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“Hi Celes, I was in a fairly negative place last year. My #1 goal was to get out of the place and now I am finally out of that environment. I’m now ready to heal and get on with my life, to start anew. Yet there are no positives just yet to build on. Where does one begin with nothing at all?” — Melanie
Hi Melanie, thanks for your question. First off, I want to congratulate you for moving past the negative place in your life. It takes tenacity and strength to move past a negative life stage, and you’ve successfully done so. You should definitely be proud of yourself. :)
A common question many of us ask is this: How do I get from where I am to where I want to be if there is nothing to build on in the first place?
For example, you want to start a business, but you have no experience in business development. You want to shift to a different career field, but you don’t have knowledge in the area. You want to be the top in what you do but you have no know-how in the area. You want to let go of your past and start on a new journey, but there is nothing for you to start off with. It’s a catch-22. Like a potter who needs his tools and clay, you can’t create something if there is nothing. And if you can’t create something, you can’t get anything.
If you have ever felt this way about your goals, there are a few points I want to share with you.
There Are Many Successful People Who Start From Nothing
The first thing I want to point out is that many people start from nothing. While there are rich people who start from a position of power and wealth, there are many successful people from poor families, just as there are people who lead lackadaisical lives despite having a lot of wealth. Instead of talking about money here, I want to focus the discussion on one’s personal achievements and knowledge, because these are arguably what shape one’s life success.
I remember when I was in secondary school, there was a group of students from China who joined us during the upper secondary years. The school principal invited them over to study as part of a move to attract foreign talent.
These students were brilliant, particularly in Math and Chinese. They would easily ace every single Math and Chinese test and cream the local students, without having to study. Over time the teachers and students took it as a given that they were the gods of Math and Chinese, that they were born this way, and it was impossible to beat them. My peers would revere them as such, while labeling all the local students (us included) as “lesser” beings who could never outdo them.
But if you are to break down their strong knowledge in the subjects, it is apparent that their strong knowledge of Math and Chinese came from somewhere. I mean, all of us were tiny babies at one point, born into this world. Would they have known anything about differential equations, binomial theorems, partial fractions, or Chinese poetry as babies? No, they wouldn’t. Their knowledge, if you are to trace it, came from their previous education in China, where their syllabus was much more advanced than our local syllabus, and years of conditioning in an intensely competitive Chinese environment. Their excellent command of Chinese came from growing up and living in China, where Chinese/Mandarin in their first language.
If you repeat this exercise with any single person in the world, rich or successful, you’ll end up with the same thing — they all started as babies with no knowledge or achievements in anything. Again, let’s not talk about wealth which I know some people inherit — I’m talking about knowledge which is a key differentiating point between people. Capability, I believe everyone has an infinite amount of, so we are on equal grounds there. Whether you are Michael Jordan, Tiger Woods, Bill Gates, or Steve Jobs, there was a point in the past when you knew absolutely nothing about your craft and had to learn from scratch.
Suddenly, it doesn’t matter what others have or don’t have. Because everyone starts from a place of nothing. Everything is acquired through time, whether through formal or informal education, environmental reinforcement, or some other factor. Regardless of whether you have something or nothing now, as long as you take the steps to put the pieces in place, you will get to where you want to be.
You Have Something
The second point I want to make is to invite you to rethink the notion that you have nothing. Because every time you think you have nothing, it’s likely the opposite. It’s the proverbial notion of whether the glass is half-empty or half-full. There is always something there. The pessimist sees the glass as half-empty; the optimist sees the glass as half-full.
Have you ever considered that the glass has always been all full though? The bottom half is filled with water, and the top half is filled with air.
If you don’t see what you have today as something, it’s possible that you’ve been living in your own reality for too long, to the point where you take what you have for granted. You’ve developed a mental blindness to the value of what you have. It’s a matter of re-tuning yourself to recognize those things you do have.
Try mentally swapping positions with someone who is in a worse-off situation than you. It can be someone who just got robbed, someone who just got retrenched, a convict sentenced for life behind bars, a patient suffering from a terminal illness with a month to live, a vegetable, a person with anterograde amnesia, a starving beggar with no home to go to, a bankrupt, someone with heavy debt to clear, a famine-stricken child in Africa, etc. — the possibilities are endless. How would you feel? What would you become? What would life be like compared to what you have now?
