Category: AHAS

The feeling you get when something hits you as very meaningful.
The moment when you connect the dots and derived at some,
unexpected conclusion.
The moment you go, “Aha… now why didn’t I think about that?”

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4400 – A different kind of TV series

I have started watching 4400, a TV series cross between Heroes, X-Files and Taken.

It is really really similar, you have to have watched these series in order to understand what I mean.

This is from Wikipedia:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_4400

Why am I so busy lately anyway? I am involved in a couple of things.
1. Primarily, I am back at my old job as a part timer. I work two full days a week.
2. I am also doing video editing, and video taking. Because I haven’t got too many clients, it’s mainly video editing now.
3. I am doing a classified project with an old friend. I can’t reveal too much.
4. I am working on another project, building website, and doing marketing for someone. I am working together with Zhiwei on this for a company in Singapore.
5. With Zhiwei, I have signed up for a course by World’s No.1 Affiliate Marketer, Ewen Chia. So we would be working on doing marketing for an affilate product.

I realised something lately. Including 2-5, I have tried to start 8 businesses since I started my journey 6 years ago. So in effect, I have failed in 4 businesses, because they couldn’t take off.

Yay!

Why am I so happy?

The odds are on my side. They say out of 10 businesses, 9 will fail. So I will have to try 2 more before I get even. 🙂

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Help! A lot of updates!

Haha…

It’s a good challenge, really. We just went for a wealth retreat in Genting, followed quickly by National Achievers’ Congress 2007, then followed quickly by World Internet Mega Summit.

I am still in the midst of the WIMS.

From these three main events, I have at least 10 ahas to add.

I recently noticed that viewership had dropped drastically. Haha… I can’t complain, really, I haven’t updated. But do stay tuned. Lotsa updates coming soon! I promise!

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Positivity – The Meaning Of Events Part 2

So how was it? What were your thoughts on my question?

The difference, in my opinion, is what the event represent.

For example, it’s an evening at the shopping mall with your date.
A cleaner barks at you for dirtying the floors with the mud that
you brought in from the outside.

Purely looking at this situation, how will you react?

That depends on what this situation means to you. It could be

—Interpretation 1—

“She’s so rude! She’s obvously easily annoyed and likes to take
it out on customers. I don’t have to take this kind of nonsense.
I can’t let this disservice carry on either. I will either
i. Walk away in anger, purposely make the place even dirtier,
ii. Scold her for being rude,
iii. Complain to her manager or
iv. All of the above”

—

You might not do any of the above, but you would probably be at
least a little annoyed, right?

What if I explained what happened to the lady just prior to those
actions you saw before?

—Interpretation 2—

“Before you met Mdm Shelia, she had received a call from the
hospital about her daughter. Her daughter had met with a traffic
accident and was in critical condition. Mdm Shelia had informed her
boss, but was told she had to complete her tasks before she could
leave.

Since it was raining heavily outside, the muddy floors were one of
her final tasks. However, as luck would have it, a bunch of teenagers
were making things difficult for her. The hooligans from a nearby
school had been scolded by Mdm Shelia for dirtying the floors, so
they had taunted her by doing it repeatedly, on purpose.

You happen to come along at the wrong time.”

—

That was a very tall story, right? Talk cock? Not likely, right?

But what’s the difference between Interpretation 1 and 2, really?

Are not both perceptions a false reality? How can we know if either
reality is real? The only thing that is REAL is what we saw.
She scolded you. We imagined the rest about Mdm Sheila.

Angel or devil, YOU DECIDE.

But once you do… I want to say that you have made it real!

It is real because your heart beats faster due to your feeling angry.
It is real because you write in to complain. It is real because you talk
about it to your friends.

It is real because you feel compassionate. It is real because you ask
yourself how you can make her feel better.

Which version is better? You decide.

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I am an S

The irony of it all. I have quit from my job. But I was
quickly back in the company as a freelancer.

It was only when my former manager asked me to come up
with an invoice about the scope of work and charges that
I realised that this was a sign! It was a sign that I am
indeed in the S quadrant now!

(if by now you still do not know what I am referring to
and what I have been referring to in my previous posts.
ESBÌ are acronyms for different quadrants from Robert
Kiyosaki’s Cashflow Quadrant.)

Regardless of how long I can last in this venture into
the S quadrant, it seems like the universe is presenting
itself to me purely because I asked for it.

I would now have to adopt new skills, and a different
mindset toward things. Some things i’ve discovered pretty
quick:

1. Accountability

o I have to keep track of my income and expense.
For tax and CPF purposes

o A doodad can be tax free! Ok… It must first
be a legitimate business expense of course. But
no one says I cannot use an MP3 recorder which
is business expense for outdoor recording for
my own personal use too, right?

2. Time management

o With no one to tell you what to do, I really
have to become more disciplined with my time.
Now that I am self-employed, it means I can take
my 30 mins power nap, but it could also mean a
2 hour killer nap if I don’t watch myself.

3. People Skills

o Ex Managers and colleagues have now become
clients. Managers no longer exist. Partners do.
What is the protocol when discussing work with
partners? Very different than with colleagues or
managers, let me tell you that.

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Positivity – The Meaning Of Events

I know my blog posts are erratic. So just wanted to
put a bit of my thoughts, my AHAs down today.

What is positive thinking to you? Why is positivity
so important??

The way I see it, when I am negative and down…
I feel tired, and not so good in general. When I am
in a negative state, everything seems bad, everyone
seems angry, things seem to get worse, everything
is not going my way.

Murphy’s Law seem to work overtime, and it is applied
to me and only me!

When I am feeling good, everything seems to go my way.
I can function so much more efficient, I am much more
creative, I feel happier, I feel alive!

What is the difference between the two experience?

Think it through. Because I am lazy, I will share my
thoughts another day. Please comment away if you have
any thing to share!