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2023

Dec 20: How To Choose Your Battles and Fight For What Matters
Dec 8: Top 5 Regrets of the Dying (And What To Do About Them)
Jul 28: How To Deal With Uncertainty

2021

Apr 6: If you cannot do great things now, start by doing small things in a great way

2019

Oct 19: Stop Asking Couples When They’re Having Kids
Mar 14: Nobody Loves Me

2018

2017

2016

Dec 30: Why I Do Year End Reviews (And 6 Questions for Your Review)
Dec 5: Why I Used To Hate My Feet
Nov 27: Why I Deleted My Facebook Page With 20,800 Likes
Nov 21: New Layout, New Beginning
Oct 4: One Man’s Impact On The World
Sep 23: What If I Lack Physical Spark With My Partner?
Aug 24: 56 Most Inspirational Songs Of All Time
Aug 10: Feeling Disconnected
Aug 2: Closure of PE Forums
Jul 29: 5 Harsh Truths About Blogging (And 6 Tips to Start an Online Business)
Jul 23: 16 Things Successful People Do at the Start of Every Workday [Infographic]
Jul 17: The Difference Between Profit and Value
Jul 11: How To Be Assertive, Not Aggressive
Jul 4: Busy vs. Productive: 7 Tips To Be Productive, Not Busy
Jun 28: Level Up
Jun 23: How This Man Saved 160 People From Suicide
Jun 20: 10,000 Hours To Develop Talent
Jun 15: Retiring The Personal Excellence Book
Jun 13: How To Overcome Writer’s Block
Jun 11: Living in Ubud, Others: Insects, Language, Internet and More
Jun 9: Living in Ubud, Food: Vegan & Vegetarian Restaurant Reviews
Jun 5: Living in Ubud, Transport: Scooters, Taxis, Go-Jek
Jun 3: Living in Ubud, Environment: Nature, Climate, Villages, Animals
Jun 1: Living in Ubud Series: Introduction, Visa, Accommodation
May 25: 20 Amazing Commercials To Inspire the Greatness in You
May 22: How To Stop Being Abusive to Your Partner
May 17: Top 5 Regrets of the Dying (And What To Do About Them)
May 12: Stop Looking For a Magic Bullet For Your Goals
May 5: Skills Development
May 2: How To Say No To Others
Apr 20: Your Plans vs. Universe’s Plans For You [Infographic]
Apr 17: How To Deal With Moments of Negative Self-Worth
Apr 12: The Law of Diminishing Returns
Mar 17: I’m Scared of Losing My Parents. What Should I Do?
Mar 9: What is the Message of Your Goal?
Feb 29: Recognizing Distractions
Feb 17: How To Deal With Depression When It Comes to Our Goals?
Feb 16: Is It Realistic to Believe ‘Chase Your Passion and Money Will Follow’? (The Passion-Market-Skills Framework)
Feb 12: Introducing The Personal Excellence Podcast!
Jan 22: Are Looks Important in a Marriage Decision?
Jan 12: 6 Tips To Deal With Digital Burnout

