Okay many of us failed and I know it is really hard to control our emotions and feelings. We do feel bad but I would like you to consider this:
-Stephen Chow was once been told he cannot make it in the entertainment industry because he was not handsome. One of his best quote, "I used to cry when I watched Chaplin's films. It was from him that I learned about the role of the underdog. And because I'm also from a poor family, this kind of thing moved me and I found that it also worked for the audience because most of them are like me - ordinary guys."
-Soccer star Jamie Carragher scored many own goals in the past and was only used as a substitute in his club Liverpool. Now he is one of the best defender in the world.
-Beethoven handled the violin awkardly and preferred playing his own compositions instead of improving his technique. His teacher called him hopless as a composer.
-Walt Disney was fired by a newspaper editor for lack of ideas. Walt Disney also went bankrupt several times before he built Disneyland.
-Thomas Edison's teachers said he was too stupid to learn anything.
-Albert Einstein, one of the greatest scientist in history, did not speak until he was 4, and didn't read until he was 7, His teacher discribed him as "mentally slow, unsociable and adrift forever in his foolish dreams." He was expelled and was refused admittance to the Zurich Polytechnic Scool.
-Isaac Newton did very poorly in grade school.
-Winston Churchhill failed 6th grade. He did not become Prime Minister of England until he was 62, and then only after a lifetime of defeats and setbacks. His greatest contributions came when he was a "senior citizen."
-Sylvester Stallone was once a problem kid. The left part of his face is paralyzed, which results to snarling look and slightly slurred speech. Was rejected in many movies auditions.
-When Glenn Cunningham was young, he had his legs so badly burned that doctors advised to amputate it. It was not amputated but his legs became one shorter than the other. He was determined to recover. From wheelchair to clutches, then he started walking normally. Soon he was running. He became a world class runner and was considered as "World Fastest Human Being".
And can u be as bad as Abraham Lincoln?
1805 Borned
1816 His family was forced out of their home. He had to work to support them
1818 His mother died
1831 Failed in business
1832 Ran for state legislature - lost
1832 Also lost his job - wanted to go to law school but couldn't get in
1833 Borrowed money from a friend to begin business and by the end of the year he was bankrupt. Spent the next 17 years of his life paying off his debt
1834 Ran for state legislature again - won
1835 Was engaged to be married, sweetheart died
1836 Had a nervous breakdown and was in bed for 6 months
1838 Sought to become speaker of the state - defeated
1840 Sought to become elector - defeated
1843 Ran for Congress - lost
1846 Ran for Congress again - won - went to Washington and did a great job
1848 Ran for re-election to Congress - lost
1849 Sought the job of land officer in his hmoe state - rejected
1854 Sought for Senate of the United States - lost
1856 Sought the Vice-Presidential nomination at his party's national convention -got less than 100 votes
1858 Ran for U.S Senate again - lost
1860 Elected President of the United States
Thursday, January 10, 2008
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Dare To Dream: The Power of Goals Part II
You may be wondering to yourself. "Wow. if setting goals are so powerful in helping you succeed, then why doesn't everybody set goals?
When we grew up, we all had a big dreams and goals about future. We dreamed about being doctors, firemen, movie stars and heroes. Unfortunately, as we grew up many of us gave up contiuning to think about our goals and we stopped setting new ones.
3 main reasons
Low Self-Esteem
Self-esteem is a feeling of confidence and self worth. When I was in poly I really do not what I want. And I think that's the reason why I'm in poly because I did not have goals in life at that point. "I can't make it" & "I'm a loser" is a common thing that I say to myself especially when I failed in exams or got scolding from teachers. Now at this current point of my life my goals are beginning to set light. At least I can say I'm in the process!
Now remember this, just like in the movie matrix. This world is built to make you believe in things that are not true. You have tremendous potential within you and that if others can, so can you! You! reading this, Yes YOU deserve to have the very besy in life. Once you undertand this, you will begin to set high goals for yourself.
