When you visit a bookstore looking for a good read – you’d stop to see ones on the Best Seller shelf. How about browsing Amazon’s ‘Best Books of the Month’? Or scrolling through the ‘Popular on Audible’ list. Because it’s a safe bet. The Best Sellers are what everyone is reading. And if everyone is… Continue reading
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Dangers of social conformity
Social conformity is a type of social influence where people change their behavior, belief, or action – to fit in with a group. The latest example: Suddenly everyone you know on Facebook started creating avatar versions of themselves. It’s probably harmless, but if you look at it from a big picture – it’s a social… Continue reading
Have guts?
Humans crave validation. When put effort into creating something, we want to be acknowledged for the hard work we have put in. So we rush out to share our work and thoughts to the world. These days – they are usually done as a social media post. Then we wait for feedback, craving for that… Continue reading
Embrace the label
“Hi, nice to meet you – my name is Reuben. I’m head of marketing at LEAD and I help individuals grow. What is your name”? Oh hey, my name is ____ and I am _____. Labelling yourself. How do you introduce yourself? Forget the elevator pitch. What do you ‘label’ yourself as? Whatever you said,… Continue reading
10X your productivity with this hack (Guaranteed)
Were you hoping to find a list of productivity tips or a top 5 productivity tools to use today – in a post by Reuben? No! This blog is about getting things done. And I’m here to help you do more. Increase your productivity this week (guaranteed method) Step 1 – Install this browser extension, News Feed… Continue reading
To be interesting, be interested.
Perhaps the reason that we don’t appear as an interesting person to others is that we didn’t show enough interest. People will forget what you say, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel. Maya Angelou Go to a networking event. Talk to people. And how would… Continue reading
You get to do it.
The ability to reframe your mindset towards doing things is pretty powerful. Ahh shit, I have to finish my homework. Damn, the client is asking for ANOTHER design change, I have to do it. Sigh, I have to work out again today. When we start saying ‘I have to’, it’s when we are taking being… Continue reading
Goals VS Habits
The golden advice is to set goals. You find it being repeated in leadership and entrepreneurship programs. Everyone seems to ask you to set goals. Some common examples: Our company’s goal is to hit a $5,000,000 revenue this year. Our marketing goal is to hit 10,000 subscribers. My goal is to lose 10kg at the… Continue reading
It’s my birthday.
As you get older, birthdays feel just like any other day. You wake up, get to work and maybe have a nice dinner. Do I want it to be special? Of course! Who wouldn’t love to feel special? After all, take it as a reason to enjoy and appreciate life. I got treated today. Received… Continue reading
You learn by creating, not consuming.
We all learn things not by consuming, but by creating. I’ll give you an example. One sport that I enjoy is CrossFit. I’m not by any means a pro-CrossFit athlete, but I think I enjoy how every routine is always different every time I go back for a workout. Now as someone doing CrossFit workouts… Continue reading