“It is about making the wisest possible investment of your time and energy in order to operate at our highest point of contribution by doing only what is essential.”
― Greg McKeown
Focus on the Essentials
To reciprocate the gift of life, I take full advantage of the rare and beautiful opportunity to live as a human.
This involves staying in the present...
“Our job in this life is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it.”
― Steven Pressfield
Resistance
How many times have you experienced resistance?
That time when you wanted to do something but you procrastinated thinking that you will have time later to do it?
You chose...
“Dance as though no one's watching.
Sing as though no one's listening.
Love as though you've never been hurt.
Work as though you don't need the money.
Live as though it's heaven on earth”
— Albert D'Souza
What You Have Forgotten
The moment you were born, you were whole, joyful, and free.
You were full of life, zest, and excitement to be living in...
“You can’t go through life allowing pain to dictate how you behave. It’s easy to sit here in your bedroom and wallow in your hurt feelings. It’s hard to rise above it.”
— Adam Braverman
Learn to Be Comfortable With Yourself
In 2013, I made a decision that changed the trajectory of my life.
During that time, I was in a state of...
“A man must love his father and yet be free of his father’s expectations and criticisms in order to be a free man.”
— David Deida
Your Biggest Influence
As a first-generation immigrant, I'm highly influenced by my parents. Growing up in a rural village in China with a small rice field with no running water, I experienced poverty.
Although my family didn’t...
“Click less, live more.”
― Abhijit Naskar
Modern Addiction
Recently, I went to Boston for a business conference.
To keep myself focused, I put my phone on airplane mode and only used it during my free time.
On my day off, I explored part of the city. After walking around, I decided to stop by the park and sat on one of the benches.
Scanning...
"You gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You are able to say to yourself, 'I have lived through this horror. I can take the next thing that comes along.' You must do the thing you think you cannot do."
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Choose to Act Despite Fear
It was...
“We must do our work for its own sake, not for fortune or attention or applause.”
― Steven Pressfield
Learn to Do What Is Not Easy
Often times, I’m challenged with distractions.
Whether is doing mundane tasks such as cleaning my living space or wasting time on watching movies, these activities aren’t serving me because I’m using them as ways to keep...
“Most people overestimate what they can do in one year and underestimate what they can do in ten years.”
― Bill Gates
Lifelong Commitment
I don’t subscribe to overnight success or quick fixes. Instead, I believe anything worthwhile takes time and dedicated effort.
Hence, I play the long game of committing to my vision which is a lifelong journey.
To keep myself focused and...
“Every time you say yes to something you don’t want to do, this will happen: you will resent people, you will do a bad job, you will have less energy for the things you were doing a good job on, you will make less money, and yet another small percentage of your life will be used up, burned up,...