An Entrepreneur’s Journey

March was an exciting month. It seems that the month of March flies. With all the busy-ness, it’s already the 2nd week of March. And there are many tasks to complete, many events to attend and many trainings to conduct.

With all the business stuffs going on, the Universe threw a huge tennis ball being wrap around with thorns onto me. It’s not extremely painful, it’s just a test of integrity and my reaction.

I past the integrity test. There is nothing to hide, as I am totally clear of myself. And I did nothing wrong.

However the moment I exercised integrity, I might also be labelled “Betrayal” on my back. There is a sting of sadness coming from this incident. My sadness wasn’t from the labeling, but from incident that affected the team.

All along I wasn’t affected by the whole incident. I knew very clearly I stood by integrity. When others reacted to that incident, it’s their issue to deal with.

But why is there such a huge reaction?

Most people will always be looking forward to weekends. It’s a time to shop and party for them. I looked forward to weekend as well. But I no longer sink myself into parties. My weekend is to add value to many people. The more value I add to more people, the more “drunk” I’ll be.

Last Saturday, we were conducting the first Youth Success Seminar in 2010. We are blessed with 80 parents. I’m thankful that I’m able to add value, share experiences with the parents. We had created lots of publicity and interest on the Youth Success Boot Camp (YSBC) that will be held in June.

This morning, I received call from 1 parent who will be enrolling his daughter into YSBC. There will be many more parents who will get back to us. But what really is important is, we can work with the parents to support their child.

On Sunday, we were conducting the coaching program for our graduates of YSBC. Another day of adding value to the kids. The kids was talking about a YSBC outing or dinner. I had an indescribable feeling that all that we’ve done, isn’t it for this moment? Seeing the kids having bond with each other.

Furthermore some kids told us that their results improved. They realized they have not been doing their best before attending the camp. I was at a lost of words.

This is what one of them wrote:

“In YSBC, I learnt that we can control events and realised that my life had been not so successful up to this point because I did not take charge and have the initiative to change myself or my environment.

After YSBC, I applied the knowledge that I gained and halved my L1R5 mark. I hope to reduce it further with what I have learnt from this camp.”

With this letter, I knew I had to continue doing this work. I am very blessed to have a team that support this work with me. I am blessed that the Universe continues to provide.

Some photos from last Saturday.

Start 2010 with a nice holiday at Langkawi with my lovely wife. We feel so blessed while most people started work on Monday, but we have a choice for holiday. We were exploring the island, getting lost, watched eagles, seen beautiful creation of God, snorkel, swim with the sharks etc.

It was even better when I got emails of more training engagements filling up my calendar. This is a huge blessing from the Universe. I am very thankful.

With addition to all these good things, I got lots of AHAs in the area of spirituality. Right now, I’m in sync with the Universe and going with the flow. It was a beautiful time of my life. Actually, it was beautiful all the time, but I wasn’t conscious to be aware of it.

When it rains, it’s beautiful; when it’s sunny, it’s beautiful. The moment I see things in this perspective, blessings flow, good things happened.

During our Langkawi trip, it’s sunny when we were out to the sea, and rains when we were indoor. Isn’t that fascinating? In our Sentosa trip, it happened too.

The Rain send shower of blessings
The Sun send ray of life
Black days send streams of strength
Bright days send light of celebration
In any days joy lies there to be found.

Year 2009 is coming to an end. This is the year of intensive learning. This is a year of being adventurous. This is a year of getting out of comfort zone.

At the end of 2008, I put down 10 resolutions in my notebook. To achieve them requires learning, adventurous and getting uncomfortable. I didn’t achieve all of them, but I manage to get 5 of them done. Great job, Joe!!

One of the major breakthroughs was to launch the Youth Success Boot Camp (YSBC). Just this alone requires the whole team to move beyond comfort zone. This is a case of stepping up a few levels, gaining distinction in the process.

Doing YSBC got us really uncomfortable, filled us with the emotion of fear; but we did it anyway. In the process, we made lots of mistakes, learning experiences and wrong decisions.

At the same time, we gained distinction, got wiser and improved. This couldn’t be done with the support of many friends. Their time and effort is much appreciated.

Beside YSBC, another adventure was to pick up the Money & You Program. Working with Douglas, Magic & Tin to form Wealth Work Pte Ltd to promote this life-changing program in Singapore again.

It’s great to promote Money & You again. Connected with Money & You circle again is amazing, so filled with love and support. However, there is work to be done, lots of it. The team generated innovative ideas to be implemented next year. So I’m looking for a great 2010 ahead.

Most action plans of 2010 has been worked out. This month is a time of relaxed and planning. Also I have been going through a spiritual process this month. Understanding more about myself, discovering the existence of EGO and realizing those LIES in my head; allow me to see beyond.

To see beyond judgement, to see beyond right and wrong, to see beyond good and bad. 2010 will be a year to feel love, peace and abundance. The intention is sent, moving towards the new resolution 2010, and enjoying every action in the NOW.