Some people do not believe in Goals
They do not know the results it can bring in setting goals. They will say "cannot la! last time set before also cannot achieve...". Its not that setting goals did not work for them but rather they did not work hard enough towards their goals or because they used the wrong strategy and gave up halfway.
Setting goals will not bring you sucess. It's not like u set your goals and then you begin to watch tv, read magazines, play computer games etc... then one fine day u wake up, BANG! you become successful! WTF man. It's not like that, instead it MUST be backed up with lots of action and undying determination.
Fear of Failure & Embarrassment
Sometimes we are afraid. We set goals like scoring DIST for all the modules this semester. And ppl laugh at us when we tell them. And what happens when we really did not achieved it? Ppl continue to make a joke out of us.
Many of my friends are successful students. What do they have in common? They set goals and do not believe in failure. When they failed, they do not look at it as failure, Instead, they look at it as an outcome they can learn from. As a result they will not feel bad abt it. They know that as long as they learn something and keep taking action, they will eventually reach their goals.
If ppl do laugh at your goals, use it to empower and motivate yourself even more!
I not a millionaire or CEO of some company. Maybe u will say who the f*** are you to teach me how to be successful or you may think I'm more successful than you now.
Well if u go for Adam Khoo's workship, he is going to say the same thing.
I can't convince you now, but when you are at the highest level you know that all these is true. And I'm sure all the successful people out there would agree with me.
When we grew up, we all had a big dreams and goals about future. We dreamed about being doctors, firemen, movie stars and heroes. Unfortunately, as we grew up many of us gave up contiuning to think about our goals and we stopped setting new ones.
3 main reasons
Low Self-Esteem
Self-esteem is a feeling of confidence and self worth. When I was in poly I really do not what I want. And I think that's the reason why I'm in poly because I did not have goals in life at that point. "I can't make it" & "I'm a loser" is a common thing that I say to myself especially when I failed in exams or got scolding from teachers. Now at this current point of my life my goals are beginning to set light. At least I can say I'm in the process!
Now remember this, just like in the movie matrix. This world is built to make you believe in things that are not true. You have tremendous potential within you and that if others can, so can you! You! reading this, Yes YOU deserve to have the very besy in life. Once you undertand this, you will begin to set high goals for yourself.
Some people do not believe in Goals
They do not know the results it can bring in setting goals. They will say "cannot la! last time set before also cannot achieve...". Its not that setting goals did not work for them but rather they did not work hard enough towards their goals or because they used the wrong strategy and gave up halfway.
Setting goals will not bring you sucess. It's not like u set your goals and then you begin to watch tv, read magazines, play computer games etc... then one fine day u wake up, BANG! you become successful! WTF man. It's not like that, instead it MUST be backed up with lots of action and undying determination.
Fear of Failure & Embarrassment
Sometimes we are afraid. We set goals like scoring DIST for all the modules this semester. And ppl laugh at us when we tell them. And what happens when we really did not achieved it? Ppl continue to make a joke out of us.
Many of my friends are successful students. What do they have in common? They set goals and do not believe in failure. When they failed, they do not look at it as failure, Instead, they look at it as an outcome they can learn from. As a result they will not feel bad abt it. They know that as long as they learn something and keep taking action, they will eventually reach their goals.
If ppl do laugh at your goals, use it to empower and motivate yourself even more!
I not a millionaire or CEO of some company. Maybe u will say who the f*** are you to teach me how to be successful or you may think I'm more successful than you now.
Well if u go for Adam Khoo's workship, he is going to say the same thing.
I can't convince you now, but when you are at the highest level you know that all these is true. And I'm sure all the successful people out there would agree with me.
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Dare to Dream: The power of Goals
I don't know how many people are going read this but i gonna write it anywae. It's going to be about setting goals and hopefully those who really read these will benefit from it. Anywae it's just a sneak preview of Adam Khoo's Superkids workshop.
