Raise Your Game

Have you stopped to wonder what exactly your time is spent on? For most of us we live each day thinking that we have an infinite amount of time on this planet. In actual fact - not all of us have that luxury of time. We spoke to Sheila Singam who has a passion for helping others to unleash their potential to achieve success. Having gone through some exciting career changes in her life, she believes that change brings growth and a strong sense of achievement. Her love for writing led her into the field of journalism. She worked in The Sun, The New Straits Times and The Edge over a 10-year period, and in the process, honed her communication skills, garnered knowledge on various industries and interviewed a number of well-known personalities, including former Prime Minister Tun Mahathir Mohamad.

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History is peppered with people who have achieved extraordinary success in their chosen endeavours. In this session we examined four astonishing human beings whose lives were founded on self-belief.

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Have you wondered how some bloggers gain popularity and make money off their writing — for some, enough to leave their full-time jobs? Learn what it takes to be among them from award-winning lifestyle and business blogger Grace Tan as she shared insights from professional blogging, and gathered previously unpublished advice from other leading bloggers in Singapore.

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There's a saying that goes, "It's lonely at the top, the air is thinner" and it is not so much that it is lonely, it's more that at the top its harder to breathe, meaning that it takes a certain type of person to be able to exist at the 'top' of the corporate ladder. Ordinary people can't and they slip into mediocrity. So on the journey to 'greatness' you will often feel lonely or alone and even more alone when you finally reach the apex. But the people who count would have been with you along the way, and will still be there when you make it.

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Kelly Roach is a Business Growth Strategist and Peak Performance Coach specialising in designing and implementing systems to help leaders create triple digit income and business growth. Whether starting or growing a business, you can create unparalleled success in record time with Kelly’s time compression coaching skills that will help grow and build your business faster and more effectively. We spoke to Kelly on how to "Create your Next Big Breakthrough with Business Building Power Hours!"

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In this episode, Shankar Santhiram from EQTD Consulting discussed how to position our achievements in our mind. He also gave tips on ways to reduce our need to compare with others. Most importantly, Shankar talked about personal self-development for self-belief.

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Krushna Prabaskar was here previously talking about his determination for a better life and career that has never stopped him to excel beyond expectations despite his limitations. Despite being visually impaired, that did not stop him from living life to the fullest. We brought him back once again representing Global Education Village and this time round, he spoke about “Proper and Effective Telephone Etiquette at the Workplace”. A company’s success in winning and retaining customers mostly revolves around the first impression created by front liners. These set of employees carry a huge responsibility in maintaining and uplifting the company’s professionalism and image. We spoke to Krushna on his thoughts.

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Rosie Pekar is the author of “Kick But, it’s Time” tells her story on radio, television and magazine interviews around the globe. An ex-policewoman and private investigator, she’s beaten all odds to transform a life of violence, crime and anguish into a life of success. Her story has been featured in “Secrets of Inspiring Women Exposed” and was one of only three Success Strategists selected by the Australian Government to be showcased in Singapore. A leading motivational speaker and author of 3 books, Rosie empowers people to live successfully by exposing self-sabotage and the personal, deceptive practices that prevent success. She sees her goal as the ‘BUT Kicker’ to increase awareness of personal power and to challenge the status-quo of ignorance and wallowing in self pity. 

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There are plenty of misconceptions and myths that people embrace about leaders and leadership. John Maxwell, a leadership guru once said that “leadership is about influence. Nothing else.” Maxwell is right that influencing is a big part of leadership yet it is one of the hardest thing to do. 

We hear what Roshan Thiran of Leaderonomics have to say about this in the Science of Building Leader Series.

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We are our own worst enemies when it comes to self-belief. We set up values systems that support our self-belief. But often we set contradicting values that compete for our attention. Our inner negative voice must be kept in check. In episode three, Shankar discussed how to manage our inner voice positively.

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