tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28164667773139669422024-02-07T12:02:02.741+08:00Bobby's LogA list of my thoughts, lest I forget what I was thinking at that particular time.
Always been a reader, now it's time to scribe.Tigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056192951317721984noreply@blogger.comBlogger809125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816466777313966942.post-27905064666881589162023-11-20T09:41:00.004+08:002023-11-20T09:41:53.650+08:00Transitions and truths<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Whether we like it or not, things change. Life moves, and it's dynamic in such a way that it's complexities keep the wheels of time turning. And just as we get oh so comfy in our seat at the table the sand starts to shift. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;">We seek stable ground. <br /><br />But sometimes that keeps us holding onto what we've got even though it's expiring. The tighter we hold the more sand starts to slip through our grasp and...<br /><br />There's always another patch of earth to stand on, but still, we delay. <br /><br />We're too comfortable where we're at and too scared to let go. <br /><br />Because who will we be on the other side? <br /><br />The brave ones, they make the leap early and often. <br /><br />Others make the leap begrudgingly, somewhere along the way.<br /><br />And some hold on to the bitter end. <br /><br />But here's what we know, and we know this from past experiences...<br /><br />Everything that was bad at some point turns good. The rough start at work, the challenge speaking on stage, the difficulty of starting a daily writing habit...<br /><br />All of the good stuff comes after a transition: We fear the decision, we fear after we make the decision, and then we look back and say, "I'm so grateful that happened" – for all the growth and all the learning, and being on the edge.<br /><br />Suddenly when we're somewhere new, we're someone new, and everything is alive. Like when we travel, a life with new experiences is rich with scenery, presence, and new learning. <br /><br />It takes courage to jump on cue, but maybe not?<br /><br />Maybe it just takes looking back, and seeing how when we delayed, we delayed the inevitable. <br /><br />And why delay, when life has more transitions for you ahead if you just get through this one?<br /><br />Going through as many transitions as you can.<br /><br />Isn't that the point?</p>Tigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056192951317721984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816466777313966942.post-3939572886763379192023-10-02T10:46:00.002+08:002023-10-02T10:46:13.439+08:00Rhythm of life<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;">Enjoy this moment. Somewhere something you’re doing is going well. </span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br />The bed you lay down in is warm and comfy. <br /><br />Your tea is perfect. <br /><br />You step outside and feel the sun.<br /><br />At this moment things are good.<br /><br /><em>Exhale...</em><br /><br />A problem or obstacle is coming. Of this I’m sure. </p><p style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; line-height: 21px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px;"><br />We can simultaneously see what’s good, and expect the next challenge.<br /><br />This bed is comfy but you must get out of it.<br /><br />This tea will soon be cold. <br /><br />Today’s win is the moment before tomorrow’s loss.<br /><br />This is the rhythm of your life.<br /><br />Obstacle, and Achievement.<br /><br />Comfort, and Discomfort. <br /><br />It’s easy to be swept into this like a tide, caught off guard with each new wave that comes, good or bad. <br /><br />Happy when times are good.<br /><br />Shocked when times are tough.<br /><br />But that would be a mistake in not seeing this game for what it is. <br /><br />Having awareness of this rhythm, we can come to understand it. <br /><br />To savor the good moments while knowing it’s temporary. <br /><br />To expect the obstacles to come, and laugh at their arrival. <br /><br />It's like your problems are knocking at your door, and you can try and hold the door shut.<br /><br />Or you choose to let them in. <br /><br />Because both are the same coin. <br /><br />The error is in your perception of duality. <br /><br />In seeing them as separate. <br /><br />In getting hit by waves you aren't expecting. <br /><br />Instead of recognizing that this... <br /></p>Tigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056192951317721984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816466777313966942.post-10045082652905322412023-09-12T16:11:00.003+08:002023-09-12T16:11:29.052+08:00Find purpose<p> </p><ol class="q-box" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 2em 1em 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">“Wake up at 4 AM everyday” is a myth . Success is hiding in your daily routine ,</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">“A 30 minute stroll through nature will answer most of your problems” . In fact, true personal growth always involves : Thinking outside the box . Taking calculated risks , and making tough decisions ,</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">“Self-improvement in itself is a myth” . Nobody has time for that. It’s up to you . Find a reason to keep going ,</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">“ More lives have been destroyed by being in a relationship than by being single “ . Stop stressing about relationships. You should be stressing about getting into a relationship with the right person ,</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">“Everything happens for a reason “ is myth . Better, fix yourself and you’ll fix your world ,</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">“You need to have a purpose in your life” . The fact is our purpose is in no way limited to our work or what we do do for money . It’s much bigger than that . It’s the standard you hold with your presence ,</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">“Clarity comes through thinking” . Contrary to this , clarity comes through taking action and understanding what isn’t clear ,</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">“Saving money in this inflationary world to get rich “ is a myth . Find new ways to make more instead of saving the little you have ,</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">“The self-improvement hacks are same for everyone” . Reality is , people are so fundamentally different from you no matter how much you try, you’ll always be incompatible at base . Follow the path that suits you ,</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">“ Do what makes you joyful “. Instead, do what makes sense</span></li></ol>Tigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056192951317721984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816466777313966942.post-81010913899353022432023-08-01T22:19:00.001+08:002023-08-01T22:19:06.610+08:00 What is a Brand? <ol style="background-color: white; color: #202020; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px;"><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><strong>Every Brand is a Promise.</strong></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;">How you fulfill that promise is what makes you <strong>stand out</strong>.</li><li style="margin-left: 15px;">If you deliver on your promise, again and again, you will <strong>build trust</strong>. </li><li style="margin-left: 15px;">If you over deliver on your promise, again and again, you will build repeat business and <strong>referrals</strong>. </li><li style="margin-left: 15px;">If you haven't defined the system for delivering on your promise, you will <strong>blend in</strong>. </li><li style="margin-left: 15px;">If you underdeliver on your promise you will have <strong>churn</strong>. </li><li style="margin-left: 15px;">If you are unsure what your promise is, you will lack <strong>clarity and focus,</strong> and your customers will, too. </li><li style="margin-left: 15px;">If you are consistent, you show <strong>commitment</strong>. <em>People like to be committed to other people who are committed to them.</em></li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><strong>Positioning</strong> is the context of how you deliver your product. </li><li style="margin-left: 15px;"><strong>Distribution</strong> tells your story (make sure it's the right one).