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2011

Dec 31: My Review of 2011 (And Moving On To 2012!)
Dec 29: Live a Healthier Life in 21 Days (2012 Run) [Sign Ups CLOSED]
Dec 28: Who Is Interested to Live a Healthier Life this Jan 2012?
Dec 26: How To Stop Emotional Eating, A Crucial Guide, Part 2: Rebuilding a Healthy Relationship with Food
Dec 25: NYC PE Meetup on New Year’s Eve! (Dec 28, 2011) [Sign Ups CLOSED]
Dec 24: How To Stop Emotional Eating, A Crucial Guide, Part 1: Tackling the Causes of Emotional Eating
Dec 23: 12 Signs of Emotional Eating (And Why It is Bad For You)
Dec 22: How I Overcame Emotional Eating, Part 3: Becoming at Peace with Food
Dec 21: How I Overcame Emotional Eating, Part 2: Deep Entanglement
Dec 20: How I Overcame Emotional Eating, Part 1: Food as a Symbol of Love
Dec 14: The Self-Reflection Manifesto [Manifesto]
Dec 12: The Self-Confidence Manifesto [Manifesto]
Dec 12: 101 Things To Do Before You Die [Manifesto]
Dec 11: How To Create More Meaningful Relationships [Manifesto]
Dec 10: What To Do When Things Don’t Go Your Way [Manifesto]
Dec 10: How To Naysay the Naysayers [Manifesto]
Dec 9: How To Get On the Dean’s List [Manifesto]
Dec 9: How To Say No [Manifesto]
Dec 9: Top 12 Signs It’s Time To Move On From a Relationship [Manifesto]
Dec 9: 8 Habits of Highly Productive People [Manifesto]
Nov 28: Live a Better Life in 30 Days (30DLBL), Dec 2011 Run [Sign Ups CLOSED]
Nov 27: 21DJC Roundup – How Has Your Experience Been?
Nov 26: 21DJC Day 21 – What is Your Biggest Wish for the Future?
Nov 25: 21DJC Day 20 – What Limiting Beliefs Are You Holding On To?
Nov 24: 21DJC Day 19 – What Words Best Describe You?
Nov 23: 21DJC Day 18 – What Matters Most To You?
Nov 22: 21DJC Day 17 – If The World Came To An End Today, How Would You Feel?
Nov 21: 21DJC Day 16 – What Makes You Happy?
Nov 20: 21DJC Day 15 – What is the Most Painful Thing You Have Ever Experienced To Date?
Nov 19: 21DJC Day 14 – What Is Love?
Nov 18: My Experience Being Bullied by Customs Officers (10 Tips To Handle Bullying)
Nov 18: 21DJC Day 13 – What Do You Fear Most?
Nov 17: 21DJC Day 12 – What Are Your Biggest Goals for the Next Few Years?
Nov 16: 21DJC Day 11 – Out of Your 5 Senses, Which is the Most Important to You, and Why?
Nov 15: 21DJC Day 10 – Who Do You Enjoy Spending Time With?
Nov 14: 21DJC Day 9 – What Drives You?
Nov 13: 21DJC Day 8 – On a Scale of 1-10, How Much Do You Love Yourself?
Nov 12: 21DJC Day 7 – What is the Most Important Thing You’ve Learned in Life So Far?
Nov 11: 21DJC Day 6 – What Frustrates You?
Nov 10: 21DJC Day 5 – Who Is the Most Important Person to You in the World?
Nov 9: 21DJC Day 4 – If You Are To Travel Back in Time to 3 Years Ago, What Advice Would You Give Yourself?
Nov 8: 21DJC Day 3 – What is Your Ideal Diet Like?
Nov 8: 21DJC Day 2 – If You Are To Do Something For Free For the Rest of Your Life, What Would It Be?
Nov 7: 21DJC Day 1 – What Would You Do If You Have 1 Million Dollars?
Nov 3: 21-Day Journaling Challenge Tasks Overview (Nov 2011)
Nov 3: London PE Meetup #2 (Oct 29, 2011) – Pictures and Afterthought
Nov 2: Join the 21-Day Journaling Challenge! #21DJC [Sign Ups CLOSED]
Oct 31: Announcing… All New PersonalExcellence.co!
Oct 19: Visiting Ibiza
Oct 16: Celebrating One Million Pageviews / Month!!
Oct 12: London PE Readers #2 (Oct 29, 2011) [Sign Ups CLOSED]
Oct 9: We Are Featured in Today’s Sun-Herald and The Sunday Age! (Oct 9, 2011)
Oct 7: 11 Life Lessons To Learn From Steve Jobs
Oct 4: Join 21-Day Meditation Challenge #21DMC (Oct 2011) [Sign Ups CLOSED]
Oct 3: How Do I Prepare For My Comeback in Life?
Oct 2: How Do I Take My Goals Seriously Enough To Achieve Them?
Oct 2: Should I Tell My Ex That I Cheated On Him Before?
Sep 30: How Do I Stay With a Cheating Spouse?
Sep 30: Ask Celes: What is Your Daily Routine?
Sep 30: Ask Celes: How Are You Earning Money When You Don’t Have a Job?
Sep 29: How To Keep Yourself Humble While Recognizing Your Worth
Sep 29: How To Remove a Bad Habit
Sep 29: What Can I Do If I Want To Change Someone?
