Inspire Someone's Dream!

A caring mum would like to stimulate inspiration of her little son’s dream on piano.

She brought her son to attend a concert by the great Paderewski.

Feeling bored waiting at his seat, the little boy left and wandered away.

Seeing a door marked “No Admittance”, he promptly entered.

He found himself on a stage with a grand piano in the center.

His attention was drawn to the beautiful grand piano with its glistering white ivory keys.

Suddenly the curtains parted and a sportlight lit on the piano.

Sitting on the piano stool and reaching for the ivory keys, the little boy started playing “Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star”

The Audience’s amusement turned to curiosity when the world famous pianist entered the stage.

He quickly walked to the piano and whispered in the boy’s ear:

“Don’t quit.”

“Keep playing.”

“You are not alone.”

Paderewski sat down beside the little boy and put his arm around the boy.

The great pianist began playing a counter medley as he whispered more words of encouragement to the little boy.

The audience was so fascinated that they couldn’t recall what else the great master played.

It only takes just a few moments to inspire someone’s dream – especially someone who looks up to you for encouragement.

The next time you see someone reaching for their dreams, come alongside with them and whisper in their ears:

“Don’t quit.”

“Keep playing.”

“You are not alone.”

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What Does Financial Freedom Mean To You?

Well, different people may interpret the idea of financial freedom differently. Whatever it may be, rest assured that we all want it badly. Most working people dream of it, but have they ever given it an in-depth thought? Perhaps not. It will do you good to give some time to figure out what it really is, because it is difficult to pursue something unless you know what it really is.

Consider this - you may pay someone to do a work for you. It may be mowing a lawn or doing a research. In any case you would be saving time for yourself. So that means money can buy time and vice versa. So time and money are inversely related to each other.

So if the above case may be true, then financial freedom in the real sense would mean an end of trading money for time. You would not have to exchange the value of money for your time anymore. That implies you would have the freedom to do anything under the sun. Sounds utopian? But it's true - real financial freedom will enable you with the power of doing whatever you want.

However, some people may choose to work even after they have reached a stage of financial freedom. A person may continue to work if he doesn't need to or may even switch over to a better job. A man may have adequate money but he may want to continue with his own business. Now that's a matter of individual choice. For these people it isn't essential to be free from trading their time for money.

Financial freedom is also dependant on the level of a person's ambition. Someone may be happy with a modest standard of living while someone else may want to live a lavish life and continuously upgrade his present status. For the first kind of people, it is easier to find financial freedom.

However, financial freedom isn't attained unless you are capable of making money without giving your time to it. You may reach a certain level of income to gain financial freedom. It may be through a business or an investment or both. If you can make money even without trading your time for it, you've reached the goal of financial freedom.

And lastly, financial freedom is a lot about one's personal choice. It is about how much you can control yourself into accepting things. Learn to make your own choices and don't be bogged down by situational pressures. The day you would be able to do that, you would have achieved complete financial freedom.

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Your Golden Compass To Success In Life

The latest hot topic that I have been discussing or touching on when meet up with friends is either Self Improvement or What Do You Want in life.

To me, they are kind of inter-related to each other.

Life is prone to have challenges, issues, problems, obstacles, etc ahead of us. However, it shouldn't bother or even hinder us from becoming what we want to be or ought to be.

That's where self improvement play a role. We must keep improving and growing ourselves bigger than our problems. Then, the so-called problem will be too small to be a real problem to us. That's how we should manage our life and achieve what we want.

To help some of my friends to explore further, I have posted some of the relevant articles on self improvement and what do you really want in life in this blog lately.

At the same time, I recommend one of the latest cutting edge tool by SkyQuestCom for friends who are keen to improve and catch up with what they have been left lagging behind.

Some of the friends are open to the ideas and start learning. Some of them are still lost...

To help my lost friends, I am sharing another 8 questions you can ask yourself and as a guide to self improvement.

Hope this is helpful to you, my friends...

1. What do you really want?
The question of the ages. The No.1 reason why people don't get what they want is because they do not know what they want.

So many things you want to do with your life and so little time to even go about during the day. Find something that you are good at can help realize that small step towards further improvement.

Click here for more about what do you really want...

2. Do you need a change?
There's always the easy way and the right way when it comes to decision making. We can be comfortable with what we are doing by taking the easy way out. However, is that the right way or the way that will lead us to what we want?

If not, we might need a change to be back on the right track.

How to change? What are the tool and ways available to help to change?

Personally, I attend self improvement seminars and courses on annual basis. This is one of the fastest way to help gather the latest information and technology for self improvement purpose.

3. What's the bright side of all this changes?
With so much that is happening around us esp for those who are running on the rat race and stuck at the 9 to 5 job. There seem to be no room for even considering that light at the end of the tunnel.

We can still see it as something positive without undergoing so much scrutiny. If it's a train at the end of the tunnel, take it for a ride and see what makes the world go round!

