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Mirror mirror on the wall
11:58 PM
Mirror mirror on the wall

I haven't been blogging for the past week because I was busy attending a course, The Asiaworks Basic Training. The Basic Training is a personal effectiveness training that allows people to be more effective in the areas of their lives that are important to them.

To be honest, I wasn't keen on going for the course cause I didn't like all the previous think-out-of-the-box positive motivational courses I'd been for. But as my dad and my sis did it before, my dad was pretty insistent that I attend it sometime so I decided to just get it over and done with. And I was really really surprised to discover how effective this course was.

What did I learn?

The course was like a mirror, reflecting everything it saw. Strengths and weaknesses. How I communicated with people and dealt with the issues in life. The past, the present and the future. Honesty, keeping my word, meeting new people, sharing what I learnt. Creating value for myself. Searching for the reasons beneath the excuses that I used to justify myself. Relationships. Family. Friends. Trust, in others and in myself. Commitments. And also shaking booty. ;)

I don't want to get into the specifics of exactly what I did at the course because I don't want to spoil the fun for anyone who might have signed up for the course and happened to read this before attending it. However, if you're interested in discovering more about this course, do let me know and I'll be glad to share my experience with you, answer your questions and direct you to a better informed source should you have questions that I'm unable to answer.

To the other 101 participants, the Team and the trainer that made it a great experience for me, thank you very very much for participating and contributing in the way that you did. Not that I gave any of you my blog address, but this is just in case you stumble upon this. =)

And if you do see me outside the training centre in future, please stop me and say hello even if I don't say hello first, because sometimes when I'm in my 'quiet and serious' mode, I get so wrapped up in my own thoughts that I can be blissfully or grumpily oblivious to my surroundings.

See you people around!

Written on Sunday, April 29, 2007; 11:58 PM

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