Your Decisions Shape Your Destiny

14th November 2010

I truly believe that the quality of our decisions can shape our destiny and take us one step closer to realizing our dreams. Rather than accept a half-lived life of mediocrity, we can all live the life we choose.

10 years ago, I was stuck in the rat race, sometimes working for 33 hours non-stop, miserably overworked and underpaid. I had no freedom. And, I had a boss. He dictated a large part of my life. What time I had lunch. How long I had lunch. What time I reported for work. What time I was allowed to leave, depending on the insane deadlines. (Whoever said that Advertising is a glamorous industry was lying!) I was just a puppet on an employment string.

Robert Kiyosaki talks about the 4 Cashflow Quadrants.
Cashflow Quadarant and Rich Dad, Poor Dad have impacted me greatly in changing my mindset, changing quadrants
and my financial habits!

It was around that time that I was introduced to Bob Proctor at a seminar in KL called "The Science Of Getting Rich". Little was I to know that it was the first of many, many seminars that would lead me to where I am today. That seminar, together with Robert Kiyosaki's book "Rich Dad, Poor Dad" and "Cashflow Quadrant", plus a host of other live seminars (yes, I eventually became a seminar junkie), books, CDs, DVDs by Anthony Robbins, T Harv Eker, Zig Ziglar, Robert G Allen, Napoleon Hill and many more Success Coaches, eventually shaped my thoughts and changed my the course of my life.

Up close and personal with Robert Kiyosaki.
Robert's sister, Tenzin Kacho,
who serves with the Dalai Lama, spoke too.
KL, 2008

Today, I "work" two afternoons a week (that amounts to four days a month)! I have no boss. Technically, the owner of the ad agency I work in, is in Australia. And she's a nice lady. And yes, I can finally throw away the alarm clock! You may call it luck. However, none of these things happened by accident. I am exactly where I'm supposed to be. Simply because I had made a subconscious decision to get out of the rat race 10 years back, thanks to all my mentors and coaches.

And for the first time in 17 years, I love my job!

It looks like the investment of RM50,000++ spent on seminars, motivational books, CDs and DVDs the past 10 years of my life (and counting!) dedicated to self-improvement and personal growth, has been worth every single cent. Not so much in monetary gains, but it sure has bought me my Freedom.

Your decisions really do shape your destiny. And can change your life. But first, you have to reshape your thoughts... 

Carpe diem!

It is in your moments of decision,
that your Destiny is shaped.
- Anthony Robbins

Be the change you want to see in the world. - Gandhi

Love, The Source Of All Money!

7th November 2010

"The source of all money, is LOVE."

Those were the exact words that Robert G Allen shared with 200-odd people at his Multiple Streams Of Income With Cash In A Flash workshop in KL in May 2010.

Guess that was the "Aha!" moment for me.

3 days with Robert G Allen, live in Kuala Lumpur.
Multiple Streams of Income
with Cash In A Flash workshop. May 2010.

I have never heard anyone talk about money that way before. Sure is original. And there's great wisdom there too, from one of the world's best Success Coaches and Mentors on Self Development.

According to Bob, the road to riches isn't about the money. It never is. It's all about love!

We have to LOVE what we do. And be so totally passionate about it that it will never feel like "work". When we love what we do so much, every core of our Being will become 100% alive. We will be excited and will want to jump out of bed every morning, looking forward to embracing the Challenges and Possibilities that each day brings. When we love what we do, we will truly Live our Lives according to our Destiny, and not merely "exist".

This was when I promised Robert Allen that
I will MAKE IT HAPPEN.
Thanks for the mentorship Bob, and cheers to 1.1.11!

We have to LOVE our customers. After all, customers are human too. We have to understand their needs and find out what it is exactly they are looking for. Then we build a solid relationship with them, and give them not just what they are looking for, but surpass their expectations and give them lots of Added Value, every time. 

Zig Ziglar says...
"You can have everything in life that you want if you just give enough other people what they want."

Let's all share our strengths with all we come into contact with, and use our God-given talents to add value to other people's lives, in our own little ways. As we continue to work on our weaknesses to be a better us, so we can make the world a richer and better place for all.

Love and peace.

Love is not an emotion. It is our very existence.
- Sri Sri Ravishankar