Category: Wealth

How I Grew My Online Business & Following in Personal Development

I asked what my email subscribers wanted and a couple of them responded back that they’re curious about the inner workings of my online business. While I’m surprised since I mostly talk about personal development rather than online business, I’m not too surprised since it isn’t the first time I’ve been asked this. I even… Continue reading How I Grew My Online Business & Following in Personal Development

My Experiences Going The “Free Way” vs. The “Frustration-Free Way”

As someone raised with Asian immigrant parents, I was taught by example to save. Our family made our own dinners every night. A trip to McDonald’s was a special treat once every few weeks. Clothes were given as hand-me-downs. As I grew older, my family became gradually wealthier, but these habits stuck and were re-enforced… Continue reading My Experiences Going The “Free Way” vs. The “Frustration-Free Way”

I Went to 8 Networking Events to Network. Here’s What I Learned

So I had so much about the power of networking. I read about its power in the billionaire Reid Hoffman’s book. I learned the true story of Rosa Parks and how it was really her vast, well-connected network that ignited the equal rights movement, not the fact that she just refused to give up her… Continue reading I Went to 8 Networking Events to Network. Here’s What I Learned

Party It Up or Delay Gratification? Here’s Why You Should Do Both

Throughout your life, you’ve probably heard these two competing philosophies.  The first philosophy is around just partying and enjoying as much of life as you can right now, even at the cost of your future. Who cares about how well you do on that test tomorrow or your career and savings in 20 years? Live… Continue reading Party It Up or Delay Gratification? Here’s Why You Should Do Both

How to Not Die Alone By Eliminating Self-Sabotage – A Book Summary [Podcast]

This podcast episode dives into the details of what I learned from a book called How to Not Die Alone. The book provides very useful tips and insights about three self-sabotaging tendencies that stop us from succeeding in our love life in the modern world. I believe these tendencies can also be applied to the… Continue reading How to Not Die Alone By Eliminating Self-Sabotage – A Book Summary [Podcast]

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

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

Total Recall by Arnold Schwarzenegger Book Summary Notes – An Unbelievable Life

Arnold Schwarzenegger has one of the greatest immigrant to America success stories of all time. He grew up in extreme poverty in Austria, became a European bodybuilding champion, because a multi-year international bodybuilding champion, became a real estate millionaire in California, became the world’s top actor, and then became the governor of California. I’ve been… Continue reading Total Recall by Arnold Schwarzenegger Book Summary Notes – An Unbelievable Life