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At 40, I have no doubt that Confucius is wrong !
By Growing your tree of prosperity  •  January 5, 2015
One of the WTF moments I had turning 40 is that I had the luck to know of Confucius very ancient ideas of personal development earlier to see if it is possible to compare my personal development with the Great Confused One. I was not surprised that this effort made me more confused. This was taken from Analects 2.4. At 15 I set my mind on learning; by 30 I had found my footing; at 40 I was free of perplexities; by 50 I understood the will of Heaven; by 60 I learned to give ear to others; by 70 I could follow my heart’s desires without overstepping the line. 子曰:「吾十有五而志于學,三十而立,四十而不惑,五十而知天命,六十而耳順,七十而從心所欲,不踰矩。 So at the age of 40, Confucius claims that he was free of perplexities - someone who has no doubts. One contextual interpretation is that during those bad old days, there are many gurus or snake-oil salesmen who ......
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I have recently completed my Juris Doctor and I am waiting to be called by the Singapore Bar. For the past 15 years I was an IT manager and I have worked in multinationals, financial exchanges, trade unions and even a government agency. I started my career as an AS/400 administrator and moved on to manage IT projects and operations
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