Happy New Year 2014

 

Happy New Year 2014!

6 Things I learned in 2013

I believe writing down what we have learned in a whole years we pass will help me to remember important lessons for in our life. As the 2014 is coming soon, here are 6 things that I learned in 2013.

 

 1. Stay focused, Stay Motivated

I personally heard this from many success people and entrepreneur who I learn from and respect but I personally steal (^_^) this concept from a close friend of mine who always share his entrepreneurial journey to me. Yep, we are best friends and when he was at a high level of income which the good things happen on his business, he was making something like 15 times of my income. One thing he personally recommend me to do is too stay focus on one thing until success before starting another next thing. This inspire me to spend more focus on my new website (Top10thebest.com) until it make a big success in 6 month later which it was first made on April 2013.

 

2. Never try to clone someone's success

I have to admit that I used to make this mistake! ^0^, you too perhaps! Seeing someone doing something pretty good and try to steal idea of what he/she do and do something the same or close to it and then hope to bank hard or getting success like he/she does. And the bad news is that, you will be tired of following and getting bored of doing something that you are not so much into it.  Instead, I choose to work on what I love, even if my idea is similar to what I see other people doing, but I am doing it differently with my own strategy. And the success can also be different too, it can be bigger! Who know? ;-)

3. Work Less, Achieve More 

Who the hell on this earth don't want to work less and achieve more than other average people doing? Poorly, not everyone can do it. I worry much about how much I have to work to maintain my business and still have time to create more business and spare time to enjoy my hobbies. As an internet entrepreneur, I own a lot of websites, blogs which some of them need to be updating regularly and some can be kept there just to generate passive money. What I react to this is about to use automated tool as well as outsource what take time to other people, so I can focus on doing something bigger, So I have time to sit down and see what business are going rather than spending all my time working that might result in feeling that business can be a pain.

4. It won't be too late to start/restart something

You still have chance to start something you wish to start before, time is never too late (a few case, it can be). I have an idea I want to start since 2011, but because I have no enough money, I also forget it. But in 2013, when I want to take my business to the next level, I pick up that idea to start. Result? Far more than I expect! And I am really excited with it. I also believe that, if I start it since 2011, it might not be successful like I started it in 2013 too, why? Because not all money can lead to success, it needs our brain. The quote "Just do it" or "Do it now" are not always correct.

5. Love everything you have

Love everything you have right now! I am fed up to hear people complain about things they are having and hate them. Love what you have first in order to have what you want next. This including, keep using your old stuff if you not yet able to buy a new stuff. Taking care of your family, friends and spend time when them when possible. Finding balance!

6. Health First, Success comes later:

Do you believe that in this whole 2013, I got to gym at least 2 or 3 times per week? Yep! I did. And I try to eat right as much as I can even if I still have a lot of cheat day ;). Keeping yourself healthy and strong help to boost your productivity as well as saving time and money from being ill too. Care your health first!

Reading! Reading! Back to Reading!

 

Reading? Yes, I love reading! I read no matter what type of book it is. I always keep myself with reading since I was young right after I was able to read. I remember I done reading almost every books I found in my house's bookshelves. When I was so young, beside friends I have at school, I rarely play with kid in my neighbor, so whenever I am at home, I play alone as well as reading.

Time passed, I still keep reading as my habit and hobby. Just in this few years, I can't really afford my time to read as many books as I use, but however I still keep improving my skill by reading in many blog/website as I use Pocket app a lot.

I now focus more on reading book related to entrepreneurship as well as business related. a few books I read in these few years includes Millionaire Fastlane, Rich Dad Poor Dad as well as the 4 hour work week. Those book really inspire me much, yes so much. Without them, I have no today perhaps. I love what Robert Kiyosaki and MJ Demaco said in thier book and teach us the concept about making more money than ordinary people as well as the ways Tim Ferriss inspire us to work as less as 4 hours per week and achieve as much as we can.

And it is not a new year resolution, but I plan to keep reading more. I don't like to stick to any plan and schedule but I just bought 2 book this morning in Amazon Kindle Store and plan to read them in my phone. It's "Secret of The Millionaire Mind" and "Think and Grow Rich". I will only read them when I am bored and when I want, so I believe I can finish them in 2 months.

I choose "Reading" to inspire and motivate myself and "Taking Action" to get what I want. And you?

What A dream!

I go to bed around 11 pm last night! It can sound late for you but it is early or normal for me because sometime I even stay up to 12pm or 1am to go to bed.

There is a dream last night! That's beautiful, yep! At least dream is doing fine to me than the reality does ....