</li></ol>Tigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056192951317721984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816466777313966942.post-44821313538657019892023-04-11T16:51:00.001+08:002023-04-11T16:51:08.988+08:00 Ten rules of value-creating growth<p><br /></p><ol style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #333333; font-family: "McKinsey Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Calibri, Corbel, Helvetica, Roboto, Droid, sans-serif; font-size: var(--mdc-size-font-20); line-height: var(--mdc-size-line-height-32); margin-left: var(--mdc-size-spacing-16); padding-left: var(--mdc-size-spacing-40);"><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: var(--mdc-size-spacing-16);"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Put competitive advantage first. </em>Start with a winning, scalable formula.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: var(--mdc-size-spacing-16);"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Make the trend your friend. </em>Prioritize profitable, fast-growing markets.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: var(--mdc-size-spacing-16);"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Don’t be a laggard.</em> It’s not enough to go with the flow—you need to outgrow your peers.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: var(--mdc-size-spacing-16);"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Turbocharge your core. </em>Focus on growth in your core industry—you can’t win without it.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: var(--mdc-size-spacing-16);"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Look beyond the core. </em>Nurture growth in adjacent business areas.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: var(--mdc-size-spacing-16);"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Grow where you know. </em>Focus on growing where you have an ownership advantage.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: var(--mdc-size-spacing-16);"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Be a local hero. </em>Commit to winning on the home front.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: var(--mdc-size-spacing-16);"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Go global if you can beat local. </em>Expand internationally if you have a transferable advantage.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box; margin-bottom: var(--mdc-size-spacing-16);"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">Acquire programmatically. </em>Combine healthy organic growth with serial acquisitions.</li><li style="box-sizing: border-box;"><em style="box-sizing: border-box;">It’s OK to shrink to grow.</em> Ruthlessly prune your portfolio if you need to.</li></ol>Tigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056192951317721984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816466777313966942.post-67485794940054745972023-01-10T10:03:00.004+08:002023-01-10T10:03:28.012+08:00Do you have to be the best all the time?<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 18px;">The 1 Percent Rule states that over time the majority of the rewards in a given field will accumulate to the people, teams, and organizations that maintain a 1 percent advantage over the alternatives. You don't need to be twice as good to get twice the results. You just need to be slightly better.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, Times, serif; font-size: 18px; margin: 1em 0px;">The 1 Percent Rule is not merely a reference to the fact that small differences accumulate into significant advantages, but also to the idea that those who are one percent better <em>rule</em> their respective fields and industries. Thus, the process of accumulative advantage is the hidden engine that drives the 80/20 Rule.</p>Tigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056192951317721984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816466777313966942.post-26003743286764502312022-12-07T12:28:00.003+08:002022-12-07T12:28:36.764+08:00Wednesday Wisdom <p> </p><ol class="q-box" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 2em 1em 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Your energy is currency. Spend it well. Invest it wisely.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Sometimes words aren’t enough and that’s why we have middle fingers.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">If you have to force the connection, let it go.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">People’s opinion is not your reality it’s their own mindset.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Remember change is scary but so is staying the same.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Time is too valuable to be wasted on anything less than love, good vibes and happiness.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">You have survived every single thing you thought you wouldn’t.</span></li></ol>Tigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056192951317721984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816466777313966942.post-31099213093372559492022-11-07T15:19:00.007+08:002022-11-07T15:19:52.705+08:00Golden rules in life<p><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: bold; text-align: inherit;">1. </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant-caps: inherit; font-variant-ligatures: inherit; font-weight: inherit; text-align: inherit;">It’s okay to not be happy all the time.</span></p><div class="q-click-wrapper qu-display--block qu-tapHighlight--none ClickWrapper___StyledClickWrapperBox-zoqi4f-0 iyYUZT" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; cursor: initial; font: inherit; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: inherit; width: 536px;" tabindex="-1" width="100%"><div class="q-box spacing_log_answer_content puppeteer_test_answer_content" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="q-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%;"><span class="CssComponent__CssInlineComponent-sc-1oskqb9-1 UserSelectableText___StyledCssInlineComponent-lsmoq4-0"><span class="q-box qu-userSelect--text" style="box-sizing: border-box; user-select: text;"><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">2.</span><span style="background: none;"> Everyone has a purpose in life. Perhaps yours is playing games</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">3. </span><span style="background: none;">Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">4. </span><span style="background: none;">All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">5.</span><span style="background: none;"> You can’t fix stupid.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">6. </span><span style="background: none;">Laugh a lot. It burns a lot of calories.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">7. </span><span style="background: none;">Trying is the first step toward success, or the failure.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">8. </span><span style="background: none;">Be stubborn about your goals, but flexible about your methods</span></p></span></span></div></div></div>Tigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056192951317721984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816466777313966942.post-53472033692765700712022-09-21T11:23:00.004+08:002022-09-21T11:23:59.903+08:00Everyday the 12 steps <p> <span style="color: #282829; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic;">1. Wake.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">Open my eyes. No alarm. Let my brain engage. Stretch. Sit up. Embrace the day slowly and joyfully.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-style: italic;">2. Pray.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">Thank God for another wonderful day to wake up to. And then I do wonderfully.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-style: italic;">3. Fill.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">While getting ready I give thanks for all the blessings I have. And pray for the ones I desire. And start with confidence.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-style: italic;">4. Love.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">I wake up my wife with a kiss. Let her and me know love still exists. Love makes life rich.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-style: italic;">5. Share.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">Tweet, FB or IG. It fills me with fulfillment to share what I know. And helps me clarify my thoughts.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-style: italic;">6. Help.