Hi Foo,
For some strange reason, I was taking a shower when this
philosophical question popped in my head and got me really
thinking. So, I decided to talk about it in this post.
How much would you sell 10 years of your life for? If someone came
and offered you the chance to sell 10 years of your life, what price
would you ask for it.
For example, if you asked for $1 million, you will get the cash
RIGHT NOW and lose 10 years of your life. So, if you were 20 years
old today, you would immediately fast forward to 30. If you were 30
today, you would immediately go to 40. So on and so forth.
What price would you ask for? Think about it. You are not allowed
to say 'not for sale' or 'priceless'. You must think of a price.
When I asked most of my friends, they gave huge amounts of money.
One of my friends said, ' $10 million for 10 years of my life'. So,
if we put so much value on the time of our life, are we treasuring
it?
For example, for my friend, $10 million for 10 years equates to $1
million a year, which equates to $2,739 per day. This equates to
$114 per hour or $1.90 per minute. Do the math for YOUR OWN answer.
I bet it would be pretty high as well.
So, question is, are you living each hour as if it were WORTH $114?
I am not saying that you must spend every hour making money. What I
am saying is whether you are getting the very most out of the
precious minutes and hours of your life?
Are you enjoying the journey of your life, allowing yourself to be
happy or do you keep getting upset over small things? Are you
loving the people around you and allowing them to love you back?
Are you treasuring each hour of your life and living it to the
fullest or constantly procrastinating or doing things later?
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Whether you like it or -- you have to SELL! If you think about it,
you are forced to sell the 10 years of your life (and more), whether
you like it or not.
Every day that passes in your life, you have just sold it. You are
never going to get it back. Every hour that passes in your life,
you are never going to get back.
When people attend my 4 day seminars, I tell them that the money
they spent can always be made back. What cannot be made back is the
4 days of their life that they have exchanged for coming. So, they
have to make the very best use of it.
So, before you go about living this new day, think of the price you
have put on it and get your money's worth!
To your success,
Adam
Sunday, May 24, 2009
Saturday, May 9, 2009
Adam Khoo - Equation of Life
As many of us are feeling the repercussions of one of the worst
recessions in recent history, I would like to share with you my
philosophy on the EQUATION OF LIFE. If you studied Math, Chemistry,
Economics, Accounts or any one of these mathematical topics before,
you would understand that equations have to balance.
For every good, there must be a bad. For every positive, there must
first be a negative. For light to exist, there must first be
darkness. For every market boom, there must first be a crash. For
you to experience happiness, you must first experience sadness. For
you to experience pride and inspiration, you must first have
experienced disappointment and adversity. The greater the initial
failure and disappointment, the sweeter will be the pride of success.
I remember watching the show 'The Pursuit of Happyness' where it
was based on the true story of Chris Gardner who went through a
very difficult period of his life. His wife left him, he was broke,
evicted from his home, slept in public toilets and in homeless
shelter, jailed for unpaid parking tickets and went through a
series of unfortunate incidents.
However, he persevered where ordinary men would have given up.
Finally, when he got selected to become a stockbroker in one of the
most prestigious companies on Wall Street after competing against
20 other candidates, he broke down and shed tears of intense pride
and happiness.
The fighting spirit that the tough situations built within him was
what gave him the drive to build a multi-million dollar stock
broking firm himself. If he did not first go through those
heartbreaking setbacks, he would not have become a millionaire.
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For there to be God, there must be the devil (I know some religious
people will want to kill me for saying this). Think about it, if
not for pain, suffering and evil, will people turn to God for
salvation? It is during hard times like these that people pray and
go to places of worship more.
If you watched the matrix, the 'architect' mentions that the
equation has to balance for the matrix to exist. In order for Neo
(the Hero) to exist, there must be his opposite (i.e. Agent Smith
who was the super bad guy).
This applies to every aspect of life. If George Bush did not screw
up the US economy and damage the US's reputation so badly, Barack
Obama would not have become the first African American President
today. If Al Gore would have won, he would probably have done an ok
job and the US would have voted in another white guy.
At the same time, if Al Gore had become the US President 8 years
ago, he would not have made such a positive impact on global
warming issues, won an academy award for his documentary and won
the Nobel Peace Prize. Again, 'failure' led to the the birth of
success.