Suddenly, it’s apparent that there are so many things in your life you didn’t realize. All the things you have from before that you saw as nothing suddenly becomes something. Things like your senses, your health, your freedom, your livelihood, your rights, your friends, your family, your knowledge, your skill sets, your abilities, your intellect, and many more. All these are real things, real tools that you possess. They are assets beyond any doubt. There are many people who wish they have these, yet they don’t. Realize it or not, by being able to see this post, you are in a better place than many people in this world. And focusing on the things that you do have now and making the best out of them are surer ways to move you forward in life than not recognizing them.
Your Problems Are Something Too
In fact, everything you have in your life now is something. Including your problems, contrary to what many would think. I know many of you may be thinking, How can my problems be of value? They weigh me down. I wish I can get rid of all my life problems immediately.
There was something I read in Think and Grow Rich years ago that I want to share with you. Many people always see their problems as liabilities, and the things they have as assets.
However, have you ever realized that your problems are actually your assets too — in fact, bigger assets than you realize? Because for every problem you face, hundreds of thousands of people around the world are probably facing it too. And if your problem is so huge that it’s weighing on you, imagine how many people would want to know the solution to this problem. Who is a better person to discover the solution than you, the person who is in the middle of it all?
Once you find the solution, imagine how valuable this solution will be to others who have the same problem. It’s a huge asset! Your problems are really your assets in disguise. They are your hidden gold mines waiting to be mined and converted into gold. In fact, our problems are the keys to abundance. It’s with these problems that you become a richer person, not just in terms of physical wealth, but also emotionally, mentally and spiritually.
I was brought up in a family where money was not abundant. We were not poverty poor, but we were definitely in a low-income household. Since young, we lived in a regular HDB flat and didn’t own any cars. Cars are considered a luxury item in Singapore, unlike in the United States where it is more of a commodity. My parents worked very hard in odd jobs, at certain times working dual jobs, to put me and my brother through school. (That said, they dote on me a lot — I never wanted many things as a kid, but for the few things I did want, they would do their best to get them for me, so I never felt like I was lacking or anything like that.)
When I was in high school, I had classmates whose parents were very well off. They lived in bungalows, semi-detached, etc. and many of them had cars. At that time, I wondered why my family was not as rich as other kids’ families. I wished my family was more well off.
Then one day, I came across this quote, along with the lines of “Those who are rich will never know how expensive it is to be poor.”
This quote really got me thinking, because I realized that it was a blessing that I was where I was, because I could never appreciate wealth (of any kind) the same way if I already had it to begin with. That was one of the times when I had a paradigm shift about my reality.
I’m not saying that others who are born rich cannot appreciate their wealth, but they would never do so the same way compared to if they never had it at first (same for any situation in life). When you don’t have something, you appreciate it in a very different way when you get it. It’s also from your problems that you grow and become better, just like how your disappointments make you a stronger person.
And Then There Is Something Else
And even beyond your problems/liabilities, assets, knowledge, abilities, and skill sets, there is something else that you have. Even if you have nothing to your name, even if you have been declared bankrupt, even if you’re $100 million dollars in debt, even if everyone has left you in this world, even if you are to lose your job/status/knowledge/achievements, even if your life has been decimated, you still have something.
You have you.
And that, I’m telling you, is the most powerful thing you can ever have in your entire life. It’s the one thing you ever need in your entire life to create the life you want. Because you have more power in you to create than anything else in the world that you can acquire. It doesn’t matter whether you are $100 million dollars in debt; you have the ability to reverse it and earn more. (Which was exactly what Donald Trump did. He was $0.9 billion dollars in debt in the 1990s and reversed that in a year, to emerge a billionaire with $3 billion in net worth — 3 times richer than his highest point of wealth before his debt. It was such an incredible feat that he became listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for the biggest financial turnaround in history.)
It doesn’t matter if you have no friends now to speak of; you have the ability to get out there and make new friends. It doesn’t matter if you have nothing now, because you can get out there and create something for yourself. Whatever static object/asset you can acquire is nothing in comparison with you: a dynamic being who is able to create, synthesize thoughts, break down problems, form solutions, build structures, move mountains, and more.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t have the answers now, because you have an eternal connection with your subconsciousness, which has all the answers you need. You also have unlimited potential and capacity to do whatever you want.
When I started this blog in Dec 2008 (two years ago as I’m writing this), I had nothing (so to speak). I had quit my job, I had no income. I was a nobody as far as the personal development world was concerned. I had no domains, no websites, no hosting. I had no idea what Twitter was or any of the jazzy Web 2.0 social media, no knowledge of the workings of the blogosphere. I had no experience creating a personal development blog and I had never written a personal development article in my entire life. I had never done life coaching; didn’t know what life coaching was. I had never trained before and had never spoken in a workshop or seminar. I never read personal development books nor had any interest in them. I had no idea who was who in the personal development space nor was I in the loop of the things happening in this area.
