“Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most importantly, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”
– Steve Jobs
Follow Your Heart
Back in 2016, I was lost.
Although life was good working as a chemical engineer with a high-paying...
“The number 1 rule in any negotiation is don't take yourself hostage. People do this to themselves all the time by being desperate for “yes” or afraid of “no,” so they don't ask for what they really want. Instead, they ask for what they can realistically get. I've heard many people say, “Well, that's a non-starter, so we won't...
“Reading puts perspective on any challenge I was facing and made me see that extraordinary people usually had extraordinary pain, difficulties or injustices. That's part of why they have the drive and hunger to do good in the world, to make something happen.”
– Tony Robbins
Become a Lifelong Learner
In my early 20s, I had only one goal in mind:
To make...
“Wealth is the ability to fully experience life.”
― Henry David Thoreau
The First Indication of Wealth
When I began working at my first engineering job after graduation, I dedicated my whole life to it. To make a positive first impression, I went to work at 8 a.m. and didn’t leave until well after 6 p.m. Many days, I would skip lunch just...
“Your choices are made in a moment, and yet their consequences transcend a lifetime.”
― M.J. DeMarco
The Law of Effection
There’s nothing inherently wrong with having a job and working for one company to create money. However, by doing so, my scale of impact will be limited.
Providing service for a single organization, my quantity of magnitude is fixed to one....
“Is freedom anything else than the right to live as we wish? Nothing else.”
— Epictetus
Invest In Freedom
My definition of freedom is to have the power to choose what I want to do, where I want to live, and whom I want to spend my time with.
By investing in freedom now, I can clearly identify my financial needs and...
“True abundance isn’t based on our net worth, it’s based on our self-worth.”
― Gabrielle Bernstein
Adopt the Abundance Mindset
The definition of the abundance mindset is knowing there are enough resources to go around for everyone. As pleasant as it sounds, it’s difficult to believe there’s an abundant amount of things (opportunities, money, food, etc) in the world for all.
Hence, it’s...
“I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be.”
― Albert Einstein
Start with a Strong Purpose
Imagine two men's goals are to lose weight. Let’s call them Tom and Joe.
Tom’s reason is to have an aesthetic body while Joe wants to feel energetic and prolong his life.
Two months later, Tom gives up...
“The most important investment you can make is in yourself.”
― Warren Buffett
Your Best Investment
At a young age, I invested in myself in the form of formal education.
I started kindergarten at age four, then I move up to elementary school, followed by middle school, high school, and college.
After graduating from college, I stopped my formal education career and joined the...
“Academic qualifications are important and so is financial education. They're both important and schools are forgetting one of them.”
― Robert Kiyosaki
Money in modern society is a unit of trade.
And having money allows you to make purchases you need for survival and wants for enjoyment.
Because of those reasons, money plays an important role in your life. It is also one...