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Are You a Howling Dog?

(Originally written and published on May 7, 2010. Republished on Apr 16, 2011.)

Have you heard of the howling dog story? It’s not as well-known as other moral stories, but this one packs a good punch. There are different iterations but the essence is the same.

Here’s my retelling of the story:

Tom just moved into a new neighborhood recently. He liked his house and his environment, but there was one thing he didn’t get.

His neighbor, Mr Tan, had a dog that kept howling non-stop. Literally. Day in, day out.

Howling Dog
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Published Apr 16 2011
Filed: Awareness & Growth, Career & Work, Goals & Success, Healthy Living, Money & Wealth, Motivation & Inspiration, Passion & Dreams, Productivity & GTD, Relationships, Studies & School
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Pursuing Your Passion With No Money

This is part of the Passion & Career series.

  1. Passion or Money?
  2. Pursuing Your Passion With No Money
  3. How To Discover Your Ideal Career: Your Message and Your Medium
  4. Overcome Fear Of Loss And Pursue Your Dreams
  5. Passion Paycheck
  6. A Guide To Pursue Your Passion With Success: 14 Essential Steps (bonus article in Personal Excellence Book, Volume 2)
  7. Top Entrepreneurs Interview Series
  8. Million Dollar Tip Series


“Hi Celes, I read your article about how you left your job to pursue your dreams. I did the same for a simpler reason – I had enough of being an employee (it’s been 10 years). However, with no income at all, I’m beginning to regret my decision at times. What is your opinion on this?” – gabybali

Hey gabybali, thanks for your question :) Let us take a closer look at your situation. (more…)


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Published Apr 4 2009
Filed: Career & Work, Money & Wealth, Passion & Dreams
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Media Coverage in My Paper

I’ve been featured in My Paper today! :) For the non-Singaporean readers, My Paper is a free Singapore bilingual paper. It is distributed in local train stations every morning, with a circulation of approx 300,000. It also has an electronic version available at its website.

The article features how I made the decision to pursue my passion over money, the personal development work I do at Embrace Living and my views on personal development in Singapore. Overall I’m really happy with the article and the journalist did a really great job (If you’re reading this, thanks Jingting! :D And thanks Jamie for being such an excellent photographer to work with! :) ) Just some nuance pointouts on the information in the article – A) My pay – It’s not precisely $70k B) My current coachee profile – They span from 20s to late 30s and include people from other countries.

* Note on Oct ’11: Embrace Living was the old name of the site when it first started, for the first 6 months. It’s now known as Personal Excellence.

Unfortunately they didn’t feature the site url, probably due to internal policies regarding advertising other services. It seems like quite a number of the readers have found the site regardless through Google/Facebook search, so all’s good :D So far I’ve…


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Published Mar 27 2009
Filed: Media & Interviews
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How To Overcome Fear Of Loss And Pursue Your Dreams

This is part of the Passion & Career series.

  1. Passion or Money?
  2. Pursuing Your Passion With No Money
  3. How To Discover Your Ideal Career: Your Message and Your Medium
  4. Overcome Fear Of Loss And Pursue Your Dreams
  5. Passion Paycheck
  6. A Guide To Pursue Your Passion With Success: 14 Essential Steps (bonus article in Personal Excellence Book, Volume 2)
  7. Top Entrepreneurs Interview Series
  8. Million Dollar Tip Series


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“Hi Celes, having been a sleepwalker all my life, I awoke and realized my purpose in life. I know what my purpose is, I know what my goals are. I know what I *should* do.

But I fear to step out. I fear to lose everything I have now, even though it could or could not turn out better.

How do I address this fear?” – Stevens

Dear Stevens, thanks for your question :) It’s absolutely great that you already have full clarity of your purpose and your goals. This clarity is what’s going to bring you through a long way later on. :D

However, right now you have something that’s blockading you from your dreams. And that’s fear. While it’s possible there are several aspects of fear involved, such as fear of change, fear of loss, fear of the unknown, what…


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Published Mar 24 2009
Filed: Career & Work, Emotional Mastery, Money & Wealth, Passion & Dreams
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