Yet did it matter? No, it didn’t. All these were absolutely irrelevant in whether I was going to achieve my dreams. The point was that this was (and is) my passion; this is my dream. I knew that as long as I put my whole self into pursuing the goal, I would achieve it. It didn’t matter what I had or what I didn’t have. If there was something I had that could help achieve the goal, then great, I would leverage on it to achieve the goal. If there was nothing, then sure, I would just figure out how to get it, or if it was not possible to get it, to create it myself.
Everything else was just riff-raff, peripheral nothings that played no role whatsoever in the outcome (achieving my dreams). And while everyone was expressing fear about my situation and how it was risky and what not, these were more like noise to my ears. Their fears were more projections of themselves than of my situation. In my mind, my goal was stark clear. It was fixed. The question was merely how to get there.
Today after 2.5 years of starting my blog, Personal Excellence has over 200k 1 million pageviews/month (as of Oct 2011), is one of the top 25 personal development sites in the world, and we’re growing stronger every day. I have received nearly 20 over 70 media features (as of 2017) in prominent media/press outlets, including CNN, Asia One, Channel News Asia, Today, and CBS Network. I’m a coach to very smart and talented people from different walks of life, whether in their 20s, 30s, 40s or teens, helping them achieve success in their lives. My posts have been featured in the biggest personal development blogs online.
I have big goals for Personal Excellence in the years to come, and I’m excited to see them unfold.
Did it matter whether I had something or nothing in the beginning? No, it didn’t. Again, it’s irrelevant. Whatever it is that you have or don’t have now doesn’t matter. The outcome is fixed. Having something or nothing only affects how and what needs to be done to achieve your desired end outcome, but not the end outcome itself.
Focus on What You Want, not What You Have Now
If we always base our decision on what we have or don’t have at this moment, we’re never going to get far. Because we’re limiting ourselves based on our history. You become a function of your past. You become a shadow of your past. That’s just surrendering yourself to what you had in the past, which is a very disempowering way to live. It merely serves to reinforce the status quo. Your current state is not a determinant of who you can be or what you can have. Remember, you have unlimited power in you. Focus on your WHAT, not your HOW.
Now if you instead, focus on what you want, what you really want, that’s a much more empowering way to live. What do you want in your life? Identify what you want, figure out your strategy and your plan, and then get there.
When you’re inspired by a vision that drives you, you will reach that goal no matter what. Your obstacles are only what you see when you take your eyes off your goal. Pick the skills, learn them, put in your 10,000 hours and more, and you’ll be there faster than you realize.
Everyone starts from somewhere. It doesn’t matter what you have or don’t have now. It’s more important that you get clear on what you want and move towards there.
The interesting thing is, when you start doing that, you’ll realize you had a lot of things all along. All of a sudden, the past skill sets that you acquired comes in handy. Your past knowledge becomes applicable. People you knew before fall into place one way or another to aid you. And even if you don’t, as I mentioned earlier, it’s a matter of creating the connections to drive you forward.
I’ll end off with this quote:
“It’s not what you’ve got; it’s what you do that makes the difference.”
All the best in achieving your goals and dreams and let me know how it goes. :)
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That was amazing, Celes! Thank you so much, I’m copying and pasting this blog entry into my life handbook under the “inspirations” tab. :wink:
hey Melanie, I hope you find my reply helpful :D All the best and keep us updated on how everything goes :D
This is a wonderful post Celes! Very inspiring..:)
Thanks Ashna for your support! Very much appreciated :D
Hi Celes,
I have seen you rise up from nothing to prominence. You deserve a good pat on your back. Keep it up and I wait to hear more success stories from you.
Cheers,
Vincent
Thanks Vincent. Look forward to seeing more from you too :D
Celes,
This is a very insightful post. We all must start from nothing, put in the required amount of effort, to become good at anything at all. So called 10,000-hour “talent”, from the book Outlier, which makes this point very clear.
Hi Harry, indeed :D. I wrote about the 10,000 rule before in this article: https://personalexcellence.co/blog/10000-hours/
Hey Celes,
What a timely post you have here. What you talk about is so true. The correct mindset is so important when you start out with nothing. It’s the classic is the glass half full or half empty mindset that makes the difference.
