7 Dec

Aim:

try 2 MA and 5 MA

How to manage my time effectively ?

Train myself to accept discipline, simple life, peace at heart, hard work, focus and perseverance.

Sleep by 10.45pm.

now is eternity

Focus - no distraction



control GERD


Memorise One Bible verse per day. 

Diet

Exercise 



Pumping


Dumbbell curl

Reverse Dips

Free Squat

Leg Raises

patient is the most overlook

christian book on calm and expect less

Qigong breathing exercise all the times

No Gossip, No meddle on other people business


做一个心平气和的人 - Live in Peace, not excitement


More choices


Positive self talk

gamblers lost money due to increasing the betting amount, because the probability is always the same, so cannot have poor money management, money management is most vital, don't suddenly up the bet, no logic.



learn from Uncle Lim more, but don't follow blindly, use my creativity to create new method.



Now is eternity, so focus on Now, how to fully utilise now, explosive. creativity and imagination is more important than knowledge.

how to be creativity ???


value, what value you can offer, what value people see in you, what value people attract to you. to avoid disappointment, don't expect too much from others.

How to increase your value ? how to add value to yourself ? you must do it, Yes I can.

Focus on Your Dream.

I am doing very important task now, Forex !

How to find a motivation factor ?????

Faith:

want perfection ? stupid, no perfection in this world, looking for stress and trouble, open the heart and accept anythings, be kind to yourself and others, be open don't sad and angry, take it easy.


love come from heart, feeling, don't come from talk, feel the love.


Emotion must use heart to feel not by speech

don't expect too much from others, lower your expectation on others. but have to set very high standard for myself. then I will strive hard to achieve it. because I can't control others, but I can control myself.


Finance:

in Forex when a sharp trend stop, careful and run.

no patient is my weakness in Forex, be slow and patient, wait for the right time to trade. wait for the trend to stop then trade.

“Control Your Own Destiny or Someone Else Will” 

forgot about magic numbers or trend or streak, it is totally randomly independent, if you believe in it, it will destroy you.


in Roulette, if the luck is bad, stop after one loss, then try again, if lose again, stop again, try third times if lose again, stop again. don't force.

Discipline & Self Control

One block

my strategy is (stop after any lose)

bet $10 each on Roulette, if win (65% winning chance) +10

bet $10 each on Roulette, if win (44% winning chance) +10

bet $20 on baccarat if win (50% winning chance) +20

bet $20 on baccarat if win (25% winning chance) +20

when win $100, stop. 
then start another block again, this time the target is lower to $50. If have time (weekend, Holiday), third target is $30.

struggle for long period, up down within a range, then wait for a big break.


Lessons:

not worth to hang on the contract for short term scalping trade, have profits must run.

no profits must hold.

must find money magt method for casino and forex, examples:
$10 x 2 = $20, then roulette bet $10 x2 and baccarat bet $20 per bet,
if roulette bet $20 x 2 = $40, then baccarat bet $40 per bet

for forex must find a trading amount, per how many contracts for every trade , what amount to take profits ???? when to run ???? must decide with strategy.

don't assume, just follow the chart.

follow long term plan better.


forex, don't rush in with additional contracts, wait for the right time, must study and learn and find out the timing to enter ????? don't rush in ????


for scalping, don't greedy.


which one is better, baccarat or roulette ????base on odds ?

baccarat, study the the money mgt and betting amount and betting frequency ????


draw lines for top middle and bottom, then bet accordingly. high range sell, middle trade, bottom buy.

Soros renamed his fund...Quantum Fund, in tribute to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle in quantum mechanics. That principle asserts that it is impossible to predict the behavior of subatomic particples in quantum mechanics, an idea that meshed with Soros's conviction that markets were always in a state of uncertainty and flux that it was possible to make money by discounting the obvious, and betting on the unexpected.




Health:



Attachments:



Loonie ascends

As David Rosenberg sees it, the loonie is now a global currency.


The chief economist at Gluskin Sheff + Associates was referring this week to a plan by the International Monetary Fund to include the Canadian and Australian dollars on a list of currencies in quarterly reports on the foreign exchange reserves held by central banks.


As central banks such as those in Russia and Switzerland add the loonie, as the dollar coin is known in Canada, a survey showed it was worth showing it separately, according to the IMF.Up until now, the composition of foreign exchanges reserves, or COFER, broke out the U.S. dollar, the euro, Japan's yen, Britain's pound and the Swiss franc. The Canadian and Aussie dollars fell in the "other" category. That's now likely to change next year, The Globe and Mail's Barrie McKenna reported this week.


