Will Chou

Why You Should Push Your Comfort Zone & Some Tips

I’m told that I’m good at pushing past my comfort zone. So, I figured I would discuss how you can improve doing that and why you can benefit from pushing past your comfort zone. This isn’t a comprehensive guide. It’s more of a short brief on some of the things I figured you should know.… Continue reading Why You Should Push Your Comfort Zone & Some Tips

How to Travel Siargao, Philippines – A Rugged Travel Guide Through the Surfing Capital

In this article, I detail my travel Journey through the Philippines, a country in Southeast Asia, back in 2019 for vacation. I’ve already written a few travel journals about a few of the other big islands and regions I visited, but I never finished the series. The last place I stopped was Bohol. I do… Continue reading How to Travel Siargao, Philippines – A Rugged Travel Guide Through the Surfing Capital

End of Year Review of How 2021 (and 2020) Went For Me

I’m following the theme of popular blogs around the web by posting an annual end-of-year review . However, there’s going to be a few twists: I’m going to keep it concise to a just a few major points rather than every little goal since I doubt you want to listen to three hours of talk.… Continue reading End of Year Review of How 2021 (and 2020) Went For Me

Relatable Asian American Experiences & Lessons with Jimmy O. Yang

I was getting into the holiday spirit a few weeks ago when I started hearing buzz about a Netflix Original Rom-Com Christmas film called Love Hard, featuring Asian American Jimmy O. Yang as the romantic lead. And it was the #1 film in the USA for a few days! After loosely following Jimmy’s career over the years,… Continue reading Relatable Asian American Experiences & Lessons with Jimmy O. Yang

My Road Trip Travel Journal Entries

I have been traveling the USA by car and Airbnbs for several months and plan on continuing this for at least another year. Here are the highlights of some of travel journal entries that I am sending to my secret travel email newsletter. March 2022 – Greenville, NC I was in Charlotte North Carolina for… Continue reading My Road Trip Travel Journal Entries

What is Lifestyle Design? How to Engineer the Life You Want

Living the life you want to live and enjoying every moment of it. Sounds like an unreachable dream, right? For some people, it falls in their lap. And they’re the rare few out of millions. For others, it’s the most difficult thing. Tim Ferriss popularized the idea of lifestyle design about a decade ago in… Continue reading What is Lifestyle Design? How to Engineer the Life You Want

A Dream, Once Shelved, Comes to Life – I Moved Away from Home

So, I know my email subscribers told me they’d prefer I keep my travel topics separate from my blog to my secret travel newsletter. And I have been, but I want to experiment with at least having one post about it. I hope you’ll understand. I spent my twenties living in the same suburban area… Continue reading A Dream, Once Shelved, Comes to Life – I Moved Away from Home

Lessons Learned from the Master FBI Negotiator – Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss [Podcast]

One of the first experiences I had with negotiation tips came from tips I got from people I follow on buying a car at a good price. Here’s a bit of what I learned… The best time to buy a car is at the end of a month based on car salesman sales cycles. They’re… Continue reading Lessons Learned from the Master FBI Negotiator – Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss [Podcast]

How To Negotiate A Job Salary Or Ask For A Raise

I wanted to share with you some insights I picked up from top career books like What Color Is Your Parachute? and best-selling career experts and authors like Ramit Sethi: So there are two possible situations: you just got a new job you’ve been working here for a while and have been overdelivering but not… Continue reading How To Negotiate A Job Salary Or Ask For A Raise