Talent

If you want to add immense value to your family, you got to let your talent shine.

- David Shen

Talent and value

In any field, if you have talent, you add value.
If you don't have talent, you probably add minus-value.

- David Shen

Time

I enjoy each moment to be with my child.

- David Shen

Resource within us

All of the resources are within us. We just need to find it. We can begin by asking questions.
If talking to ourself doesn't have result, how about write it down.

- David Shen

Value

Am I providing immense value to my love ones?

- David Shen

History

I will change the history.

- David Shen

Value

I do whatever it takes to provide value to my love ones.

- David Shen

Change

I'll change the history.

- David Shen

Emotion

I always ask myself from now on:
Am I a master or slave of my emotion?
Does it bring value to my love ones?

- David Shen

Strong

If I want to add value to others, I got to be the giant. I strive to be the strongest (physically and mentally) person on this earth so I can provide immense value to my love ones.

- David Shen

Grateful

I am grateful that I have a wonderful family. Now, how can I provide immense value for my dear ones?

- David Shen

Tomorrow?

I always thought that I can wait until tomorrow.
The only thing I forget is I don't know if there's going to be a tomorrow.

- David Shen

Provide value

I wish I provide immense value to my family.
I wish I provide immense value to billion of others.

- David Shen

Life

Life doesn't wait.

- David Shen

The rule of life

Follow others lead no where.

- David Shen

Uniqueness

When in doubt, choose your own uniqueness.

- David Shen

The rule of the nature

I always go for the difficult classes, difficult work and progress little. Then, one day, I told myself what the hack am I doing? I start to go for the easy class and the easy work. Suddenly, I start to progress a lot.

- David Shen

I can

Of course I can.

- David Shen

Love my family

I love my family and I'll do whatever it takes to provide value.

- David Shen

Influence

Knowing the kind of group that have the biggest impact on you and choose these people carefully.

- David Shen

Choice

If you're easily influenced by others, you might want to take a look at people around you. Are you moving forward with the people around you or moving backward? Sometimes it's easier to distance yourself from a few people. Other times you might want to change career to move to a new group of people. It's your choice.

- David Shen

Stability

I always thought I want stability and comfort. Then, one day, I realize stability is created when I strive forward.

- David Shen

Talent

I always thought if I spend 15 hours a day and other people spend 1 hour a day, I will be the number 1 eventually. Then, one day, I realize that this is wrong. I look for my talent 1st before I put in 15 hours a day. If I have the talent, I only need to spend 1 hour a day. If I don't have the talent, spending 15 hours a day doesn't go any where.

- David Shen

don't stay

If it doesn't add value, move on.

- David Shen

need vs. talent

When you fulfill your need, you are in a small circle.
When you fulfill your talent, the whole universe is within your circle.

- David Shen

One day

I always want to blend in. Then, one day, I realize it doesn't go any where.

- David Shen

every day

Every day, spend some times on your talent.

- David Shen

need, talent and interest

Each day, spend at least
50% of your time on need
20% of your time on talent
30% of your time on interest

The top 1% of people spend
100% of their time on talent
100% of their time on interest
They already take care of their need.

- David Shen

Recording

When things going well, record the event at the end of the day and end of the week.
Enjoy and memorize each moment of it.

- David Shen

plus and minus

Blend in helps relationship but not necessarily yourself.

- David Shen

Top 1%

How many people in the top 1% blend in?
0%

- David Shen

Teamwork

Teamwork has its value if you're the partner.
Teamwork lost its value if you're the follower.

- David Shen

bland in too much

If you blend in too much, you lost yourself.

- David Shen

80 - 20

80% uniqueness
20% blend in

- David Shen

Little value

Blend in add little value to yourself.
Don't bland in unless it's necessary.

- David Shen

Add points

What can I do today to add immense value to my love ones?

- David Shen

Top 1%

The top 1% (e.g. Warren Buffet) can stay at the top for a long time because...

Talents don't change. (They stay in the same fields.)
People don't change. (They associate with the same kinds of people.)
Habits don't change. (They do the same thing every day.)
Environment don't change. (House doesn't change.)

- David Shen

A job

If a job is a good fit (people and talent), then you might want to consider to stay here for a long time. If not, it's better to learn it in the 1st 10 minutes and move on.

- David Shen

Adjust or not

I always thought that I can adjust to a job. Then one day I realize that it takes too long to adjust to a job and the result might not be pretty. It's better to find a job that I don't need to adjust to and have a nature talent to be excellent in it.

- David Shen

Add value to my love ones

Time - Spend time with my love ones.
Health - Good food, warm cloth and exercise.
Positive mental altitude - Find the things that all of us enjoy and do it.
Financial abundance - 15% saving each year.

- David Shen

resolve

resolve - I promise myself I will never give up until ...

Job vs. talent

Job is temporary. Talent is permanent. You can constantly change jobs but you can't constantly change talent. Look at the top 1%, Warren Buffet, Bill Clinton and Bill Gates. All of them use their talent to provide immense value to others.

- David Shen

Hiking

I always thought hiking is a waste of time because I got more important things to do. Then, one day, I remember I have happy memory hiking with my Dad years ago. Hiking with my love ones provide happy memory, positive mental altitude, good relationship and good health. Hiking belongs to my valuable items list.

- David Shen

half a dozen things

In life, half a dozen things will make 80% of the difference. (Jim Rohn)
I will divide things into 2 category. One category belong to the half a dozen things that provide immense values to my love ones. The other category belongs to the rest. Wow, I like this idea.

- David Shen

Easy thing

Always go for the easy thing.
This is where your talents are.

- David Shen

fly high

Try to find a hero that matches your talent, you will blast off to the infinite.

- David Shen

It's time

When you have a lot of interest but no talent, it's nature's way of telling you time to find your true talent.

- David Shen

Interest and talent

If you have the interest but no talent, you provide little value to others in the long run.

- David Shen

Communicate with my love ones

With my love ones, I change my ways of communication until it works.

1. I first find the common ground.
- Does my child and myself like to hug?
- Does my child and myself like to listen to music?
- Does my child and myself like to smile at each other?
- Does my child and myself like to eat together?

