Latest Cultivate Habits Articles
Teeth x-ray (not my teeth, by the way—this is just a stock image) Earlier this week, I got my first root canal treatment. While root canal treatments are supposed to be painless and no more uncomfortable than having a filling, it was a very traumatizing experience for me–I’m ranking it even higher than my U.S. CBP experience on my personal trauma scale. Not fun at all, I’m telling…
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Posted Mar 29 by Celes |
Filed: About Celes, Cultivate Habits, Health & Fitness, Life Lessons
Tags: anxiety, fear, oral care, oral hygiene, root canal, stress, uncertainty, when things don't go your way
Many people often ask me how I manage my e-mails. Even though I receive a fair amount of mail every week, I’m on top of almost every mail that enters my mailbox and respond to priority mail like urgent enquiries, media enquiries and business mail very quickly, sometimes right away. And the best thing is this: I spend less than two minutes managing my mail…
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Posted Mar 25 by Celes |
Filed: Cultivate Habits, Productivity & GTD, Videos (Celes.TV)
Tags: email, habits, inbox zero, productive people, productivity, productivity system
Note from Celes: I’m so, so excited to introduce to you our third guest writer for PE. His name is Alexander Heyne, and he will be heading the Health & Fitness column from now on! Let’s face it—when I started PE, I created the healthy living category because health is a crucial part of living a great life and I want to provide great tips and…
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Posted Mar 12 by Alexander |
Filed: Cultivate Habits, Health & Fitness
Tags: diet, exercise, fat, lifestyle, weight loss
I’ve been getting my scalp treated and hair washed at Yun Nam Hair Care for the past few months. While they deliver pretty good service, I absolutely abhor it when my consultant unleashes her high-pressurizing sales technique on me to either make me continue my treatment package or to upsell me some new treatment. High-pressure sales techniques — Beware of them!!! It feels as though the…
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Posted Feb 20 by Celes |
Filed: Biz & Entrepreneurship, Career & Work, Character Building, Cultivate Habits, People Skills
Tags: confidence, customer service, how to say no, rejection, say no, saying no
Hi Celes, I would like to know what is in your library. What kind of books do you read and how have they affected you so far? Thank you. ~ Bongani I’ve to be honest that I actually don’t read books. I prefer to learn through self-reflection and taking action. I also prefer to learn by directly interacting with people who have achieved the results…
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Posted Dec 11 by Celes |
Filed: Awareness & Growth, Cultivate Habits, Studies & School
Tags: ask celes, Books
How do you get yourself out of [your] comfort zone? ~ Wanxuan Methodologically, getting out of your comfort zone entails doing whatever it is that makes you uncomfortable. This means doing things that you resist, hate, or even fear. As long as you do that, you will naturally expand your comfort zone. However, for someone to want to push him/herself out of his/her comfort zone…
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Posted Dec 7 by Celes |
Filed: Awareness & Growth, Character Building, Cultivate Habits
Tags: ask celes, comfort zone, growth, learning
