Monday, 30 April 2012

Think & Grow Rich

What constitute enduring riches
1. Positive mental attitude
2. Sound physical health
3. Harmony in human relations
4. Freedom from fear
5. The hope of future achievement
6. The capacity for applied fame
7. Willingness to share ones blessings with others
8. To be engage in the labour of love
9. An open mind on all subjects towards all people
10. Complete self discipline
11. Wisdom of which to understand all people
12. Financial security

Prepare yourself for
• A Change Life
• Accumulation of Abundance
• Personal Achievement
• Financial Advancement
• This is an Economic Philosophy
• Clue
• Everything starts from an Idea
• Begin to Think and Grow Rich
• Definiteness of purpose
• It is a state of Mind, you must acquire this state

1. Desire
• The starting point of all achievement,
• The first step toward riches
• The battle story, we win or we perish
• Burn your ship and cut all sources of retreat
• This will set the stage of burning desire
• To be Successful, wishing will not work on Desiring
• Persistence do not recognize failure
• Desiring, Planning, Backing with Persistence will bring riches

6 steps of to turn Desire to Gold
1. Fix in your mind the exact amount of money you desire
2. Determine exactly what you intend to give in return for money you desire
3. Establish a defined date when you intend to posses the desire
4. Create a definite plan and carry it out at once even if you are not ready
5. Write out the a clear concise statement on the exact amount of money you want, the definite date and state what you intend to give in return for the money and describe clearly in which the plan through which you are going to accumulate it with.
6. Read your written statement aloud twice daily before retiring in the night and once after you
awake
• As you read, see and feel yourself already in possession with the money
• Its difficult but the burning desire will come to you aid
• Your desire will have to become and obsession and you will have no difficulty convincing yourself
• The trick is to want money, and become so determine to have it that you will convince yourself that you will
have it
• This 6 steps was used by Andrew Carnegie and endorsement by Thomas Edison


State of Mind
• You will understand that there will be down times
• Thomas Edison Story of 10,000 trials that didn’t work
• Keep on keeping on until you find the things that will work
• There is a difference between Wishing and Believing
• Open-mindedness is essential for Believe
• It is the same effort to Dream Big versus Accepting Misery, Poverty
• The Power of Desire is backed by Faith

2. Faith
• Napoleon's 2nd Son’s Case
• Worked on prayer 4hrs a day for first 4years
• 18th month he began to hear
• By time he was 4 years he had 65% hearing
• In college, a company heard about his case and supported him with technology to have 100% hearing
• Doctors don’t know what happen

How to Develop Faith
• Faith is the Head Chemist of the Mind
• Emotion of Love, Hate and Sex is the most powerful
• How to develop Faith, Via auto suggestion
• Faith is state of mind which may be induced by strong affirmation or repeated instruction to the subconscious mind through the principle of auto suggestion.
• Repetition of affirmation of orders to the mind is the only known voluntary development of the emotion of faith
• Use the principle of Auto suggestion

Important Sentences
1. Faith is the starting point of accumulation of riches
2. Faith is the basis of all miracles and all mysteries which cannot be analyzed by the rules of science
3. Faith is the only known antidote for failure
4. Faith is the element, the chemical which when mixed with prayer gives one direct communication with infinite intelligence
5. Faith is the element which transforms the ordinary vibration of thought created by the finite mind of man into the spiritual equivalent
6. Faith is the only agency through which the cosmic force of infinite intelligence can be harness and be used by man

3. Autosuggestion
• Original Seed of an Idea
• Repetition of thought
• Repeat in audible
• Remove distraction
• Greatest weakness is lack of confidence
• Use positive thought impulse, memorize and repeat it

Self Confidence Formula
1. I know I have the ability to achieve the object of my definite purpose in my life, therefore I demand of myself, persistence continuous actions towards this attainment and I hear and now promise to render such action

2. I realize that the dominating thoughts of my mind will eventually produce themselves in outward physical action will gradually transform themselves in to physical reality therefore I will concentrate my thoughts for 30 min daily upon the task of thinking the person I intend to become thereby creating in my mind a clear mental picture

3. I know through the principle of auto suggestion any desire that I persistently hold in my mind will eventually seek expression through some practical means of attaining the object back of it therefore I will devote 10 min daily to demanding of myself the development of self confidence

4. I have clearly written down a description of my definite chief aim in my life and I will never stop trying until I have develop sufficient self confidence for its attainment

5. I fully realize no wealth or position can long endure unless build upon truth and justice therefore I will engage in no transaction which does not benefit all whom it affects. I will succeed by attracting to myself the forces I wish to use and the cooperation of other people, I will induce others to serve me because of my willingness to serve others, I will eliminate hatred, envy, jealously, selfishness and cynicism by developing love for all humanity because I know
that a negative attitude towards others can never bring me success, I will cause others to believe in me because I will believe in them and in myself, I will sign my name to this formula, commit it to memory and repeat it aloud once a day with full faith that it will gradually influence my thoughts and action so that I will become a self reliant and successful person

Wednesday, 14 September 2011

Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy & Lasting Fulfillment

Dear Comrades,

I would like to share with you on this book - "Happier" that i bought recently.

About the Author - Prof Tal Ben-Shahar
Tal Ben-Shahar Ph.D is one of the Harvard University’s most popular lecturers. He taught the largest course at Harvard on "Positive Psychology" and the third largest on "The Psychology of Leadership” which attract over 1,400 students per semester- Approximately 20 percent of all Harvard graduates.

