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Here’s the thing. I am a big believer in reveling in the process. I believe that being illogically fixated on only achieving a certain goal(s), by chasing the horizon, will often lead to disappointment and failure to appreciate the process. Achievements are good to strive for and can be good periodic incentives and encouragement, but they… Continue reading

“I need to go to the ATM Machine” “You mean just ‘ATM’ right?” “What?” “ATM stands for automated teller machine. So you just said automated teller machine machine“ It’s redundant to say “machine” after “ATM” yet we do it anyways What else is redundant in your life? What can you eliminate to make your life more… Continue reading

I met a person today from the internet. Is that weird? His name is Ben Peters, and he is sort of a mini-celebrity to me. We initially met through Quora, a writing platform where people engage in conversations in Q&A. I contacted him to discuss career planning because he runs a company called Millenial Commute… Continue reading

I went to Metrotown today It’s a shopping mall, about 1-hour bus ride from my home I used to go there all the time as a child: memories of reading Manga books in the Chapters, getting a watermelon smoothie to share with my sister, staring and the fountain and wondering who put all those coins… Continue reading

Don’t be “nice” You read that right… The origins of “nice”, according to dictionary.com, is as follows: 1250-1300; Middle English: foolish, stupid < Old French: silly, simple People want you to be “nice” because it often benefits them. “Nice” people get exploited easily and pushed around because although nice people are good people, they can also be foolish and silly. Adam Grant’s Give and… Continue reading

It feels good to sleep in It feels good to brag about yourself and have others admire you It feels good to indulge on luxury foods everyday But it feels great to wake up early and exercise before the day starts… It feels great to practice humility and be confident about yourself It feels great… Continue reading

What’s the whole point of New Year’s resolutions? Why do people even set goals? It’s a simple answer, but not easy to do. We all want to improve who we are and evolve as people. I sometimes like to think of life as a video game. The more skills we learn, the more experience we… Continue reading

In yesterday’s post, I talked about holding yourself accountable and by taking responsibility in your own life will give you power. This blog post is dedicated to my goals for 2018 and will also hold me accountable to work towards achieving them. Although this post is more for me to visualize and organize my thoughts, feel… Continue reading

“With great power comes great responsibility” “But with great responsibility also comes great power.” Hold yourself accountable for the things you “promised” to do, or the things you need to do, and even the things you should do. The reason most people’s new year’s resolutions fail in an average of 3 weeks is that people don’t hold… Continue reading

Yesterday I wrote a poem about chasing the horizon And if you chase it too far, you end up in no-man’s land (or no man’s ocean in the poem) Stranded and alone… Truly, no one wants to be here But this is where you can accomplish great things Successful people in their fields pave their… Continue reading