Twenty years had passed since the publication of my groundbreaking work Mind, Body Power: The Self Help Book on Accelerated Learning. The year was 1989. More recently, I discovered Norman Doige’s book The Brain Changes Itself. I devoured it. I savoured it. Doige’s book adds to my knowledge regarding Accelerated Learning, a methodological approach which had shaped my learning and life for the past 30 years. Continue reading “Your Plastic Brain: Has Your Brain Stretched to Accelerate Your Learning”
Three Chinese Cities and I will be home for Christmas
Flying into Singapore I feel like I have reached an oasis. It is a haven created by Lee Kuan Yew for those who are suffering from travel fatigue picked up from other cities! Strolling through the clean streets of Singapore, and hearing voices speaking in the Chinese dialects of Hokkien and Mandarin, I thought I was almost home. Continue reading “Three Chinese Cities and I will be home for Christmas”
Language and Cross-cultural communication
Which is more important? To study a foreign language or learn about its culture? I was asked this question after I gave an address to a group of young diplomates from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. My answer is simple: Both. This is not an either or question. Continue reading “Language and Cross-cultural communication”