2. If there's a difference, I find the work around?
If I sometimes don't understand what my child is saying, I repeat what the child just told me and see the child's response.

- David Shen

Talent vs. time

If I want to provide an extraordinary value to my love ones, I will spend 50% time on my talent each day.

- David Shen

Your talent

If it's your talent, stay with it.
If it's not your talent, run away from it.

- David Shen

Happy

When things are going well, write down the things that make you happy.
When things are not going well, go back to the things that make you happy.

- David Shen

Move forward vs. move away 2

If you understand the move forward/move away concept, you'll add enormous value to your child.

If you move away and your child likes move forward or vice-versa, you better change it or your relationship with your child would be at risk.

- David Shen

Move forward vs. move away

Get to know if your love ones are moving forward or moving away. If your love ones are moving forward, your might need to adjust yourself to move forward.

Here is the moving forward example:
Your mom and your sister really like you to come to the dinner table and eat together.

Here is the moving away example:
If you don't come to the dinner table, your mom would be really unhappy.

- David Shen

Magical

What's magical about life?
You give all of your talent and enjoy every moment of it.

- David Shen

Happiness

I never thought that I say this, positive mental altitude is directly related on how many happy things you do every day. Whenever you feel miserable, find a happy thing to do.

- David Shen

Happy

Do 1 happy thing a day.

- David Shen

Add value

Does what I am doing right now add value to my love ones?

- David Shen

Add values

Do you think that you can add value to your love ones with your talent?
You can add tremendous value to your love ones and others.

- David Shen

Basic

Go back to the basic. That's where your strength are.

- David Shen

Experiment

Experiment whenever you can.

- David Shen

Valuable

Each chance is a precious moment. Embrace it and push it to the limit.

- David Shen

Time and chance

If you have another chance, would you take it?
Time gives you the chance.

- David Shen

chance

Time gives you a chance. Don't abuse this chance.

- David Shen

vison and change

Go through life with a vision, then prepare for the changes.

- David Shen

changes

I always wish things doesn't change and it does.

- David Shen

minus points

If you're depressed, you add negative points to your love ones.

- David Shen

Add value

If it doesn't add value, you can just skip it.

- David Shen

stable

Take every opportunity to find and work on your talent because that's the only stable thing in this changing world.

- David Shen

Move on

When you feel negative, it's time to move on.

- David Shen

Adding points

I add points with each action I take.

- David Shen

Points

I know if I can provide value for my family, I add points to myself.

- David Shen

strength vs. weakness

If you constantly work on your strength you're going somewhere.
If you constantly work on your weakness you're going nowhere.

- David Shen

forward

When I show courage and move forward, I feel good.

- David Shen

Points

Every time I provide value to my love ones, I get some points.
How many points did I get today?

- David Shen

Save the treasure

Every day, ask yourself if you bank on good memory.

- David Shen

Tools

Time, talent, health and money are all of the tools that create good memory.

- David Shen

Talent

You know where your talent is.
Go work on it.

- David Shen

memory

Going forward with action that creates good memory.
Reflect on good memory every day.
Reflect on good memory every week.
Reflect on good memory every year.
Reflect on good memory your entire life.

- David Shen

Treasure

The treasure of life is happy memory.
Time makes it all possible.

- David Shen

Reflection

I never realize this:
Reflection is a good way to go through good memory one more time.

- David Shen

The essence of time

The essence of time: Treasure each moment with the love ones forever

- David Shen

Change

You don't sense moving,
earth is moving
you don't sense change,
change is there

- David Shen

Believe

If you don't believe in yourself, you add little value to your love ones.

- David Shen

add points

Am I adding points?

- David Shen

No value

Judging others add no value.

- David Shen

Try it one more time

I maximize my talent.
I focus on my talent
I try again and again
The rest is up to him

- David Shen

Time

If you're here yet your mind is else where, you add disservice to you and others.

- David Shen

Time

I never realized this about time until recently:

The more time you spend with your love ones (children, parents, significant others), the better the relationship.

If you spend 5 years with a career and it goes no where, time has given you a hint.

When you spend time to add value to your love ones, there will be result.

- David Shen

Blessing soul

I know that my life is blessed. Now, what can I do to add value to my love ones?

- Infinite and beyond

each day

You don't need to do much each day.
You just need to spend 20% of the day on your talent.

- David Shen

stay flat

When you stay flat, you bring no value to no one.

- David Shen

Talent

Talent is constant. Your talent can help one person. Your talent can help 1 billion.

- David Shen

Of course I mean it

If you mean it, you get it done.

- David Shen

Happy

I didn't realize this:
pity/self-pity/unhappiness has no space in this universe.

Happy thought and happy moment are all it is.

- David Shen

Value

It all come down to one thing:
love by providing value to your love ones.

What can I do today to provide value to my love ones?

- David Shen

vision

With vision, you go somewhere.

- David Shen

Talent and career

If you want to know your talent belong to this career, just look at 3 people at the top and ask yourself, do you belong to this group?

- David Shen

turn around

If you see your weakness, turn around, you'll see your strength.

- David Shen

Education vs. talent

Education is the cushion.
Talent is the space shuttle.

- David Shen

Warren Buffet

I didn't realize the following statement from Warren Buffet until recently, it creates good memory.

Doing what you love to do and doing it really well
- Warren Buffet

More time

You cannot get more time, but you can create more time.

With talent, you just need 10% of your time with 1000% of the result.

- David Shen

Time

At the end, your whole life time is just a good memory.

- David Shen

Good memory

If you can choose, always choose a good memory.

- David Shen

A dot

Time is not a line.

Time is a dot.
Time is a few dots of good memory

- David Shen

Good habit

If you want to make sure your good habit stay the same, you cannot change your focus.

If you want to make sure your focus stay the same, you cannot change your priority.

If you want to make sure your priority stay the same, you cannot be impacted by the things happening around you.

Don't let small things bother you and change your good habit.

- David Shen

Time

What's time?

When you look back, time is a good memory.
When you look ahead, time is a good habit.

