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Things changed, hence I change my mind.

Things changed, hence I change my mind.  I am sure many of you will think of the word FICKLE minded. And fickle tend to have a negative connotation. But hold on a moment, is changing your mind that bad? Let's use this example. A high income parent promise the child an extravagant birthday celebration. But shortly afterwards there is a significant cash outflow that make this extravagant party too extravagant. Should the party go ahead as promised? Or for career. You promised a colleague to help up with a task for his project, but then you are hit by an urgent task in your project. If you only have time for 1 item, will you sacrifice your task for a promise you made? Conversely, how many times have a manager promise promotion if you do xyz, only to say sorry circumstances changed, I can't give you the promotion. Alright. I make examples that point very much to changing your mind or breaking a promise is okay. But many times, why was a promise or why was the mind changed? Simply b

What a breach taught me

I was checking my bill over the weekend, and was horrified that my credit card had been used for a shopping spree. Someone had apparently used my card and swiped it for A WEEK prior to me noticing it. It was scary how vulnerable things are. Apart from my credit card being used, someone also attempted to get into my PayPal account. This, was detected by Paypal and they sent me an email with a notification of a suspicious activity.  So, the first thing I did was obviously to call the bank and cancel the card. And dispute the charges. It will take up to 90 days for such dispute.  Next thing I did was to relook at what I have.  This incident taught me one thing - the importance of notifications. I used to think that since a bank has been sending me notification on promotions and so on, they would be sending me notifications on my transaction. No. Do a check on your credit card, and make sure you set a notification for this! I could have detected this unauthorised activity a week ago had I