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July 1, 2010

The Truth Behind Doing Work You Love

The other night, while I was working on my e-book (details coming soon), I asked myself why I was doing this. Why go through so much pain for one e-book when I can spend my vacation basking in the sun or getting paid the traditional way?

Let’s sit on this idea for a second. It’s summer. There are jobs that I could’ve easily applied for and gotten hired to do. I know plenty of people who could recommend me for very good positions.

So, why am I busting my butt trying to get this e-book done instead of selling out and getting employed like the greater portion of college kids my age do? Why am I doing such hard work that’s so far been yielding me no payment?

I’m not going to get any sort of medal. Maybe a few thousand people will get to see the result of my hard labor. Even fewer will decide to purchase it.

It’s funny that when I’m in the thick of difficult work that I ask myself this. And then the answer came to me, as if I was struck by neural lightning:

Because I enjoyed doing it.

But in an instant, I had another conundrum. I already knew that I enjoyed it. But why is it so difficult? I thought doing what you love was supposed to be easy?

Then another answer came to me in my somewhat enlightened state:

For anything to be a success, hard work is necessary. Hard work is what separates the winners from the losers; the expendable from the indispensable.

A wake-up call already woken up to

Somewhere along the line, we’ve seem to have forgotten the adjective that goes in front of the word “work”.

All the time I hear the gurus say we should be doing “work that matters”. Instead we should be telling ourselves to do “hard work” that matters. I don’t know about you, but I get the notion that most of us think doing what we love is going to be easy.

That the four-hour work week is acquired by working for four hours of week from the get-go.

That doing what you love is all fun in the sun while you get to work from anywhere.

Unfortunately, when you actually test that theory, it’s proven that only the opposite is true.

Whether you’re pushing pencils, or striving to increase awareness about the impact humanity is having on the world. Whether you’re a famous actor on the stages of Broadway, or sitting at the desk in another one of those gray cubicles. Whether you’re doing what you love or doing what you hate.

It all takes hard work.

Hard work and passion go hand in hand

“When you live for a strong purpose, then hard work isn’t an option. It’s a necessity.” – Steve Pavlina

When you really care about something (maybe you want to start a movement and bring change) you can’t mull around expecting someone else to take the first step. Or rather, you won’t let yourself do that.

You already know, as if instinctually, that intention backed up by action makes things happen. As Steve says, hard work is a necessary element in order for your goals to be realized.

There are no shortcuts

“There is no substitute for hard work.” – Thomas Edison

There are no lottery tickets in life that will dramatically increase your odds of success. Hard work has existed all these years for a reason. It’s the only tried and true way to successfully doing what you love.

The only shortcut to hard work is less work, which in the end leads to a higher chance of you not succeeding.

Greatness is not obtained through a slack work ethic

“Unless you are willing to drench yourself in your work beyond the capacity of the average man, you are just not cut out for positions at the top.” – J.C. Penney

Alright, we know hard work matters and that it is necessary, but how much of it are we supposed to do? The answer is however much it takes to get where we want to be.

Anybody can do hard work for a few hours. Take a look at how many people work part-time. But less can remain dedicated for a few months. Even less so can stay hard workers for years.

This is why there are so few at the top. Not because they took shortcuts or free-rode on the backs of the more dedicated. But because they understood that hard work is what rules all.

The truth behind doing what you love

The truth is that doing what you love requires you to work much longer and harder than your employed counterparts for no pay whatsoever (at least in the beginning). The paycheck you seek is not coming at the end of every bi-weekly period.

But what matters much more than the time invested, the money lost, and the sweat put in is that you are doing what makes you happy and what others can enjoy.

Is this not what life is about? The pursuit of happiness? I can hear the naysayers already, telling me that this pursuit is imaginary and the “American Dream” was lost long ago.

I beg to differ.

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May 24, 2010

75 Life-Changing Truths Written While Lying on the Grass

Wrote most of these Saturday evening while (as the title already tells you) lying on the grass outside. They were compiled to get myself out of boredom and now I feel inspired again.

Enjoy!

1. Whenever you focus heavily on an outcome, you rarely ever get it

2. Ultimately, nobody really does care about you more than yourself

3. People love children more than adults because they’re so unpredictable (in other words, act like an adult, but live as a child)

4. It’s very hard for people to follow others’ advice, even more so their own

5. A mountain’s worth of effort will get you anything you want

6. Laying on the grass isn’t as bad as I thought it would be – it’s actually quite freeing

7. What people may think of you matters nothing compared to what you think of yourself

8. The stuff that people try to distract you with (their words, their praise, their criticism) – that is noise. Filter that out and find the true meaning within

9. Complaining alters nothing (or at the very most, alters very little). For maximum impact, physically do something about it

10. I’ve found that people don’t like hearing the truth. That’s why I have this blog. This way I won’t have to argue, plead, or shout to be heard. All I have to do is type

11. Television, movies, books, even blogs – they serve as an escape from reality. But that doesn’t mean you can’t take lessons from them to change your own reality

12. I’m almost certain that I would be happier as an animal than as a human. At least I’d actually live everyday as if it was my last

13. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with sex. Just be smart enough to know when and how to do it

14. Sometimes, you just need a break from your normal social circle. I’m lying in the grass instead of going to the movies. What are you doing?