- David Shen

Not a line

You always thought time is a line
but when you look back, time is a dot.

- David Shen

A lot of time

You always thought that you have a lot of time.
Then, one day, you realize you don't.

- David Shen

Habits

When you're doing well, you have certain habits. When you're not doing well, you also have certain habits. Try to focus on these habits.

- David Shen

Talent

Do what ever it takes to find your talent.

With talent, you can have more time with your love ones.

- David Shen

Long hours

When I was young, I work long hours to make money. Then, I realize this is not smart.

- David Shen

Time

Time is more important than money.

- Jim Rohn

Best use of your time

What's the best use of your time? Family time

What's the most efficient use of your time? Playing with your talent

- David Shen

Memory

Every day, ask yourself if you're creating a good memory.

- David Shen

Regret

If you know you'll be regret one day on what you're doing, you're wasting your time.

- David Shen

When I look back, I only think about good memory

- David Shen

Tomorrow

You always thought that you can do it tomorrow. Then, one day, you realize that there won't be tomorrow.

- David Shen

time and memory

If the time you spend on won't create a good memory, you better think twice about it.

- David Shen

Time

I always thought I have more time. Then, I realize I don't.

- David Shen

Memory

Time equals to memory.

- David Shen

career vs. time

If you spend long hours on your career, you better pray that this is what you love to do. If not, you're making mistake.

- David Shen

money vs. time

I always thought that the best way to gather money is through time. I have second thought about this approach.

- David Shen

Time vs. talent

When you use time in exchange for money, you better think twice. In the end, it might not add much value. It's better to use talent in exchange for money.

- David Shen

Time

Time is like air. Your life depends on it.

- David Shen

Happy moments

You use time to create value, you use time to add value, you use time for the happy moments. Time is another precious resources for you.

- David Shen

Happy moments

What is time?

Time is just a bunch of happy moments.

- David Shen

Now

I never thought time is a valuable resources until now.

- David Shen

Time and value

If you spend your time that doesn't make you happy or fulfilled, you're wasting your time.

- David Shen

Time vs. memory

You can spend time on whatever you like. In the end, it should be a happy memory.

- David Shen

Time with the love ones

Pay attention on the time you spend with your love ones. Once it's gone, it's not coming back.

- David Shen

Talent and time

With talent, I will do it one more time.

- David Shen

Time with TV

When you watch too much TV, you know something is wrong.

- David Shen

Priority vs. time

If you want to figure out your priority, just look at how you spend your time.

- David Shen

5 minutes

Sometimes you don't need to do much.
You just need to spend 5 minutes a day.

- David Shen

Sequence

Find the talent first, then make it a habit.

- David Shen

One more time

If you want to add value to your family, you got to try it one more time.

- David Shen

People

In order to add value to your family, you got to surround with people who add value to you. You can provide more value to your family only if you're strong.

- David Shen

Talent

If you want to know if he/she has talent, just watch for the result.

- David Shen

Talent 1st

Look for talent 1st then look for passion.

- David Shen

The way it is

Many times, I strongly disagree with their value system.
Then, one day, I realize this is just the way it is.

- David Shen

Next step

Have you noticed that you're the top 1% at certain area?
Have you noticed that no matter how hard you try there's limitation at other area?

You know the next step, don't you?

- David Shen

Excellence

If you want to excel in a field, study the top 20%.

- David Shen

Difference

In any field, the specialty of the top 20% is different from the other 80%.

- David Shen

Top 20%

If you want to be the top 20%, you got to study those top 20%.

- David Shen

Words vs. marketing

I didn't realize this. Playing words can be a major part of marketing.

What's the difference between "I don't have money" and "oh, school is going to start tomorrow and I don't have money to buy pencils and paper." Do you think that you will give money to this kid?

- David Shen

At the same place

When you stop moving forward suddenly, you might want to ask yourself 2 questions. Is there any change recently? This change might be people, a new quote on the wall or a new job. When you move forward before, what helps you to start move forward? Is it a tape, a book or your own quote?

If you're not moving forward, you add minimum value to not only yourself but your love ones.

- David Shen

Play vs. work

If you have the talent, everything is play. If you don't have the talent, everything is work.

- David Shen

No talent

How do you know if you don't have talent? If you think about this subject all night but you don't produce result.

- David Shen

talent

The truth is that talent adds value to the family.

- David Shen

talent vs. follow

I didn't realize this until now. Unless you're the top 3 in a field, follow the crowd doesn't add real value.

- David Shen

stop the race

If the race is not yours, stop and start another race in another field.

- David Shen

talent vs. race

Talent is just like 10,000 meter race. If you have the talents, you can easily be the top 3 runner. If you don't have the talent, you just follow others.

- David Shen

envy vs. family

When you envy other's talent, the result will most likely a minus point.
You stop focus on your talent. Your children will most likely being impacted because they might not have this talent. It's a lose lose situation.

- David Shen

Big pictures vs. detail

Some people have talents to look at big pictures. Other people have talents to look at details. They both provide values to others.

- David Shen

Going

With talent, you go some where.

- David Shen

same spot

If you don't use your talent, you're on the same spot forever.

- David Shen

Talent

Talent is a necessity.

- David Shen

envy vs. talent

A lot of time, you know exactly what your talent is yet you envy other people's talent. You go into a career that is part of your envy but not part of your talent. This happens to a lot of people I know and the result is not pretty.

- David Shen

search for the talent

When you're young, everything is fun. It's fun to search for your talents. When you're old, everything is work. It's no longer fun to search for your talents. The truth is no matter how old you are, your talents are always waiting for you.

- David Shen

talent vs. time

Talent doesn't diminish over time but your curiosity to search for your talent does.

- David Shen

talent vs. emotion

Have you ever notice that if you play with something that you have talent with, you seem to calm down and everything goes smoothly. If you play with something that you don't have talent with, your emotion seems to go up and down and there's no sense of fulfillment.

- David Shen

good vs. great

I always thought that I want to be good at everything. Then, I realize I am a mediocre at everything. Now, I change my mind. I want to be great at one thing. I'll find other people who are great at other things.

