Business and Money Tips

The Anatomy of Boredom: The Missing Chemical Under the Bed When we were clearing my late father’s room, the space beneath his bed yielded more than just a paper trail of unwinning 4D slips. Tucked away in the dark, we found something else: heaps of unopened Yeo Hiap Seng packet drinks. For years, we had wondered why his body succumbed to  diabetes. Seeing those crushed, sugary cartons, the medical puzzle was solved. It was a consequence of high sugar consumption. But back then, we didn’t look at the root cause. We only looked at the symptoms with a sense of distant resignation. We noticed that he didn't eat much anymore, pushing his food around because he found most meals "boring." We watched him, as I described in my second article, gripping his remote controls and fiercely switching between Channel 8 and Channel U. We watched all of this and dismissed it under a sweeping, generic label: "Typical old people behavior." We thought it was just what happens when p...

When you operate from stress, fear, and frustration,  your energy is low.  Low energy = low creativity, low productivity, low  income.  But love raises your energy instantly.  When you feel love for your work, your team, your  customer, or your purpose:   you think better,   speak better,   connect better,   decide better.  High energy = high value.  High value = high income.  This is neuroscience, not philosophy.  Oxytocin increases motivation.  Dopamine unlocks creativity.  Serotonin stabilizes confidence.  Love activates all three.