15. If I can make $200 doing what I love (writing on this blog) then so can you doing what you love. Just prepare to work your ass off

16. You really don’t need as much as you think you do

17. Minimalism does not mean to be happy having absolutely nothing. It means being content with having manageable amounts of stuff

18. Placating others for them to like you is low-class behavior

19. I could’ve chosen to be miserable and bored, but instead I’ve decided to make myself happy and write. Are you listening? You can change how you feel in an instant

20. Don’t seek a reaction from other people. Do what you want because YOU want to

21. How can you [blank] another if you can’t even [same word] yourself? Nearly any verb will do

22. Appreciate all music. It is created from the raw emotion of a composer

23. School is only fun from grades Pre-K through 2nd grade. From then on, you have to start breaking the rules to keep from being bored

24. Learning isn’t really that much fun. It’s just interesting. Applying knowledge > witnessing someone else apply knowledge > reading/learning about it

25. The greatest pleasures in life are requited love and doing what you love

26. I used to get scabs all the time. They were the battle scars gained as children waging the war on boredom through play

27. Stories matter

28. Focus on the ‘why’ rather than on the ‘what’. Life instantly becomes more meaningful

29. Don’t let inspiration go to waste. Act on it, just as I’m doing right now

30. College focuses too much on memorization and grades than on what you actually learn to internalize

31. The teachers who have inspired me are the ones who I remember the most

32. Accept the fact that you can’t be the best at everything

33. Science rules the world. Even emotion (although metaphysical) is based in science

34. All emotions are contagious – enthusiasm, depression, anger, you name it

35. White lies are better than regular lies; at least you’re acknowledging the truth rather than completely disregarding it

36. Ignorance is truly bliss. Didn’t even know what racism was until I learned about it in school

37. Farting in public will always be hilarious, no matter how old I get

38. Sometimes it’s better to be a jerk than to be a nice guy

39. The happiest people are the ones who get paid for doing what they love instead of what they like or what they don’t really care much for

40. Everyone is judgmental. Deal with it. You cannot deny human nature

41. Cool, calm, and collected; that’s how you carry on business

42. Certain people will always try and find a way to show your success in a negative light

43. Where are your balls? The opportunities are right in front of you. Take them

44. Why do people keep on living when death would be so much easier? Because life is fleeting and death is forever

45. Doubt really sucks. It serves no purpose other than to keep you from trying something new (okay, and maybe keeping you from getting yourself killed, but still)

46. Public speaking is only scary when you don’t know what you’re talking about

47. Having superpowers wouldn’t make life that much easier. You’d just have a lot more crap to deal with

48. With great power comes a lot of people asking you for help

49. Men and women are actually not that hard to figure out, as opposed to popular belief

50. No lock is impenetrable. You just need to find the right key (never said it would be easy to find though)

51. If religion just feels like an extra set of rules to follow, don’t practice it

52. In fact, if a certain action is more trouble than it’s worth, cease and desist

53. You can’t choose who or what you’re attracted to. It’s a DNA thing

54. Being a skeptic of a traditionally-held idea is positively exhilarating

55. Push your creativity to the breaking point. Your best ideas will be just beyond it

56. Your reaction to a situation is more important than the situation itself

57. To be able to change your life, you have to be bold

58. The world does not reward those who expect things or feel entitled to outcomes

59. There is no point in fearing the things that cannot possibly kill you

60. Nobody knows what you’re thinking until you tell them (or show them)

61. People try new things (good and bad) because they’re bored

62. Your thoughts come through in your body language; if you’re confident, you stand tall or lean back. If you’ve got low self-esteem you slouch and flinch easily

63. It’s not worth it traveling to other countries if you’re just going to sight see. Actually, “live” inside another country

64. Hesitation, fear, and excuse-making are the things that keep the “right time” from happening

65. Without respect, no relationship can prevail

66. Boredom is death within life

67. Everything starts in the enigmatic properties of your mind. Your perception is everything

68. You cannot be completely neutral in this world. Pick a side on your own before peer pressure forces you to

69. Express yourself any way you can: laughing, living, writing, loving, drawing, blogging, singing, working, cooking, building… the list goes on and on

