Tim Ferriss’ The 4-Hour Workweek has created quite a buzz recently in the blogosphere. As you might have known, the book focuses on lifestyle design, which is designing your dream lifestyle with the least possible effort. It’s not necessary to…
To succeed, you need luck. Of course, you need to work hard, but luck also plays an important role. How many people have worked hard but never achieve anything significant? Reading the book Fooled by Randomness by Nassim Taleb puts…
Success is everybody’s dream. But what is the key to success? How can you be successful? In my post about defining successful people, I wrote that we should measure success based on how much we give rather than how much…
It’s an important question. What makes some people get ahead in life while some others not? While other factors such as luck also play role, I believe the single most important element that makes the difference between them is consistency…
To personally grow, there is essentially a two-step process you should follow: 1. Know the right principles to follow 2. Put those principles into practice Knowing the right principles is the easy part. You can do so by reading books…
If there is a scientist who could teach us about creativity, it must be Richard Feynman. He was a Nobel Laureate who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1965. But aside from just a scientist, he was also a…
To succeed, who you know is just as important as what you know. In fact, relationships should be your top priority. The book Never Eat Alone talks about how to apply the timeless principles of relationships in the 21st century.…
I’m interested to Stephen Covey’s concept of 4 intelligences in his book The 8th Habit. While there are other concepts on multiple intelligence such as Howard Gardner’s, Covey’s concept is interesting for me because it deals with all four parts…
It’s important to be intellectually hungry. Why? Because your intellectual hunger determines your altitude. While it is not the only factor, it certainly is a very important factor. This is especially true in this era of “information age” and “knowledge…
Of course, everyone could have his/her own definition. But, inspired by the book Never Eat Alone and a comment by Ronald Yip, this is the definition of successful people that comes to my mind: Successful people are those who help…