"The Canadian dollar has actually become a de facto global currency as foreign central banks have been increasingly loading up loonies as part of their reserve portfolios, reflecting Canada's growing importance in the global economy as well as prudent monetary policy, a truly triple-A sovereign rating and a pro-business majority government," Mr. Rosenberg said yesterday.


"However, this move will go beyond symbolism as it will make official the Canadian dollar as international reserves, and the status upgrade from the IMF will certainly boost more global diversification into Canada, which will further strengthen the CAD value in our view - especially if in the next review of the SDR (Special Drawing Rights) basket, the Canadian dollar and the Aussie dollar are included," he added, referring to the loonie by its symbol.


Canada has been drawing in foreign money in a post-crisis era of investors looking for havens, which has helped buoy the currency, to the dismay of the country's exporters. That's not expected to end soon.


"Global investors share the IMF’s optimism: Over the past couple of years, investors wary of the euro zone's outlook have stepped up purchases of Canadian debt securities," said Bodhi Ganguli of Moody's Analytics.


"Nonresidents have acquired $55.8-billion of Canadian debt securities in the first nine months of 2012, on par with the same period in 2011. This trend is expected to continue over the near term."


Just sayin’In the text of a speech to the Toronto Board of Trade today, Jim Flaherty referred five times to “our children and grandchildren.”


Like this: “We simply cannot afford to risk the future of our children and grandchildren by running deficits longer than necessary. “


Which leads to remind the Finance Minister of what Statistics Canada said about our children and grandchildren earlier this month: “Employment among youths was little changed for the second consecutive month and was down by 52,000 (-2.1 per cent) compared with 12 months earlier. Their unemployment rate was 14.7 per cent in October.”

要嘛不是擔心太多，不然則是野心太小，因而不敢破斧沉舟。

去年底再度拾起這書溫習了一下，讀的過程又浮現了截然不同的體悟，再次閱讀，讓我意外的發現過往閱讀時不曾留意的地方。當初會讀這本書，也是一個意外，對於標榜「有錢人」的致富書，說穿了都頗唬爛的，當時我真的不屑一顧，還多得友人的推薦才拜讀這書。

當初讀完真的非常驚訝，一個英國巨富竟然肯寫自己的創業經驗，把如何致富的總總環節還有自己如何排除障礙的方法經驗，都鉅細靡遺的呈現出來。這書絕不像坊間許多致富書那樣夢幻，作者非常寫實的公開所有的心態與經驗，或許你會懷疑這書有多寫實？

曾經我推薦給不少朋友閱讀，其中有很多朋友回覆我，這書我有讀過，可是我無法接受作者的觀念，他那種觀念是錯的。更有位朋友嚴厲的指出，我這輩子都無法認同這書所講的。由此可見，這本書就是非常非常的寫實，寫實到一個殘酷無情的境界。

再次閱讀後，印象中深刻的那段轉換了，過往最大的印象是他如何留住自己的左右手，不讓左右手被競爭對手運用，這位左右手後來還幫他開發了美國的事業。不過這次再讀的印象是，有天早上他在公司頂樓的住家，悠閒在浴缸中泡澡，一邊品嚐紅酒，一邊聆聽音樂，享受著美好的早晨時光，而相隔一層地板之下的公司同仁則忙著雞飛狗跳，努力的幫他賺錢。為什麼會有如此的差別？

如果你要做有錢人，就不應該只尋找一份「職涯」。

以前對這觀念我是從未想過，當時家族世襲的教育只讓我知道一個觀念「找份工作，安心退休」，在幾年前某天，我拿起計算機按著每月薪資3萬元，乘上12個月，在乘上20年，得到一個讓我大感訝異的數字「720」。

見到這數字，第一個念頭浮現了「按錯？」於是我又重新按了一次，數字依然沒變。那刻我只感到天旋地轉，感覺這世界是昏暗，是黯淡無光的。為什麼我一生的勞動力就只有這麼一點數字？這震撼讓我久久無法接受。這是一個什麼樣的數字？

一個無法串改，無法反駁，無法改變命運的數字。

當晚我失眠了。在腦海中我只想起「720」這個數字，這述說了我未來努力一生付出所有勞動力所換來的報償，這裡我想起《血酬定律》，一個血淋淋的真實數字就這樣烙印在腦海中。720竟是我身處在這社會一生所換來的全部價值。作者在書上有一段話說，「一份工作對發達幫助不大，只會讓你停滯不前，讓你盤中有肉，杯有薄酒。」

