Principles & Golden Rules:ย
Walk me through your thinking.
Treat others (roles) within family and society* as you would like to be treated.
I speak to you with respect, and I expect that back.ย
Let's keep this ethical and professional.ย
I am here to be treated this way.
โSuccess is measured over the course of a lifetime, not at the end of a semester.โ
What we've been told success is:
College degree
High paying job
Hustling non stop
Fancy materialistic items
What success really is:
Peace of mind
Loving your job
Staying healthy and strong
Making a positive impact on others
The world taught many of us that success is about status.
A big salary.ย
Endless hustle.ย
Luxury possessions.ย
Looking impressive to people who barely know us.
So people spend years exhausting themselves trying to โmake it,โ while quietly losing their peace, health, relationships, and joy along the way.
But real success feels very different.
It is waking up without constant anxiety.ย
It is having a mind that can rest at night.ย
It is being healthy enough to enjoy your life, not just survive it.ย
It is doing work that does not destroy your soul.ย
It is having a few genuine people who truly care about you.ย
It is being able to look in the mirror and feel proud of the person you became.
Some of the richest people are emotionally empty. And some of the happiest people live very simple lives.
Because success is not measured only by what you own. It is measured by how peacefully you live, how deeply you love, and how positively your existence touches others.
At the end of life, inner peace will matter more than public approval ever did.
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WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF LIFE?
THE WISE MONK'S ASTONISHING ANSWER TO THE RICH MAN
A rich man once asked a wise monk:
โI have money, success, comfort, and everything people dream ofโฆ yet I still feel empty inside.
What is the true purpose of life?โ
The monk smiled gently and asked him:
โIf you owned the entire oceanโฆbut could not drink the water, would your thirst disappear?โ
The rich man replied, โNo.โ
The monk nodded softly.
โThat is the problem with many peopleโs lives. They spend years collecting things that impress the eyesโฆ while starving the soul.โ
The man became silent.
The monk continued:
โYou were taught that life is about achievement, status, money, and becoming โsuccessful.โ But no one taught you how to feel peaceful once you finally arrived.โ
The rich man lowered his head.
โThen what gives life meaning?โ he asked quietly.
The monk pointed toward a tree outside the temple.
โLook at that tree. It does not compete with the trees beside it. It simply grows quietly, gives shade, bears fruit, and exists fully as itself.โ
Then he looked back at the man and said:
โThe purpose of life is not only to achieve.
It is to awaken.
To love deeply.
To grow in wisdom.
To reduce suffering around you.
To experience life fully before it disappears.โ
The rich man whispered,
โBut why do so many people still feel empty?โ
The monk replied softly:
โBecause they search for fulfillment in things that cannot stay forever.
Money fades.
Beauty changes.
Status disappears.
Even life itself is temporary.โ
Then he added:
โIn Buddhism, we are taught that peace comes not from having moreโฆ but from needing less. A meaningful life is not measured by how much you own, but by how deeply you loved, how peacefully you lived, and how gently you treated others.โ
The rich man sat quietly with tears in his eyes.
And the monk smiled one final time:
โThe purpose of life is not to become important in the eyes of the worldโฆ but to become fully alive in the present moment before your time runs out.โย
Source: Buddhism FB
I am ITH Phanny (Paul) and have worked at the intersection of general/ higher education and the corporate financial sector. I have a dual-track background, bridging both higher education institutions (several public and private HEIs) rigor with practical experience in banks and financial institutions (BFIs), including a leading international commercial bank, my rรฉsumรฉ & LinkedIn:
Academic Standing: PhD Candidate, graduated in Finance and Banking, Mathematics and TEFL.ย
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Employability: Foster career readiness for learners' diverse backgrounds.
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I executed a strategy focused on industry integration and holistic mentorship:
Strategic Partnership: Actively managed initiatives, BFI partners/ relationships and served as CFA UAP contact person, linking institutions, organizations and commnuities beyond classroom.
Global Standard: Served as Faculty Advisor for CFA Institute Research Challenge.
Technical Application: Integrated my expertise in education, product development, business performance and risk management.
My dedicated approaches have delivered improvements in human capital and institutional reputation:
Recognition: Recognized with Teaching Excellence, numerous Certificates, including the Credential of Financial Management from London School of Business Administration and other honors.
Environment Building: Successfully created a collaborative environment dedicated to enhancing education and human capital development.
Capability: Directly enhanced human capital developments that produce graduates who are technically proficient and career-ready.
My professional journey is defined by a commitment to mission,ย lifelong learning and value creation:
Research/ Teachingย Focus: Continue teaching and merge research interests in Mathematics, Finance, Banking, especially financial/ digital literacy and inclusion, management and leadership.
Growth Mindset: Demonstrate community-focused education to diverse students' background and lifelong learning.
Core Values: Believe that true education requires engaging, educating, empowering, mentoring and creating a supportive and collaborative ecosystem as well as fulfilling reciprocal roles and responsibilities within family and society to the highest quality and autonomy.ย
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โKnowledge is not free. You have to pay attention.โ โ Richard P. Feynman
โAn investment in knowledge pays the best interest.โ โ Benjamin Franklin
"แแปแแแทแแแแแแถแขแแแธแแแแแแแแแถแแแ แแแปแแแแแแ แแแแแพแแแถแแแปแแแถแแแแแแทแ แแพแแแนแแแถแแขแแแธแแแถแแแแแแโ แแถแแแแแแทแ แแแถแแ" โ แขแแทแ แแถแแธ?ย
โMoney isn't everything, but collectively owning a small sum of money, each of us has only a few things.โ โ Phanny ITH?
"Making money while doing good is intuitively appealing because it has the potential to combine the best of two worlds that were frequently considered opposites." โ Cornelia Caseau and Giles Grolleauย
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