Author Archives: Kenrick Vaz

Why You Should Not Care What Others Think

We all want to be liked and appreciated for our many talents, our intelligence, our good nature, our sparkling personality. But when we start to rely on what other people think of us, and we make their opinion pivotal to our success, we get into trouble. We start tailoring our lives to fit the expectationsContinue reading “Why You Should Not Care What Others Think”

Give Yourself A Break

When people experience a setback at work—whether it’s a bad quarter, being overlooked for a promotion, or an interpersonal conflict with a colleague—it’s common to respond in one of two ways. Either we become defensive and blame others, or we berate ourselves. Unfortunately, neither response is especially helpful. Shirking responsibility by getting defensive may alleviate the stingContinue reading “Give Yourself A Break”

Why You Need To Stand Up For What You Believe In And How To Do It

How many times have you sat back and kept your mouth shut even if you didn’t believe in what was being said or done? It’s so much easier to keep your own ideas to yourself. You don’t risk getting put down, feeling judged, or becoming an outcast. But what if that one idea you haveContinue reading “Why You Need To Stand Up For What You Believe In And How To Do It”

Full Page Video in Background

If you want to engage first-time visitors on your website, you have about 10 to 20 seconds to do so. Life is short, and nobody wants to waste their time on a run-of-the-mill webpage. So, how can we inject some life into our page content in a way that captures visitors’ attention and keeps them scrolling?Continue reading “Full Page Video in Background”

Think You’re a Wise Person?

The cliché “another year older, another year wiser” implies that the only way to attain the secret sauce of life is to live another year… and then another, and then another. Yes, it’s comforting to consider that logging more time here on planet Earth will naturally make you a wise person! According to Merriam-Webster, aContinue reading “Think You’re a Wise Person?”

Spend More Time Doing What You Love

It’s funny, despite the good intentions and resolutions, the reality is most new years we come back to the daily routine feeling nothing much has changed in the last year. They say the new year brings fresh motivation, and that returning to work after the proper break leaves you feeling ready to get going againContinue reading “Spend More Time Doing What You Love”

Rarely Used CSS Properties

The Column-Rule Property CSS columns is a layout method which can divide an element into columns. A common usecase is to divide a paragraph text into two or more columns. The interesting bit is that we can add borders between the columns. The column-rule property name might not reflect it’s purpose, but you can imagineContinue reading “Rarely Used CSS Properties”

Mistakes to Avoid when Chasing your Dreams

At the start of this year, many of us have made resolutions and most of these are usually centered around our dreams. Everyone always says, “Follow your dreams!” But not everyone does it. Life interjects, bills pile up, and sometimes we have to do jobs we don’t want to do just to make it throughContinue reading “Mistakes to Avoid when Chasing your Dreams”