Top 12 Most Influential Failure to Success Stories of All Time

1. Michael Jordan - Missed more than 9,000 shots over 3,000 games. 26 times he was trusted to the game winning shot and missed. M.J. was kicked off the high school basketball team, he went home locked himself in his closet and cried. Jordan is considered the greatest professional basketball player of all time. He was elected to the basketball hall of fame, won countless awards including 5 MVP awards, is a 6 time NBA Champion and 4 time NBA All-Star.

2.The Beatles - Turned down by the Decca recording Studio who said, “We don’t like their sound and guitar is on it’s way out.” After finally signing a deal they became the most successful and loved act in history. They have had more number one albums on the charts in the UK, and held down the top spot longer than any other musical act. The Beatles have sold more in the US than any other artist in history.

3.Thomas Edison - He was told, “He was too stupid to learn anything, and that he should go into a field where he would succeed by the virtue of his pleasant personality.” Edison failed at making the light bulb 10,000 times before succeeding and when asked how he felt about it he said.

4. Walt Disney - Was fired from a newspaper for “lacking originality and having no creative ideas of his own.” Disney became one of the best known motion picture producers in the world. The Walt Disney corporation today has annual revenues of over 35 billion dollars. He received 59 Academy award nominations, 22 of which he won, and won 26 Oscars.

5. Henry Ford - He failed and went broke five times before successfully creating the first Model T car. The Model T revolutionized the automobile and transportation industries forever. Ford was a prolific inventor and was awarded 161 US patents. He also is responsible for Fordism – that is the mass production of a large number of inexpensive automobiles using an assembly line style of production, coupled with higher than average wages and benefits for the workers.

6. Albert Einstein - His parents and teachers where worried he was mentally challenged because he didn’t speak until he was 4 and didn’t read until the age of 7. Einstein was described as “Mentally slow, unsociable, and adrift in foolish dreams.” It was said “He won’t go very far in life.” He is now known as the father of theoretical physics, and is considered to be one of the most influential influential people in history. He is best known for discovering the theory of relativity and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his work.

7. Charlie Chaplin - Was initially rejected by Hollywood executives because they felt “His act was nonsense.” Chaplin was one of the most creative and influential personalities of the silent film era, he brought joy and laughter to a tired war torn world. He is one of the best know actors and directors in the world.

8. Elvis Presley - After his first performance the king was told “You ain’t going nowhere son, you outta go back to driving a truck.” He became the King of Rock almost overnight, toppling the charts with one smash hit after another. He is the best-selling solo artist of all time. Presley is honored in four music halls of fame. He won three Grammy s, and the Grammy lifetime achievement award at age 36.

9. Steven Spielberg - Rejected by the use film school 3 times, Steven Spielberg dropped out of high school and was “Talked into”coming back as a part of a disabled learning class. He lasted a month, and his career started as a un-paid, seven-day-a-week editing intern. Spielberg has won two academy awards for best director, and three of his films have achieved box office records. Each becoming the highest grossing film at the time.

10. J.K. Rowling - Was a single parent living on welfare when she started writing the famous Harry Potter series. The book was rejected by the first twelve publishers before a small London publisher accepted it. Within five years she amassed a fortune with the series gaining worldwide attention. She has won multiple awards, sold millions of copies, and the books have been the basis for a very popular and financially successful series of films.

11. Steve Jobs - At 30 years old he was left devastated and depressed after being ceremoniously removed from the company he started. He moved on and founded Apple Inc, and was the Co-founder of Pixar animation studios. His companies are know as leading innovators of their respected industries, both of which have cult like followings.

12. Sylvester Stallone - Had to sell his dog for $50 in order to survive and it broke his heart, his wife left him. After watching an Ali and Weppner fight he came up with story of Rocky and spent 24 straight hours writing it. Stallone was denied more than 2,000 times when attempting to sell the rights to Rocky. He was finally offered $100,000 for the screenplay as long as he wouldn’t play the part of Rocky, he refused the offer. He was broke and nearly homeless in a New York Winter when he settled for $25,000 and the main role as the Italian Stallion. He took the money, waited in front of the store where he sold his dog for three days, he eventually bought the dog back for $15,000. He has become, and still is one of the most successful film stars in United States history.

Source: http://www.warriorforum.com/mind-warriors-success-power-self-improvement/848818-top-12-most-influential-failure-success-stories-all-time.html

"Rum Doul Kro Ches" - Am I crazy with this song ?

I've been listening to this song many times per day for around 2 weeks now! Not sure why I really like it!

Song of the day

Enjoy!