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7 Secrets to being Successful in Life

1 Finding the GAP in life This is about spotting the GAP in life. What is the thing that is missing in life and business? One, copy one thing that is successful but don't copy everything in life/business. Second part, look for problems that nobody choose to care or solve. Third thing, find out what people need, and mix it up, smash up the current trend and build on to succeed. 2. Network in life Go out every evening if one got the energy. If not, try to fill up your weekends with events, find social events and not movie screenings, play poker, play golf, play rugby. Find people to date. Find wealthy people to invest with. In Singapore, there are many events, choose wisely. Choose partner to network, in life bring people together who think differently. 3. Drive ahead like F1 Racer Drive on and purely focus on the end in mind. Don't dwell in road markings just like F1 driver in Singapore who go against traffic signs on the roads. 4. Look for blips, Observe and Act o...

What would make a perfect weekend?

Honestly, everyday can be a good weekend when you are doing things that you love. So, what do you love to do? Sports, painting, reading, movies, cycling, table tennis?           You have just got to live your life and decide the time to spend on doing what you WANT to do, rather than what you HAVE to do. Every day can be the perfect weekend if you MAKE it so.

Haruki Murakami Bestselling Japanese Writer

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Murakami Bestselling writer of the Japanese absurd - by article from Channel NewsAsia TOKYO : Haruki Murakami, whose new novel "1Q84" is proving a worldwide phenomenon, describes himself as "the black sheep of the Japanese literary world" for his absurdist take on the spiritual emptiness of modern life. In Japan the first two volumes of "1Q84", which can be read as "1984" in Japanese, came out in 2009, becoming a bestseller even before hitting the stores on the back of massive advance orders, and clearing a million sales within a month. The third volume went on sale in Japan last year, boosting the number of copies of the popular series to more than 3.85 million, according to its publisher Shinchosha Publishing Co. But the release of the foreign language translations of the book, his first in five years, have also come amid a blaze of excitement, garnering the sort of attention usually reserved for the Harry Potter series. In France, ...