Rebirth of T-rex

I am currently reading the book- The AirAsia Story by Sen Ze and Jayne Ng and found the following quoted from Tony very interesting!

Believe the unbelievable, Dream the impossible, Don't take 'no' for an answer.

Hope it helps you.

I would like to share important concepts extracted from Andrew Matthew's Follow Your Heart- Finding Purpose in Your Life and Work. It's a book really worth reading.

1. We are here to learn lessons, and the world is our teacher
   When we fail to learn a lessson, we get to take it again... and again! Once we have learned the lesson, we move on to the next one. (And we never run out of lessons!)
   
2. The universe has no favourtites
   Your success and happiness depend on natural laws and principles- and how you use them
   
3. Your life is a perfect reflection of your beliefs
   When you change your deepest beliefs about the world, your life changes accordingly
   
4. The moment you get too attached to things, people, money... you screw it up
   The challenge of life is to appreciate everything and attach yourself to nothing
   
5. What you focus on in life expands
   so think about what you want!
   
6. Follow your heart!
   Your mission in life is not to be without problems- your mission is to get excited.
   
7. God is never going to come down from a cloud and say, "You now have permission to be successful!"
   You have to give yourself permission
   
8. When you fight life, life always wins
   If you want more peace of mind, stop labelling everything that happens as 'good' or 'bad'
   
9. How do you love people? Just accept them
   Complete acceptance is unconditional love
   
10. Our mission in life is not to change the world- our mission is to change ourselves.
    There are no 'outside' solutions, only 'inside' solutions
    

I was happy to meet up my friend from Singapore yesterday. I have learnt so much things from him and one of the interesting concepts is 'Don't be Color Blind'.
The concept is simple yet useful. Basically, we can group our activities into 3 different colors- Red, Yellow and Green. Yes, just like the traffic light.

Red- Activities that do not move you at all to your objectives/goals, just like stopping at the traffic light when it is red.
Yellow- Activities that prepare you to move closer to your objectives/goals.
Green- Activities that makes you achieve your objectives/goals.

Therefore, when you are selecting your activities within the fairly allocated 1440 minutes everyday, don't be color blind and choose your activities wisely. Keep performing as many green activities without being caught in red activities.

After understanding it, I come to realized that there are similarities in this concept with the others that I have learnt before this.

Habit 4 of First Thing First by Steven Covey in the 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, in which you should focus on the 2nd Quadrant of activities that are important but not urgent.

Besides, Eat That Frog by Brian Tracy also adviced that you should prioritize your daily activities by 'eating the biggest, ugliest frog' in the beginning of the day.

In short, focus on the Most Important activities that brings you closer in achieving your objectives/goals and dreams!

I would like to share my mission statement that was defined after the 7th Habits of Highly Effective People training.

Mission Statement

1. Financial Arena- I shall seek financial freedom and consequently freedom to do the things I want to do by managing my wealth with proper financial planning
   
2. Career Arena- I shall build a career preferably owning a business) that saves lives and change people lifestyles) alternatively “that brings benefits to people”
   
3. Recreational Arena- I shall pursue recreational activities that nurture and build deeper personal and family relationships
   
4. Health Arena- I shall maintain a healthy body (physically, mentally, spiritually and socially) via healthy diet, consistent exercise, open and positive mindset and meditation that is full of vitality, free from diseases, calm and relax, friendly and sociable
   
5. Relationship Arena- I shall build a healthy relationship with family and friends, in which we are caring, loving, empowering and supportive to each other
   
6. Personal Arena- I shall seek continuous learning and improving through self-development (Travel around the world, Attend motivational seminars by idol [Anthony Robbins, Bob Proctor, Jack Canfield, Jim Rohn] and Pursue post-graduate education)
   
7. Community Arena- I shall contribute to the community by actualizing my goal of helping 1 million people by 2019 by being a successful leader, mentor/ coach in leading, educating, inspiring others to achieve their success (Live, Love, Learn and Leave a Legacy)
   

Visiting another country in the early of new year was a great experience, especially in a new environment with difference weather, culture and history background.

Just returned from Beijing yesterday and eagerly wanting to share the experience during the great trip.

The following are a summary of the destinations during the trip.

6th Jan 2007: KLIA International Airport -> Beijing Capital International Airport

7th Jan 2007: Beijing Capital International Airport -> Breakfast -> TianAnMen Square -> Forbidden City -> Lunch (GuangDong Cuisine) -> Jade Factory -> YiHao Hotel -> Tea Shop -> Dinner

8th Jan 2007: YiHao Hotel (Breakfast) -> Great Wall of China (BaDaLing) -> Lunch (HangZhou Cuisine) -> YueXie Market -> Ya Xiu Market -> Crystal -> Ming Dynasty Museum -> BaoFuTang -> Dinner (Hot Mutton Pot) -> Acrobatic Show

9th Jan 2007: YiHao Hotel (Breakfast) -> Summer Palace -> Pearl Shop -> Lunch (Peking Roast Duck) -> HuTong Trishaw Ride -> Visit Old Beijing Area (Interview Resident) -> Dinner (Guang Dong Claypot) -> WangFuJing

10th Jan 2007: YiHao Hotel (Breakfast) -> ZhengYangMen City Gate (FengShui Center) -> Lunch (SiChuanMaLa Fish) -> JinJie Market -> YueXiu Market -> Dinner (ChaoZhou Cuisine) -> ShaoLingKungFu Show -> ShiShaHai Bar Street

11th Jan 2007: YiHao Hotel (Breakfast) -> JinTaiLan -> Underground City (Silk) -> Lunch (ShanXi Noodle) -> YueXiu Market -> Beijing Capital International Airport

Besides, I would like to share some photos taken during the trip to provide a 'snapshot' of these places.



With handsome tour guide-Jerry Li Xiang at TianAnMen Square



At WuMen of Forbidden City


Briefing in Jade Factory


At mid of the BaDaLing Great Wall of China


At Summer Palace



Extraction of Pearl in Pearl Shop



Trishaw ride in HuTong to visit old Beijing area


At WangFuJing (temperature was -6 degree)


View of ZhengYangMen City Gate


Photo with ShaoLinKungFu Masters


Huge vase in JinTaiLan


Minute work by JinTaiLan


Part of the tunnel in Beijing Underground City


Photo with handsome tour guide and pretty photographer during the last lunch in Beijing