- David Shen

money vs. talent

If you follow the money but not the talent in your career, it might work in the short run. In the long run, it's going to not going any where.

- David Shen

Talents?

Do you have talents? Of course you do. You just need to find it.

- David Shen

Car

The other day, I tried to figure out a car problem. It took me 2 days to figure out exactly what's going on. My wife came into the garage and took a look at the car problem and resolve it in 5 minutes. I was shocked. I start to realize that car is my interest but not my talent. I can still spend some time playing with car but I will need to find my talent some where else.

- David Shen

Talk show host

I like radio talk show. When I was young, I was determined to be a radio talk show host. One day, I realize that I enjoy listening to the radio talk show but it's not easy for me to just talk to a microphone.

What's the talent for any field?

If that person can just try out a field and become a natural in the 1st 5 minutes, then this person has the talent.

- David Shen

Talent

Each field has its talent.

If you have the talent, you'll play well in this field.

- David Shen

time vs talent

Others spend a life time but it takes you only a minute to achieve the same result. This is talent.

- David Shen

environment vs. talent

Your talent is always within yourself. It shines or hides depend on your environment.

The environment includes
1. the people you associate with
2. the career/hobby you currently have

- David Shen

2 choices

You have 2 choices.

1. Find your talents.
2. Go with the flow.

You know the consequences.

- David Shen

Part of you

Don't ignore your talent because it's part of you.

- David Shen

Make them shine

Your talents already show up when you're 2 years old. Your goal in life is to make them shine.

- David Shen

Talent and result

The fastest way to get result with your talent is to find mentors and partners. Your mentors show you the rope and your partner compliments your talents.

- David Shen

part time

If you aren't sure if your talent can support your family, you can always work part time.

- David Shen

Goal vs. talent

The sooner you find your talent, the sooner you reach your goal.

- David Shen

The precious gifts

We all have angels. When we were born, our angels give us gifts called talents. Our life time goals are to find and use those precious talents.

- David Shen

Big achiever and you

If you believe that only the big achievers have talents, you're WRONG.

The only difference between you and them is they found their talents.

- David Shen

Life goal vs. talent

What's the major difference between people who have achieve their goal in life and people who haven't?

They found their talent.

- David Shen

class vs. talent

If I have an opportunity to go back to college again and choose between 2 classes:

Class A: It's no brainer class. Piece of cake
Class B: It's a hard course. I think I can learn a lot from this course.

I would take class A any times.... If it's part of your talent, all classes are pieces of cakes. If it's not part of your talent, it doesn't matter if you try your best. The result is mostly likely zilch.

- David Shen

The rule of hard work

Hard work pays off in the short term.

In the long term, you got to have talents.

- David Shen

time vs. your talent

If you don't have the talent in a particular field, you result is minimum even if you put in 10 years of your life time.

- David Shen

my wish vs my talent

I always wish my talent is in computer programming.
Then, one day, I wake up and realize my talent is some where else.

- David Shen

time vs. your talent

What doesn't change over time?

your talent

- David Shen

benefit for your love ones

If you know your talent can create immense value for your love ones and others, would you consider searching for it?

- David Shen

don't ignore your talent

Your talent doesn't diminish
but your ignorance of your talent will.

- David Shen

The talent and you

You might not know it.

Your talent is obvious when you're 3 years old.
Your talent is obvious when you're 18 years old.
Your talent is still obvious when you're 81 years old.

- David Shen

Not a good idea

You might think it's ok to not find your talent. Just go with the flow.

I can tell you this. It's a bad idea.

- David Shen

the people with talents

In each field, there are people with talents.
We call them, leaders.

- David Shen

Drive a car

Interest and talent are like driving a car.

If you have the talent, you drive 200 miles per hour.
If you have the interest, you drive this car for the next 60 years.

If you don't have the talent, you drive 0.000001 mile per hour.
If you don't have the interest, you drive this car for the next 60 seconds.

- David Shen

inside vs. outside

If you look inside, you see your talent.
If you look outside at other's talent, you tend to forget about your own unique ability.

- David Shen

age vs. talent

If a person has talent, it doesn't matter if he's 12 years old boy or 72 years old man. He can still produce the same outstanding result.

- David Shen

experience vs. talent

Your 10 years of experiences with this career don't mean much if you don't have the talent.

- David Shen

Hint not to continue

You know that you don't have talent when

1. you see the result.
2. you feels frustrated every time when you do it.
3. you can feel the resistance every time you do it.

- David Shen

Find your talent

You don't improve your ability.
You find your ability.

- David Shen

History vs. talent

Your history provides a trail of what your talent is.

- David Shen

Going through life

If you think that you can go through life without using your talent...

Think again

- David Shen

Career vs. talent

It's very easy to see if you have talents.

Just look at the result.

- David Shen

Life goal

What is your goal in life?

It's most likely that you got to use your talents to achieve this goal.

- David Shen

Amazing place

If all of us use our talents, the world would be an amazing place.

- David Shen

Doesn't change

The thing that doesn't change in your life time is

your talent

- David Shen

Talent

Will talent bring you happiness? not necessarily
Will talent bring value to your love ones? definitely

- David Shen

Move on

If you spend 5 minutes on a career and it doesn't click, move on. If you spend 5 minutes talking to a person and you still couldn't figure out what's going on, move on.
The only exception to this rule is: When it's critical (e.g. the doctor will determine the fate of your love ones.), you got to change your pattern any way you can.

- David Shen

To use talent forever

Once you figure out your talent, you got to pay attention on 3 things to continue with this talent:
- the people that you associate with
- the career that you have talent with
- the thing that you use every day with

- David Shen

Find one

You have multiple talents.
Please find out at least one in your life time.

- David Shen

Environment

It's not enough to find the talents. I got to find the people who can help me to provide values to my love one and others.

- David Shen

Know when to cut

You need to spend 100% of your time on the most important thing in your life, yet other people's agenda which is different from yours impacts you deeply. If you can, keep a good distance from that person.

- David Shen

Talent vs. History

Your history provides you a trail of what your talent is.
Don't ignore your history.

