Tuning our Motivation everyday

"People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily."- Zig Ziglar

"People who are unable to motivate themselves must be content with mediocrity, no matter how impressive their other talents." -Andrew Carnegie

People who plays string intruments must know the fact that their instruments need to be tune every now and then for it to be in perfect condition. They also know that if their string instrument, eg. guitar to be left unplayed for a while, it will also be out of tune. The same goes with our mind. Even if we have the necessary ingredient to achieve our goals, we need to tune the goal with motivation every now and then. By linking the goal with passion is not enough as the passion will die as time goes by. Tune the passion with positive motivation everyday and the fire that ignites the passion will kept blazing until we reach our ultimate goal.

How to leverage 10K to get 100K

From all the books that I have read about how to become a millionaire and also financial self-help books, all the books seems to be pointing to one path, invest in REAL ESTATE. No matter what the strategy is laid out in the books, it simply focuses on leveraging small amount of money to obtain a large amount of asset. No other investment can do this except Real Estate investment. The strategy is to have delayed gratification, save enough money and invest 10% as down payment for the real estate and having someone else paying off the rest of the mortgage. Seems easy isn’t it? But, then again, nothing comes easy. Perseverance, waiting for the right purchase and a lot of cheapskate attitude will determine whether you will succeed or not in making the investment in Real Estate.

A Millionaire in me

When you have set yourself a dream of becoming a millionaire, the first thing you must do is to envision the feeling of having that one million in the bank. Visualization of that feeling will actually help you to give the motivation and the push forward in acting out the necessary action in accomplishing the dream. It is all hard work to achieve the dream but there is absolutely no harm in having a feeling of a millionaire inside. As you create that strong feeling of a millionaire inside you, it is just a matter of time that you will actually become one.

The First Step towards Wealth Building: Take Risks

If you look at any successful individuals, the most common trait that you can find is the willingness of the individual to take risk. As Henry Ford once quoted “Problems and risks are the thing that distracts you from the original plan.” That’s why the more longer a person have been living on a paycheck, the more reluctant he would take the risk of leaving his job and venture into a business of his own. The more comfortable you are with your status quo, the more heavily the decision you have to make in quitting your day job. But as the status quo of the industry is also right now, not many people can get rich by just working for other people. You can only get rich by employing others to work for you. Try to rethink your current position now and probably it is high time for you to take that calculated risk and dive in towards uncharted territory.

Want to solve a problem? Get your hands dirty

Just want to share with you a very interesting story about the management principle of Kiichiro Toyoda, the founder of Toyota Corporation.

One day Kiichiro Toyoda was walking through the vast plant when he came upon a worker scratching his head and muttering that his grinding machine would not run. Kiichiro took one look at the man, then rolled up his sleeves and plunged his hands into the oil pan. He came up with two handfuls of sludge. Throwing the sludge on the floor, he said: “How can you expect to do your job without getting your hands dirty!” - Excerpt from Toyota Way

This story clearly shows that in order to fix a problem, you must be prepare to get yourself to dig into the problem even if it requires you to dirty your hand in the process.

Plug the holes

Imagine that you are set to begin a new era of your life by embarking a journey towards financial freedom. Imagine that you have set sail and ready than ever to begin on the voyage of your life. You lift the anchor and cruised towards the open sea heading the destination that you dream of. But suddenly, hard fact hits you back as you realized that your ship is not moving as fast as you wanted it to be. Even worse, the ship starts to sink as you embark from the port. Why does this happen? As you check your ship, you then realized that your ship is full of holes and water is fast flooding your ship. Your exciting journey comes to an abrupt end as more and more water floods the ship.

How can this story related to your journey to financial freedom? The hole in the ship can be analogous to debts that you have acquired in life. A life with a lot of debt will either slow you down or cripple you to the ground. So, if you have a dream of living a life of financial freedom, the first thing you must do is to eliminate your debt or analogous to plugging the holes in your ship. A ship with no holes will cruise faster and better than a ship with even one hole. You will arrive to your destination even faster.

The importance of Goal Setting

Here are some quotes from famous people that clearly stated about the importance of goal setting.

“ I don't care how much power, brilliance or energy you have, if you don't harness it and focus it on a specific target, and hold it there you're never going to accomplish as much as your ability warrants. ” - Zig Ziglar

“ If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal. Not to people or things. ” - Albert Einstein

“ Obstacles are those frightful things you see when you take your eyes off your goal. ” - Henry Ford

“ Man is a goal seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals. ” - Aristotle


The true defintion of living a life is by living with a purpose. Living with a purpose means living with the aspiration to achieve something. That is why goals are the most critical factor in determining whether we will have a happy life or not. The notion that we have something to achieve for that will bring much joy and impact to our life will definitely fuel and motivate us to learn, develop and take action. Set your goals today and write it in a piece of paper and commit to take action and achieve the goal that you have set for yourself.