However, as you pointed out to me before, knowing “what” you want is much more important than the “how”. I think so many people get stuck at wondering how, it makes it so hard to move from the place of being stuck and not being able to achieve their goals! If anything, I will always remember that point as that alone kicked my butt into gear and got me moving forward – FAST.
Thanks for the great work Celes,
Bailey
Hi Bailey, thanks for your comment and for your wonderful review of PEBook! I received your email and I’ll love to do the interview. Let me work out a time slot and I’ll get back to you in a day’s time :D
Hi Celestine, I recently discovered your blog and I like what I’ve seen and read so far.
In this post, I like your take on problems, as in “opportunities disguised as problems”. I mean, what better way to connect deeply and meaningfully with others than through our “problems”.
Your journey of ascendance since Dec ’08 inspires me.
Christopher
Welcome to Personal Excellence and thanks for your support Christopher :D I look forward to connecting with you more here :)
This is amazing – thank you so much, you have put so much of yourself into this and my goodness it is inspirational.
You are truly a blessed person to be able to do this and to help so many people. I am going to start a life handbook now with this and I will make my dreams come true.
Thank you.
That’s great Deb!! I’m planning a 30-day challenge to live a better life in Sep, and it’s going to be very exciting! I’ll be rallying all readers to join in and I hope you join in too. More details in an upcoming post next week so stay tuned :D
:wink: “千里之行始于足下”，thank you for your posting and i like you blog , i think everyone is unique even you have nothing ,which no one can take the place of .you are also able to achieve your goal if you have.
Thanks a lot yom :D. The chinese idiom you wrote basically captured the essence of it all. For those who don’t know chinese, it means a journey with a thousand miles begins with the first step. (Please correct me if I’m wrong!)
i would like to change it like this,
A JOURNEY OF THOUSANDS MILES BEGINS WITH THE FIRST STEP.
THANKS.
PHANI…
Celes,
The was a great post and I’m sure it will definitely help Melanie in her journey. And I agree 100%, a person can feel as if they have nothing and it is very easy to get “stuck” in that mindset, but I have found that if you just focus and keep pushing toward what you want it all becomes clear and simplified in no time. Focus on one small step at a time that ultimately leads to the goal.
And I wish Melanie all the best in her journey!
Thanks so much Chris for sharing your support! :D You’re definitely right that it’s about focusing one small step at a time. They all build up to bring us to the bigger vision in the long-run.
Thank you, Chris! :)
The main thing I found when I burnt all my bridges to start anew is to pay attention to the environment you are in. When you are in such a vulnerable position, you need to be careful for people who can knock you off your perch. You need all the encouragement you can get, so avoid people who are making you fearful.
When I gave up my job, fearful friends could easily upset me and make me fearful too and thus I wasted time to overcome my fear and get my courage back up.
There is a biological explanation why the environment is important and it sure worked for me to pay attention to any toxins that could stop my progress. Following and learning from people like you is therefore a great strategy. xox Wilma
Hi Celes,
I am very much glad to have come accross your blog site… I am your new fan and everyday I can’t let the day pass without reading your blogs. They are very empowering and inspiring that I can’t help myself read three to five articles a day. Specially this blog it’s mind blowing and full of realizations that the power to create something is within us… More power and success to you…
Hi Celes,
Congratulations for your achievement on being listed as one of the top 25 personal development blogs. You are just fantabulous! You have excellent work ethics, I shall model after you when I join the workforce.
I find article is very consciousness-raising. I’m glad that I read this at this juncture as I have just graduated from my degree study. Being someone fresh with no work experience, I used to think that I’m not skillful enough for the workforce.
But hey, after reading this, I’d say heck, let’s learn it…and then do it!
With love,
Yap
Celestine, you’ve proved that nothing is only the hero in zero waiting to be established. Everyone has to start somewhere and when you have very little there is also very little to lose. You can only gain, grow and develop – from acorns great oaks grow. Congratulations on your nothing to something journey as such but I’m sure you agree we are all someone with something to bring to the world so nothing is merely the starting point to paint your own blank canvas all over the planet. Blessings.
I really enjoyed reading this article. Thank you for sharing your personal experience, the perspective it gave me was very helpful. I have always found that I am more likely to take risk when faced with adversity. When everything is comfortable there is not a real motivation to walk through the temporary discomfort that comes along with making changes. It’s like draw poker. With a mediocre hand like two pair most people tend to hold onto a sure thing and only trade in one card. With a completely useless hand, maybe one ace, most will trade in all the cards they can giving them a shot at a much better hand than two pair. Many times the adversity, or the perception of having “nothing” motivates us to take the risk that pay off.
