a soup kitchen, hospital or shelter. Giving back adds more meaning, which is essential to happiness in your life.
10. Go outside. Spending time with Mother Nature makes you feel alert, enthusiastic, full of energy and, simply, happy.
Article Source: http://www.thestar.com/article/976681–10-tips-to-feeling-happier-now
Look on the Bright Side – Brian Tracy 15 May 2011 11:03 AM (13 years ago)
The most important application of the law of cause and effect in your life is this: thoughts are causes, and conditions are effects. What this means is that your thought is creative. You create your world by the way you think. Nothing in your world has any meaning except for the meaning you give by how you think about it and talk about it. If you don’t care about something, it has no effect on your emotions and actions.
How to be Happy
Many thousands of people have been interviewed over the years to find out what they think about most of the time. Can you guess what the most successful and happy people think about all day long? The answer is simple. Happy healthy people think about what they want, and how to get it, most of the time. When you think and talk about what you want, and how to get it, you feel happier and in greater control of your life.
How to be Unhappy
What do unhappy people think and talk about most of the time? Unfortunately, they think and talk about things they don’t want. They think and talk about their problems and pains, and the people they don’t like. Sometimes, their whole lives revolve around their complaints and criticisms. And the more they think and talk about what they don’t want, the unhappier they become.
The Most Important Quality
Based on many psychological tests, the happiest people seem to have a special quality that enables them to live a better life than average. Can you guess what it is? It is the quality of optimism! The best news about optimism is that it is a learnable quality. You can learn to be a more positive, confident, and optimistic person by thinking the way optimists do—most of the time.
“Positive Focus will create the life you want to live!”
Negative people are like human black holes. They drain your energy and keep you from reaching your goals. Would you like to know how you can stay positive, energize, and powerful? If you do…You need The Science of Positive Focus.
Look for the Good
Optimists seem to have different ways of dealing with the world that set them apart from the average. First, as we mentioned, they keep their minds on what they want, and keep looking for ways to get it. They are clear about their goals and they are confident that they will accomplish them, sooner or later. Second, optimists look for the good in every problem or difficulty. When things go wrong, as they often do, they say, “That’s good!” and then set about finding something positive about the situation.
Seek the Valuable Lesson
The third quality of optimists is that they seek the valuable lesson in every setback or reversal. Rather than getting upset and blaming someone else for what has happened, they take control over their emotions by saying, “What can I learn from this experience?” Fully 95% of everything you do is determined by your habits, good or bad. When you repeatedly look for the good and seek the valuable lesson in every obstacle or disappointment, you very soon develop the habit of thinking like an optimist. As a result, you feel happier, healthier, and more in control of your world.
The Body-Mind Connection
More and more doctors are coming to the conclusion that 80% or more of all diseases and ailments are psychosomatic in origin. This means that “psycho,” the mind, makes “soma,” the body, sick. You do not get sick from what you are eating, but from what is eating you.
Action Exercise
Resolve from now on to see your glass of life half full rather than half empty. Give thanks for your many blessings in life rather than worrying or complaining about the things you do not have. Assume the best of intentions on the part of everyone around you.