Make Time: How to Focus on What Matters Every Day by Jake Knapp My rating: 4 of 5 stars I liked this book. The premise is pretty straightforward: 1. Pick 1 highlight to focus on per day. 2. Find a way/s to reduce distraction. 3. Maximise energy and recharge the brain with healthy living. 4.…
Free to Focus: A Total Productivity System to Achieve More by Doing Less by Michael Hyatt My rating: 4 of 5 stars I enjoyed the clear steps Mr Hyatt peesented on how to become more productive. This book reminds me of a similar one on productivity “Curating Your Life” but provides a systematic approach with…
Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear My rating: 5 of 5 stars I really like the clarity in how he presents his ideas and expands on others (e.g. Duhigg). The framework is simple enough to remember but admittedly much harder to implement and…
My active involvement in 3D computer graphics and animation production began in my second year study at university: via a 2-month industrial attachment at an innovative yet unfortunately short-lived small local game company. This was way back in 1993. The software I was introduced to was 3D Studio Release 4, running on DOS, and my…
At the end of last month, I was invited to sign up for a technology-enabled population health study by the Health Promotion Board. By accepting, I was expected to commit over a period of 2 years. What really appealed to me was that the study will be able to help me track my physical activity,…
I had a relatively busy but immensely enjoyable week! First, I was honoured to have been given the opportunity to give a short keynote on “Assessing Learning in Real Time (A.L.E.R.T.)” at the morning segment of the Singapore Polytechnic Excellence in Education and Teaching Convention (EETC) 2020 on Thursday. This year the convention was conducted…
Two weeks into September and this is my first post for the month. If I upload another post by the 30th it would be a bi-monthly streak since I resumed blogging in August. Not too bad, considering. Goal #1: Weekly updates in October. I have been learning so much about myself and my roles in…
As you can see, I have started on my bullet journal (BuJo) but the whole process still took a long time to move forward. I was fortunate that it was coming to the end of August when I decided to embark on this adventure so I had the opportunity not only to lay out a…
I realize that habit is a very strong component in organizing someone’s life. I really enjoyed the book The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg and thought that there were some valid ideas brought up that can effectively improve my life if I get around to implementing them. The suggestion to be mindful of my…
The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do and How to Change by Charles Duhigg My rating: 5 of 5 stars I really enjoyed this book. The author lays out the content clearly and presents his concepts well (with a great step-by-step framework at the end). The real life stories he uses as…
