“Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it’s having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome. Vulnerability is not weakness; it’s our greatest measure of courage.”
― Brené Brown
Speak from Your Heart
With a resolute commitment to grow as a speaker and leader, I attended Toastmasters meetings regularly. During my journey, I presented speeches...
“Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.”
― Viktor Frankl
Don’t Give Away Your Power
During one of my meetings with my former colleague, she repeatedly asked questions about the scientific project. Because it required more data, I told her that I...
"The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing."
– Walt Disney
Synchronize Your Present and Future Self
After reading an inspiring book or watching a motivational video, I immediately feel excited to implement what I’ve learned. For example, I may have seen an instructive clip on an exercise movement. And during the moment, I’m extremely energized and...
“I think dogs are the most amazing creatures; they give unconditional love. For me, they are the role model for being alive.”
– Gilda Radner
Unconditional Love
Taking care of dogs has been one of my favorite volunteer activities since transitioning into the professional world. Regularly, I would go to the animal shelter on the weekends to play with them.
In early 2018,...
“Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life.
Almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.
Remembering that you are going...
“Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the whole world belongs to you.”
― Lao Tzu
The Journey is the Reward
In October 2017, I hiked up Mt. Whitney, the highest peak in the lower 48 states in the U.S.
The night before the ascent, I ate a nutritious dinner. Shortly...
“It is quality rather than quantity that matters.”
― Seneca
Create Your Own Way of Being and Living
For me to be my best in the world, I live by my code of living - my manifesto. It’s a continuous work in progress. Currently, here are the nine laws I live by:
I perfectly accept my imperfect self. I’m already 100% complete,...
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backward. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something – your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. Because believing that the dots will connect down the road will give you the confidence to follow your...
“Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.”
― Napoleon Hill
Appreciate Harsh Adversity
After I left my job in 2016 to start my venture of helping others, I had the intention of making it grow into a profitable business.
But as I have discovered, rarely does life unfold the way I want it to. It has mysterious and insightful...
“When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you'll be successful.”
― Eric Thomas
Practice Relentless Commitment
The single reason that has allowed me to stay on the journey of lifelong personal development is having a powerful, intentional, and selfless purpose - to become my best so I can help others become theirs.
But despite that strong motive...