SUCESS HAPPENS NOT BY CHANCE, BUT BY DESIGN
Believe it or not setting goals is the 1st and most important step you must take in the whole process of succeeding both in school and in life. It definitely has an impact on my life to a great extent. Whether you believe it or not you got to try it for yourself to see.
Believe it or not everything u have achieved and accomplished so far did not happen by chance. Instead, it happened because you dreamed it and designed it clearly in your mind consciously or sub-consciously.
Let me end off by sharing an article.
WHAT DO TIGER WOODS, STEVEN SPEILBERG AND BILL CLINTON HAVE IN COMMON?
If you look at many of the most famous people around, you will also notice that their success came because they had dared to dream about it at an early stage. They too understand that everything happens by design.
Tiger Woods,32, is currently the number one golf professional in the world. (He had already achieved the No.1 ranking at age 24). At 24, he has already accomplised more in golf than anyone else in history. Did you know that he achieved all this because at the age of 8, he set his goals to beat all the top golfers and be number one?
At the age of 12, Steven Spielberg set his goal to be a top movie director when he grew up. At the age of 36, he became one of the most successful filmmakers in history. He directed 4 out of the 10 ten highest grossing films in history, winning numberous Academy Awards. What allowed him to achieve such phenomenal success at such a young age? Again, it was because he had understood the power of goals.
Bill Clinton, the former President of the United States had, as a young boy growing up as the son of a poor widow in a small farm estate, set his ambition of becoming the President of the United States when he grew up. His teachers, relatives and friends said, 'Get readl kid!' But like Woods and Spielberg, he dared envisage the future in his mind and made it into a reality.
It is never too late to set goals. "What do you really want in life?" this is the untimate question u are going to ask yourself from time to time.
Easy said, then why doesn't everybody set goals?
If you really really want to know do leave a msg on the tagboard so that i blog abt it.
SUCESS HAPPENS NOT BY CHANCE, BUT BY DESIGN
Believe it or not setting goals is the 1st and most important step you must take in the whole process of succeeding both in school and in life. It definitely has an impact on my life to a great extent. Whether you believe it or not you got to try it for yourself to see.
Believe it or not everything u have achieved and accomplished so far did not happen by chance. Instead, it happened because you dreamed it and designed it clearly in your mind consciously or sub-consciously.
Let me end off by sharing an article.
WHAT DO TIGER WOODS, STEVEN SPEILBERG AND BILL CLINTON HAVE IN COMMON?
If you look at many of the most famous people around, you will also notice that their success came because they had dared to dream about it at an early stage. They too understand that everything happens by design.
Tiger Woods,32, is currently the number one golf professional in the world. (He had already achieved the No.1 ranking at age 24). At 24, he has already accomplised more in golf than anyone else in history. Did you know that he achieved all this because at the age of 8, he set his goals to beat all the top golfers and be number one?
At the age of 12, Steven Spielberg set his goal to be a top movie director when he grew up. At the age of 36, he became one of the most successful filmmakers in history. He directed 4 out of the 10 ten highest grossing films in history, winning numberous Academy Awards. What allowed him to achieve such phenomenal success at such a young age? Again, it was because he had understood the power of goals.
Bill Clinton, the former President of the United States had, as a young boy growing up as the son of a poor widow in a small farm estate, set his ambition of becoming the President of the United States when he grew up. His teachers, relatives and friends said, 'Get readl kid!' But like Woods and Spielberg, he dared envisage the future in his mind and made it into a reality.
It is never too late to set goals. "What do you really want in life?" this is the untimate question u are going to ask yourself from time to time.
Easy said, then why doesn't everybody set goals?
If you really really want to know do leave a msg on the tagboard so that i blog abt it.
Tuesday, December 11, 2007
On relationships
Relationship-of all kinds-are like sand held in your hand. Held loosely, with an
open hand, the sand remains where it is. The minute you close your hand and
squeeze tightly to hold on, the sand trickles through your fingers.
