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The Quest to be Free
Have you ever fall in love so hard it kills you? You can feel anxiety creeping in your back bone. The kind of fear with no exact logic. The what if he woke up one day and decide that he doesn’t love you anymore? Sitting alone with my juice and healthy food, I thought keeping it clean will help me clear my mind. But nothing can help you when you’re falling in love. Hoping that the damage is not too irreversible, that’s the only thing you can do. Nobody wants to be in pain. You’re kind of upset of how the same feeling that can move you, would be the…
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Elevate to be The Transcendent Being The practice to stay mindful and rise higher
Few months ago I was invited to speak at Women@ Conference event in Singapore by Facebook Asia Pacific. I was invited, not to speak about business, not about writing, but about meditation and mindfulness. Clair, my good friend from Facebook, has known very well that I meditate and it contributes to my productivity in general, so she wanted me to share my experience to Facebook team. Since I was invited by Facebook, I thought I need to prepare a formula on mindfulness so I can say something smart :)) After analyzing my own habit and what I’ve been doing all these years, this is what I came up with. I called…
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Setelah Lepas Jilbab, Now What? It's time to address the elephant in the room
Sudah 6 bulan lebih semenjak saya mengambil keputusan untuk melepas jilbab yang sudah saya kenakan sejak tahun 2001 (15 tahun lalu, saat jilbab belum se-mainstream saat ini). Ternyata keputusan saya ini membuat banyak orang penasaran. Meskipun sudah saya jelaskan di postingan yang ini, mereka tetap googling ‘Ollie salsabeela lepas jilbab’ dan berusaha menebak apa yang terjadi hehe. Saya menganggap keputusan yang saya ambil sudah dipikirkan panjang lebar selama lebih dari 2 tahun, bukan hasil reaksi karena tragedi besar dalam hidup, semua diputuskan dengan tenang. Maka, saya sangat terganggu jika ada pihak-pihak yang berusaha menentang keputusan saya dengan membawa-bawa nama orang tua hingga Almarhum Papa saya untuk membuat saya merasa bersalah.…
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How to Multiply Your Success The strongest force in the universe is Compound interest. -Albert Einstein
I learned about compound interest from stock market. I read Tony Robbins book ‘Money: Master the Game’ and find the term for the first time. Compound interest basically the power of multiplication when you constantly invest and reinvest with multiplied interest in specific period of time. Here’s the formula: FV – future value of investment PV – present value of the investment i – interest rate earned in each period n – number of periods FV = PV * (1 + i)n With this formula, your original investment will grow rapidly. If you invest $500 per month for 11 years, with 20-35% return, you may get almost $1 million dollar…
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Recognizing Small Victories and Moving Forward to 2015
I’ve been a Muslim and embracing Islam all my life. While Islam means surrender, only recently that I surrender myself to the compassion and love of God. Accepting the fact that what I need is not neccessarily the same with what I want. And at the end of the year, I found myself losing some people I trust, losing a business I nurture for years, let go precious stuff I had, yet I gained so much more. In the midst of chaos, I finally found myself. In my religion, the first revelation that The Prophet Muhammad SAW received was ‘Iqra’ means a command to ‘Read!’. While inside a dark cave, the…
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Hector Alvarado and The Consolation of the Sculpture
Hector Alvarado must be the first ‘modern’ sculptor I met in person (we met at @Komunitas1111 meetup). And he doesn’t look like a sculptor at all. In fact, when I visited his house and see how beautiful he decorates his house, I didn’t believe it was his work. I thought it was his girlfriend’s or some professional interior designer’s job. There are masculinity of sculpting and femininity of arts in Hector. When I told him that, Hector said: “That’s exactly like sculptures.” From such a masculine material like marble stone, can come a true beauty of feminine art. He put some of his works at his house. The sculpture of…
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Rock & Roll Awareness
Sometimes awareness come to our mind after we experience hardships in life. I heard the term ‘Rock & Roll Awareness’ the first time on @Komunitas1111meetup. We were talking about Awareness and one of our friends, @PittaSekar, who just lost her dad to lung cancer 2 months ago, share about the last days of her dad. In her leather jacket, she told the story in cheerful way, no tears or shaky voice. It’s a solid form of Ikhlas. This, is what Rock & Roll Awareness look like. The idea of spirituality at first has come to my life around 3 years ago. Some of you have known what kind of life…