Sep 28: Ask Celes: What is Your Ultimate Goal for Personal Excellence?
Sep 28: Do You Have Plans For a Blogging Ebook or Course?
Sep 28: How To Be More Accepting of Others
Sep 27: Is It Possible To Let Go of Unhappy Past Forever?
Sep 25: Are Coaching Courses Necessary To Be a Coach?
Sep 24: How To Know If Your Life Purpose is For Life (And Not Short/Medium Term)
Sep 24: How Do I Meet Like-Minded People?
Sep 23: Ask Celes: Has Anyone Ever Discouraged You From Working on Your Blog?
Sep 23: Ask Celes: Have You Ever Lost Motivation During Your Journey?
Sep 22: Speaking at Wharton
Aug 24: London PE Meetup (Aug 21, 2011) – Pictures and Afterthought
Aug 14: Announcement: London PE Meetup! (Aug 21, 2011) [Sign Ups CLOSED]
Jul 28: Be a Better Me in 30 Days (30BBM), Aug 2011 Run [Sign Ups CLOSED]
Jul 27: 101 Ways To Be a Better Person
Jul 23: How To Improve Your Relationship With Your Parents: A Delicate Guide
Jul 17: How I Found Peace in My Relationship with My Parents, Part 3: Revelation and Happiness
Jul 14: How I Found Peace in My Relationship with My Parents, Part 2: A Pervasive, Widening Gap
Jul 13: How I Found Peace in My Relationship with My Parents, Part 1: A Child’s Wish
Jul 8: 23 Random Facts About Holland (and Conclusion of the Holland Series)
Jul 7: Traveling in Holland: Land of Bicycles, Public Transport and Going to Other EU Countries
Jul 7: Living in Holland: Cost of Living and Hobbies
Jul 4: Holland Travel Series: The Dutch Culture, Part 2
Jul 3: Holland Travel Series: The Dutch Culture, Part 1
Jul 1: Traveling to Holland: Visa Preparation and Climate
Jun 30: Insights on Holland – View from an Outsider’s Perspective (Series)
Jun 12: Going to Europe
Jun 8: Interview: Groupon Singapore, Acquired for $24 Million in <1 Year
Jun 7: Interview: Millionaire Entrepreneur Derek Sivers of CD Baby Fame
May 31: Interview: Dann’s Daily Cafe – Wholesome Pescatarian Delights
May 28: Interview: Citrusox – Trendy Legwear that’s Comfortable + Affordable
May 24: 12 Tips to Achieve Fasting Success
May 22: 10 Tips To Deal With Daily Setbacks
May 18: How To Have More Best Friends: My Heartfelt Guide
May 14: Returning to Facebook
May 13: Interview: Udders – Artisan Ice Cream Created with Care
May 11: Interview: Delcie’s Desserts – Delicious, Healthy Vegan Delights
May 9: Interview: SaladStop! – Healthy Meals for Modern People
May 5: Successful Businesses Interview Series
May 3: Million Dollar Tip #4: Scale Up Your Work
May 2: Million Dollar Tip #3: Address a Need
Apr 27: Million Dollar Tip #2: Leverage on Your Current Skills
Apr 21: Million Dollar Tip #1: Money is Value
Apr 16: The Howling Dog Story
Apr 14: 22 Useful Apps I Use in My Work and Life
Apr 4: Million Dollar Tip Series
Mar 30: Post Fast: 1 Month Update
Mar 29: Live a Better Life in 30 Days (30DLBL), Apr 2011 Run [Sign Ups CLOSED]
Mar 9: The Million Dollar Challenge (2011)
Mar 8: Is Your Routine Empowering You?
Mar 3: My Overall Fasting Review
Mar 1: Post Fast: Day 4
Feb 25: Post Fast: Day 1
Feb 24: Fasting: Days 20-21
Feb 23: Fasting: Days 18-19
Feb 21: Fasting: Days 16-17
Feb 19: Fasting: Day 15
Feb 18: Your Fasting Q&As, Answered
Feb 18: Fasting: Day 14
Feb 17: Fasting: Days 11-13
Feb 13: Fasting: Day 10
Feb 12: Fasting: Day 9
Feb 11: Fasting: Day 8
Feb 10: Fasting: Day 7
Feb 9: Fasting: Day 6
Feb 9: Your Fasting Questions for Upcoming Interview with Loren Lockman
Feb 8: Fasting: Day 5
Feb 7: Fasting: Day 4
Feb 6: Fasting: Day 3
Feb 5: Fasting: Day 2
Feb 4: Fasting: Day 1
Feb 3: Fasting: Day 0, Preparation
Feb 2: My Fasting Experiment
Feb 2: The Fasting Series
Jan 30: 15 Beautiful Inspirational Wallpapers For Your Desktop
Jan 28: 8 Tips To Tackle Naysayers
Jan 27: Life Without Facebook: An Update
Jan 26: How To Discover Your Ideal Career: Your Message and Your Medium
Jan 21: Deleting Facebook From My Life
Jan 14: How To Work Out Whenever and Wherever You Want
Jan 13: How To Deal With Energy Vampires: 8 Simple Tips
Jan 10: 101 Inspiring Quotes of All Time, Part 4
Jan 6: 10 Powerful Graduation Speeches You Don’t Want To Miss