If I did not get kicked out of Primary school (Primary 3) and get
rejected from 6 secondary schools after my PSLE exams, I would
never have been sent by my parents to learn about NLP. If I did not
learn about NLP at the age of 13, I would not have been able to
inspire thousands of students through my first book 'I Am Gifted,
So Are You!' and achieve all the success that I have today. I would
just have been another average Singaporean stuck in an average job.
So, how does this apply to your life? Well, instead of fearing and
feeling lousy because of the bad stuff that happens in your life,
get optimistic and know that there lies a great opportunity that
always goes along with it.
To your success,
Adam
recessions in recent history, I would like to share with you my
philosophy on the EQUATION OF LIFE. If you studied Math, Chemistry,
Economics, Accounts or any one of these mathematical topics before,
you would understand that equations have to balance.
For every good, there must be a bad. For every positive, there must
first be a negative. For light to exist, there must first be
darkness. For every market boom, there must first be a crash. For
you to experience happiness, you must first experience sadness. For
you to experience pride and inspiration, you must first have
experienced disappointment and adversity. The greater the initial
failure and disappointment, the sweeter will be the pride of success.
I remember watching the show 'The Pursuit of Happyness' where it
was based on the true story of Chris Gardner who went through a
very difficult period of his life. His wife left him, he was broke,
evicted from his home, slept in public toilets and in homeless
shelter, jailed for unpaid parking tickets and went through a
series of unfortunate incidents.
However, he persevered where ordinary men would have given up.
Finally, when he got selected to become a stockbroker in one of the
most prestigious companies on Wall Street after competing against
20 other candidates, he broke down and shed tears of intense pride
and happiness.
The fighting spirit that the tough situations built within him was
what gave him the drive to build a multi-million dollar stock
broking firm himself. If he did not first go through those
heartbreaking setbacks, he would not have become a millionaire.
===============================================
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For there to be God, there must be the devil (I know some religious
people will want to kill me for saying this). Think about it, if
not for pain, suffering and evil, will people turn to God for
salvation? It is during hard times like these that people pray and
go to places of worship more.
If you watched the matrix, the 'architect' mentions that the
equation has to balance for the matrix to exist. In order for Neo
(the Hero) to exist, there must be his opposite (i.e. Agent Smith
who was the super bad guy).
This applies to every aspect of life. If George Bush did not screw
up the US economy and damage the US's reputation so badly, Barack
Obama would not have become the first African American President
today. If Al Gore would have won, he would probably have done an ok
job and the US would have voted in another white guy.
At the same time, if Al Gore had become the US President 8 years
ago, he would not have made such a positive impact on global
warming issues, won an academy award for his documentary and won
the Nobel Peace Prize. Again, 'failure' led to the the birth of
success.
If I did not get kicked out of Primary school (Primary 3) and get
rejected from 6 secondary schools after my PSLE exams, I would
never have been sent by my parents to learn about NLP. If I did not
learn about NLP at the age of 13, I would not have been able to
inspire thousands of students through my first book 'I Am Gifted,
So Are You!' and achieve all the success that I have today. I would
just have been another average Singaporean stuck in an average job.
So, how does this apply to your life? Well, instead of fearing and
feeling lousy because of the bad stuff that happens in your life,
get optimistic and know that there lies a great opportunity that
always goes along with it.
To your success,
Adam
Thursday, May 7, 2009
throw his clothes all over - Leonard can you help us ?
6th May
- came back fm school, find that his pants at one side, his shirt at another side...
- ask him to hang up and he say he is going to wear it the next day !!!!
- tell him off and warn him not to repeat...
7th May (day i came back to teach him physics)
- came back, it was the same thing again !!!!
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why i am pissed off
i) By his action of leaving things everywhere
ii)By his answer..(not apologetic at all..)
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Leonard, you are a Sec 3 boy and my eldest son. When you dont do your part, your brothers will not do so as well. We also cannot teach them good habits then because of you. That is why you find us coming after you. Your parents are stressed enough.
Can you do your part to help us out ?????? Then at least, we can also teach your brothers to do their part.
- came back fm school, find that his pants at one side, his shirt at another side...
- ask him to hang up and he say he is going to wear it the next day !!!!
- tell him off and warn him not to repeat...
7th May (day i came back to teach him physics)
- came back, it was the same thing again !!!!
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why i am pissed off
i) By his action of leaving things everywhere
ii)By his answer..(not apologetic at all..)