- David Shen

Envy vs. talent

If you are envious about other's ability, you probably don't have this talent.
The truth is if you have this talent, you know exactly what's going on.

- David Shen

Fulfill your dream

How much you fulfill your dream depends on how you use your talent.

Warren Buffet did it.
Bill Gates did it.

- David Shen

The solution to find talent

If you want to find out your talent, go through your history.
What happen in each grade?
What event do you handle easily?

If you want to find out your talent, find out your hero.
Find the ones who provide immense value to others and
has similar pattern to yours.

- David Shen

An arrow

This is the day
said Peggy Ann McKay
I'll find a way
I'll make a way

- David Shen

Talent vs. career

If your current career pays a good money and you're quite happy with this financial abundance yet you know your talent doesn't belong to this career. You might want to find another part time hobby/job that has something to do with your talent.

- David Shen

Solution for life

No matter where you are, always find a solution for your life.

Ask yourself the following questions:
1. What's the most important thing in my life?
2. What can I do today, tomorrow, 1 year, 10 years in order to protect the most important thing in my life?

If you believe in security, then you must find out your talent.
If the most important thing in your life is family, then you must find out your talent.

If you don't have the motivation to search for the answers, ask yourself what can possibly happen if you stay on the same course for the next 20 years, what's the likely outcome?
When your family needs you, you might not have all of the resources in the world to help.

My friend,
Always ask yourself. Do you move a step forward with what you're doing right now?

- David Shen

Keep Openmindedness

When you are searching for a solution, keep your ears open.

- David Shen

How can I?

How can I have all?

1. Have money to buy a house next to my ill father
2. Able to support my own family
3. Have time with my parents and my own family
4. Have a positive mental altitude
5. Able to provide immense value for my love ones and others
6. Use my talent to provide value to my family and billion of others

The basic

You know what's the most important thing in your life. You do whatever it takes to protect it. Always ask yourself. What can I do at this moment to provide value and make it happen.

- David Shen

Career vs. Talent

You career can be constantly changed,
but your talent can't.

- David Shen

Talent

If you find your talent,
then you are a shiny star.
If you don't find your talent,
then you're a mediocre.

- David Shen

Think again

Don't think it's ok to be a mediocre.
It will come back to bite you in the future.

- David Shen

Talent and family

Without talent, you go with the flow. You don't have any security what so ever.
With talent, you provide security for your whole family till the end.

- David Shen

principle

Once you lost your principle, you lost everything.

- David Shen

provide value

If you want to provide value for your love ones, you got to find your talent and use it consistently.

- David Shen

Look at your history

In order to find your talent, look at your history. If you got an award, it's likely that you have talent. If you spend 5 minutes doing your homework and you got an easy A. It's likely that you have talent. If you understand a subject within 5 seconds, it's likely that you have the talent.
My friend, you're born with a talent. You just need to find it.

- David Shen

Interest vs. talent

If you have a lot of interest, yet you don't have the talent. The result is at best average.
If you have a lot of talent, yet you don't have the interest. The long term result is nothing.
You got to love what you're doing, do it really well and do it every day.

- David Shen

Talent

If you spend just 5 minutes and others need to spend 2 days to learn a new thing, you have talent in this field.

- David Shen

Better

How do I make myself better than what I am right now?

- David Shen

Born with talents

You are born with talents
Your mission in life is to find these talents

- David Shen

You're born to be a leader

You're born to be a leader.
Your mission in life is to find the field that you can be the leader.

- David Shen

Leader and talent

If you don't want to be a follower,
don't stay in the field that you don't have talent with.

- David Shen

Leader

Everybody wants to be a leader
Everybody can be a leader
as long as they choose a field they have talent with.

- David Shen

Be a leader

Any one can be a leader and
Any one can be a follower

Choose the right field and you'll be the leader
Choose the wrong field and you'll be the follower

- David Shen

See the talent in your child

How can you see the talent in your child?

If you have the same talent as your child, you know your child's talent.
If you have the interest but don't have this talent and your child has this talent, you know that your child has this talent.
If you don't have the same talent and interest as your child, you probably need to find another way to figure out the talent in your child. You probably want to observe your child and write down what he's good at every 2 weeks.

If you don't see your child spend too much time on a subject yet he excel in this particular subject, it's very likely that he has the talent in this subject.

- David Shen

Come back to your talent

If you're bored with your talent, try to do something that you totally don't have any talent with. You will soon come back to your talent.

- David Shen

Know when to run

If you need to buy lots of books to find examples to do your work, you probably want to find another career to work on. If you need to buy lots of books to find examples in order to understand a subject, you probably want to search for another major. If you have the talent, you probably won't bother to buy too many books.

When I was in college, I have hard time understanding Physics. I thought if I buy lots of books and read those books, I might eventually understand the subject. I realize now that I should change major as fast as I can when I need to buy lots of books in order to understand a subject.

When I began my career, I was a computer programmer. I spend an enormous amount of time buying computer books in order to understand the programming language and to find the code samples for my work. I soon realize that I should change my career as fast as I can.

A person who has talents in a field don't usually need to buy lots of books. They can grasp the concept in 5 seconds. They don't need to find the examples because they can easily create the examples themselves.

Hope it helps
- David Shen

Find the right one

Pick a book to read. If you spend 10 minutes and you have hard time reading it, you might want to pick up another book to read.

Pick a career to work on. If you spend 10 days and you have hard time doing it, you might want to pick another career to work on.

We don't change to fit a job or career. We try out different career until it clicks. Once we find the one (the career), we stay with this career.

- David Shen

You know how good you are.

You know how good you are.

If you have a job and you feel anxious or frustrated every time you work on it, you probably should change to another job. If you feel that your job is no brainer and you can easily produce great result, it's very likely that you have talent with this career.

- David Shen

Know your child

I didn't realize the following statement can have negative connotation until today. "He doesn't study hard but he's smart."

If a child's personality is moving away, then the statement would encourage him to study hard. However, if a child's personality is moving forward, then the above statement would make the child jump up and never study this subject again. If the child's personality is moving forward, then the correct comment is "He has potential."