Good stuff. Very inspirational.
Thks.
This post has really inspired me. Actually, we all knows that each and everyone of us starts with zero. When we see other people is successful while we are just on the average line, we tend to blame our environment, but one thing that we fail to see was the tenacity of the successful people.
The problem is that we always seek for shortcuts, expecting to get from 0 to 100 the easy way.
Hi Celes,
Thanks a million for this post. You may never know what it has done to whip some of us to reality.
Self-pity (that poor-me syndrome) continues to pull a lot of us down. We tend to, as you’ve aptly pointed out, blame our environment and circumstances and somehow feel our failure is justified.
I may now claim to be newly-empowered, and from my position down in the dumps I’ll do everything possible to lift myself. I now know that zero is where most of the successful started. And what an inspiration from your own story, Celes!
I’m from Kenya, a small country in Africa, where we are used to blaming everything on the colonial experience, our governments–everything but ourselves. I’ll pass your post around, and I’m sure it’ll inspire many.
I thank God for landing on your blog. May you continue to enlighten us.
Hey, here’s a bit food for thought
You should consider having a small webinar on the same topic. I’m sure that there would be quite many interested people :)
All you need is a computer, a webcam and a platform via which to stream your webinar. Websites like ustream, livestream or http://www.tvmad.com offer these services.
If you decide to do it then let me know, I’ll be 100% there to see your show :)
Cheers,
Martin
Thanks Martin for the suggestion :D I’ve in mind to start online seminars/courses in the future; will update accordingly on the blog :D
Hi Celes!
You have such a brilliant mind! Thanks for this very inspiring post :wink:
Your site is indeed the best place that I can turn to when I have questions, doubts, fears in whatever situation/feelings I may be/have.
You inspire me that and a thousands of people out there! I super like your PE!!!
hi there, stumbled upon this.
Needed the pep talk as i’m currently stuck in the ‘how.
how’.
Thanks!
Cheers! :)
The “start from nothing” phrase is hypothetical. All of us have something – talent, experience, ability to read and learn, a friend who knows something.
I work in a church with a lot of hispanic immigrants. Their kids come to Sunday school with nothing. However, they are not afraid to work hard and pay the rent. Many don’t have a plan, but with steady, hard work, they discover that their children grow up and do better than they could.
Hi Celes:
I came to know about your very recently and found very useful. Thanks.
Hey there.
I feel I have to be honest here and say that you haven’t written anything here that I already didn’t know. I am not successful/ or even working, I don’t see the glass half full or empty, but rather I look at the glass of water and take a sip knowing it will last me as long as I need it to. I also know that where I am at right now there is nothing for me here, but I have no way away from it all. Currently I am living with my mom and her bf having no where else in the world to go, and I don’t understand how you can honestly say that everyone starts from nothing/ nowhere.
Let me be clear, no two people are alike. We agree upon this. (At least I hope we do) No two people start off from the same point, either. I used to have a friend whom called herself depressed and like me she grew up poor. After 12 years of friendship (through school) we are no longer friends. Its because from what I know about you (very little considering this is your only post i have read) she has the same opinion about life as you. Just because something works for someone doesn’t mean it will work for everyone.
For an example: To tone your body all you have to do is run/ jog two miles each day. While this may work for most people you have to understand that some people require maybe three miles of running and others far less. I have known many people who don’t move off their butts to do more than make something to eat or use the restrooms. Yet they are thin and considered healthy where others are all into it wearing a sweat suit jogging until they collapse or vomit and manage to not drop any weight. The kicker is the person not exercising is constantly eating and eating junk food at that where the other is dieting eating healthy foods.
Point is not every one is the same. For those you have inspired, good for them.. and you. It’s always a good feeling knowing you have inspired someone or helped someone when they needed it most. Rather than kicking them while their down, like so many people do these days. I am just saying it doesn’t help me and I felt the need to point out a flaw I noticed.
if somebody is inspiring then u should not have problem ……u make u r life difficult and u blame others for it so just get out and let others live…..