我現在頗能體會的，一份工作對發達真的一點幫助都沒有，甚至根本不能接受。工作述說的是團隊精神，但團隊精神對成為有錢人來說，幫助不大，而且還是一種負擔，是一種枷鎖，更是一種殺傷力強大的障礙。

這讓我憶起過往在公司某位主管離職的事情，離職說實在的，應該算是件好事，每個人都有追逐美好的前程，應該被祝福的。當時我還未聞該主管將要離職的消息，某日部門那位不知好歹的文書忽然提起說：「你知道XXX要離職了。怎麼辦，他手上還有一堆工作沒人銜接，或許要叫他處理完成能走？」乍聽之下好像該主管離職是一件罪大惡極的事情。

當時聽聞我很平淡的說：「這是好事，要祝福人家，改天看到他我要當面祝福他。」文書說：「你怎麼能這樣講，他那麼多事情沒處理完，這樣一走，誰要處理這些事情。」聽聞這話，我忽然覺得這人腦袋毀損程度真不是一般。

由此也可看出「團隊精神」這四字是有多麼的令人乏力。公司的事當然是給留在公司的人處理，離職都是想要有更好的發展，哪輪得到留在公司的人說話，更輪不到尚留在公司的人來扯後腿。這時作者寫了一番饒有趣味的話：「從賺錢的角度而言，團隊精神是為失敗者而設，是失敗者之間的黏著劑，藉以把他們緊繫在一起。」

當初開始學習投資時，一路下來所感受的，無外乎這條路孤寂到了極點，沒有人願意和你一起走下去，儘管你相信自己有能力能達成理想與目標，但一路上無時無刻都會有討人厭的「好言相勸」。

曾經我和母親說：「你們都說你們都在替我著想，可你們有沒有想過我想要什麼？」母親問：「你想要什麼？」我說：「一個億。」母親馬上回嘴道：「做人不要好高騖遠。」聽完我懵了．．．由此可知窮人是不能懷抱希望的，那個會被稱作好高騖遠。

最近看一則「郭台銘給年輕人的成功三秘訣」的影片。幾年前我可能無法體會他在述說什麼，不過今日一看倒是頗能體會的，更充分的感受到那內涵，三秘訣：執著、面對挫折、樂觀心態。說穿了，這三秘訣也不是什麼高深的道理，在淺顯不過了，只是做不做得到就是個人的問題。其後他說：
打敗你的，都是自己。

就像我母親，這樣對我「好言相勸」，做人不要好高騖遠，最好的是去找份工作，安穩的上班，靜靜的等待退休的日子來到，這個也不只我母親說過，周遭的許多人都曾對我說過，甚至有朋友和我說：「一個人一生能賺多少錢都是固定的，不要搞些有得沒的，安份守己就好。」還有位朋友說：「投資要有偏財運。」投資之初聽聞這話或許還有點動搖，不過今日聽這話，就有點像是推托之辭。

這又讓我想起上述「720」這數字，這是一個多麼卑微的數字，困所了多少人，纏繞了多少靈魂，連半夜在夢裡都揮之不去的數字。這更代表著每日都要實踐「日出而作，日落而息」，更要風雨無阻。可有想過，這一生自己到底在幹什麼？

放棄並不可恥，可恥的是，當自己相信可以成功卻還選擇放棄．．．．．．

寫blog幾年下來，遇到許多朋友都會問的一個問題「怎樣才能押上所有去做投資？」說實在的，我也不清楚。每當遇到人問這樣的問題，我覺得這是他們心中存有一個惡魔，才會讓他們如此的籌措不前。

股票這種東西對大部分人來說，買一張賺錢，買十張賺錢，買百張就賠錢了。這都是內心存在著缺陷。就像郭台銘那短片提到的，都是敗給了自己，無法克服內心的魔鬼所致。



According to cognitive psychologist Robert J. Sternberg, creativity can be broadly defined as "...the process of producing something that is both original and worthwhile." Creativity is all about finding new ways of solving problems and approaching situations. This isn't a skill restricted to artists, musicians or writers; it is a useful skill for people from all walks of life. If you've ever wanted to boost your creativity, these tips can help.