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">I head to my office. I’m blessed to have a business I enjoy and clients who are friends. I spend my day helping others achieve their dreams as I achieve mine.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-style: italic;">7. Care.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">Encouraging others and being encouraged.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-style: italic;">8. Play.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">Find something you love to play and do it on your free time.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-style: italic;">9. Move.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">Most days my wife and I take a walk and on the days we don’t I golf. Get the body moving. Catch up on the day. Stimulating.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-style: italic;">10. Refuel.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">We have dinner with our children and friends as often as possible. Or just the two of us will have dinner and watch Netflix. Refuel and enjoy.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-style: italic;">11. Unwind.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">As the day ends I climb into bed and read until I’m sleepy. Then drift off slowly in the way I’d woken up.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-style: italic;">12. End.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">As I drift off I kiss my wife good night. And give thanks for the gift of one more day that I got to enjoy. And look forward to another tomorrow.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">I struggled for years trying to find happiness. When I finally found it I realized I’d had it all along deep inside of me.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">A rich full life is made up of common but important moments.</span></p>Tigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056192951317721984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816466777313966942.post-78142431901234436642022-09-08T11:59:00.003+08:002022-09-08T11:59:54.182+08:005 things<p> <span style="color: #282829; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">First, know what success really is for you. And know what a successful life looks like.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">Second, bring those you love along on the journey. The most joyful were those who were close to their spouses, family and friends.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">Third, join with others in the pursuit. Those who become successful accomplish it with others.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">Fourth, help and be helped. Share what you know and learn from those who are ahead of you.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">Fifth, never give up. Life has setbacks. Those who succeed keep getting up and going forward.</span></p>Tigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056192951317721984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816466777313966942.post-26088059094254042822022-08-18T11:11:00.006+08:002022-08-18T11:11:54.110+08:00What are the most important life lessons<p><br /></p><div class="q-click-wrapper qu-display--block qu-tapHighlight--none ClickWrapper___StyledClickWrapperBox-zoqi4f-0 iyYUZT" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: transparent; background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: inherit; cursor: initial; font: inherit; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; text-align: inherit; width: 536px;" tabindex="-1" width="100%"><div class="q-box spacing_log_answer_content puppeteer_test_answer_content" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><div class="q-text" style="box-sizing: border-box; max-width: 100%;"><span class="CssComponent__CssInlineComponent-sc-1oskqb9-1 UserSelectableText___StyledCssInlineComponent-lsmoq4-0"><span class="q-box qu-userSelect--text" style="box-sizing: border-box; user-select: text;"><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">1. </span><span style="background: none;">Laugh in the places you’ve cried. Change the narrative.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">2. </span><span style="background: none;">Stop comparing yourself to strangers on the internet.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">3. </span><span style="background: none;">In a world where everyone wears a mask, it’s a privilege to see a soul.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">4. </span><span style="background: none;">Faces are never ugly or beautiful, minds are.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">5. </span><span style="background: none;">Your energy is currency. Spend it well. Invest it wisely.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">6. </span><span style="background: none;">Never get so busy making a living that you forget to make a life.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">7.</span><span style="background: none;"> It’s okay to disconnect from everyone to connect back to yourself.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="box-sizing: border-box; direction: ltr; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">8. </span><span style="background: none;">You can become happy just by deciding to be happy.</span></p></span></span></div></div></div>Tigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056192951317721984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816466777313966942.post-13069609756217064662022-08-16T14:18:00.005+08:002022-08-16T14:18:38.868+08:00Ten imperatives to guide towards growth<ol style="background-color: white; box-sizing: inherit; color: #333333; font-family: "McKinsey Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Calibri, Corbel, Helvetica, Roboto, Droid, sans-serif; font-size: 20px; list-style-position: outside; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 279.042px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px 0px 0px 333.177px; width: 891.271px;"><li style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: none; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 0px;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Put competitive advantage first. </em>Start with a winning, scalable formula.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: none; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 12px;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Make the trend your friend. </em>Prioritize profitable, fast-growing markets.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: none; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 12px;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Don’t be a laggard.</em> It’s not enough to go with the flow—you need to outgrow your peers.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: none; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 12px;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Turbocharge your core. </em>Focus on growth in your core industry—you can’t win without it.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: none; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 12px;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Look beyond the core. </em>Nurture growth in adjacent business areas.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: none; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 12px;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Grow where you know. </em>Focus on growing where you have an ownership advantage.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: none; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 12px;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Be a local hero. </em>Commit to winning on the home front.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: none; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 12px;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Go global if you can beat local. </em>Expand internationally if you have a transferable advantage.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: none; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 12px;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">Acquire programmatically. </em>Combine healthy organic growth with serial acquisitions.</li><li style="box-sizing: inherit; clear: none; font-size: 1.25rem; line-height: 2rem; margin-bottom: 0px;"><em style="box-sizing: inherit;">It’s OK to shrink to grow.</em> Ruthlessly prune your portfolio if you need to.