UKM: Palan Conferred Honorary Doctorate
As a teenager, I was left to navigate the uncharted waters of life by the untimely demise of my father. Hitchhiking a ride from the…
Stuck in the Middle
Have you found yourself stuck in the middle? There are many times when we find ourselves in ambivalent positions. Ambivalence, as my psychology professor Dr…
The Magic of A Good Movie – RRR
A good movie has people glued to their seats. The impact on people is profound and lasts for a long time. The pan Indian movie RRR…
Have you thanked your mother?
Apparently, Lenin once said, “There are decades when nothing happens and weeks when decades happen.” My last six weeks have been a turbulent one. I am one…
Measure your Life
Time out to reflect and act I have always loved the saying that life can only be understood backwards but must be lived forwards. To…
Worry Stress Anxiety
While the last few of my articles focused on work, politics and education, this week I want to focus on some critical life experiences each…
Scary time medically and economically
Harvard Business School – Crisis Management for Leaders I receive hundreds of emails about programmes in my inbox and I very rarely stop by to…
Getting to Denmark
Malaysia has been on the grip of a political soap opera for most of the week. Just never understood in a rational way why these…
Paid to study happiness
It was a pleasant experience to read Majorie Chiew’s Star article on Happiness. ‘”What brings me happiness is the awareness that people I know and…
Coronavirus could prompt ‘worst recession in a century’ in UK
The UK could experience “potentially the worst recession for a century” this year as a result of Covid-19 and efforts to contain its spread. Deutsche…