I wish all parents know their children well.

- Adios

Move forward

The simple truth is do we provide value?

Do we provide value to our love ones?
Do we provide value to others?

Everyday and every way, I provide value to my love ones.
- Infinite and Beyond

Provide value

I keep my promise.
- Infinite and Beyond

Provide value and become more

It's not how much money you make in your life time.
It's what you become as a result of it.

An apple a day

"An apple a day keeps the doctor away"

I do one thing a day that provide immense value for my child, my dad and my wife.

provide value

I provide values to my love ones.
- Infinite and Beyond

Jack and Golden egg

Each of us has the golden hen within us. The golden hen lays the talent. The talent bring us the happiness, the confidence and the wealth. The wealth gives us more time to be with family. Laid as many eggs as possible.

- David Shen

Money is time

Money is time.

At first I didn't understand but my closed friend explained it to me. With the abundance of money, I can spend more time with my love ones.

- David Shen

Always provide value

You either provide value or you don't
- David Shen

You either move forward or you don't
- David Shen

move forward

Do whatever you can
any times you can
any where you can
to add values

- David Shen

say Yes

The power that single success is the power of your mind. How to make life say Yes instead of NO to your plans and ambitions.
- Napolean Hill

Thoughts are things.

Thoughts are things.

This is the rule in the universe. I plan to follow this rule to provide immense value for my love ones.

- David Shen

I am the master of my thought

I am the master of my thought.
Whatever you focus on, you move toward.

I didn't realize the above statements until recently. It seems that life is like a big movie screen. If you think about the love of the family, the movie screen will show a loving home. If you have negative thought, the movie screen will display that scenario, too.

Every day and every way, I tell myself that I am the master of my thought. I choose the movie I want to watch.

choose the right friend

A person who selects the right stocks in the long run tends to have abundant finance in life.
A person who selects the right friends in the long run tends to have abundant happiness in life.

- David Shen

Rules

There are rules in everything. If you search these rules and follow these rules, you tend to get similar result. I plan to provide the best value for my love ones in health, relationship, positive mental altitude and abundant finance.I will search and follow these rules to provide immense values for my love ones and billion of others.

Talent

You know exactly what your talent is
Spend time on it

- David Shen

Provide Value

"He who asks questions cannot avoid the answers."
- Cameroon Proverb

"I will always ask myself with the right question and move forward with calmness."
- David Shen

What can I do today to provide immense value for my Dad, my Mom, my wife and my child?

Easy, little change

Easy, little change
- Jim Rohn

It's better to make an easy, little change every day. The result is monumental and lasting forever. This is also the best way to provide immense value to my family and billion of others.
- David Shen

What's yours is always yours

What's yours is always yours, what's not yours is not yours.
- David Shen

If the talent is yours, you will grasp the idea and advanced in a speed of light. If the talent is not yours, it will take a long time to learn and you are very likely stay at the same spot forever.
- David Shen

I didn't realize the above statements until recently. When I was young, I always went for the most challenging class. I thought if I try hard enough I would be the best some day. As I grow older, I start to realize it's not true. I can excel in one career and do poorly in another career. It's always better to move to a career where you have talent.

If the talent is yours, it is always yours. If the talent isn't yours, move on to a new place.

Consistency

A consistent man believes in destiny, a capricious man in chance.
- Benjamin Disraeli

According to the above statement, one rule to provide immense value to my love ones is be consistent. I am consistent doing 2 things every day: reading my mission statement every day and spend time on my talent every day.

- David Shen

Learning Math

I realize that each person has a different learning pattern.
When we learn math, one person might learn right away yet the other might feel frustrated.
One of the reason is that some teachers only talk about the concept and some students can grasp the idea quickly by listening. Other students might need to see the picture on the white board in order to understand math.

I wish all parents can find out their children's learning pattern and provide value for their child.
I wish I can provide immense value for my child.

- David Shen

I refuse

"It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it."
- W. Somerset Maugham

I refuse to accept anything but the best value for my love ones.
Am I providing the best value for my love ones today?
If not, what can I do today to provide the best value for my love ones?
- David Shen

I choose

Today, I make my life count.

- David Shen

Have courage

Have courage to listen
Have courage to listen to my heart
Have courage to face
Have courage to face the music
Have courage to cry
Have courage to cry and stand up
Have courage to move
Have courage to move toward the direction of my mission in life
Have courage to practice
Have courage to practice my talent each moment
Have courage to feel
Have courage to feel gratefulness every day
Have courage to see
Have courage to see the day I reach my goal
Have courage to discern
Have courage to discern right and wrong
Have courage to read
Have courage to read my master plan every day
Have courage to grab
Have courage to grab my destiny with open arms
- David Shen

finish and start a new one

All things must be finished before they can be started.
- Jim Rohn

thanksful

I am grateful to be here.
What can I do today to provide value for my love ones?

- David Shen

Vision

When I was young, I had the tendency to compare and compete with others. If I got a better grade, I would be proud. As I grew up, I started to realize that this is not the best way to move forward with life. A dear friend of mine gave me a hint and I know instantly this is the best way to move forward.

The truth is that competition can only get you so far.
If you have a vision, you can leap light years ahead.

John F Kennedy has a vision - reach for the moon.
Bill Gates has a vision - put a computer in every home.
I have a vision.

- David Shen

Add value

What can I do today to add value for my love ones?

- David Shen

Talent and interest

I always thought as long as I have the talent, interest isn't that important. I just realize it's not true. Talent represent your output. You can spend 20% energy and produce 4000% output. Interest represent the time. If you don't have the interest, you probably won't use your talent. If you have the interest, you'll use your talent for the next 60 years. Bill Gates and Warren Buffet use their talents and interest and look at the amazing result they create.
I wish to use my talent and interest to provide value to my love ones and billion of others.

- David Shen

Find the right category

Each category has its own specialty. When you're not doing well, it's not because you're not doing well. It's because you're in the wrong category.