</li></ol>Tigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056192951317721984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816466777313966942.post-51492757527638475992022-06-23T11:46:00.005+08:002022-06-23T11:46:49.916+08:00 25 Things You'll Need to Know After High School<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "SF Pro Display", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 16px;">Attention Graduates: There is the kind of education you get in school and the kind you get afterward. Both are important. Put them together, and you have wisdom.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "SF Pro Display", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">The trouble is, life is generally half over before you figure out what is going on. Graduating seniors can save 25 years of trial, error and hard knocks by memorizing the lessons of life listed below.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "SF Pro Display", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">On the average, you learn about one big lesson per year after you leave high school. In really tough years, you learn two or three. Some years, you don't learn anything. After 40, you forget things and have to learn them again.</p><p style="background-color: white; color: #1a1a1a; font-family: "SF Pro Display", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 1em;">Some of this information is borrowed. Some is stolen. Some may even be original, but that's doubtful. It's pretty hard to be original in a world as old as this one.</p><ol style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "SF Pro Display", -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, Inter, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 16px; margin-top: 0px;"><li style="margin: 4px 0px 4px 8px;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px;">Don't sweat the small stuff, and remember, most stuff is small.</p></li><li style="margin: 4px 0px 4px 8px;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px;">The most boring word in any language is "I."</p></li><li style="margin: 4px 0px 4px 8px;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px;">Nobody is indispensable, especially you.</p></li><li style="margin: 4px 0px 4px 8px;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px;">Life is full of surprises. Just say "never" and you'll see.</p></li><li style="margin: 4px 0px 4px 8px;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px;">People are more important than things.</p></li><li style="margin: 4px 0px 4px 8px;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px;">Persistence will get you almost anything eventually.</p></li><li style="margin: 4px 0px 4px 8px;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px;">Nobody can make you happy. Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.</p></li><li style="margin: 4px 0px 4px 8px;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px;">There's so much bad in the best of us and so much good in the worst of us that it doesn't behoove any of us to talk about the rest of us.</p></li><li style="margin: 4px 0px 4px 8px;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px;">Live by what you trust, not by what you fear.</p></li><li style="margin: 4px 0px 4px 8px;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px;">Character counts. Family matters.</p></li><li style="margin: 4px 0px 4px 8px;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px;">Eating out with small children isn't worth it, even if someone else is buying.</p></li><li style="margin: 4px 0px 4px 8px;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px;">If you wait to have kids until you can afford them, you probably never will.</p></li><li style="margin: 4px 0px 4px 8px;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px;">Baby kittens don't begin to open their eyes for six weeks after birth. Men generally take about 26 years.</p></li><li style="margin: 4px 0px 4px 8px;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px;">The world would run a lot smoother if more men knew how to dance.</p></li><li style="margin: 4px 0px 4px 8px;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px;">Television ruins more minds than drugs.</p></li><li style="margin: 4px 0px 4px 8px;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px;">Sometimes there is more to gain in being wrong than right.</p></li><li style="margin: 4px 0px 4px 8px;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px;">Life is so much simpler when you tell the truth.</p></li><li style="margin: 4px 0px 4px 8px;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px;">People who do the world's real work don't usually wear neckties.</p></li><li style="margin: 4px 0px 4px 8px;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px;">A good joke beats a pill for a lot of ailments.</p></li><li style="margin: 4px 0px 4px 8px;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px;">There are no substitutes for fresh air, sunshine and exercise.</p></li><li style="margin: 4px 0px 4px 8px;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px;">A smile is the cheapest way to improve your looks, even if your teeth are crooked.</p></li><li style="margin: 4px 0px 4px 8px;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px;">May you live life so there is standing room only at your funeral.</p></li><li style="margin: 4px 0px 4px 8px;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px;">Mothers always know best, but sometimes fathers know too.</p></li><li style="margin: 4px 0px 4px 8px;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px;">Forgive yourself, your friends and your enemies. You're all only human.</p></li><li style="margin: 4px 0px 4px 8px;"><p style="color: #1a1a1a; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px;">If you don't do anything else in life, love someone and let someone love you.</p></li></ol>Tigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056192951317721984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816466777313966942.post-84809272014424821572022-05-23T11:42:00.007+08:002022-05-23T11:42:51.590+08:006 keys<p> </p><ol class="q-box" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 2em 1em 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">The key is to remember you have a key.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Your words can’t fix what your actions broke.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Loyalty is rare. If you find it, keep it.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Never get so comfortable in pain that you forget happiness is still an option.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">When it’s over, just leave. Don’t continue watering a dead flower.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Your taste in people will change when you learn to love yourself</span></li></ol>Tigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056192951317721984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816466777313966942.post-90385938008744937292022-05-06T15:48:00.003+08:002022-05-06T15:48:47.187+08:00 The people you surround yourself with<p> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12pt;">If you are trying to get to the next level, you must:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Avoid the complainers.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Avoid the negative.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Avoid the secretly or not so secretly envious.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Avoid the close-minded.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Avoid the misfortunate.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Avoid the uncultured.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Avoid the small minds.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Avoid the aggressive and anxious.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Avoid the gossipers.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Avoid those that drag you down to their level.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">And instead, you must simply:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Surround yourself with those on the same mission as you.</b></span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">These people must…</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Challenge your beliefs.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Help you grow.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Force you to think bigger.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Be positive and supporting.