More information about the author : http://www.talbenshahar.com/

The Question of Happiness
When Tal was 16 years old, he won the Israeli national squash championship. However he found out that the supreme happiness from this victory did not last long. And he realise that he needed to think about happiness in different ways, to deepen or changes his understanding of the nature of happiness.He asked himself, how can he find long lasting happiness.

One day, when he eating burger, he came out with a Hamburger Model.


The Hamburger Model

Rat Race Archetype
-The rat racer illusion is that reaching some future destination will bring him lasting happiness; he does not recognise the significant of the journey. They become the slave to the future.

-Once we arrive at our destination, once we attain our goal, we mistake the relief that we feel for happiness. The weightier the burden we carried on our journey, the more powerful and pleasant is our experience of relief. When we mistake these moments of relief for happiness, we reinforce the illusion that simply reaching goals will make us happy.While there certainly is value in relief- it is a pleasant experience and it is real-it should not be mistaken for happiness.

-The rat racer suffers from the “ arrival fallacy” – the false belief that reaching a valued destination can sustain happiness.

Hedonism Archetype
-A hedonist seek pleasure and avoid pain. However, without a long-term purpose, devoid of challenge, life ceases to feel meaningful to us; we cannot find happiness if we exclusively seek pleasure and avoid pain.

- Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi  claims that “ the best moments usually occur when a person’s body or mind is stretched to its limits in a voluntary effort to accomplish something difficult and worthwhile.

-Hedonist’s illusion is that only the journey is important. They become the slave to the moment.

-The hedonist suffers from the “floating moment fallacy” - the false belief that happiness can sustained by an ongoing experience of momentary pleasures that are detached from a future purpose.

Nihilism Archetype
- A nihilist is a person who has given up on happiness, who had become resigned to the belief that life has no meaning and captures the state of being chained to the past.

-Studies from Martin Selingman reveal how easily we can learn to be helpless. When we fail to attain a desire outcome, we often extrapolate from that experience the belief that we have no control over our lives or over certain part of it. Such thinking lead to despair.

-Nihilist given up on both the destination and the journey is disillusioned with life. They become the slave to the past.

-Nihilism suffer from “misreading of reality”- the false belief that no matter what one does, one cannot attain happiness.

Happiness Archetype
-To expect constant happiness, though, is to set ourselves up for failure and disappointment. Not everything that we do can provide us both present and future benefit. The objective is to spend as much time as possible engaged in activities that provide both present and future benefit.

Attaining lasting happiness requires that we enjoy the journey on our way toward a destination we deem valuable. Happiness is not about making it to the peak of the mountain nor is it about climbing aimlessly around the mountain; happiness is the experience of climbing toward the peak.



Source:Tal Ben Shahar. (2007), Happier: Learn the Secrets to Daily Joy & Lasting Fulfillment, US:McGrawHill.

I will share with you more when i finish the next chapter.
Cheer!


Regards,
Chie Yuan

Sunday, 4 September 2011

Hi Comrades,

In August meeting, we learned

1. The Law of the SCOREBOARD : The team can make adjustments when it knows where it stands. The scoreboard is essential to evaluating performance at any given time, and is vital to decision-making.

2. The Law of the BENCH : Great teams have great depth. Any team that wants to excel must have good substitutes as well as starters. The key to making the most of the law of the bench is to continually improve the team.

3. The Law of the IDENTITY : Shared values define the team. The type of values you choose for the team will attract the type of members you need. Values give the team a unique identity to its members, potential recruits, clients, and the public. Values must be constantly stated and restated, practiced, and institutionalized.

See you in September meeting!

Regards,
Chie Yuan

Monday, 25 July 2011

Hi Comrades,

We shall have our 2nd Session on the theme [Teamwork] for this coming Personal Development Discussion Meet on 28th July 2011 Thursday, 8pm at Jin's house. We will be discussing [The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork] by John C. Maxcell. During the meeting, we will cover the next 5  laws.

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  1. The Law of CATALYST: Winning Teams Have Players Who Make Things Happen
  2. The Law of the COMPASS: Vision Gives Team Members Direction and Confidence
  3. The Law of the BAD APPLE: Rotten Attitudes Ruin a Team
  4. The Law of the COUNTABILITY: Teammates Must Be Able to Count on Each Other When It Counts
  5. The Law of the PRICE TAG: The Team Fails to Reach Its Potential When It Fails to Pay the Price
If you have read the book before or have great experience and knowledge about teamwork, we welcome you to share them during the meeting. For those who are new to this, feel free to join us and we LOVE questions.

Any further questions before or after the meeting, kindly post it here so we can have an online discussion. Thank you.

Regards,
Chong Yew

Tuesday, 28 June 2011

[30-Jun-11] The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork - Session #1

Hi Comrades,

We will have a new theme [Teamwork] for this coming Personal Development Discussion Meet on 30th June 2011 Thursday, 8pm at Jin's house. We will be discussing [The 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork] by John C. Maxcell. During the meeting, we will try to cover at least 5 of the laws.

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  1. The Law of Significance: One Is Too Small a Number to Achieve Greatness
  2. The Law of the Big Picture: The Goal is More Important Than the Role
  3. The Law of the Niche: All Players Have a Place Where They Add the Most Value
  4. The Law of the Great Challenge ("Mount Everest"): As the Challenge Escalates, the Need for Teamwork Elevates
  5. The Law of the Chain: The Strength of the Team Is Impacted by Its Weakest Link
If you have read the book before or have great experience and knowledge about teamwork, we welcome you to share them during the meeting. For those who are new to this, feel free to join us and we LOVE questions.

Below are some of the links that you might find useful to get more info on this topic.

Any further questions before or after the meeting, kindly post it here so we can have an online discussion. Thank you.

Regards,
Chong Yew