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Leonard, you are a Sec 3 boy and my eldest son. When you dont do your part, your brothers will not do so as well. We also cannot teach them good habits then because of you. That is why you find us coming after you. Your parents are stressed enough.
Can you do your part to help us out ?????? Then at least, we can also teach your brothers to do their part.
Attitude - latest to go down every morning..
He is always the last person to come down...making everyone wait for him and even causing them to be late....
Yet when daryl remind him...he would even raise voice at him, using words like idiot etc....
Poor daryl....
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Leonard, can you do something about it ? If you need more time, can we wake you up before daryl ? If the children is going to be late because of you, it is not fair to them .
In life, not everyone is going to be like your parents, so tolerant, waiting for you, cant bear to leave you behind etc. If you dont care about everything , no one will because everyone is busy caring for themselves.
Yet when daryl remind him...he would even raise voice at him, using words like idiot etc....
Poor daryl....
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Leonard, can you do something about it ? If you need more time, can we wake you up before daryl ? If the children is going to be late because of you, it is not fair to them .
In life, not everyone is going to be like your parents, so tolerant, waiting for you, cant bear to leave you behind etc. If you dont care about everything , no one will because everyone is busy caring for themselves.
Attitude - shown in social studies exam
Last night, leonard was preparing for social study exam by going through the chapters..
Ask him, why he did not mindmap..
Answer was : he has already mindmap , but it is in the computer and he did not print it out !!!!!!!
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Serious attitude problem...
Why didnt he print out ?
Why then was the mindmap for ?
Why couldnt he print it out as part of exam preparation ??
This would allow him to revise quickly and spend more time somewhere else....
instead , he was spending time reading till 11am on the night and waking up tired
He needs to change his attitude if he is going to do well
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Leonard, tell me what you are going to do to improve ?
Ask him, why he did not mindmap..
Answer was : he has already mindmap , but it is in the computer and he did not print it out !!!!!!!
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Serious attitude problem...
Why didnt he print out ?
Why then was the mindmap for ?
Why couldnt he print it out as part of exam preparation ??
This would allow him to revise quickly and spend more time somewhere else....
instead , he was spending time reading till 11am on the night and waking up tired
He needs to change his attitude if he is going to do well
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Leonard, tell me what you are going to do to improve ?
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Count your blessings - Adam Khoo
Lots of people I meet complain that they don't have the luck to
achieve the success and wealth that they want. "If only I was
luckier, life would be a lot easier and I would be a lot happier",
they would say. Many people pray of the day they could draw that
lucky ticket and win that million dollar lottery that would change
their life.
What many people do not realize is that the fact that they are
comfortably reading this email means that they have been lucky
enough to be one of the few winners of the biggest lottery of
all... the lottery of life! They were lucky enough to draw the
'right ticket' and be born where they are.
Imagine that 24 hours before you were born, God gave you a bowl of
100 tickets. You had to draw one ticket that would determine your
sex, country of birth, wealth, intelligence etc.. What would have
been your chance to end up where you are now?
Let;s look at the odds. If you were to take the entire earth's
population and shrink it to 100 people (represented by 100
tickets), with all existing human ratios the same, it would be made
up of the following:
49 would be female, 51 would be male
80 would live in substandard housing.
20 in acceptable housing.
67 would be unable to read.
33 would be literate.
1 would have a university education.
99 would not be able to attend university.
50 would be malnourished and 1 dying of starvation.
33 would be without access to a safe water supply.
16 would have access to the Internet.
17 would live in a developed country.
83 live in underdeveloped/developing countries.
If you were given the chance to turn back time and go back to 24
hours before you were born, would you choose to return your current
ticket and re-draw a new ticket from the 100 again? If not, then
consider how lucky you are!
Regards,
Adam
achieve the success and wealth that they want. "If only I was
luckier, life would be a lot easier and I would be a lot happier",
they would say. Many people pray of the day they could draw that
lucky ticket and win that million dollar lottery that would change
their life.
What many people do not realize is that the fact that they are
comfortably reading this email means that they have been lucky
enough to be one of the few winners of the biggest lottery of
all... the lottery of life! They were lucky enough to draw the
'right ticket' and be born where they are.
Imagine that 24 hours before you were born, God gave you a bowl of
100 tickets. You had to draw one ticket that would determine your
sex, country of birth, wealth, intelligence etc.. What would have
been your chance to end up where you are now?
