Read more about the article Unconditioned: Zen and the Art of Failing Everything – A Journey through Eastern and Western Values
Eastern and Western Values
Knowledge and Wisdom / Life and Success

Unconditioned: Zen and the Art of Failing Everything – A Journey through Eastern and Western Values

My naïve reading of the two philosophies would look something like this, Western Life Philosophy of buying identity through acquiring external things for status, self worth, validation and purpose. Conversely, Eastern Life Philosophy of the basic needs (food & shelter), class struggle, reproduction, family and survivalist focus. Below the surface of these two apparent opposing life philosophies there was a common variable i.e. the DNA ingrained physiological and psychological traits of humans. Fascinatingly, They both have grass is greener for each other - collectivism to individualism. Then what’s the difference? It is the Nurture and Values. 

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February 16, 2026
Read more about the article The Expectation Economy: Where Does It End and Where Might Life Begin?
The Expectation Economy: Where Does It End — and Where Might Life Begin?
Life and Success / Self-Knowledge and Emotional Maturity

The Expectation Economy: Where Does It End and Where Might Life Begin?

Parents have expectations, families have expectations, culture has expectations, companies have expectations, shareholders have expectations and society has expectations…a part of me wonders where does the expectation economy stops and life begins. I feel we project our inner world (desires and fears) as expectations in hopes of controlling the uncontrollables…uncertainty, pain, struggle and maybe other humans...A part of human nature…

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June 23, 2025
Read more about the article Belief vs. Life Philosophy: The Paradox of Modern Capitalism and Our Values
Belief vs. Life Philosophy: The Paradox of Modern Capitalism and Our Values
Life and Success / Social Insanity

Belief vs. Life Philosophy: The Paradox of Modern Capitalism and Our Values

My view is that your belief is hamstrung to your life philosophy. The life philosophy that shapes your daily values, use of intellect and purpose in life. That’s where fun kicks in; our default life philosophy is usually crowdsourced from personal, cultural and geographical conditioning. My understanding is that the default religion of the world and probably the most common religion in today’s world is pursuit of happiness, acquiring external things for status and minimisation of pain i.e. capitalism and consumerism.  

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February 10, 2025
Read more about the article The Thought-Emotion Web: Our Infinite Inner Worlds
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Personal Growth / Self-Knowledge and Emotional Maturity

The Thought-Emotion Web: Our Infinite Inner Worlds

And suddenly, you teleport to your inner fantasy world...I see a giant stage where curtains lift like a scared veil and a platform appears, and you see there's somebody who has their back turned towards you, slightly younger but not quite visible…I was like great, some cocky piece of s**t, stuck in my head…I start mumbling…Hey you, you’re not real…like people frantically repeat in a horror movie where a demon is facing them…Read more to explore your infinite inner world — "We all possess the superpower of evolving emotional dysfunction to healthy self-regulation. Changing the life you experience is a journey...where you engage in channelling your gifts (thoughts & emotions) to manifest the greatness that's destined for you" - Adnan

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October 7, 2024
Read more about the article Redundancy to Abundancy
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Life and Success / Personal Growth

Redundancy to Abundancy

When we start reading on this ‘well-guarded’ and ‘less-talked-about’ open secret of hard times—trimming the employee hedge for shareholder value—the literature, books, and blog posts are usually optimistic timeline stories of how renowned influential business leaders overcame this by resilience or other buzzwords. The intention of this piece is to outline ‘a How-to Manual or Guide’ if you’ve found yourself in this unavoidable consequence of modern work, self-worth, and purpose-and-life conundrum. If you do not retain anything from this piece, just remember, roles and titles are made redundant, not people.

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September 7, 2024
Read more about the article Financial literacy (Part 2): Essential Daily Habits and Your Wealth Toolbox for a Strong Financial IQ
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Financial IQ & Investments

Financial literacy (Part 2): Essential Daily Habits and Your Wealth Toolbox for a Strong Financial IQ

Disclaimer: This is not investment and/or personal advice. This series is easily absorbable distilled wisdom on financial education. The goal is to provide you with easily implementable DAILY HABITS, valuable insights, practical tools, and relevant resources that builds a strong financial IQ.

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November 3, 2023
Read more about the article All roads lead to Rome!
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Personal Growth / Self-Knowledge and Emotional Maturity

All roads lead to Rome!

Rome - A historical marvel where you can cover from 4BC to 21AD in one day. The amount of significance of the city and ancient history, spirituality, wisdom and monuments exceed the processing capacity of human brains. You can spend lifetime here trying to decipher history let alone use the lessons to live your own life.

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February 6, 2024
Read more about the article Because good-looking people have perfect lives and unfaultable existence!
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Personal Growth / Social Insanity

Because good-looking people have perfect lives and unfaultable existence!

Research has shown that we (everyday folks) automatically assign favourable traits such as talent, kindness, honesty, and intelligence to good-looking individuals (see Langlois et al., 2000). The irony is that “good-looking people” are aware that other people’s positive evaluations of them are not based on their actual traits and abilities are caused by a general attractiveness or “halo” ― Robert B. Cialdini, Influence

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December 2, 2023