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Dear Celes, I have been with my partner for ten years now. I know I have made lots of sacrifices to be with him and I don’t regret my decisions. However, recently I’m worrying if I am giving up aspects of myself and shaping myself to be with him, without realizing it. I don’t want to lose sight of my dreams. How do you manage…
Posted May 19 by Celes | 14 Comments
Filed: Dating & Romance, Relationships
Tags: ask celes, dating, dating myths, inner self, marriage, relationship
Hi Celes! I enjoy reading your blog! Considering you are so successful in your career (personal development), are you seeing anyone romantic? ~ Jennifer Hi guys, just an update to my response to the very same question I’ve answered last year (and which I’ve also requested you guys to stop asking during my 2012 year-end review ^_^”’ ). Yes, I’m attached now. ♥ I’ve officially been seeing someone…
Posted May 8 by Celes | 64 Comments
Filed: About Celes, Dating & Romance, Relationships, Updates
Tags: ask celes, dating, romance, singlehood
Is it really feasible to achieve work-life balance nowadays? Or is it just a myth? There were times I used to regularly work 14-hour days. I remember a discussion with a colleague on this topic. At one point I said “Yeah, but what can you do?” and she answered simply “There is always something you can do”. It was such a simple statement, but it…
Posted Apr 20 by Cornelius | 13 Comments
Filed: Biz & Entrepreneurship, Career & Work, Family & Friends, Goals & Success, Productivity & GTD, Relationships
Tags: get a life, productivity, stress, unhappiness, work-life balance
Have you been working all day long in the office? Spending your weekday nights and weekends living vicariously through drama series? Feel like you are wasting your youth away? Time to get a life. I was recently invited back to Kiss 92 to do a four-week series on work-life balance, which will air every Friday starting 22 March, between 7 to 9am (Singapore time). (All four…
Posted Mar 21 by Celes | 18 Comments
Filed: Character Building, Passion & Dreams, Relationships
Tags: friendship, get a life, relationship, work-life balance
This is the last part of a 3-part series on how to tackle office politics and become a master of it. How To Manage Office Politics, Part 1: 5 Essential Tips To Getting Started How To Manage Office Politics, Part 2: How To Defend Yourself From Office Backstabbers How To Manage Office Politics, Part 3: How To Master the Game and Excel in Your Career…
Posted Mar 19 by Cornelius | 17 Comments
Filed: Biz & Entrepreneurship, Career & Work, People Skills, Relationships
Tags: backstab, betrayal, disappointment, obstacles, office politics, setbacks, stress, take credit, when things don't go your way
“Hi Celes, I have been engaged to a guy for four years. Lately, we have been feeling quite irritated and exhausted around each other. Every talk is an argument now. Though ours is a very serious relationship (and I still love him), I don’t know how to deal with this. If we break up, I’m not sure how to tell our parents. Please help Celes.”…
Posted Mar 17 by Celes | 14 Comments
Filed: Dating & Romance, Relationships
Tags: ask celes, dating, ending a relationship, marriage, relationship
When he/she loves you for who you are. NOT who he/she wants you to be. When he/she respects you as an individual. He/she lets you grow as yourself, into your own, and does not impose his/her expectations on you. When you smile just by thinking of him/her. (And you can’t help but think about him/her too, sometimes. ) When you can’t wait to see him/her…
Posted Mar 13 by Celes | 24 Comments
Filed: Dating & Romance, Relationships
Tags: dating, Love, marriage, relationship, romance, singlehood, soulmate
How would you comfort someone who is very sick or even dying? How do you comfort someone when you both know his life will end very soon? ~ Matt Hi Matt. I wouldn’t comfort the person because to comfort would be to perceive this person as coming from a place of lack. The fact is that he isn’t, by virtue of the fact that he is…
Posted Feb 24 by Celes | 22 Comments
Filed: Bucket List, Emotional Mastery, Family & Friends, Life Lessons, Love & Compassion, Relationships
Tags: ask celes, bucket list, death, growing old, things to do before you die
Horseback riding in Chennai, India (here, I’m at Edward Elliot’s Beach),thereby completing item #62 of my bucket list! More to come!! Now that I’m in my late 20s, I’m starting to have more older people in my social circle. Along with that, incidents where I get hit on by married men. Now, married guys are not my thing. Nor are guys who are attached (in a…
Posted Feb 22 by Celes | 31 Comments
Filed: About Celes, Dating & Romance, Life Lessons, Relationships
Tags: cheating, dating, dating myths, dishonesty, infidelity, Love, marriage, romance, singlehood, soulmate
Recently I learned that a “friend” stabbed me behind my back by badmouthing me in a pretty malicious way. It wasn’t just your innocuous, everyday gossip either—it consisted of pretty vindictive statements which cast doubt on my character and my integrity. When I heard it, I was infuriated of course. What kind of “friend” speaks of friends like this behind their backs? How about the…
Posted Feb 18 by Celes | 38 Comments
Filed: Biz & Entrepreneurship, Career & Work, Character Building, Family & Friends, Life Lessons, Relationships
Tags: anger, backstab, betrayal, disappointment, dishonesty, ending a friendship, friendship, setbacks, when things don't go your way
At Chennai, India, recently for work and travel. This is the Grand Chola, a seven-star hotel and quite possibly one of the grandest hotel in the world. It looks like a palace!!! Note from Celes: Hi everyone! Given the growth of PE and that it has now become an online platform for people passionate about achieving excellence in life, I have decided to bring in…
Posted Feb 17 by Cornelius | 10 Comments
Filed: Biz & Entrepreneurship, Career & Work, Character Building, People Skills, Relationships
Tags: backstab, betrayal, disappointment, obstacles, office politics, setbacks, stress, take credit, when things don't go your way
