Naive Like A Child

Sometimes it's really hard to diminish the feeling of fear.

Whenever I need to initiate an action, I'll take some time to think about it. Eventually I will lose my motivation in carrying out that action. Probably it's due to the amount of time I killed while considering the act. Besides, it means more time for me to craft out ideas to reject and build fear out of it.



Almost instant, I enjoyed the feeling of relief after I decline to act. This is basically mounting my fear instead of my courage to proceed. The relief I got was like a reward for not taking the action. So the more I refrain myself from doing it, the more reward I will claim, and the more actions I will try to avoid in the future.

I can hear the small voice telling me to stop behaving like a child, who afraid of everything. But one thing though, if I behave like a child, I will probably just go ahead without thinking much.



Somehow I believe this relates to Occam's razor which suggested as few assumptions as possible to be made in any phenomenon, and eliminating those that make no difference in the observable predictions of the explanatory hypothesis or theory.

Before we confuse ourself with that Occam's phrase, just do it like what Nike says.

Thank You For Arguing

A week ago, my brother facebooked me a link of an old movie.



Thank you for smoking was the movie title. The story was about a guy with speaking talent, spins argument to defend the cigarette industry in the most difficult situations. Difficult in a sense like a lawyer defending a murderer in a prosecution.

The movie was so great, I watched it THRICE. No joke, I experienced a paradigm shift while this movie further strengthen my tenet.

What happen when you're wrong? That's the beauty of argument. If you argue correctly, you'll never wrong! - one of my favorite phrases from the movie.

I wasn't being taught much on the art of argument, or the language of rhetoric itself. I just never thought everyone is potential to win an argument using profound logic. Now I have a sudden urge to win an argument on things I believe it's right. But first, I need to make my statement sounds really convincing though.



The emphasis is mostly on the construction of argument, which is normally based on logical structures. An example would be, "If Nick's acting is good, then the movie will be nice, but the movie isn’t nice, so his acting isn’t good."

It can go more complicated as more logical relationship holds between several statements involved. For an example,

"We need to argue for a change to happen. For the people who are making a change for the better deserve a standing ovation. If arguing for change didn't gain us respect, then we should not argue. But if there's no argument, there will be no changes. If there's no changes, no one will deserve a standing ovation."

Before we slap ourself with an answer of yes or no, argue does not mean quarrel. We can enhance awareness and grow trust, which eventually influence the rest. The decision as whether to accept or reject the idea, should points back to each individual to decide. In other words, everyone has the full power to make a decision - whether good or bad.

Just don't try to argue with me. That's all. (You heard that, bro?)

Procrastinating Myself From Procrastination

Recently I was telling myself to avoid procrastination. It's darn freaking hard to stop procrastinate over important tasks, which includes feeding my hamster.

If I failed to do so, I can see my to-do list grows like a pregnant hamster. Experts would advise me to break them into smaller steps and set an hour or two to solve each of them. It's like reading a book slowly by pages rather than chapters.

They said hang a carrot in front of a donkey will keep it moving forward. As for me, the best bait would be an episode of Heroes.


For my girlfriend, maybe a tulip will do.

But then again, I shall not procrastinate my thought of shutting off my thought of procrastinate.

By that time I succeed, my hamster already went to heaven.

Thinking of Cursing

Anyone who accidentally attract negative events in their daily life, will normally curse. You know, the usual reaction on a bad surprise.



If something turned out different than what we expected, we cursed without intention. Whilst most of us considered it as a bad manner, I seriously believe it will attract bad luck. Remember law of attraction? Unless you having thoughts about good things while you cursing over bad incident.

Why can't we just accept the bad apples with open heart, as they already happened in the first place? Let those words remain as thoughts. It could be a way to appreciate life, although no one knows who started this whole phenomenon of cursing.



Don't read my lips, I swear I didn't curse.

An Answer to A Question Is A Question

My post title sounded a little bit confusing though I have no intention in doing so nor injecting elements from Confucius.

In many cases, like recently, one of my colleagues put me in confusion as he tried to explain some business processes to me. I thought I understood but I didn't. I started to question for more answers to clear my doubts.

However I found that the more questions I threw in, the more confused I became.


I heart question mark?

Deep down in mind, I questioned myself why I couldn't get it right. Why the processes was difficult to understand? Why did he confuse me with conflicting statements? I questioned the entire process once again, which got him to answer hell more questions pertaining to my level of understanding instead.

The real life story above is one of many similar cases whereby my mind was blocked with questions that led me to nowhere.

I've found an answer. It was from a guy named Noah St. John. According to him, our brain always respond to a question - by searching for an answer based on the question itself.

So, the simple answer to a difficult question tends to be a positive question itself. Let me get this right - I need to ask questions in a positive manner to make myself to believe anything is clear and easy to understand. When my brain behaved in such manner, I started to link things together to form ideas which will then solve the questions I asked earlier.

In many situations, we asked..

Why do I always have bad luck?
Instead of - Why am I so lucky?


Why I have so little?
Instead of - Why I have so much?


Why am I so poor?
Instead of - Why am I so rich?


Why are the exams so difficult?
Instead of - Why do I feel so confident in my exams?


Why all the bad things happen when I less expected?
Instead of - Why I always at the right place at the right time?

Go ahead and ask yourself on those positive questions. For sure, the answers will surface one by one.

Last but not least, I still have one more question in mind.

Why doesn't this blog post sound confusing?