Media Coverage in ZB Comma

Celes — Thu, 14 May 2009 09:04:47 +0000

A few weeks ago, I was interviewed by ZB Comma, a local Chinese paper. ZB Comma has a circulation of 70,000 in secondary schools and it is also distributed as part of its parent paper, Lianhe Zaobao which has a circulation of 200,000. The interview is out in this week’s edition ! This is my second media feature, with the first being My Paper a month back
For those who don’t know Chinese, here are the key points of the article:

The first page shares my story of how I came to pursue my passion, from university, to corporate, and finally to quitting my corporate job. It also covered my family background and my gratitude towards them for their support.
The second page talks about my personal development business, how I started it in Dec ’08 and what I’m doing right now. I also shared my excitement on receiving my passion paycheck and my 5-year BHAG (big hairy audacious goal) of setting a life development school.
The right column on the second page covers 3 simple steps from me on how to turn your room into an inspirational haven
The bottom row on the second page covers some of the barriers I faced when pursuing my passion (such as others’ perceptions of my expertise due to my age, monetary limitations) and how I overcame them

Thanks Xiaoling for the lovely feature!

Media Coverage in My Paper

Celes — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 07:12:14 +0000

I’ve been featured in My Paper today! For the non-Singaporean readers, My Paper is a free Singapore bilingual paper. It is distributed in local train stations every morning, with a circulation of approx 300,000. It also has an electronic version available at its website.

The article features how I made the decision to pursue my passion over money, the personal development work I do at Embrace Living and my views on personal development in Singapore. Overall I’m really happy with the article and the journalist did a really great job (If you’re reading this, thanks Jingting! And thanks Jamie for being such an excellent photographer to work with! ) Just some nuance pointouts on the information in the article – A) My pay – It’s not precisely $70k B) My current coachee profile – They span from 20s to late 30s and include people from other countries.

* Note on Oct ’11: Embrace Living was the old name of the site when it first started, for the first 6 months. It’s now known as Personal Excellence.

Unfortunately they didn’t feature the site url, probably due to internal policies regarding advertising other services. It seems like quite a number of the readers have found the site regardless through Google/Facebook search, so all’s good So far I’ve been getting a spike in mails including general queries, coaching requests, speaking opportunities etc on top of the regular inflow. If you have sent me a msg/mail, I’ll get to you very soon!

Here’s the article for those who aren’t living in Singapore or didn’t manage to catch the paper today To everyone new here, welcome! You can read more about me in my About page. Please check out the good archive of over 60+ 300+ free personal development articles in Reader Favorites page. Meanwhile, do feel free to share this site with your friends as well!

Oh and the room in which this picture was taken in is my room

* Update Aug ’10 - Due to SPH copyright clauses, the article has been removed

The article has also been featured in AsiaOne Business Section and Showbiz OMY News!

PS: I’m really psyched cause I just secured 4 upcoming talks with National Library Board Thanks Nurul!

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