http://personalexcellence.co For people passionate about achieving excellence in life Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:47:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en (Riding on last week’s post on reasons why people are fat, inspired by my recent travels in the U.S., today’s post is about waste and how to prevent it. I can’t imagine this would be a popular topic given other conventional topics of personal growth such as ‘How to cultivate a habit‘ or ‘How to...]]> http://personalexcellence.co/blog/how-to-prevent-waste/ It’s Sunday, Jan 22, as I’m writing this – which is the eve of Chinese New Year. I thought I’ll write a quick post to wish everyone a Happy Chinese New Year! This year is the year of the Dragon, which is a long-standing symbol of power, strength, and good luck in Chinese culture. The dragon...]]> http://personalexcellence.co/blog/happy-cny-2012/ Being in United States, I noticed how people here can get quite large in size. While there are plenty of people here who are in good shape and health, there seems to be more overweight people (per segment of population) compared to outside US, and the ones who are overweight seem significantly larger than the average...]]> http://personalexcellence.co/blog/why-you-are-fat/ Our Los Angeles meet-up took place as planned on Jan 14, at Sage Organic Vegan Bistro. It was a HUGE BLAST – We had readers coming from LA itself, to Orange County, to Ventura County (both of which are counties in California), to all the way from Australia!!!! We met at 1:30pm, and hung out...]]> http://personalexcellence.co/blog/la-meet-up-pictures/ Have you ever been molested before? I have, and today’s article is about how to handle molestations. My Molestation Encounter Last week, I was on Amtrak (the railway network in US), going from New York City to Los Angeles. It was a 3-day train ride (Jan 5-8), with a transit in Chicago. Not all the...]]> http://personalexcellence.co/blog/molestation/ Following the latest article on How To Be Happy, here’s the manifesto version as an easy reminder for every day life. (Click image for larger version) Source article: How To Be Happy: 10 Timeless Principles for Lasting Happiness Make sure to put this up on your work desk as a daily reminder! Feel free to like/share this on...]]> http://personalexcellence.co/blog/happiness-manifesto/ Quick announcement: Our LA meet-up for PE readers is ON, and it’ll be this Saturday, Jan 14, 1:30pm at Sage Organic Vegan Bistro! We’re expecting a big turnout for the meet-up this time (16 people so far)! For those of you in west coast / Los Angeles, I want to meet you! Please RSVP right away if...]]> http://personalexcellence.co/blog/how-to-be-happy/