3 Things In Life

I received a meaningful email one day and I would love to share it with you:

Three things in life which would be once gone and never come back:

1. Words
2. Opportunity
3. Time

Three things in life are never sure:

1. Dreams
2. Success
3. Fortune

Three things in life that make you a great person:

1. Hard work
2. Sincerity
3. Success

Three things in life which are most valuable:

1. Love

2. Self respect

3. Time

Three things in life must not be lost:

1. Peace
2. Hope
3. Honesty

Three things in life that destroy a person:

1. Greed
2. Pride
3. Anger

What do you think about life? Life is short and all of us know that. So, why are we cursing when there is a traffic jam? Why are we complaining every now and then? Why are we so unhappy about this and that? Why are we allowing little things to make us angry and sad? Hmmm….. I wonder WHY?

Unleash Your Potential - Part 2

Continued from Part 1:

There are many stories of successful people such as Colonel Sanders who received 1,099 times of “NO” (rejection) before he finally got a “YES” when he started selling his chicken recipe. Today, everybody knows the famous KFC. There are many more but I'll just spare them for this post. From these stories, there is only ONE conclusion which is successful people fail many times but their failure gives them experience and experience then brings about success.

Meredith shared with us her story too about how she was elected as the house captain of the house which always end up last in every sports event. She was the only captain who was not good in sports but she did what she does best - to lead and her house won the first place that year.

Let me share with you another two video clips:

Video clip 3:



Video clip 4:



From these two video clips, what do you see? Do you see shabbily dressed salesman and a little 6 year old girl with no teeth? NO! We see two beautiful people doing what they are passionate about and everybody was cheering for them. They manage to capture the judges' and the audience’s heart with their passion. If they were to fear that they do not have the appearance to win, they would never have won. This is also an important issue to discuss with my kids. They just need to know that they should go for something that they like and enjoy doing. This serves also as a reminder to us, parents, to encourage our children to have big dreams, even wild dreams and to try their very best.

The last part was very interesting - writing on boards, one side about what they want to achieve in life and another side about what is holding them back. Then, she made them focus, thinking beyond what is stoping them such as fear and lack of confidence and then .......

Breaking the board gives the teenagers satisfaction and boost their confidence that if they break the fear and lack of confidence or whatever is holding them back, they will definitely achieve their dreams.

Hearing the teenagers' expression of feelings at the end of the workshop made me cry. Maybe I'm the sentimental one but to hear how they feel this workshop has motivated them and will change their life just touch me tremendously.

Meredith had done a wonderful job and given the best gift to the teenagers before she leaves for Australia. Meredith, YOU ROCK!!!

Unleash Your Potential - Part 1

As I have mentioned in my previous post, I attended “Best Of You Teenager Workshop 2007” conducted by my friend, Meredith. This workshop was really wonderful!

The workshop was all about unleashing one’s potential. You can feel the whole positive energy circulating during the workshop. Meredith was fantastic with her presentation. She made the participants dance, she made them introduce themselves by writing a description in front of their names and she made them talk about their problems, their fear and what they want to achieve in life. As part of her presentation, Meredith showed us a few video clips and told us a few life stories that inspired us tremendously. Let me share with you the video clips:

First video clip: Facing the giants




Meredith was trying to tell us that everybody has a certain potential within them and they need a coach to unleash the potential so that they can use their potential to the fullest. We are often deceived by our eyes. The more we look, the more we fear. So, fear is something that prevents us from moving ahead. How true this is. We often fear that we are not good enough, we fear that we make mistakes, we fear that people would laugh at us, we fear everything and that are the reasons we are holding back instead of stepping forward.


Second video clip: Nick Vujicic, No Arms, No Legs, No Worries

When I saw this, I told myself that I MUST show this to my children and let them see with their own eyes how a man without arms and legs could do lots of things without feeling inferior about himself. He can even give talks to inspire people. "What happens if you fail? Try again!" A wonderful phrase I learn from Nick and that's just the phrase I need to implant into my children's brain.

To be continued ...