I felt the exact same way when reading this article. I have been a follower of Celes and participated in many life changing challenges. Her blog, articles, challenges, and mantra has made an impact on my life as far as positive thinking, healthy living choices, and goals. At the same time, no two people are alike, and for some it is very hard to make something out of nothing,. Especially depending on the circumstances such as children, economy, states. And while most of us would love to quit our day jobs making enough to get by, we don’t all have the option of no income until we make some doing what we love. I disagree with Jack’s comment below. I don’t hear anyone blaming anyone. And I don’t hear you being critical of Celes. I am reading you stating your opinion based on your life. It’s not always blame when you are merely stating facts.
Hi Michael, I can see where you’re coming from, I am in a similar situation (unemployed) but would like to point out that you have the “luxury” of living with your mother, I don’t have that option but I do know that I can still make it. The main point I can take from Celes is that I have me. I have seen in the past what I can do – get employed, change my thinking etc. From what I can see you feel Stuck? no options, no way out, nowhere to go. Start small, form a habit that is beneficial to you, cultivate a happier mindset.
I am also one of those people who is slim and eat a lot of crap. I know people who are literally twice or 3 times my weight and can run further and faster than me. It’s not that it is unfair it’s just the hand we were dealt. While they may be envious of my size I am envious of their athletic ability. You are right though. No 2 people are the same, celes is not saying that she is merely pointing out that we all started off with the same knowledge at birth – nothing. Granted people are born into different home settings and income brackets but the main thing is what you do while you are here. And as far as I can see, bemoaning your current environment is doing nothing for you, why not try and change something and see where you end up
This would be good advise if I wasn’t one of the unfortunate types you listed there. My health is bad, I am 23 and may have dementia. I wasn’t given one talent or skill to save my life from the very getgo, in a generational sea of people spoiled with talents, gifts, and other things. Grew up socially isolated, poor, depressed. Very few friends and a family that failed me. The list just gets worse from there. I suppose I did make it to 23 though. Yay?
Try thinking up a cliche Halmark type up for that.
I’m sorry to hear about your predicament, at the same time I can’t say that I can empathize with your situation because I can’t. I hope this article will be of some help: https://personalexcellence.co/blog/talent/
Hi.
Just thought I’d add to what Michael was saying, but unfortunately a bit more harshly. I am 28 years old, have made mistakes (if severe lack of social skills and overbabying as a child would count). My mother is a welfare case that tries hard and is stuck with a under the table job making crap for money. I have absolutely nothing, no money, no job, no experience, and a frail body that could never handle construction or the like (I usually get laughed out of placew when I ask for a job, I walk to these places btw). We live in ‘the hood’, yet I am a very white male (a girlish sorta guy at that, longer hair, thin arms, ect). People are shot dead at least once a week in the area. Drug addicts everywhere… and I am nearing suicidal thoughts.
Point is a optimistic attitude can only work for so many. Nice read, but one of this worlds problems is just how clueless people are about how things work for unfortunate people or those not blessed with certain skills.
Hello Celes,
Thank you for being around, I say that honestly. I am currently going through a “the end of the world” experience. But thanks for this article. It really gives me a smile.
I recently just finished my school for the year. I failed a mandatory course for my program and failed some of the courses I retook to better myself. It was not a great year. As a result, I cannot go back to school this upcoming fall; I have to go back Fall 2015.
I already arranged a meeting with advisor about my options and am looking to talk to an employment counsellor about my situation. My parents don’t know about this at all. It hurts me not to tell them, but I plan to.. Once I get a full-time job that hopefully can pay my student loans while saving up for the following school year.
I am also taking this chance to find what my true passion is. Although despite that I know what I need to do and try to make the best out of the situations, I can’t help breaking down. But thank you for the article, it gives me hope =) Keep up the great work!
Thanks Celes!
A very inspiring, eye-opening and mind-blowing kick-starter!!!!!
This is a great blog and a well of wisdom that disarmed the saying, “YOU NEED ALOT TO START” IF YOU REMAIN WHERE YOU ARE, YOU WILL NOT HAVE ANY STORY TO TELL YOUR GENERATION AND NEXT GENERATION.
what do you do if you don’t know what you want to do in life and are completely lost. How to do look for that something?
Hey Armen! This purpose series may help: https://personalexcellence.co/blog/life-purpose/
Problems are not assets, problems are a waste of everything including time which humans have a finite amount of I don’t give a flying fuck what happens before I get what I want but the people that get it fast and easy don’t think back and say aww but I wish I had some problems and wasted 20 fucking years no you sound like you haven’t had many problems, you pray on people who do by writing bullshit and selling ad space admit it, you dont write self help YOU SELL FUCKING AD SPACE.
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