Never try, never know...

4. Have you done enough for yourself?
Have you? or is there something more you want to do? Discontentment in every aspect can be dangerous in large doses, but in small amounts you'll be able to see and do stuff you could never imagine that you could be doing.

5. Are you happy at where you are today?
It's an unfair question, so let it be an answer!

You love being a good and loving mom or dad to your kids, then take it up a notch! Your kids will love you forever.

The same goes with your everyday life! You have to love yourselves in order to be loved and happy.

6. How much could you have?
I suppose in this case there is no such things on having things too much or too little, but it's more on how badly you really need it.

I'd like to have lots of money, no denying that, but the question is that how much are we willing to work for it?

7. What motivates you?
What motivates you? It's an answer you have to find out for yourself.

There are so many things that can make everyone happy, but to choose one of the many may be the hardest part. It's unlike the case where you can't have some of your favorite food in a buffet and forget about it.

To find what motivates us, we just need to try and test it piece by piece, day by day...

8. What Really Makes You Tick?
So? What really makes you tick?

It can be anything that we always want to be. However, to achieve something that seem much difficult and bigger than us might resulting us giving up before we even start the journey.

Hence, we need to keep learning and growin ourselves to be bigger than our challenges. Then, whatever that we want to attain will appeared to be something much achieveable before we given up.

Last but not least, always remember that self improvement is not just about the physical or philosophical change that we have to undergo but it's something that we really want...

By improving and growing ourselves day by day, the big challenge will appear relatively smaller and everything will be possible at the end of the tunnel.

What do you really want in life?

Yesterday, I was having a catch up session with one of my best friend. We touch on this topic...and I am dedicating this message for her. I sincerely hope that she finds her answer sooner...

"What do you really want in life?"

The No. 1 reason why most people don't get what they want is because they don't know what they want...

Interestingly, most people don’t discover what they want in life until it’s time to die – and by then, it is too late... Don't you think so?

Most people spend the best years of their lives watching television or doing things they dislike. An author described humanity by saying, “Most people die at twenty and are buried at eighty.”

Are you one of the living zombies?

What do you really want in life?

Millionaire?

Famous?

Successful?

Financial Freedom?

Some people struggle in answering such question. When asked what they want or what their goals in life are, many are unsure. They dilly dally in their decision, hardly giving any thought about what they want in life. People without definite goals are letting time pass them by.

Are you one of these people?

If you are undecided about what you want out of life, don't worry. There are many ways of discovering your purpose in life.

To discover what you want in life, try looking deep into your heart. Oftentimes, people are ruled by logic. People live by what they think they should be or by what others like them to be. The discovery process is the perfect time to listen to your heart. What your heart desires comes from the whispers of your authentic self. Your authentic self is the real you.

Listen to your heart to be able to listen to your authentic self. What your heart says usually feels right. What your heart desires is what you usually love to do and this represents your passion. Anything done with passion is like play where the task is accomplished without hesitation. You pour out your very best and feel no pressure or resistance.

You will totally enjoy doing things that are your passion. Setbacks, difficulties, and obstacles will make it more challenging, but should not deter you from pursuing your goals. Naturally, there may be barriers that may prevent you from reaching your goal, but your heart’s desire will find ways to overcome these barriers so that you may ultimately get what you want in life. Remember this: the universe supports people who are pursuing their passion and those who are pursuing their destiny.

However, this does not mean that you don’t use your head. People are born with both the mind and heart. Your duty is to live your best life and be in harmony with your mind and heart.

The poet Rumi wisely said:
Live completely in the head and you cannot feel the breath and rhythm of life.
Live completely in the heart and you may find yourself acting like a love-struck fool with poor judgment and discipline.
It’s all a fine balance - the head and heart must forge a lifetime partnership if one wants to live a beautiful life.

Listen to your instinct. Part of human nature is the mysterious and spontaneous reaction on things. Often times, these are called instincts. Your authentic self communicates with you and guides you via instincts. Instincts are those gentle nudges that urge you to act and follow a certain path. Your role then is to listen attentively.

Often times, we listen to what others say and allow them to run our lives. Parents often do this to their children. “We come from a family of doctors, so my son must also be a doctor.” How often do we hear this from parents who have good intentions for their children? Parents unconsciously block the true expression of their child’s real self and calling. Friends and critics will discourage you and point out the impossibility of your dream. Before heeding their advice, evaluate the accomplishments of the critics.

Did they achieve theirs dreams?

Do they dream big at all?

Remember, it is your destiny that is in line, not theirs. It doesn’t mean, though, that you will not listen to what other people say.

Hear them out just the same.

But the final decision should be yours.

There is only thing to remember:
Every person, to live truly and greatly, must define how he wants to live and what his brightest life will look like.

Listen to your instincts and follow your heart’s desire.

You will never go wrong.