70. People will remember you for what you did more than what you said

71. There’s a reason everyone harps on aging; youth is the only span of time when your stamina, body, and mind are at their highest performance

72. Your problems are not unique. Somebody on this planet is sharing the same pain you are

73. On the flip side, with regards to #72, you could also say the same for accomplishments and joy

74. You think you are any different from the people that inspire others? You too have the ability to inspire

75. Everyone has gifts. It’s up to them to find the value in their own abilities, to find the light underneath their dark, to find the blessing within their curse

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May 13, 2010

The True Meaning of Passion

I figure I could be doing more than just writing about what I know. A lot of other web artists have learned amazing life lessons, so why not hand over the spotlight to them for a bit?

That’s why, today, I’m highlighting a 28-year-old artist who goes by the name of Monty Oum. If you take a look at his work, you just know that he’s passionate about what he does. For over six years, he’s been making CGI animation videos, slowly rising to become a prominent computer graphics artist within the videogame industry. I myself discovered him just two years ago, and I love his stuff.

A few months back, I stumbled upon a very intriguing blog post of his that I think you guys will find valuable. I hope you can pick out the nuggets of gold in his wise words:

Words to Live By

“I continually hope that someday I’ll get a chance to pass on everything I’ve learned. There hardly seems a moment considering living by my words only means having absolutely no time to say them. So at least I can take a moment in slight to utter in passing.

Never let anyone tell you that something is impossible.

I lived by that when it sparked in me the possibility of achieving something despite everyone telling me it being impossible otherwise. People have always told me it’s impossible, that it’s been tried. If you know what I’m talking about then your already on your way. What I will say to you ignore those who’ve been defeated by what they call “experience.” Keep going and don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.

I know this might sound familiar even, never give up etc. But it’s how I live my life even currently as there still are more “experienced” people who will criticize that I’m doing it wrong. It’s the human spirit that’ll keep us alive. This rings true to the events of my life, when I started Haloid. I didn’t do it because I wanted to get a job in games, or that I wanted to become famous, or what have you. I did it because I knew it could be done, and that the road to finishing it was imperfect and difficult. What finishing it yielded me was only more steps on the path to pushing forward in what I believed in.

My life lacks much, I’m broke, my car is in horrible shape, my apartment is a mess, I spend 3 days in a row at the office regularly and sleep on the couch only when I need to. I’m helplessly antisocial. I see my girlfriend 3 times a year.

I come from an impoverished family of Cambodian civil war refugees. It been a long journey between being so incredibly poor that I didn’t have paper to draw on when I was little, to where I am now. It wouldn’t have happened if I didn’t dive headfirst and take a risk, and continually risk it all to keep going forward… Heh, success? They thought it was impossible.

What is the greatest reward for living in such difficulty?..

I hope you see it someday too, Cause the world looks very different, when you’re pushing yourself every second you’ve got.”

- Monty Oum

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Here’s some of his art in motion. Keep in mind, he created the entire video himself. He is remarkable in every sense of the word.

(Warning! You must be 13 years or older to watch – normally I don’t advocate random, bloodless violence, but this is art):

Watch it here if you’re interested.

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Have you yourself been living passionately, pushing yourself every second you’ve got towards what you enjoy doing? Discuss.

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March 1, 2010

HiLife2B First Contest: Win a Copy of the Lemonade Movie

About a week ago, I posted a video of a very inspiring documentary called the Lemonade movie. I was a bit puzzled because I expected comments consisting of what everyone thought about the movie. It then came to my attention that only people who live in the U.S. could watch the video since it is hosted on Hulu.

So naturally, I felt bad for leaving my international readers out of the loop. I thought to myself, “How can I make this up to them?” And then it hit me. How about I just give the movie away for free?

How to WIN

Yep, you read that sentence right. The first ever contest on the blog with feature ME giving away 2 copies of the Lemonade movie DVD absolutely FREE. ANYONE from ANYWHERE in the world can enter to win. Even if you live in Antarctica, the shipping costs are all mine. If you’d like to enter, all I ask you to do is any of these five things (the first of which is mandatory):

1. Comment on this post by answering the question, “If you could make any of your hobbies profitable, which SPECIFIC hobby would you pick and why?” (if you don’t comment, you won’t be eligible for this contest)

2. Subscribe to the blog

3. Share this post

4. Become a fan of HiLife2B on Facebook

5. Do ALL of the above

Remember, you MUST comment on this post to be eligible to win a copy of this phenomenal movie. This contest will run for the entire week (Feb. 28 – Mar. 6, 2010) and I’ll be picking two winners on Monday, March 7.

Once again, here’s a summary of the documentary from Lemonademovie.com with a trailer:

“It’s not a pink slip. It’s a blank page.”

