Are you a Buridan's ass ?

"Should two courses be judged equal, then the will cannot break the deadlock, all it can do is to suspend judgement until the circumstances change, and the right course of action is clear."— Jean Buridan, 1340

中庸之道

大约在2500年前，孔子去鲁恒公庙观礼，看到了一个歪倾的一瓦罐。孔子问守庙人，为什么不把瓦罐扶正？守庙人说：“这是‘佑座之器’——欹，无水时歪斜，装上一半水就正过来了，装满了水，却反而倾倒了。” 孔子由此大为感叹，悟出了中庸之道。他说：“君子中庸，小人反中庸。君子之中庸者也，君子而时中。小人之中庸者也，小人而无忌惮也。” 

南子是春秋时著名的美女，当了卫国国君的夫人。她听说博学多才的孔子最近来到卫国，很想见孔子，就向孔子发出了邀请。孔子也早闻南子的美貌，心向往之，但又怕学生说闲话。他真是左右为难。

假装不动心？不，那不成了伪君子了？

干脆与南子来真格的婚外恋？不，那不是成了登徒子了？

伪君子，登徒子，左右为难。孔子忽然想到了鲁恒公宗庙里的瓦罐，采取了中庸之道。

他欣然应邀，与南子谈论音乐，弹琴唱歌。在优美的旋律中他们一个暗送秋波，一个眉目传情，互相欣赏，心照不宣，如沐春风，如浴温泉，但又没越界限，用眼光抚摸美丽，用语言辐射温柔。

宋代著名理学家朱熹，给《四书·中庸》加注说：“中者，不偏不倚，无过不及之名。庸，平常也。”

中，就是不要偏激，不要走极端，不要不及，也不要过头。

中，就是去掉一个最高分，去掉一个最低分。

中，就是既不纵欲，也不禁欲；既不愚忠，也不奸诈；既不轻生厌世，也不贪生失节。

中，就是升了官不专横跋扈，丢了官不低三下四；发了财不要为富为仁，受了穷不要人穷志短。

中，就是既不让天下人负我，我也不负天下人；既不好高骛远，也不自暴自弃。

中，就是不卑不亢，不左不右……

The Zebralogy of knowing who you are .

The long waited Personal Financial Investment is here on a good hot Saturday afternoon !

The crowd ....(who's that lady ? ) 

Please proceed .....to snacks collection point to have your refreshments. Please have your tag on your wrist too to proceed in the snack point . Thank you . 

A welcome speech given by Mr Roland , co-founder of  Wealth Directions .

Our local financial bloggers showing support !

Now comes to my main objective of coming to the event ( i only attend the first half of the event , there are other great speakers as well like Calvin of Dr Wealth and Lionel of Cheerful Egg )  , introducing Mr Jared Seah aka SMOL .

As the first speaker for the event , SMOL left a deep impression with his opening  introduction of hokkein song besides his sparkling head .

SMOL further captured the crowd attention by stating there are no presentation slides , and he is the presentation , so all focus on him . ( i knew that's his style and the grasshopper style , to think on the ball , roll on the ball .)

SMOL illustrated on the topic by telling the story of  zebras herd . How the front herd of zebra looks much stout compared to the middle of zebras that looks more scrawny . How the survived front herd flaunt with their winning trophies ( claws and marks by lions ) . How the scrawny zebras smells assess front and back of the herd . 

SMOL ended the topic by asking the crowd to visualise themselves as zebras for a minute walking in the grassland with lucky bastards hippos on the mud and tally giraffes. 

Now where will you stand ?  

Oh wait a minute , where are the lions then ?  Hehe. 

Encore Encore .. here's a bonus :  The only lady speaker for Cimb securities " Ms you know" .