Thank you to Steven Aitchison for the honor of writing a post for you on the 15 things you shouldn’t do if you want to turn your dreams into reality.
Steven has done an amazing job of establishing a community of people who are committed to personal growth and the pursuit of excellence.
Keep up all of your good work! 
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You’re pretty ambitious. You have goals and dreams, and you’re hardworking. You want to be successful, and you have the drive to make it happen.
You won’t ever be satisfied with average, or even good. You want to be great.
But as you pursue greatness—whether it’s in your academics, your career, your business, your relationships or your life—you sometimes wonder if it’s worth it.
The sacrifices, the disappointments, the frustrations… what’s it all for?
In an attempt to do more and be more, maybe you feel like you’ve lost sight of what’s truly valuable.
I’ve by no means achieved greatness—far, far, far from it. But in thinking about what it means to live a great life, I’ve realized that it’s a lot like building a campfire on a cold night.
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I’ve been following Think Simple Now (TSN) for a while now, and I recently had the honor of writing a guest post on gratitude for Tina and her team.
I’m absolutely amazed at the wonderful people who make up the TSN community!
Just read a few comments on my guest post to see what I mean. TSN readers are kind, generous, reflective and helpful.
I hope you’ll consider joining this community. You’re sure to become a better person simply by associating with these awesome people.
Tina and team: You’ve done a fantastic job. Keep up the good work!
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I love the beginning of every new year because it’s so full of hope.
Resolutions to keep, goals to achieve, relationships to strengthen—in the first week of January, these all seem so doable.
Then after a few lapses of self-discipline or after experiencing a couple of disappointments, you begin to doubt yourself.
Can I really do it? Is it worth the effort? Is it going to be just like previous years where I didn’t follow through on the promises I made to myself?
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Firstly, a very merry Christmas to all of you! I hope this holiday season has been a wonderful time for you and your family, and that it’s been filled with love and peace.
Do you have big dreams?
Most of us have dreams, but not necessarily huge ones.
We want to have good health, a stable career, a comfortable home. Nothing too extraordinary.
Chris Guillebeau recently wrote a post on Zen Habits entitled The Parable of the Modern Farmer.
This parable describes a farmer who’s pretty contented with his routine life.
But he’s not completely contented.
He wants a challenge. He wants a life that’s more than ordinary.
So he begins thinking about how he can become a world-changing farmer.
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Thank you to Donald from Life Optimizer for giving me the honor of writing a guest post for him.
I’ve received especially good reviews for Tip #5. This tip might sound slightly ridiculous, but it really works. Do try it out and let me know if it’s helpful for you.
By the way, Donald’s website is full of practical advice on how to increase your personal effectiveness!
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This past Tuesday, I went on 938LIVE’s A Slice of Life with Eugene Loh to talk about my soon-to-be released book, The Happy Student: 5 Steps to Academic Fulfillment and Success.
It was my first time doing a radio interview, and I was pretty nervous.
Eugene did a wonderful job of calming me down and walking me through what I needed to do. I appreciate it, Eugene!
Thank you so much for having me on your show—I feel very honored.
Do listen in to 938LIVE here.
Information about A Slice of Life:
The pre-recorded capsule runs at 7:55am, 12:55pm, 2:55pm, 6:55pm & 9:55pm on 93.8FM. The talk show is live from 2:10pm with an encore at 9pm, and again on Channel NewsAsia at 2am.
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“Finish your food. Think of the starving children in Africa.”
Did your parents ever say something like this to you when you were a kid?
I’m guessing the answer is “yes.”
Not only did you have enough food to eat when you were growing up, you probably still have enough food to eat now.
And the fact that you’re reading this means you have internet access, which also means you’re in the lucky 1/3 of the world’s population that does.
The point of this post, however, isn’t to list all of the things you have to be thankful for. Instead, it’s to make you aware that being thankful for the wrong reasons can cause you to be a worse person.
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When you put your phone on the table, say, when you’re having lunch with your friends, do you place it screen facing up or down?
Your choice says a lot about you.
In this article about whether technology is really making us happier, the author suggests that there are two main categories of people: screen-facing-up people and screen-facing-down people.
Screen-facing-up people allow themselves—more than screen-facing-down people—to be interrupted by a call, text or sudden need to check the weather or stock market.
Screen-facing-up people are open to being distracted by anything that promises to be more interesting than the friends they’re physically with at the moment. Read full story
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I received my first hate mail. Well, sort of.
I recently wrote a guest post on how to take charge of your unhealthy eating habits at PickTheBrain, and the first comment on the article—by someone called LAR—was very negative:
“I usually like this website but this article is rubbish. Are you promoting for a weight loss company? Dieting, which, don’t kid yourself, that’s what you’re promoting here, is not in any way helpful to actual health. In fact studies show the biggest indicator of weight GAIN is a diet within the last six months.
Food is just food. There is no good food or bad food except for what you believe and seriously, tying foods, any sort of foods, as acceptable or unacceptable is unhelpful. Further, suggesting that thinking ’do you want to lose body fat?’ isn’t helpful. Why don’t you just come straight out and say ‘nothing tastes as good as thin feels.’
It’s insensitive, badly researched rubbish.” Read full story
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