It's that time of the year again, you know the beginning of the year where everyone is so excited about all the things they are going to do that they didn't accomplish in the previous year. Firstly let me say Happy New Year, welcome to the year 2014! Every year I realize how older I am getting, not a good thought... Anyway that's not the point of this post. New Year Resolutions, I am pretty sure by now everyone has heard someone they know talk about them. Every beginning of the year people have that new found confidence and inspiration to turn their lives around and do something new, I applaud them. Not everyone can do that. Let's be honest here I am pretty sure more than half of the time new year resolutions are a bust. Sure in the first few weeks of January you are all excited, pumped up and ready to take on the world. But who are we kidding, after a while we kind of get tired, give up and go back to our normal lives. It happens every year and for a while I wondered why. That is until a friend of mine highlighted to me why we most of us fail to achieve these resolutions. We set unrealistic goals. Now I am not saying if your goal this year is to become an astronaut you won't achieve it, I am just saying it's thinking too far ahead. If you set simple achievable everyday goals like this week I am going to drink the recommended 8 glasses of water per day you won't be easily discouraged. Then from those simple goals you can set higher goals until you reach the ultimate one. I am not saying this method works but I think it makes sense, I am planning on trying it out myself. Let me know how it works out. So where I was I, yes 2014, a fresh new 365 pages meaning days book (that quote has been going around like a disease) but it is accurate. A new year is always a great way to start afresh and I wish all of you a great and prosperous 2014!
Walking into the UB sports arena on Wednesday morning, I had pegged the De Beers Entrepreneurship Catalyst Conference as just one of those events that I would benefit nothing from. You know the events that I am referring to. Where rich stuffy guys come and tell us about how they made it in long boring lectures. Boy was I glad that I was wrong. The event was nothing short of star studded, from 9 time Olympic gold medallist Carl Lewis, to representatives from Stanford University. Which was expected, after all it is De Beers. To kick off the day, Peter Hong from Google gave what to me was a life changing lecture. He comes from a science background having been a marine biologist at some point in life but has managed to end up at Google with some other interesting experiences in between. His talk, I can confidently say was the highlight of the day for me. Perhaps it was because it was first on the agenda in the morning but I would like to think it was more because of what he said. He f...
hmm...i have to try that method...bin stuck to the old unrealistic one for a very long time...thanks Lala
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