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">And above all, they must make you a better person, in one way or another.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">There are only two types of people you will encounter:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">#1 Those who contribute energy to your life and help support your mission.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">#2 Those who take energy away, and derail you from your mission.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The second type of person comes disguised in many different forms.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Your employer, who wants to hold you down, so you never reach your true potential, and outgrow your role.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Your lover, who has weird controlling issues, and doesn't want you to be able to achieve happiness without them.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Your parents, who fear you will no longer need them.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">And your friends — who may be secretly envious of you, and fear that you will become “better” than them.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">There is a very simple way to uncover if someone is an energy giver or an energy vampire:</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Pay attention to how interactions with people make you feel.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Honor your inner intelligence, and listen to all the signs your body gives you.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Things like different breathing, tense muscles, or just having your “vibe” killed — are all powerful indicators.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">If you find yourself over-analyzing your conversations or actions to accommodate someone else — worried you might offend them or "say the wrong thing" chances are, they are an energy vampire.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">At the end of the day, you are the sum of your input.</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">So make sure to be absolutely totalitarian with…</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">- What you put in your body</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">- The media you consume</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">- The conversations you have (and the stories you tell yourself)</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">And most importantly…</span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> </span></p><p style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 12px; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">The people you surround yourself with</span></p>Tigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056192951317721984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816466777313966942.post-12741180450643554912022-04-20T14:28:00.002+08:002022-04-20T14:28:08.885+08:00Learn each other's Values<p> <span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Ideal Sans SSm A", "Ideal Sans SSm B", "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">A 2001 study found couples who really open up to each other are nearly two-thirds more likely to say they have a happy union. As Casanova once said, “Love is three-quarters curiosity.” And Gottman’s research backs him up. The happiest couples understand a lot about their partners. He calls this deep knowledge a “love map.” Knowing how they like their coffee, the little worries that bother them, what their biggest hopes and dreams are. This info not only increases closeness but also reduces conflict by what Gottman calls “preemptive repair.” We all have concerns and sensitivities, rational or not, and when you’re aware of those, you can avoid them before they become an issue.</span></p><br style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Ideal Sans SSm A", "Ideal Sans SSm B", "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Ideal Sans SSm A", "Ideal Sans SSm B", "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">So look up from your smartphone and get to know your partner better. Knowing how they like their coffee is good, but the real value here is in understanding the personal, idiosyncratic meanings they have of things. What does love mean to them? Marriage? Happiness? Dig for their unique perspective on stuff like what “being fulfilled” entails. When you know that your partner sees the completion of household chores as an important expression of caring, then it’s not a mystery why they’re getting upset—and you can do something about it.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Ideal Sans SSm A", "Ideal Sans SSm B", "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Ideal Sans SSm A", "Ideal Sans SSm B", "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Ideal Sans SSm A", "Ideal Sans SSm B", "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Dan Wile once wrote, “Choosing a partner is choosing a set of problems.” But when you take the time to get to know somebody, you can see the emotional reasons why things don’t mean to them what they might mean to you. </span><div><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Ideal Sans SSm A", "Ideal Sans SSm B", "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">That understanding can change “difficult problems” into “lovable quirks.” When you know they leave the lights on in the bathroom sometimes because of a childhood fear of the dark, the lazy idiot becomes a sympathetic human with acceptable foibles.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Ideal Sans SSm A", "Ideal Sans SSm B", "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Ideal Sans SSm A", "Ideal Sans SSm B", "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Ideal Sans SSm A", "Ideal Sans SSm B", "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">And, more important, Gottman says that understanding people’s idiosyncratic meanings is how you overcome those recurring problems. What does gridlock on an issue mean? It means this is tied to something important to them. Values. The same thing causing you all that grief can be a door to a deep insight into your partner. If you know what something really means to them, maybe you can find something that honors both of your visions of life.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Ideal Sans SSm A", "Ideal Sans SSm B", "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Ideal Sans SSm A", "Ideal Sans SSm B", "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Ideal Sans SSm A", "Ideal Sans SSm B", "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Or maybe you can at least respect each other’s position instead of thinking they’re trying to sabotage your happiness. Like Gottman said, dealing with those perpetual problems is about regulation, not resolution. And that works a lot better when you’re honestly able to tell them “I don’t agree, but I see why you feel that way.”</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Ideal Sans SSm A", "Ideal Sans SSm B", "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Ideal Sans SSm A", "Ideal Sans SSm B", "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Ideal Sans SSm A", "Ideal Sans SSm B", "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">Expanding on meaning, talking about dreams and values may sound saccharine, but it’s crucial. You’re on a journey together, so it’s kinda important that you both wanna head in the same direction, eh? What’s their ideal life? Their ideal self? These are big questions, but if you start answering them, the smaller stuff starts falling into place and that crazy person you live with can start to make sense. All couples argue about money. Why? Because money is all about values. It’s a quantification of what’s important to you. Get closer to an understanding of their values, and the money problem magically gets easier to deal with.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Ideal Sans SSm A", "Ideal Sans SSm B", "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Ideal Sans SSm A", "Ideal Sans SSm B", "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Ideal Sans SSm A", "Ideal Sans SSm B", "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">You don’t want to just “get along.” God, how low a standard is that? Do all the above right and you get on the path to shared meaning. To having your own secret language. An emotional shorthand. Silly stuff infused with rich personal meaning. Those inside jokes, things you say that are crazy to everyone else but mean so much to the two of you. This is when couples truly can’t bear to be apart, because they have a shared identity, a shared story, because the other person is inextricably a part of their future progress, future goals, and how they will become their ideal self.