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Disconnect to achieve more

Disconnect to achieve more

Every night before I go to sleep, I’d switch of my phone, and leave it in the living room, where I work. I’ve been doing that for quite a while now. But, I quite often forget to switch it on first thing in the morning, and people often end up not being able to find me.

But then it’s until today that I realised—that’s not a bad idea!

Come to think of it, because the phone has been off and no one (including clients) bas been able to reach me to either bug me about anything, I’ve been able to achieve so much more.

Of course, I do have to switch it on eventually, and now I make sure I switch it on after my lunch break.

Brand and consumer perceptions: innocent smoothies

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Brand and consumer perceptions: innocent smoothies

Businesses often think about how their brands are or can be perceived by the customers. Listening to the 187th episode of Boagworld.com podcast today made me look at this brand image from a different perception.

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From brands to religions

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From brands to religions

Citing Dan Brown’s latest The Lost Symbol:

“…what are the three prerequisites for an ideology to be considered a religion?”

“ABC,” one woman offered. “Assure, Believe, Convert.”

“Correct,” Langdon said. “Regions assure salvation; religions believe in a precise theology; and religions convert nonbelievers.”

Interestingly, the first image that popped into my mind was the various Apple retail stores.

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I’m in…

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I’m in…

…again!

私卷屋

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私卷屋

看了方文山老師的介紹自己的家,實在是讓我很想詳細地去介紹我家。

之前住的地方,沒什麼風格,不過在玄關旁的走廊倒是有三副威尼斯帶回來的面具,而房間裡也有一對空白面具。問我,我是不是對面具有什麼特別的喜好,其實也不是,只是剛好有很多,所以拿來裝飾。其餘,因為去年一直不想佈置房間,只想簡單地點綴裝飾,其實房間也是一團亂(羞)現在住的地方呢,更是簡陋 XD 所以呢,決定回味一下 AS-Level 時在 St Lawrence College 的房間。

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