1. Commit Yourself to Developing Your Creativity

The first step is to fully devote yourself to developing your creative abilities. Do not put off your efforts. Set goals, enlist the help of others and put time aside each day to develop your skills.


2. Become an Expert

One of the best ways to develop creativity is to become an expert in that area. By having a rich understanding of the topic, you will be better able to think of novel or innovative solutions to problems.


3. Reward Your Curiosity

One common roadblock to developing creativity is the sense that curiosity is an indulgence. Rather than reprimanding yourself, reward yourself when you are curious about something. Give yourself the opportunity to explore new topics.


4. Realize that Creativity is Sometimes Its Own Reward

While rewarding yourself is important, it is also important to develop intrinsic motivation Sometimes, the true reward of creativity is the process itself, not the product.



5. Be Willing to Take Risks

When it comes to building your creative skills, you need to be willing to take risks in order to advance your abilities. While your efforts may not lead to success every time, you will still be boosting your creative talents and building skills that will serve you well in the future.




6. Build Your Confidence

Insecurity in your abilities can suppress creativity, which is why it is important to build confidence. Make note of the progress you have made, commend your efforts and always be on the lookout for ways to reward your creativity.




7. Make Time for Creativity

You won't be able to develop your creative talents if you don't make time for them. Schedule some time each week to concentrate on some type of creative project.



8. Overcome Negative Attitudes that Block Creativity

According to a 2006 study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, positive moods can increase your ability to think creatively. According to Dr. Adam Anderson, senior author of the study, "If you are doing something that requires you be creative or be in a think tank, you want to be in a place with good mood." Focus on eliminating negative thoughts or self-criticisms that may impair your ability to develop strong creative skills.


9. Fight Your Fear of Failure

The fear that you might make a mistake or fail in your efforts can paralyze your progress. Whenever you find yourself harboring such feelings, remind yourself that mistakes are simply part of the process. While you may occasionally stumble on your path to creativity, you will eventually reach your goals.


10. Brainstorm to Inspire New Ideas

Brainstorming is a common technique in both academic and professional settings, but it can also be a powerful tool for developing your creativity. Start by suspending your judgment and self-criticism, then start writing down related ideas and possible solutions. The goal is to generate as many ideas as possible in a relatively short span of time. Next, focus on clarifying and refining your ideas in order to arrive at the best possible choice.



11. Realize That Most Problems Have Multiple Solutions


The next time to approach a problem, try looking for a variety of solutions. Instead of simply going with the first idea you have, take the time to think of other possible ways to approach the situation. This simple activity is a great way to build both your problem-solving and creative thinking skills.


12. Keep a Creativity Journal

Start keeping a journal to follow your creative process and track the ideas you produce. A journal is a great way to reflect back on what you have accomplished and look for other possible solutions. This journal can be used to save ideas that can later serve as future inspiration.



13. Create a Mind Map

A mind map is a great way to connect ideas and look for innovative answers to questions. Create a mind map by writing down a central topic or word. Next, link related terms or ideas around the central word. While similar to brainstorming, this technique allows for branching ideas and offers a very visual way of seeing how these ideas are linked.




14. Challenge Yourself


Once you have developed some basic creative skills, it is important to continually challenge yourself in order to further advance your abilities. Look for more difficult approaches, try out new things and avoid always using the same solutions you have used in the past.




15. Try the "Six Hats" Technique


The "six hats" technique involves looking at a problem from six differing perspectives. By doing this, you can produce more ideas than you might have had you only looked at the situation from one or two points of view.

Red Hat: Look at the situation emotionally. What do your feelings tell you?

White Hat: Look at the situation objectively. What are the facts?

Yellow Hat: Use a positive perspective. Which elements of the solution will work?

Black Hat: Use a negative perspective. Which elements of the solution won’t work?

Green Hat: Think creatively. What are some alternative ideas?

Blue Hat: Think broadly. What is the best overall solution?




16. Look for Sources of Inspiration


Never expect creativity to just happen. Look for new sources of inspiration that will give you fresh ideas and motivate you to generate unique answers to questions. Read a book, visit a museum, listen to your favorite music or engage in a lively debate with a friend. Utilize whatever strategy or technique works best for you.




17. Create Opportunities for Creativity


In addition to looking for inspiration, you also need to create your own opportunities for creativity. This might involve tackling a new project or finding new tools to use in your current projects.




18. Consider Alternative Scenarios


When approaching a problem, utilize "what if..." questions to consider each possible scenario. If you take a specific approach, what will the outcome be? By looking at these alternatives beforehand, you'll be better able to develop creative solutions to problems.