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Ideal Sans SSm A", "Ideal Sans SSm B", "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Ideal Sans SSm A", "Ideal Sans SSm B", "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Ideal Sans SSm A", "Ideal Sans SSm B", "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">And that unique culture should be supported by unique rituals. A big part of making this special culture of two and cementing a shared identity is infusing the day-to-day with that special meaning. These aren’t the big, exciting moments of expansion; they’re the little things. Mealtimes, bedtime, vacations, date night, partings, reunitings, scheduled snuggling appointments, and celebrations are all perfect moments for having a special, weird something that sets your love apart.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Ideal Sans SSm A", "Ideal Sans SSm B", "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Ideal Sans SSm A", "Ideal Sans SSm B", "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #2c2c2c; font-family: "Ideal Sans SSm A", "Ideal Sans SSm B", "Open Sans", "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 20px;">A good concrete one to start with? At the end of the workday when you reunite, you each take a turn sharing the good news of the day. And both of you support and celebrate what the other says. Repeated studies have shown this can boost happiness and relationship satisfaction. UCSB professor Shelly Gable has found that how couples celebrate can actually be more important than how you fight. Again, like Gottman said, in many cases, if you increase the positive, the negative doesn’t matter quite as much</span></div>Tigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056192951317721984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816466777313966942.post-56185001958955488592022-03-08T16:56:00.004+08:002022-03-08T16:56:41.412+08:00What are the Moscow rules?<p><br /></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">The “</span><span class="q-inline" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline;"><a class="q-box qu-cursor--pointer qu-hover--textDecoration--underline Link___StyledBox-t2xg9c-0 KlcoI" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Moscow_rules" rel="noopener nofollow" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.6); background: none; border-radius: inherit; box-sizing: border-box; color: #195faa; cursor: pointer; position: relative; text-decoration-line: none;" target="_blank" title="en.wikipedia.org">Moscow Rules</a><span class="q-inlineBlock" name="ExternalLink" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: 16px; line-height: 16px; margin-left: 2px; width: 16px;" width="16px"><span class="CssComponent__CssInlineComponent-sc-1oskqb9-1 Icon___StyledCssInlineComponent-sc-11tmcw7-0 ckJQOs" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-pack: center; align-items: center; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; justify-content: center; vertical-align: top; width: 16px;"><svg height="24" viewbox="0 0 24 24" width="24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path class="icon_svg-stroke" d="M17 13.5v6H5v-12h6m3-3h6v6m0-6-9 9" fill-rule="evenodd" fill="none" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="#666"></path></svg></span></span></span><span style="background: none;">” is a collection of ten one-liners. They are the secret code that separates winners from losers in Russian power games.</span></p><ol class="q-box" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 2em 1em 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Assume nothing.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Never go against your gut.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Everyone is potentially under opposition control.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Do not look back; you are never completely alone.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Go with the flow, blend in.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Vary your pattern and stay within your cover.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Lull them into a sense of complacency.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Do not harass the opposition.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Pick the time and place for action.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Keep your options open.</span></li></ol>Tigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056192951317721984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816466777313966942.post-44018838935279549552022-01-20T14:08:00.004+08:002022-01-20T14:08:44.736+08:0010 things for 2022<p> <span style="color: #282829; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">1. Fall in love with your problems, maybe they will leave you too.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">2. No pressure, no diamonds.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">3. People come and go, that’s life.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">4. Losing toxic people is a win.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">5. Healthy relationships include uncomfortable conversations.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">6. Take more chances, dance more dances.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">7. Stop carrying old feelings into new experiences.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">8. Before you judge someone about their anger, ask them about their pain.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">9. Who you are becoming is more important than who you’ve been.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block qu-wordBreak--break-word qu-textAlign--start" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">10. Do more of what makes you happy</span></p>Tigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056192951317721984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816466777313966942.post-77959282644398352002022-01-07T11:06:00.004+08:002022-01-07T11:06:55.330+08:0012 hacks for 2022<p> </p><ol class="q-box" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 2em 1em 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Make love, not war. With your spouse. Nothing better. Well, except for making up. Enough said.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Don’t sweat the small stuff. And realize 99% is small stuff. Tough for me. Yet, makes life and me so much more fun.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Say, “I love you.” Often. To those you love. Your spouse, kids, parents, friends. You won’t wear it out. Or regret it. And nothing feels as good.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Touch those you love. Hold hands, hug, kiss. No one will reject you. Everyone needs it. Releases all those wonderful endorphins.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Sleep. Enough. Until you’re not a zombie. Refreshes your body, mind and soul. Makes you more productive. Healthier. And a lot happier.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Improve. Everyday. Read books. Listen to podcasts. Grow as a person. Done everyday, every year, you’ll earn a PhD in life.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Dream. About your future. What you really want. What you’re most passionate about. In all areas of your life. Dream it to live it.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Move forward. Everyday take one concrete step forward towards your dreams. Plan it and do it. One day you’ll realize you’re living it.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Choose happiness. Every morning. Today, will you be happy or not? You can focus on your blessings or challenges. Choose well.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Laugh. Every day. No matter how difficult your life you can find something to laugh about. Hell, I just look at myself.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Move. Take a walk. Garden. Play tennis. Run. With a friend. It will clear your mind, relax your body. And get you off those damn pills.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Be grateful. Start the day focusing on all the blessings you already have. Don’t turn on the news or your phone. Just be thankful. And smile.