Do you feel powerless? Do you have problems you feel like you can't overcome? Well, you need to know this. No one is powerless. You always have a choice. Yes, you are powerful. You just don't know it yet. And it starts with taking responsibility. He survived the Holocaust by taking responsibility Victor Frankl survived … Continue reading To Increase Your Power, Do One Simple Thing: Take Responsibility
How I stay fit in my forties
That was me, the Asian guy, when I wasn't fit, maybe almost a decade ago and forty pounds heavier. (Before I start, I should emphasis that what I share in this post is about how I stay fit. Some of what I do is a bit extreme and probably shouldn’t apply to you.) Staying fit … Continue reading How I stay fit in my forties
Finding satisfaction
Satisfaction is elusive. Most days, I feel I could be better at work, more fit, or have more money. And, there is a benefit to that. I’m constantly trying to improve myself and the world around me. But there’s also a negative side to that mentality. It’s this: I’m rarely satisfied. The thirst is never … Continue reading Finding satisfaction
Longevity: thoughts about living a long life from Ikigai
Do you want to live longer, you know, have longevity? Me too. So I read Ikigai, by Hector Garcia, Francesc Miralles. Here are highlights I found most helpful. To understand longevity, the writers studied blue zones, which are areas in the world where the greatest concentrations of centenarians live. The highest ranking one is Okinawa, Japan. … Continue reading Longevity: thoughts about living a long life from Ikigai
An overdue post and thought on dealing with uncertainty
A pic of sewer line work It's been too long since I last posted. I could give you excuses like I've been writing a novel or a commercial property we own had some serious sewer line issues (raw sewage was seeping into the basement, and our tenants were texting me every other day), or that … Continue reading An overdue post and thought on dealing with uncertainty
The problem with avoidance
What are you avoiding today? Is it a conflict, a hard conversation you need to have, dealing with a work situation, disciplining your child consistently—that thing about yourself? You know what it is. It's been bothering you—nagging, really. But you keep burying it. But like a zombie that won't die and keeps crawling back out … Continue reading The problem with avoidance
The difference you can make
Being different is the difference that makes you stand out. See, many of us hate being different. It makes us feel alone, ostracized, alienated. I know. I remember being one of the few Asians in my elementary school class. And, yes, people made fun of me for being different. It hurt. I cried. But later, … Continue reading The difference you can make
Post-pandemic life
You can take us out of a pandemic, but it will be hard to take the pandemic out of us. Here's what I mean. It's true; the pandemic is almost over. With the vaccines and their delivery scaling, we can be confident that the pandemic will end shortly. The problem is that its scars are … Continue reading Post-pandemic life
Do more by managing this resource: energy
When it comes to productivity most of us think about time. It is important, but there is, I believe, another resource that is even more so. It's this. Energy. I don't mean that we are battery-operated, like a Tesla, no. But it's not too far from that, in some sense. I mean, you can feel … Continue reading Do more by managing this resource: energy
Gain financial freedom by doing this
One of the hardest lessons to learn about investing is this: to win, you need to learn how to lose. These past several days the market has been going down, and I was tempted to sell. Maybe you were too. I get it; losing is scary. It's tempting to sell your investments, especially your stocks, … Continue reading Gain financial freedom by doing this