For some reason, I am so hungry for knowledge and learning these days. I'm reading,more, attending more talks and seminars, listening more to news etc. I think I should make it my resolution this year to learn and read as much as I can.
I'm almost done with my audio book on Jim Rogers. I'm at the chapter where he has driven half the world and is in Asia, talking about Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.
I've really learnt alot about the world through listening to his book.. For example, did you know that in Ethopia, the calender is 7 years earlier? Apparently, when Jim drove across the border into Ethopia on 1st January 2000, it was 1st January 1993, so he and his wife was instantly 7 years younger when they crossed the border... cool! But this is just some useless trivia. What's more important is the social and political situations in the world, in some countries that i have never even heard of before. The poverty, the corruption, the living conditions etc.
On Sunday, I attended a 4 hour preview at the Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Center in Tanjong Pagar. My colleague was a graduate of their "Patterns of Excellence" program and he had invited me to attend the preview. Basically, the program was one of using Neuro Linguistics to motivate people to believe that they can do whatever they want and be successful in life. Kinda similar to the 3-day program that K and I signed up for 3 years ago.. Truly inspirational and motivating.
Here are some key takeaways i had from the 4 hours I spent on my precious Sunday afternoon:
I'm almost done with my audio book on Jim Rogers. I'm at the chapter where he has driven half the world and is in Asia, talking about Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia.
I've really learnt alot about the world through listening to his book.. For example, did you know that in Ethopia, the calender is 7 years earlier? Apparently, when Jim drove across the border into Ethopia on 1st January 2000, it was 1st January 1993, so he and his wife was instantly 7 years younger when they crossed the border... cool! But this is just some useless trivia. What's more important is the social and political situations in the world, in some countries that i have never even heard of before. The poverty, the corruption, the living conditions etc.
On Sunday, I attended a 4 hour preview at the Adam Khoo Learning Technologies Center in Tanjong Pagar. My colleague was a graduate of their "Patterns of Excellence" program and he had invited me to attend the preview. Basically, the program was one of using Neuro Linguistics to motivate people to believe that they can do whatever they want and be successful in life. Kinda similar to the 3-day program that K and I signed up for 3 years ago.. Truly inspirational and motivating.
Here are some key takeaways i had from the 4 hours I spent on my precious Sunday afternoon:
- One of the speakers, Conrad Lim, was a successful stock trader, author and investor who has failed in business 3 times and became a bankrupt when his wife was pregnant with his 2nd child. During his presentation, Conrad flashed his resume, which listed his 3 failed businesses and the year of failure. Then he proudly displayed to us the only certificate he possessed, which was the certificate showing he had been discharged from bankruptcy. He said not many people has this certificate, but it was much more valuable than any educational certificate. Simply because it's proof that he has suffered through the worst times (he almost wanted to commit suicide), and proof that he can make money.
- One of the speakers shared a quote by someone famous: "We are the sum average of the 5 people around us / closest to us." So if I am always surrounded by people who are very negative, always complaining about life and constantly depressed, i will never become a successful or happy person. Having said that, i'm not saying that we should leave or avoid friends and family who are like that. Rather, we should try and increase our sum average by either increasing our own, or by helping the 5 people around us increase THEIR sum average.
- I learnt that it takes 10,000 hours of constantly doing something repeatedly before you become "World Class" at what you do. That translates to about 10 hours a day for 3.5 years. Interesting...
- We watched an Oprah Winfrey interview on You Tube video, which made me cry.. it's amazing just how powerful the human mind can be. If we set our mind on something and believe in it totally, NOTHING can stop us. And we can be strong no matter what happens, as long as we WANT to be strong. If nothing is happening the way we want it, it is simply because we are not hungry enough to pursue and to do whatever it takes to get it. Instead, we simply become lazy and give up.
Of course, the above is not all that i have learnt during the 4 hours. There were plenty more. I walked away from the room, without signing up for the course. Rather, i was tempted to join the company and become a coach myself, so that i can learn how to speak like them, think like them and then influence other people around me to become more positive. Then i can convince my Dad that he can do it, and recover from his damn stroke. That he should believe in and depend on himself rather than on his religion to help him recover. Sigh.. Maybe i should show him the You Tube video..
I think more people should start attending these free previews. After all, there is nothing to lose and there's free food and lots of new people to meet. Especially in this current situation where everyone is just feeling negative and depressed. It's good to once in a while surround yourself with positive people. It's the Law of Attraction. We attract what we believe in. So if we believe that we are born losers, we will do things that born losers do, and then at the end of it, we really become losers. But if we believe that we can be rich and successful, we will take steps and do things that will increase our chances of becoming successful, and Viola! we become successful..
I hope i am not sounding too idealistic here, especially since i have nothing to show for in my current state.. There are just so many things that i want to share with so many people you know!! = )
I think more people should start attending these free previews. After all, there is nothing to lose and there's free food and lots of new people to meet. Especially in this current situation where everyone is just feeling negative and depressed. It's good to once in a while surround yourself with positive people. It's the Law of Attraction. We attract what we believe in. So if we believe that we are born losers, we will do things that born losers do, and then at the end of it, we really become losers. But if we believe that we can be rich and successful, we will take steps and do things that will increase our chances of becoming successful, and Viola! we become successful..
I hope i am not sounding too idealistic here, especially since i have nothing to show for in my current state.. There are just so many things that i want to share with so many people you know!! = )
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