Let;s look at the odds. If you were to take the entire earth's
population and shrink it to 100 people (represented by 100
tickets), with all existing human ratios the same, it would be made
up of the following:
49 would be female, 51 would be male
80 would live in substandard housing.
20 in acceptable housing.
67 would be unable to read.
33 would be literate.
1 would have a university education.
99 would not be able to attend university.
50 would be malnourished and 1 dying of starvation.
33 would be without access to a safe water supply.
16 would have access to the Internet.
17 would live in a developed country.
83 live in underdeveloped/developing countries.
If you were given the chance to turn back time and go back to 24
hours before you were born, would you choose to return your current
ticket and re-draw a new ticket from the 100 again? If not, then
consider how lucky you are!
Regards,
Adam
Friday, May 1, 2009
Physics subject - shows his attitude..
Sec 3 , left him alone to study
Apparently not paying attention on physics
Repeatedly Fail Badly for his physics...
Many tests and exams..
Dont even know what he doesnt know...
Lesson :
i) Dont know, dont follow, dont even ask for 6 whole chapters.
ii)Probably dont pay attention to the extent that he doesnt know what he doesnt know
iii) He should know that when he doesnt know, it becomes harder and harder as you go to later chapters.
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1 week before exam, then asked for help...
Within 1 day, read up 6 chapters ..so as to teach him...
However, usual bad attitude
the moment i "spoonfeed him" it becomes like my responsibility
dont want to make time for the chapters
after going through the first 2 chapter, refuse to do the exercise
one week later, forced to do the exercise....
claim that he cant even do the first question
Lessson :
i) he should know how to learn productively
ii) Immediately after learning the theory, it is best that he tries to answer the question. This will reinforce the theory immediately.
iii) Without that, he is likely to forget by the next week and need to start all over again.
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Day before physics exam...
i) I purposedly come back to teach him.....
ii) He say he wants to go and sleep...and it was only 4 pm..
iii) Also realise that he came back at 11am, that he chose to log on to his comp whilst waiting for his lunch to be brought over....(probably to play ???)Mention that he wants to relax first..
iv) Told him that he wants to relax before lunch, during lunch and probably after lunch as well..
Comment
i) he is already so behind time on physic, very weak. As his father, i rush back to help him. Yet he is wasting his time in this manner....
ii) if his attitude is always to look for time to relax, he is not going to do well.
iii) someone with good attitude will find time to study, then try to relax after completing...not find time to relax, and not too sure if he/she will complete.
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Leonard, you are already in Sec 3. Your parents, esp your mother is terribly stressed out. Do you want to stress us out ? Can you take responsibility for yourself ? ie do your own plan, take care of your own studies ?
Apparently not paying attention on physics
Repeatedly Fail Badly for his physics...
Many tests and exams..
Dont even know what he doesnt know...
Lesson :
i) Dont know, dont follow, dont even ask for 6 whole chapters.
ii)Probably dont pay attention to the extent that he doesnt know what he doesnt know
iii) He should know that when he doesnt know, it becomes harder and harder as you go to later chapters.
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1 week before exam, then asked for help...
Within 1 day, read up 6 chapters ..so as to teach him...
However, usual bad attitude
the moment i "spoonfeed him" it becomes like my responsibility
dont want to make time for the chapters
after going through the first 2 chapter, refuse to do the exercise
one week later, forced to do the exercise....
claim that he cant even do the first question
Lessson :
i) he should know how to learn productively
ii) Immediately after learning the theory, it is best that he tries to answer the question. This will reinforce the theory immediately.
iii) Without that, he is likely to forget by the next week and need to start all over again.
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Day before physics exam...
i) I purposedly come back to teach him.....
ii) He say he wants to go and sleep...and it was only 4 pm..
iii) Also realise that he came back at 11am, that he chose to log on to his comp whilst waiting for his lunch to be brought over....(probably to play ???)Mention that he wants to relax first..
iv) Told him that he wants to relax before lunch, during lunch and probably after lunch as well..
Comment
i) he is already so behind time on physic, very weak. As his father, i rush back to help him. Yet he is wasting his time in this manner....
ii) if his attitude is always to look for time to relax, he is not going to do well.
iii) someone with good attitude will find time to study, then try to relax after completing...not find time to relax, and not too sure if he/she will complete.
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Leonard, you are already in Sec 3. Your parents, esp your mother is terribly stressed out. Do you want to stress us out ? Can you take responsibility for yourself ? ie do your own plan, take care of your own studies ?
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