- David Shen

Occasional influence

Occasional influence are very subtle because they can have an accumulative effect that is difficult to see. I didn't realize the above statement at first. I thought it only applies to habit. Later on, I realize it applies to both career and people. The people that you met. It can have positive effect and it can have negative effect. Even occasional meeting with them will have accumulative effect.

Adding value

Do I add value to my child, my wife, my Dad, my Mom?
If not, move on

- David Shen

The bottom line

The bottom line is always clear.
Anything that doesn't match the bottom line?
Stay away.

- David Shen

Protect

I protect my ego.

- David Shen

How to find out the talent

You might not realize this yet this is true. If you look at your past result, you find out the thing that is really easy to do and you say to yourself, "this is so easy, everyone can do it". It's very likely that this thing is your talent. Bill Gates found out the thing. Warren Buffet found out the thing. I believe that I also found out the thing. I'll let the result prove itself. :)

Well, my friends, I wish you the best of luck. Please also wish me the best of luck, too. :)

- David Shen

Life result

I believe that life provides us with the result. If you work on a career for a long time and it doesn't go any where, you might want to ask yourself if your talents matches this career. If you constantly meet friends who seem to be nice but in the long run like to take advantage of the situation, you might want to ask yourself what attracts you to those friends. (note: it's hard to remove yourself from those friends but if you don't your other results would be impacted.) If you're really happy for the past 3 years, you might want to look at yourself and find out the variables that make you happy. It might be the morning jog. It might be your loving family. It might be that you tap dance to work. I never realize this until today. If the result is poor, it's better to change. If the result is excellent, don't change anything. (Stay in the same house, see the same old friends, wear the same style of cloth, do the same routine every day.)

- David Shen

Deliver the result

I am working on tomorrow now
because today is yesterday's tomorrow.

- David Shen

To do what you love to do

Warren Buffet taps dance to work every day and he doesn't need to work with any one who makes his stomach turns.

I believe that if I can find a field that I can tap dance to work every day and I work with the people I like. I will have a chance to not only be happy but provide enormous value to my family and others.

- David Shen

Adding value

Am I adding value to my family with my thinking, my action and the direction that I am going?

- David Shen

Starry night

I will continue my journey today
said little Peggy Ann McKay
I have mist in my eye
I promise and I cry
This is the silent night
This is the starry night
I know what I need to do
to move forward and see it through
Tomorrow will be a better day
Tomorrow will be a sunny day.

- David Shen

Past, present and future

Day and night
I stare at the wooden ceiling of my old family house
I know this is the way to be

Day and night
I hear the voices of my loving family
I know this is the way to be

Day and night
I feel the warmness in my heart
I know this is the way to be

This is my past
This is my present
This is my future

David Shen

One day

One day
I will go home with a smile
I will go home with tears in my eyes
I will go home and sit beside my Dad

Pa pa
I am here and I am strong
I can take care of it

This will be my day.

David Shen

At the end of the day

At the end of the day, you know as well as I do, what's important and what's not important.

- David Shen

Change of season

Spring - Time to put down your seed. Ask yourself what crops would you like to see in the fall. Sharpen your skill (communication, poetry, finance, positive mental altitude, parenting), exercise (health), relationship(spend time) and start moving.

Summer - Protect the seed from the birds. Protect the goods (value) including friendship, family, positive mental altitude, exercise and finance. Stay focus.

Fall - Face the music and get the result. Look back at the Spring and ask yourself how you're going to continue with the good result and improve the result.

Winter - Prepare for the Spring. You know as well as I do that opportunity is going to knock on the door. Stay alert.

I will be there

Dad Dad
I do whatever it takes
to move forward with incredible force
to be there.

- David Shen

Hard power vs. soft power

Do we use hard power or soft power when dealing with our precious child?

I always tell myself to use 100% soft power because this is the best way to get result and have a good relationship with the child. My wife has a different opinion. She believes that it's necessary to use hard power 20% of the time. The child will remember the discipline for the rest of his/her life time. It seems to her that hard power will impact the child's life in the long run and the soft power will impact the child's life in the short run. I don't necessarily agree or disagree with her opinion. I need to think about it. My goal is to provide the best value (health, positive mental altitude, relationship and abundant finance) for my child.

One thing I am certain is that using too much hard power will back fire. It will ruin the relationship between the parent and the child. The only thing that I am not certain is that not using hard power will have the drawback. It will also have impact in the child's life, too.

Well, wish me good luck

- David Shen

Go through life with talents

I believe that in life, you figure out your pattern (interest and talent) and do this every day for the rest of your life. You will bring tremendous amount of value (happiness, satisfaction, wealth) to you, your family and other billion of people.

Bill Gates has done it.
Warren Buffet has done it.
John Rockfeller did it.

This is the life I envision.
This is the life I will create.

- David Shen

Wish upon the star

I wish upon the star
to provide the best value to my family
with good health, positive mental altitude, good relationship and abundant finance.

- David Shen

Fishing

Put a small fish on the fishing pole and getting a bigger fish.

Facebook put a small fish on the fishing pole by giving out the service for free. It gets a big fish by getting big money from corporation.

I go to a car mechanic. He usually changes oil for a cheap price. However, when my car needs to fix. He charge a lot to fix the car. Is he following the fishing principle. You bet.

- David Shen

provide value

I provide value to my dad, my mom, my son and my wife.

- David Shen

Children books

My wife wants to teach the child to read books. The child seems not to be interested in the books that my wife bought. My wife looks at me unhappy. Later on, we realize that the child only prefers the book that I like but not the books my wife like. Yesterday, we went to the book store and bought a few children's book that I like. The child seems to be very happy about it. It's always good to make the wife happy.

- David Shen

Value

Every talent has values.

I didn't realize this at first. I usually run away when a sales person approaching me. Recently, I learn that if my child needs some learning tools, I'll be happy to hear what the sales person can provide. If the tool is valueable, I like the sales person.

- David Shen

Cure

I found a way to cure depression. I plan to use it to help homeless and people with this symptom. It has nothing to do with drug and I believe that it will give people a positive outlook. This has always been one of my goal since my college year. I like the solution and I will find a way to give to billion of others.