</span></li></ol>Tigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056192951317721984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816466777313966942.post-31015981828043497632021-12-01T15:26:00.002+08:002021-12-01T15:28:26.720+08:00Hacks to finish the year strong<p> Ten great hacks </p><ol class="q-box" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 2em 1em 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">When you sign up for anything online, put the website’s name as your middle name. That way when you receive spam/advert email, you will know who sold your information.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">If you're on a first date and aren't connecting with the other person or feel they're dull, ask them what job they'd choose if money wasn't an issue. It initiates a talk about one's passions, which are rarely dull and are simple to connect.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">If you want to be an effective communicators, let others talking about themselves and their interests</span><span class="q-inline" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline;"><span class="q-inlineBlock" name="ExternalLink" style="box-sizing: border-box; display: inline-block; flex-shrink: 0; height: 16px; line-height: 16px; margin-left: 2px; width: 16px;" width="16px"><span class="CssComponent__CssInlineComponent-sc-1oskqb9-1 Icon___StyledCssInlineComponent-sc-11tmcw7-0 ckJQOs" style="-webkit-box-align: center; -webkit-box-pack: center; align-items: center; display: inline-flex; height: 16px; justify-content: center; vertical-align: top; width: 16px;"><svg height="24" viewbox="0 0 24 24" width="24" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path class="icon_svg-stroke" d="M17 13.5v6H5v-12h6m3-3h6v6m0-6-9 9" fill-rule="evenodd" fill="none" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="#666"></path></svg></span></span></span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Do not try to be the man your father would want you to be. Be the man you would like your son to be be. It more clearly defines your own convictions, desires, goals, and motivates you to be your best.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Pay Attention to the smell of your home when you come back from a trip - that's what it smells like to guests all the time, you just get used to it.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">When a friend is upset, ask them one simple question before saying anything else: 'Do you want to talk about it or do you want to be distracted from it?'</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">No matter how much your workplace pushes "team building" and "family culture" - remember, they're not your friends and it's still a workplace.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">If you’re stuck on an annoying call, put your phone on airplane mode instead of just hanging up. The other person will see “call failed” instead of “call ended”.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">If you want to learn a new language, figure out the 100 most frequently used words and start with them. Those words make up about 50% of everyday speech, and should be a very solid basis.</span></li></ol>Tigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056192951317721984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816466777313966942.post-30878746825604352572021-11-29T15:35:00.012+08:002021-11-29T15:35:57.339+08:00To people who walked out and it's amazing<p> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #282829; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px;">Stop holding onto people, just because </span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: none; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #282829; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-weight: bold;">you have a history together.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">Accept people as they are, but place them where they belong.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: initial;">The day you let go of the people you've been pointlessly holding onto, is the day your life gets a whole lot better.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: initial;">Sometimes growth requires new company, new friends and new mindsets.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: initial;">Some disconnections will bless your life.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background-color: initial;">Sometimes you block your own blessings, by telling everyone your business.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">A lot of people become unattractive, once you find out </span><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">how</span><span style="background: none;"> </span><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">they</span><span style="background: none;"> </span><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">think</span><span style="background: none;">.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">Most people will show you who they really are </span><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">by mistake</span><span style="background: none;">. </span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Pay close attention</b></span></span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">Your greatest test will be how you handle people who mishandle you</span></p>Tigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056192951317721984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816466777313966942.post-25872223425536697222021-11-11T17:27:00.002+08:002021-11-11T17:27:23.376+08:00Live instead in a world of yes-anyway<p> <strong style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;">You don't have to remove all of your flaws and insecurities in order to succeed. You just have to accept them and move forward anyway.</strong></p><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> <br />I had major doubts about my writing talent and worthiness. I was hyper self-conscious about my shortness and big nose. Yet despite feeling like not enough, I still made steps toward my dreams. Even though they were timid, self-doubting steps.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> <br />So the message I want to share is: <strong>A lot of people live in a world of if-then.</strong></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> <br />Such as:</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> <br /><em>If I can fix this problem, then I can pursue my dream.</em></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> <br />Or</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> <br /><em>If I can get this certain amount of money, then I can do this thing I've always wanted to.</em></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> <br />What I want to tell you today is: <strong>Don't wait.</strong></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><strong> </strong><br />Live instead in a world of yes-anyway.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> <br /><em>Yes I have this problem right now, and I will pursue my dream anyway.</em></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.15;"><em><span style="font-size: 14px;"> <br />Yes, I only have this much money, but I'm going to find a way to do this thing I've always wanted to do anyway.</span></em></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> <br />Of course, we can simultaneously work on our inner issues and our financial issues as we move forward in life.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> <br />But there are so many people who exist in a constant state of if-then. And as soon as they deal with one <em>if</em>, another <em>if</em> presents itself. And consequently they never get to pursue their passion, their dream, their life wish list. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> <br />So, if there’s somewhere in your life where you’re doubting yourself, I hope today’s story helps you remember… </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> <br />That’s totally normal. Even to be expected. And you may never feel 100% ready or certain. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> <br />Whatever the “next step” is for you right now, you’re probably far more ready for it than you realize. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> <br />And in many years, after moving forward with your dreams anyway, I hope you’ll look back on where you are today and have the same feeling of awe and gratitude for how far you’ve come. