An Entrepreneur’s Journey

God gave everyone of us talents so that we can contribute to human kind. Talents come in the form of many kinds: music, art, inspiring, dancing, sports, writing etc. These talents are probably the real purpose why we are on this world.

Something changed when we started going to school. In school, some will have the chance to develop their talents, but some won’t. For those who have talents in dancing, they will probably not have a chance to develop this talent because it’s not a criteria to pass the exam. School emphasize a lot on academic subjects which are perceived as the door to success.

In the process of going to school, some would have lose their talents. Talents are like muscles, the more you use it, the more it grows. If you don’t use it, it will be lost.

Many decided to give up their talents because of social pressure. How many will choose to be an artist over an engineer? People will call you mad if you decide to be an artist. But you are normal or wise if you choose to be an engineer. Due to this social pressure, again talents are lost.

A friend of mine chose to be a teacher but she’s in love with music. She can play instruments, can sings well, but don’t have that courage to make that change. She always complained about her job as a teacher, and was not happy with the job.

I start to believe that happiness and talents are related.

It is not easy to overcome the fear of social pressure for your talents. But I can assure you that following your talent will make you a much happier person.

Do you know you can attract anything you want to your life? You can have the amount of money that you want, the beautiful relationship that you love, and the healthy body that you are in, basically anything you want. This is the Law of Attraction.

We are like a magnet, which is able to attract things into our life. The difference is we can choose what we want to attract. You send your intention to the Universe and allow the Universe to do the work for you. You tell the Universe what you want; next you get ready to receive what you ask.

The Universe will always give you what you ask for. It never fails. If there is a part of you that do not believe, then the Law of Attraction doesn’t work. Your body, mind and soul must be totally aligned to be able to receive all things you asked.

Now there is a key to practice the Law of Attraction so that it’ll work for you. That is to feel good. Mentioned earlier that your intention must be aligned in order for the law of attraction to take place. Your mind send out your intention, your soul must feel good about it. Be emotionally charged about receiving your wish.

Most people did the first part that is to send out the intention with their mind. However, what is missing is they do not feel excited, happy about what they wish for. They don’t feel that they are already receiving it. That stop the flow from the Universe to give what you want. A part of them don’t want it to happen. There is a mis-alignment here, just like a blockage in the flow of stream. The water couldn’t flow through smoothly.

Be extremely happy, excited, joyous about what you are about to receive. Feel that feeling when you receive that wish. How would you feel when you are enjoying your wish? For example if you are wishing for a 4 million house. What is that feeling when you are in that house? What is that feeling when you touch that wall? What is that feeling when you look out of the window? What is that feeling when you lie on the king sized bed in your bedroom?

The next time you send out any intention, feel that intention with your soul. Feel the feeling of having the things already. You would have felt amazingly great about it everyday if you are to practice the law of attraction daily.

I am a personal development freak. The purpose of me doing so many things is growth. I am looking for ways to grow, expand my horizon. Because I know deep down inside, if I stop growing, then I’ll start dying.

This morning I had a distinction on why I am such a freak on personal development. I discovered that when I grow, I can also give. The more I grow, the more I can give.

If I want to serve more people, I have to grow bigger. Nelson Mandala said, “Your playing small does not serve the world.” Based on my distinction now, I can put it as -

Growth is to allow you play big so as to serve the world

Are you playing big in the world? If not, is it time to do so?

Failure! One of the worst nightmares that some would like to avoid. However, probably most also know that great success is build on failures. Since we know that, or have seen that; why do we still afraid of failures? We should have had the mindset of “every failure is a step closer to success“.

Maybe it’s the emotion part of us that is afraid of failure. Can you imagine the emotional torture that you’ll be going through? It can be very painful. And how would you feel when people start looking at you with tinted glasses?

We would feel this way because we attached failures to pain. We put an painful emotion to failures. Sub-consciously we got that “when I failed, I ought to feel painful” belief deep within us. As long as we failed in anything, it triggers the emotion in us.

But really, what is failure? Failure is merely an event that did not turn out to be your desire result. In this event, we attached meanings into it, we placed our emotions into it. Now this event means something to somebody.

If failure is merely an event which is neutral, and we are the one who placed any meaning to it, then couldn’t we also be the one to change the meaning?

If we could attached a joyful emotion into failures, shouldn’t the meaning of failures changed? When you fail in any task, and you go, “YEAH! I have learn something or now I know this doesn’t work.” Wouldn’t you feel better?