2010

Dec 30: My Channel News Asia Feature (28 Dec 2010)
Dec 27: Live a Healthier Life in 21 Days (2011 Run) [Sign Ups CLOSED]
Dec 26: 58 Resolutions For Anytime in the Year
Dec 26: 45 Tips To Live a Healthier Life
Dec 23: My Review of 2010 (Big Thank You and Onward to 2011!)
Dec 21: I’m on Channel News Asia!! Catch me Live Next Tues (Dec 28, 2010)
Dec 2: 8 Habits of Highly Productive People
Nov 27: Live a Better Life in 30 Days (30DLBL), Dec 2010 Run [Sign Ups CLOSED]
Nov 19: How To Finish What You Start: 10 Important Tips
Nov 12: Are You a Self-Help Junkie?
Oct 30: 101 Questions To Ask Yourself in Life
Oct 18: How To Say No To Others
Oct 11: How To Manage Your Emails Effectively
Oct 7: Launch of Personal Excellence Forums
Aug 27: Live a Better Life in 30 Days (30DLBL), Sep 2010 Run [Sign Ups CLOSED]
Aug 21: 101 Ways To Live Your Life To The Fullest
Aug 15: How To Start When You Have Nothing
Aug 6: 8 Personal Development Lessons To Learn From Inception
Aug 2: How Are You Faring In Your Life Now? The Life Wheel
Jul 31: Are You Putting Any Parts of Your Life On Hold?
Jul 23: 13 Meaningful Movies With Important Life Lessons To Learn
Jul 13: How To Deal With Rude People: Tips #11-16
Jul 3: How To Deal With Rude People: Tips #5-10
Jul 1: How To Deal With Rude People
Jun 11: My Photoshoot With Simply Her Magazine (July 2010 Issue)
Jun 9: The Best Productivity System There Is
Jun 7: Never Work Again Seminar – Days 3 & 4 Review and Conclusion
Jun 5: Never Work Again Seminar – Day 2 Review
Jun 4: Never Work Again Seminar – Day 1 Review
Jun 3: T. Harv Eker’s Never Work Again Seminar
May 30: 10 Reasons To Run Barefoot
May 29: When Goals Stop Working
May 21: How To Know What You Want To Do In Life
May 17: How To Get On the Dean’s List: Tips #7-13
May 14: How To Get On the Dean’s List: Tips #1-6
May 10: How To Get On the Dean’s List: 6 Benefits of Being on the Dean’s List
May 2: Top 10 Reasons You Should Stop Watching TV
Apr 28: 101 Inspiring Quotes of All Time, Part 3
Apr 25: 10 Tips To Make New Friends
Apr 13: My Letter To All Of You
Apr 6: We Are On CNN! (Bucket Lists and Life)
Mar 22: 10 Steps To Move On From a Relationship
Mar 16: Top 12 Signs It’s Time To Move On From a Relationship
Mar 10: How I Moved On From a Heartbreak, Part 3: Forgiveness, Closure, Moving On
Mar 9: How I Moved On From a Heartbreak, Part 2: Heartbreak and Sadness
Mar 8: How I Moved On From a Heartbreak, Part 1: My Journey With Love
Feb 17: How To Deal With Critical People: 8 Tips
Jan 29: Why I Parted Ways With My Best Friend of 10 Years
Jan 15: Why We Have Slumps And How To Get Out Of Them
Jan 8: 101 Inspiring Quotes of All Time, Part 2
Jan 4: Which Area Of Your Life Do You Want To Transform This Year?