Strength

This is the life I choose toward eternality
Every day I ask
How can I provide value to my Dad

Pa Pa
I will make it happen I promise

Pa Pa
Give me strength
give me courage
to find the solution
in the shortest amount of time.

Eternality

This is the path to eternality
I ask myself every day
How can I provide value to my family

I set out this path
I know I have to succeed
there is no other way

- David Shen

Smile

No matter what happens
I am going home
I look at my family and
I smile.

- David Shen

Provide value

How can I make it happen today
said little Peggy Ann Mckay
so I can go home every day
and help my family in every way

- David Shen

Make it hapeen

I ask myself the question every day
said little Peggy Ann Mckay
How can I provide immense value to my Dad right away
How can I make it happen today

- David Shen

Give Back

I am buying a big house today
said little Peggy Ann Mckay
so my Dad can have a carefree life in every way
so I can smile every day

- David Shen

Hope is a duty

Hope is a duty, not a luxury. To hope is not to dream... but to turn dreams into reality. Blessed are those who dream dreams and are willing to pay the price to make them come true.

As for me, I do not choose to be a common man. It is my right to be uncommon if I can. I seek opportunity, not security. I want to take the calculated risk, to dream and to build, to fall and to succeed.
- Henry Viscardi

move forward

One of the most common causes of failure is the habit of quitting when one is overtaken by temporary defeat.
- Think and grow rich

Going home

I plan to go home today
said little Peggy Ann Mckay
I do whatever it takes I vowed
so my Dad will be happy and proud.
- David Shen

Provide Value

I do whatever it takes to provide immense Value for my love ones.

- David Shen

Improve the result

There is no failure, only outcome.
- unknown

If you're not doing well for the past 10 years in career and in wealth, whose plan have you followed?
- Jim Rohn

It takes me sometimes to understand but I started to grasp the idea. I am where I am today because of the belief I have and the action I have taken. People with similar belief, similar pattern and similar action tend to have similar result. If I want to provide immense value for my love ones, I will find a person that create extraordinary result and copy his belief.
- David Shen

Adding value each day

I provide immense value to my love ones any way I can.
- David Shen

According to NLP, each person's eye position can tell a bit about his current state. Is he talking to himself or is he feeling blue? I think it provide immense value because it can help human race tremendously. Anthony Robbins use it to change other people's state and understand what strategy motivate a person. Michael Brooks use it to have rapport with others. I would like to go into another frontier that provide immense value for my love ones and others with NLP.

Family

I know deep in my heart
my family are always be with me
no matter where I go
I'll never be alone
because they always come alone.

- David Shen

My child

We are so grateful to have you
every day in our life
With you being in my side
everything is possible

Add value

Every day, every way I add value to my love ones

This is the road I choose to be

It might be a sunny day
It might be a starry night
I sing a song and
I move forward on the road

I look at the star
I look at the mountain
I appreciate what I have
I move forward on the road

It might be a rainy day
It might be a stormy night
I pick up umbrella
I move forward on the road

I might feel blue
I might have flue
I take a rest
I move forward on the road

I am never alone
because I know my love ones are always with me
I long to see them
I move forward on the road

This is the road I choose to be
This is the road I choose to be
This is meant to be
This is meant to be

- David Shen

Improvement

Work harder on yourself than on your job.
Work hard on your job will make a living.
Work hard on yourself will make a fortune.
- Jim Rohn

In order to provide immense value(time, health, positive mental altitude and abundant finance) to my love ones and others, I work harder on myself.
I look for my talents and I focus on my talents.
- David Shen

Love for my child

I have a big influence on my child.

If I want him to speak more words, I'll have to find a way.
I'll do the following:
1. set by examples: I'll talk more at home.
2. set by examples: I'll sing more at home.
3. read books together: I'll spend time to read books with him.

I have seen some parents who are not satisfied with the child's performance and it's a lose lose situation. I plan to change it. I want a win win situation. I'll start by setting a good example. This is my promise to my child.

- David Shen

Life

I bargained with Life for a penny
And Life would pay no more
However I begged at evening
When I counted my scanty store.

For Life is a just employer,
He gives you what you ask,
But once you have set the wages,
Why, you must bear the task.

I worked for a menial's hire,
Only to learn, dismayed,
That any wage I had asked of Life,
Life would have willingly paid.
- Unknown

Value

Either you run the day or the day runs you.
- Jim Rohn

How can I provide immense value to my love ones today?
- David Shen

Moving forward

Don't wish it were easier, wish you were better.
- Jim Rohn

Every day every way I am getting better and better
- Emile Coue

How can I have both?
To provide value for my son and wife and to provide value for my Dad and Mom?
- David Shen

Big and Strong

Child, child eat the ham
so one day you'll be big and strong
child, child eat the ham
so you can drive a car before long.

My promise

My Daddy gotta to have a carefree retirement.

- David Shen

Life

Life is not measured by the breaths we take but
by the moments that take our breath away

Fulfill my promise

Who can provide immense value to his love ones and
follow his game plan
I can

Who listened to his parents and
has been a good kid
I did

Who will do what ever it takes until
his promise is fulfilled
I will

Who can smile every day and night
I might

- David Shen

Follow your own talent

Every one has talent and every one can be a copy cat and copy other's talent. The truth is that copying other's talent is temporary and follow your own talent is permanent. You will be a lot happier by following your own talent.

- David Shen

I will

Who do whatever it takes until his promise is fulfilled?
I will

- David Shen

I can

Who can provide the best value to his love ones?
I can

- David Shen

Create my own novel

A novel is never anything, but a philosophy put into images.
- Jim Rohn

In my life, I create my own novel. This is the novel that I provide immense value to my family.
- David Shen

To be home today

I ask myself every day
what's the best way
to be home today
Please show me the way

I do whatever it take
to be home today
I do whatever it take
to come back to the bay.

- David Shen

Miracle

These are the days of miracle and wonder.
- Paul Simon

Provide Value

I see the talent in myself
I go for the talent in myself

This is the 1st step to provide value for my child.
This is the 1st step to provide value for my mom.
This is the 1st step to provide value for my dad.