• Forgiveness

    Forgiveness is a tough concept to grasp Forgiving someone might be even harder But sometimes you have to realize that forgiving someone isn’t meant for the other person; often, forgiveness of self is truly the incentive here The more you hold on, the more grudge that builds up, the more you are weighed down. Forgiveness… Continue reading

  • Look around

    While it’s important to focus your sights on your goals It’s also important to look around once and a while Life is busy But don’t be too busy to look both ways when crossing the street Or notice who is walking beside you on the side walks Look around and notice life as it passes… Continue reading

  • How do I define myself

    How do you define yourself? Do you talk about what you do? Or who you are? Do you use titles, labels? Do you start with your name? Do you mention your age? Ethnicity? Nationality? Parents? Friends? Family? Religion? Politics? I’ve always considered myself a student. A student of business. A student of life. A student… Continue reading

  • Resistance

    If you face resistance in life you need to ask yourself: What am I resisting? What is stopping me? It could often be yourself Or you friends Family Or something external Or completely internal It could be self fabricated Or maybe a mix of everything At times of resistance we need to ask ourselves an… Continue reading

  • Hey

    Hey Jeff I’m sorry for the way I used to be I’m sorry for the person I am I’m sorry for putting you in awkward situations But actually, I love my life right now Not because it’s perfect. No. My life is far from perfect. But I love life because somehow, despite how broken I’ve… Continue reading

  • Thinking about thinking

    Think Then you think about those thoughts Then you are aware of your thoughts and your think about thinking The spiral never ends Negative thoughts will spiral like this. Stop those Positive thoughts are great. Use your momentum to think about those thoughts instead Continue reading

  • Back home

    Appreciation of what happens in life I missed my connection because my flight to Toronto was delayed by two hours I sulked for 10 minutes, realizing now that my ETA to Vancouver went from 10 PM to 1 AM. 3 more hours to my commute 10 minutes of feeling bad for myself. Then I had… Continue reading

  • I don’t know what I am doing

    I don’t know what I am doing like 90% of the time But that 10% of the time, I am having a blast. But even the 90% of the time I don’t know what to do, it’s exciting because it reminds me that there is so much more to learn, so much more to do,… Continue reading

  • Human noise

    “I could hear my heart beating. I could hear everyone’s heart. I could hear the human noise we sat there making, not one of us moving, not even when the room went dark.” Continue reading

  • First three principles from “How to Win Friends and Influence People”

    I recently started the classic self-improvement book: How to Win Friends and Influence People. Here are the first three principles discussed. Principle 1: Don’t criticize, condemn, or complain Sharp criticism of other people doesn’t work. People will always try and justify their wrongdoings, and condemn you back for sharp criticism. Sharp criticism is more like… Continue reading