Failure makes us wiser. But we must learn from it, get something out of it, that’s how we grow as human. If you get nothing out of each failure, you will face with it again until you learn your lesson. Once you learn from it, you are one step closer to success.

If every failure brings us a step closer to success, shouldn’t we feel excited when we fail? It means we are moving closer towards our goals.

Many people are put off from what they really want to do in life simply because they do not belief that they can achieve more. These people usually think too small, and never have the courage to achieve anything bigger in life. Little do they realize that they have the power within themselves to accomplish anything if they are willing to change.

Too often people think that change is beyond their control, they feel totally powerless to do anything to change the situation. What they didn’t realize was by simply changing how they think and feel gives them the power to achieve what they desire in life. They can begin to take charge of their lives and make the changes needed.

Decide what it is you desire
The first step to changing is deciding what is it exactly that you wish to change in your life. What are some aspects in your life that you wish to change? Write down exactly what it is that you wish to change, make a list of everything that you aren’t happy with and what changes you wish to make.

How you feel about yourselves has a lot to do with how you see life. If you are full of self-doubt and no self-confidence, it will be reflected in your outlook and it will get you down. Have you ever seen a person’s appearance and you know for sure this person is so full of self-doubt. So the first step is to take your life back into your own hands is to change your outlook.

Change your attitude
The first thing you should realize is that you and only you has the power to change. The secret to this is to simply move forward with all you have. Stop looking back and have doubts on the future. Take the first steps and everything good will unfold for you. Change from negative attitude to a positive one. With a more positive attitude you will be able to change the way you feel and react and more importantly what you are able to achieve.

Once you have a different attitude towards life, you will realize things around changes as well. What used to be negative can be positive to you now. You will attract others who are as positive as you to support your growth and change. Of course the changes will be small in the beginning but slowly you will begin to realize that changes are happening and it is you that is making this happen.

You don’t have to rely on anyone else. Along with the positive changes you will feel better, have more self-esteem, confidence, be more enthusiastic and be self-motivated.

Taking responsibility for your life and realizing that you alone hold the power to the changes that are happening around you. This will bring enormous self-satisfaction if you simply remember to always keep an open mind and remember that you have nothing to lose.

Tips to help you change
· Clear the clutter – start your new outlook by clearing out all the clutter that is unnecessary in your life. Start throwing your old clothes in the back of the closet that you will never wear again or the pile of magazines tucked in the corner. Start fresh and clean, getting rid of clutter is an excellent step towards changing your outlook and losing old baggage.

· Attend a self-help course – There are many classes that give help and advice for taking the first steps to taking control over your life. Attend these courses to learn from masters and socialize with people who wants to make a change in their life as well.

· Read books and watch DVD’s – Watch inspirational DVD’s and books that are out there to gain inspiration and set you on the right path. Inspirational books is a cheap way to get your life right. It’s a good place to start with.

You have a choice to choose to be positive or negative. You can decide think positively or negatively, you control your mind. It also means there are two sides to all things. Look at a curve, it can be called convex or concave; depending which side you are looking from.

Of course you can have negative thoughts. There is nothing wrong with having negative thoughts. Similar to the half-filled or half-empty analogy, both positive or negative thoughts are correct. The difference could be which one serves you.

You can choose to be negative, start whining, complaining and grumping. This will affect your feelings and body reaction. You feel lousy and your body moves unwillingly.

Or you can choose to be positive, think of fun, growth and challenges. Your feelings and body will change accordingly as well.

Everyone thinks of negative thoughts, but the successful people are able to switch it quickly into a positive one. Therefore they are able to act on it faster, learn the lessons, grow from it and become a better person who can solve bigger problems.

If you have to ride through some waves which you have no way to escape, why not think positively, enjoy the process. Anyhow you can’t get away with going through it. Instead of going through it miserably, you can choose to go through it in a different way. It is your choice.

What is the purpose of human being? I guess the existence of human being causes lots of problems to Mother Earth. However, there must be a reason why we are here. The Universe don’t put us here without any reason.

The main difference between other animals and us is we have the ability to think. That makes us problem solver. This become a cycle when we solve other’s problems, other solve our problems. As a result, it elevates human consciousness, improves the standard of living.