19. Create a Flow Chart

When you are developing a new project, start by creating a flow chart to track the presentation of the project from start to finish. Look for various paths or sequences of events that might occur. A flow chart can help you visualize the final product, eliminate potential problems and create unique solutions.


20. Try the Snowball Technique


Have you ever noticed how one great idea often leads directly to another? You can take advantage of this by utilizing a "snowball technique" when you are generating ideas for your project. If the idea isn't appropriate for your current work, set it aside to work on later or implement it in a future project.


Everyone is creative: we can all innovate given time, freedom, autonomy, experience to draw on, perhaps a role model to emulate and the motivation to get on with it.


But there are times when even the most creative person gets bored, starts going round in circles, or hits a cul-de-sac. So here are 7 unusual creativity boosters that research has shown will increase creativity:
1. Psychological distance


People often recommend physical separation from creative impasses by taking a break, but psychological distance can be just as useful.


Participants in one study who were primed to think about the source of a task as distant, solved twice as many insight problems as those primed with proximity to the task.


◊ For insight: Try imagining your creative task as distant and disconnected from your current location. This should encourage higher level thinking.
2. Fast forward in time


Like psychological distance, chronological distance can also boost creativity.


Forster et al. (2004) asked participants to think about what their lives would be like one year from now. They were more insightful and generated more creative solutions to problems than those who were thinking about what their lives would be like tomorrow.


Thinking about distance in both time and space seems to cue the mind to think abstractly and consequently more creatively.


◊ For insight: Project yourself forward in time; view your creative task from one, ten or a hundred years distant.
3. Absurdist stimulation


The mind is desperate to make meaning from experience. The more absurdity it experiences, the harder it has to work to find meaning.





Participants in one study read an absurd short story by Franz Kafka before completing a pattern recognition task. Compared with control participants, those who had read the short story showed an enhanced subconscious ability to recognise hidden patterns.


◊ For insight: read Alice in Wonderland, Kafka's Metamorphosis, or any other absurdist masterpiece. Absurdity is a 'meaning threat' which enhances creativity.
4. Use bad moods


Positive emotional states increase both problem solving and flexible thinking, and are generally thought to be more conducive to creativity. But negative emotions also have the power to boost creativity.


One study of 161 employees found that creativity increased when both positive and negative emotions were running high. They appeared to be using the drama in the workplace positively.


◊ For insight: negative moods can be creativity killers but try to find ways to use them—you might be surprised by what happens.
5. Combining opposites


Interviews with 22 Nobel Laureates in physiology, chemistry, medicine and physics as well as Pulitzer Prize winning writers and other artists has found a surprising similarity in their creative processes (Rothenberg, 1996).





Called 'Janusian thinking' after the many-faced Roman god Janus, it involves conceiving of multiple simultaneous opposites. Integrative ideas emerge from juxtapositions, which are usually not obvious in the final product, theory or artwork.


Physicist Niels Bohr may have used Janusian thinking to conceive the principle of complementarity in quantum theory (that light can be analysed as either a wave or a particle, but never simultaneously as both).


◊ For insight: set up impossible oppositions, try ridiculous combinations. If all else fails, pray to Janus.
6. Path of most resistance


When people try to be creative they usually take the path of least resistance by building on existing ideas. This isn't a problem, as long as you don't mind variations on a theme.


If you want something more novel, however, it can be limiting to scaffold your own attempts on what already exists. The path of most resistance can lead to more creative solutions.


◊ For insight: because it's the path of least resistance, every man and his dog is going up and down it. Try off-road.
7. Re-conceptualisation


People often jump to answers too quickly before they've really thought about the question. Research suggests that spending time re-conceptualising the problem is beneficial.


Mumford et al. (1994) found that experimental participants produced higher quality ideas when forced to re-conceive the problem in different ways before trying to solve it. Similarly a classic study of artists found that those focused on discovery at the problem-formulation stage produced better art.


◊ For insight: forget the solution for now, concentrate on the problem. Are you asking the right question?
Everyday creativity


Despite all the high falutin talk of Nobel Prize winners and artists, all of these methods can be applied to everyday life.


Combining opposites, choosing the path of most resistance, absurdism and the rest can just as easily be used to help you choose a gift for someone, think about your career in a new way or decide what to do at the weekend. 'Off-duty' creativity is just as important, if not more so, than all that 'serious' creativity.