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> <br />Because there's nothing better than working on your outer life and your inner life simultaneously...</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> <br />...until one day they meet in the middle at a beautiful place called congruence.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.15;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"> <br />Yes you're imperfect, but heck, do it anyway</span></div>Tigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056192951317721984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816466777313966942.post-13476909662268495752021-10-14T15:18:00.004+08:002021-10-14T15:18:33.803+08:00 Become fearless<p><span style="color: #282829; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; font-style: italic;">“Sounds awesome. But how do I do that?”</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">Simple—here are your instructions:</span></p><ul class="q-box" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 2em 1em 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Pack your bag.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Fly to South East Asia.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Stay there until you run out of money.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Run out of money.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Get a job or find a way to make a tiny amount of money.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Live on the bare minimum—eat only rice, live in a shitty house.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="background: none;">Realise you can fend for yourself and that you don’t actually need a lot to survive in this world.</span></li></ul><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">All of this is about experiencing your worst case scenario.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">Doing this will give you the freedom and the confidence to try anything—because you know you’ll be okay.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">Whatever happens, even if you lose everything, </span><span style="background: none; font-style: italic;">you know you can fend for yourself and survive.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">This is what Elon Musk did in his early days.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">He wanted to move to America but was scared about not getting a job—yes, Elon Musk was </span><span style="background: none; font-style: italic;">scared</span><span style="background: none;"> about not getting a job.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">So, he decided to live on $1 a day. He ate nothing but oranges, hotdogs and pasta.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">He figured it’s pretty easy to find $30 a month so he’d probably be okay.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">That gave him the confidence to move.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">He practiced poverty.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Voluntary poverty can liberate you.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none;">You can pursue anything you want to do in life without fear</span><span style="background: none; font-style: italic;">—because you’ve already experienced your worst case scenario.</span></p><p class="q-text qu-display--block" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; margin: 0px 0px 1em; overflow-wrap: anywhere; padding: 0px; word-break: break-word;"><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">Go and become </span><span style="background: none; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">fearless!</span></p>Tigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056192951317721984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816466777313966942.post-28071698846981190682021-09-08T17:14:00.005+08:002021-09-08T17:14:34.831+08:00 What exactly is an optimist?<p><span style="background-color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: 14px;"> According to the dictionary:</span></p><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1. a person who tends to be hopeful and confident about the future or the success of something.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">"only an eternal optimist could expect success"</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2. a person who believes that this world is the best of all possible worlds or that good must ultimately prevail over evil.</span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Being an optimist doesn't mean you can't have frustrating moments or feel down sometimes. </span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><span style="font-size: 14px;"><span style="font-family: arial;">What it does mean is that you can see past the doom and gloom with the expectation of brighter moments and days ahead</span></span></div>Tigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056192951317721984noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2816466777313966942.post-68159458421526437792021-08-02T11:55:00.001+08:002021-08-02T11:55:41.398+08:00 Career lessons<p> Career lessons</p><ol class="q-box" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #282829; direction: ltr; font-family: -apple-system, system-ui, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, "Helvetica Neue", sans-serif; font-size: 15px; list-style-image: initial; list-style-position: initial; margin: 0px 2em 1em 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px;"><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">Slow down big decisions, speed up the rest</span><span style="background: none;">. I’m not the first to say this, but boy it’s correct.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">Wait and find a truly great co-founder</span><span style="background: none;">. I’ve done so, so much better when I had a great co-founder. But when I’ve had one that wasn’t as committed … that led to mediocre outcomes. At best. And a lot of pain. No matter how smart they were.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">Make your first customers wildly successful</span><span style="background: none;">. They teach you how to make the next 10, 50, 100 wildly successful, too. Your first customers are your future. You will get more just like them.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">Power laws are real</span><span style="background: none;">. If your startup is worth $20m today, it can be worth $100m in a few years, and maybe, $1000m a few years after that. Value, brands and revenue compound.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">Don’t worry as much about the competition</span><span style="background: none;">. They can maim you, but they rarely can kill you. Especially if you are growing at even a half-decent rate.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">Go all-in</span><span style="background: none;">. If you don’t commit 100%, you’ll never maximize the success.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">A great team is a family.</span><span style="background: none;"> Few things are more special than having a great team at a start-up. Family members will leave and go on to other great thiings. But you’ll be a family for decades.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">Being on the journey makes you relevant</span><span style="background: none;">. If you sell your startup, you’ll see that no matter how much money you make, you start to feel … less relevant afterwards. Not everyone, but most of us as founders. A great journey gives you purpose and relevance.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px 0px 0.7em; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">90% transparency is about right</span><span style="background: none;">. You can’t share every single issue, every drama. That’s too much. But about 90% transparency is good. The team can take it, and will appreciate it. Don’t share everything. But hide less.</span></li><li class="q-relative" style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 0px 2em; padding: 0px; position: relative;"><span style="background: none; font-weight: bold;">Time is the ally of the committed</span><span style="background: none;">. If you are willing to work not just harder, but for longer than the rest — you probably won’t fail. You won’t let the tough times, that terrible year, kill you. You’ll push on. And you’ll stay in the game long enough for those power laws to finally kick in.</span></li></ol>Tigerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14056192951317721984noreply@blogger.com0