What happens when you stop solving other’s problems? What happen when you do nothing to help a fellow human being? And for some selfish reason, you chose to stay at home, sleep, watch TV and do nothing to contribute to the world.

It’s not a problem to stay at home, sleep, watch tv, rot etc. But when someone do that for a long time, it starts to hurt their soul. You are here to do something, but if you are not doing it, your soul will cry for it. You will start to lose self-confidence, or even lose yourself. You’ll become a grumpy chicken.

When you start to solve someone’s problem, your life will start to change. Solving someone’s problem helps you to feel great. It gives you a sense of achievement, thus bring up your self-confidence.

Sometimes we do want to have a break. Watch TV, laze at home, go for a holiday; that’s is called reward for the soul. While our soul wants to help others, our soul also deserve the best. It wants to be rewarded. Like I said, it’s a break, meaning you got to go back to solve other’s problems after the reward.

A waiter in a restaurant is solving someone’s problem. He ensures that the customers are well-served. As long as you are doing something morally, most likely you are helping a fellow human being. Once you stop, you are out of the cycle, sooner or later your soul will cry.

I hope that this post does help someone too.

很少看电视，昨晚扭开电视看到了动力火车唱着这首歌。
虽然听过这首歌无数次，但昨晚再听却感动了。
尤其它的歌词是何等的充满了激励，鼓励还有永不退缩的精神。

非常喜欢这句歌词，“不能再让懦弱困住“。

就让我们再一次欣赏这首歌吧。

走出去 就有路
寻见了 就有福
拥有了一切 都进了包袱
思念是带不走的

天空 疑云密布
心中 翻腾起伏
虽将飘摇 前途仍模糊
此地会是我 衣锦还乡处

飘洋过海 我吃得起苦
相信天无绝人之路
现实有咒诅 梦里有祝福
有缘同舟 风雨同渡

顶着烈日当空 眼底有迷雾
不能再让懦弱困住
日子多坎坷 命运有变数
只盼久旱逢甘露

How do you win a competition? How do you build a great business? How do you achieve success? CONSISTENCY maybe!!??

Life is actually a marathon, it was never a sprint. A sprint means a burst of speed for a short distance, achieving a great timing in that short distance but burned up all the energy, thus unable to go for another run anymore.

To achieve success, you can’t do a sprint, you have to do it the marathon way. Though I had not run in any marathon, I do run in cross country ever.

Day in, day out you do the same thing, you tell others the same thing. Continue doing what you had been doing regardless of any challenges - that is consistency.

If you are in business or want to be in business, consistency plays a huge part to your business and your life. Building a business is a long term affair, never a sprint. Rain or shine your business goes on. You don’t stop because today you don’t feel like working on your business. While you stop building your business, the world doesn’t stop for you. The rest of the world is moving, building as well.

Don’t get me wrong, I’m not saying that you can’t take a break. Of course you can rest. I would suggest an intentional rest. Meaning to say the rest day is planned. For example every Sunday is a rest day. That is consistency. For inconsistency means I rest as and when I feel like it.

Consistency applies to life and character as well. A friend who is into cars for a long time, I will consider him the expert in cars. Whenever I need advise on cars, he’s the person that I will go to. Consistency build trust. It builds your character and reputation.

When you met someone who constantly changing what he does every 3 months, what is your trust level in him? It shows a lot of character of this person, isn’t it?

Success doesn’t comes overnight. It takes years and years to build. It takes consistency to last those years.

David Tan, a special teacher who is extremely generous to the people around him. He is always in his joyous mood, being true to himself. When he is training in front of the room, I can feel that this is the real him. He need not put on a mask or be someone else. He is totally congruent as a person or a trainer.

Once again he shared about the right path. If you are on the right path, there will be flow with very little struggle. If the path that you are walking on is full of struggles, then something must be wrong. It is the tap of the Universe. Because life is not meant to be a struggle.

With this, my path is very clear. In fact, I had already made up my mind. Now after David’s reminder, I am sure that my decision is a correct one for me.

I am filled with joy that my path is crystal clear now. I know where should I walk to have fun in life, to enjoy life to the fullest. Of course work has to be done, but there is a huge difference between enjoying in work and struggling in work.

Fortunately for me, I had decided to throw away those work that adds struggle to my life. and fortunately for me the Universe dropped some training engagements to me that add joy to my life. Even more fortunately, the Universe send me an angel in the form of David Tan to give me guidance.

Thank you Universe.