Whatever the mind can conceive and believe, it can achieve :)

I first learned this life changing hallmark expressions by Napoleon Hill in January 08, when attending Amus talk. What a fateful day :)

Let's SEE it and HEAR it again, shall we?



Key take aways:

STEP 1: Get ourself a note book, palmtop - whatever suits us..

STEP 2: Write down our major desire in life

STEP 3: Write down what we intend to give in return for our list of desire from life

STEP 4: Memorize both statements and repeat at least dozen times daily

STEP 5: Always end our statement with the expression of gratitude :)

"I ask not for divine providence or more riches, but more wisdom with which to accept and use wisely the riches I received at birth: the power to control and direct my mind to whatever ends I desire."- Napoleon Hill (and adopted as my own personal affirmation)

Fear & Stress

Yesterday was one of the day when fear and stress dominating me. It felt good to receive some words of encouragement which I like to share it to the world...

"Anyone who says he isn't afraid of anything is both stupid and lying." ~ David K. Reynolds from Constructive Living.

Hehe. I love that.

As Reynolds continues: "Fear is a healthy emotion. It produces caution, and caution helps keep us alive. Fear, like pain, is unpleasant for anyone, but the discomfort is an alarm that calls our attention to some problem facing us. It is good to be afraid at times."

As Aristotle teaches us in his lessons on the "Virtuous Mean," it's not about being fearless. It's about having the proper amount of fear and the COURAGE to face that fear. In Aristotle's words, this is the virtuous mean between the "vice of excess" of fear (cowardice) and the "vice of deficiency" of fear (rashness).

Are you feeling fear around something right now? Start by honoring that. It's serving you in an important way. Once you've done that, a Constructive question to ask is: "Now what needs to be done?" :)

Credit to Philosphers Notes

Angels & Demons is coming!!!

I can't wait till tomorrow to post this entry. I'm soooo excited!!

Yea!!! This is my most anticipated movie of all time. I've first read the book in 2006, and became hook to other Dan Brown's work ever since.

This book has sparked my lifetime interest in questioning science versus religion. Why do we have to choose either one of them... Science do not undermine the existence of God, but rather reinforce it...

For those who sick and tired of our local movies, think again before you spend your hard earned money to watch Bohsia (what on earth are they thinking, tak releven langsung!! ).

It's time to get our brain and soul challenged. Shall we?

Malaysia release date: May 14, 2009

Who can tell?

Looking ahead on how gloomy the future might be, I'm thankful to have read the following. To those frantic frens, let's just stop & stare...

Many years ago a wise peasant lived in China.

He had a son who was the gleam in his eyes and a white stallion which was his favorite belonging.

One day his horse escaped from his grounds and disappeared.

The villagers came to him one by one and said: “You are such an unlucky man. It is so bad about the horse.”

The peasant responded: “Who knows. Maybe it’s bad, maybe it’s good.”

The next day the stallion returned followed by 12 wild horses.

The neighbors visited him again and congratulated him for his luck.

He just said: “Who knows. Maybe it’s good, maybe it’s bad.”

As it happens, the next day his son was attempting to break in one of the wild horses when he fell down and broke his leg.

Once more everyone came with their condolences: “It’s terrible.”

Again he replied: “Who knows. Maybe it’s bad, maybe it’s good.”

A few days passed and his poor son was limping around the village with his broken leg, when the emperor’s army entered the village announcing that a war was starting and they conscripted all the young men of the village.

However, they left the peasant’s son since he had a broken leg.

Once more, everyone was so jealous of the peasant.

They talked about his sheer luck.

He just muttered: “Who knows. Maybe it’s good, maybe it’s bad..”

Averages & Friends

"You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with." ~ Jim Rohn

Tony Robbins likes to share Jim Rohn's adage that you are the average of the five people with whom you spend the most time. Think about that. And make a list, please.

Name of Person #1. ______________________

Name of Person #2. ______________________

Name of Person #3. ______________________

Name of Person #4. ______________________

Name of Person #5. ______________________

OK. Now, next to each person, make an arrow. Up if they inspire you and make you a better person. Down if they bring you down.

Lesson is frighteningly simple: You want people who bring you up. Not down.

My question for you: Do you need to alter your Top 5?

Remember: We are the average of the five people with whom we spend the most time.

Choose wisely!

Credit to: Brian Johnson of Philosopher Notes.

Give me a break, will you?

Negative people. They’re like human black holes which suddenly appear out of nowhere and suck the life out of me. It is always about how bad things are, they just complain and never actually do anything about what's upsetting them. I've tried very hard to stay positive and remain strong. However, there were times their negativity ends up just completely draining me, making me feel exhausted and depressed.

As the wisdom saying goes – ‘You’re the average of 5 person that you spend most of your time with’. I believe it’s time again to reflect these 5 people, and I guess there’s no better time to make myself heard than now.

If you happened to be a whiner, spending 90% of your time whining about how bad your job & relationship, how unfair life's treated you, feel frustrated, feel trapped or lack of self-esteem, I’m begging you – pleeeaase, give me a break! I’m no longer interested to know fine little details on the same old problems. Period.

The road less travelled...

Is this our definition of living a normal life?

"Normal is getting dressed in clothes that you buy for work and driving through traffic in a car that you are still paying for - in order to get to the job you need to pay for the clothes and the car, and the house you leave vacant all day so you can afford to live in it" - Ellen Goodman (The Boston Globe)

I believe it's still not too late to opt for the road less travelled. As the beautiful poem goes:

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood,and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference...

Robert Frost