2009

Dec 31: 2009 Reflections: 2 Biggest Things I Learned, 15 Key Highlights and A Big Thank You To You
Dec 26: Why I Openly Share My Life with You, The Media and The World
Dec 21: Increase Your Mental Clarity in 15 Minutes (Brain Dumping)
Nov 23: Know Your WHAT, then Devise Your HOW
Sep 26: How To Create Real Change In Life: Address Root Cause vs. Effects
Sep 19: To Get What You Want, First Admit You Want It
Sep 5: How To Stop Procrastination: Complete Guide
Sep 1: 2nd Root Cause of Procrastination: Fear
Sep 1: 1st Root Cause of Procrastination: Lack of Desire
Aug 30: Procrastination – Symptom of An Issue
Aug 28: Why Stop Procrastination?
Aug 25: Not Getting What You Want? Time To Change Your Actions
Aug 14: Why I Wake Up Early (And 9 Reasons You Should Too)
Jul 27: Use Your Environment to Achieve Your Goals
Jul 22: Do You Dread Growing Older?
Jul 18: Finding Your Inner Self
Jul 14: 50 Ways To Boost Your Productivity
Jul 13: Vipassana Meditation: My 10-Day Meditation Retreat
Jun 30: Away On Meditation Retreat
Jun 27: You Always Have a Choice
Jun 19: Removal of Adsense Ads, New Tagline, New Domain
Jun 16: 101 Inspiring Quotes of All Time, Part 1
Jun 9: 21 Days to Cultivate Life Transforming Habits
Jun 4: Blind Spots In Personal Growth
May 30: 4 Reasons We Should Overcome Fear
May 24: How To Be On Time
May 21: 30 Tips To Ace Your Job Interview
May 11: Passion Paycheck
May 7: What Are You Running Away From? (Dealing with Escapism)
May 1: How To Meditate in 5 Simple Steps
Apr 29: Quitting To Win
Apr 27: 10 Reasons You Should Meditate
Apr 23: How To Deal With Dishonest People
Apr 16: The [Delete] Button
Apr 11: Benefits of a Good Posture (And 13 Tips to Get One)
Apr 10: 25 Of My Best Weight Loss Tips
Apr 4: Pursuing Your Passion With No Money
Mar 27: Media Coverage in My Paper
Mar 24: How To Overcome Fear Of Loss and Pursue Your Dreams
Mar 21: Create Your Inspirational Room
Mar 18: Write a Letter To Your Future Self
Mar 15: Create Your Life Handbook
Mar 10: Embracing My Passion
Mar 5: 5 Reasons To Quit Drinking Soda (And How To Do It)
Mar 2: If Your Life Were an RPG, What Character Would You Be?
Feb 26: How To Be The Most Confident Person In The World
Feb 20: Keep Your End Objective In Mind
Feb 18: Materialism Breeds Unhappiness
Feb 13: Are You Looking For a Relationship To Complete Yourself?
Feb 12: Are You Emotionally Generous?
Feb 9: 25 Useful Brainstorming Techniques
Feb 2: Get Your Big Rocks In First
Jan 31: 21 Tips to Wake Up Early
Jan 27: You Are The Average Of The 5 People You Spend The Most Time With
Jan 19: 7 Important Reasons Why You Should Set Goals
Jan 14: Are You Sleepwalking Your Life Away? (Part 2)
Jan 12: Passion or Money?
Jan 12: How To Pursue Your Passion Series
Jan 11: Apply 80/20 to Your Life Now in 3 Simple Steps
Jan 10: 6 Common Misconceptions of The 80/20 Rule
Jan 9: The 80/20 Rule: How To Achieve More With Less In Life
Jan 8: My Experience with Disappointment and How I Overcame It
Jan 7: 5 Steps to Deal With Disappointment in Life
Jan 6: Is Your Goal Worth 30 Minutes of Your Time Every Day?
Jan 5: Are You Letting Your Disappointments Destroy You?
Jan 4: 3 Reasons Why Disappointment Is Good
Jan 2: Are You Sleepwalking Your Life Away?

2008

Dec 31: End of 2008: Reflection, and Moving Onward to 2009 :)
Dec 30: Self-Discipline is Overrated
Dec 29: You Are The CEO of Your Life
Dec 28: Put First Things First
Dec 26: Become the Master of Your Time
Dec 23: Living in Alignment with Your Purpose
Dec 22: Discover Your Life Purpose in the Next 30 Minutes
Dec 21: 6 Things To Consider Before Discovering Your Purpose
Dec 20: Two Important Things that Led Me to Discover My Life Purpose
Dec 19: How To Overcome Perfectionism: Your Complete Guide
Dec 18: 6 Negative Effects of Perfectionism
Dec 17: 10 Signs You Are a Perfectionist
Dec 16: Why Earning Money Is Not Your Real Purpose (And How To Know What Is)
Dec 15: 5 Reasons You Should Have a Life Purpose
Dec 14: How To Find Your Life Purpose: Introduction
Dec 14: We’re finally up!! :)