You may hold on to some of it, but most will be spilled. A relationship is like that. Held loosely, with respect and freedom for the other person, it is likely
to remain intact. But hold too tightly, too possessively, and the relationship slips away and is lost.
Thought of the day:
When you are sick, do u seek healing or the Healer?
open hand, the sand remains where it is. The minute you close your hand and
squeeze tightly to hold on, the sand trickles through your fingers.
You may hold on to some of it, but most will be spilled. A relationship is like that. Held loosely, with respect and freedom for the other person, it is likely
to remain intact. But hold too tightly, too possessively, and the relationship slips away and is lost.
Thought of the day:
When you are sick, do u seek healing or the Healer?
Sunday, September 30, 2007
Sigh
Having the wrong combination of people coming together to play and sing music is really bad. Having no frens in church sucks ever more. And sighing is good. It lets out all the negative stuff from your body and the wind juz blows it away.
Friday, August 3, 2007
You have come a long way if u are one of them!!
We survived with mothers who had no maids
We had no childproof locks on toliet bowls, medicine bottles, doors or cabinets.
When we rode our bikes, we had no helmets.
Riding in the back of a pirate taxi was a special treat.
We drank water from the tap and not from a bottle.
We would spend hours under the bright sun flying kites, without worrying about UV rays giving us cancer or aging skin.
We went to catch spiders without worries of Aedes mosquitoes.
We took candy, fizzy drinks, shaved ice with syrup(and salt added to cola was remedy for fever), but we weren't overweight because we were always outside playing.
We did not have Playstations, Xbox, cable TV, DVD movies, no sound surround, no internet.
The idea of a parent bailing us if we broke the law was unheard of. Parents sided with the law.
Yet, we produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers.
Cheers to those who pulled thru from the '50s to '80s!
We had no childproof locks on toliet bowls, medicine bottles, doors or cabinets.
When we rode our bikes, we had no helmets.
Riding in the back of a pirate taxi was a special treat.
We drank water from the tap and not from a bottle.
We would spend hours under the bright sun flying kites, without worrying about UV rays giving us cancer or aging skin.
We went to catch spiders without worries of Aedes mosquitoes.
We took candy, fizzy drinks, shaved ice with syrup(and salt added to cola was remedy for fever), but we weren't overweight because we were always outside playing.
We did not have Playstations, Xbox, cable TV, DVD movies, no sound surround, no internet.
The idea of a parent bailing us if we broke the law was unheard of. Parents sided with the law.
Yet, we produced some of the best risk-takers and problem solvers.
Cheers to those who pulled thru from the '50s to '80s!
Friday, June 29, 2007
Life is for living, live it!
There are moments in life when u miss someone so much,
u just want to pick them from your dreams & hug them for real.
When the door of happiness closes, another opens.
But often, we look so long at the closed door,
we don't see the one which has been open to us.
Don't go for looks, they can deceive.
Don't go for wealth, it can fade away.
Go for someone who makes u smile because a smile can make a dark day bright.
Dream what u want to dream, go where u want to go.
Be who u want to be because you have only one life & one chance to do
the things u want to do.
The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past.
You can't go forward until u let go of your past failures & heartaches.
Live ur life so that at the end,
you're the one who is smiling & everyone around you is crying.
Don't count the years - count the memories
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away!
u just want to pick them from your dreams & hug them for real.
When the door of happiness closes, another opens.
But often, we look so long at the closed door,
we don't see the one which has been open to us.
Don't go for looks, they can deceive.
Don't go for wealth, it can fade away.
Go for someone who makes u smile because a smile can make a dark day bright.
Dream what u want to dream, go where u want to go.
Be who u want to be because you have only one life & one chance to do
the things u want to do.
The brightest future will always be based on a forgotten past.
You can't go forward until u let go of your past failures & heartaches.
Live ur life so that at the end,
you're the one who is smiling & everyone around you is crying.
Don't count the years - count the memories
Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take,
but by the moments that take our breath away!
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