Tag: confidence

03
Jul
2021

Competence: Super Short Story #748

    Competence: Super Short Story #748 Better to think oneself is not fully competent, so as to be more…

24
Jun
2021

Confidence: Super Short Story #742

Confidence: Super Short Story #742 She wondered if her lack of confidence in her appearance, that led to her confidence…

29
Mar
2021

Clear Confidence

    Before believing in yourself, have a clear view of your potential. (No one should know it better.)

08
Sep
2020

Competence : Super Short Story #728

  Competence : Super Short Story #728 Seeing the very confident yet so very incompetent,he thought,‘It is better to think…

26
Nov
2019

Tag: Super Short Story #680

Tag: Super Short Story #680 He was already tagged,while not knowing so.Thus are days of the over-confident always already numbered.

13
Sep
2019

Confidence: Super Short Story #624

Confidence: Super Short Story #624Being overdressed and overly made-up,she did not exude supreme confidence,but of great vanity, to hide lack…

31
Jul
2019

Confidence: Super Short Story #582

Confidence: Super Short Story #582She confidently said,‘The cocky will tend to become more cockytill they suddenly lose their cockinesswhen they…

16
May
2016

Ignorant Confidence In the Ignorantly Confident

Never mistake confidence for brilliance, or even truthfulness. (Think con-men who win your confidence before getting more from you.)

29
Dec
2015

Preen: Super Short Story #355

Preen: Super Short Story #355 As she kept preening, to make herself instantly more attractive, her self-absorption and lack of…

13
Apr
2014

‘The Counsellor’ Seeks Counsel

‘The Counsellor’, as in the titular character in the movie, is a lawyer, supposedly one who gives legal counsel. Yet,…

26
Jan
2014

Confidence: Super Short Story #300

Super Short Story #300: Confidence He was proud and over-confident that he was not proud; just confident.

13
Jun
2012

Thick & Fake

Funny how she winks and flutters with her thick and fake lashes, as if they make her pretty, for even…

22
Mar
2012

The First Buddhist Library I Came Across

The above is a 1995 photo by a school senior. This was how the library of Singapore Polytechnic Buddhist Society…

27
May
2011

Bubble, Bubble, Toil & Trouble

Saw a modern gangland movie version’s retelling of Macbeth, which I studied in school years ago… A case of listening…

22
Apr
2011

Inform & Clarify

Question: Bother to catch the mistakes about Buddhism in the article at ___________? Answer: You know… if i spend my…

18
Oct
2010

Confidence or Arrogance?

Confidence in sharing the Dharma can be perceived as arrogance by those who don’t understand the Dharma, the real source…

20
Jul
2010

We Are Poor Actors

Napolean Dynamite is one quirky comedy starring the amazing Jon Heder. He acted so believably as an ultra-nerd that the…

05
Jul
2010

Small Vs Dharma Talk

A friend asked me how do I have confidence to deliver Dharma talks My reply was that the wonderful Dharma…

08
Jun
2010

Spirituality Over Superficiality

As summarised from Wikipedia, ‘the TV series (Drop Dead Diva) revolves around vapid blonde and aspiring model, Deb Dobkins who…

05
Jan
2010

‘Sherlock Holmes’ is Smart But Unenlightened!

In a scene of the movie ‘Sherlock Holmes’, the famed super sleuth makes sharp observations and astute deductions on the…