What do people who were once paid to be creative for a living do when they’re laid off? They get creative with their own lives. Lemonade is an inspirational film about 16 advertising professionals who lost their jobs and found their calling, encouraging people to listen to that little voice inside their head that asks, “What if?”

All resources for Lemonade were donated. From cameras to lights to flights, this is a project by and for those who have been affected by unemployment.

Good luck guys!

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EDIT: Contest over! Thanks to all of you who participated and left such amazing comments. The winners will be announced tomorrow. Later!

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January 25, 2010

The Laundry List of False Motivations

I once tried to use money as a motivator. It could not help me.

I once tried to use power as a motivator. It could not help me.

I once tried to use fear as a motivator. It helped to control me.

I once tried to use hatred as a motivator. It only served to make me bitter.

I once tried to use women as a motivator. It could not help me.

I once tried to use my parents’ happiness as a motivator. I could not agree with their methods to achieve success.

I once tried to use numbers/statistics as a motivator. I reached my goals, but I never knew what those numbers meant.

I once tried to use indifference as a motivator – in effect, I wouldn’t care about the outcome. I always hit the mark, but you can guess about how I felt afterward.

Now something more powerful than all of these combined motivates me. It’s a culmination of my ultimate vision, my desires, my achievements, my family, my friends, my rivalries, my happiness, my pain, my struggles, my inspirations, my favorite stories, my mentors, my stubbornness, my will, and my faith.

I use passion for the goodness of my life as a motivator. I haven’t regretted anything since.

P.S. For those of you wrote comments, sent me tweets, and wrote me mail…thank you. It helped me.
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December 21, 2009

Hesitation and I Will Never Get Along

I see something I want. I hesitate. I see another thing I want. I hesitate. My mind wants it so badly, but my body keeps rejecting it. Why? Why am I this way?

Should I not do everything I can to go after that which I desire? Why is there so much hesitation?

I hate the hesitation. I hate what it does to me. When it cripples my efforts, how I feel afterwards, is beyond mere textual description. It’s another opportunity gone. Another door closed. Another possibility made impossible…

I’ve heard it been called a “defense mechanism”. It’s supposed to protect us from things that’ll pose a threat to our existence. But last time I checked, talking in front of an audience wassn’t life threatening. Still, at least according to Steve Pavlina’s podcast, people fear public speaking more than death. Why?

Is the hesitation that powerful that we have to give up our lives to it? I can’t accept that. We shouldn’t accept that.

If hesitation is so powerful, then how are people still able to take risks? Do they drug themselves in order to “lessen the blow”? Do they wait until the “perfect moment”? Do they just wake up miraculously ready? Well, I certainly hope not.

I don’t know about you, but nearly every good opportunity I’ve been presented with that has been ruined by hesitation has caused me nothing but my annoyance and regret. I can’t stand hearing myself speaking phrases including the “what ifs” or the “somedays”. I live for the “Remember that time when I…” moments.

What do you want? Seriously, what do you want in life? What do you desire the most? Now it doesn’t matter what anyone else thinks of what you want. It’s your desire.

Are you hesitating? Are you fearful of asking for an extension on a mortgage payment? Too afraid to ask your boss for a day off to relax with the kids?

If you answered yes, very good. If you answered no, kudos to you to.

The ones who said yes at least acknowledge the problem. The ones who answered no are either happy as heck or lying to me. (Nothing I can do about that, so, moving on…)

For those of us who hesitate, ask yourself this. How would your life be if you never did what you wanted? Think of how you’d feel if never reached for it. The only question that should be going through your mind is “What if I NEVER do it?”

Got the answer? Good.

Now proceed to go for your desire with everything you’ve got.

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November 16, 2009

The Lazy Man’s Secret to Getting Motivated

Human emotions are fickle things. One moment, you’re up and at ‘em – ready to take on any challenge. The next, you feel as if you can’t achieve anything, and are skeptical you ever thought you could in the first place. But what do you expect? You can’t  be high on life all of the time: there has to be a time when you feel unmotivated to do anything.

Lately, I’ve been falling into one of these slumps. You might even say that I’ve gotten a bit lazy. Not in terms of blogging (god forbid), but in terms of college life, in general.

I can hear you now: “WHAT?! What is wrong with you! I hope you’re not thinking what I think you’re thinking…”

No, no, don’t worry. I’m not dropping out. It ‘s just that recently, I’ve been asking myself what’s the point in being here. Why am I doing work that I feel nothing for? Is this really all my life will amount to be? Studying day in, day out, feeling tired all the time? Choosing to sleep rather than work on my website?

It’s madness, I tell you. I admit, sometimes I feel dropping out of school is the answer. Maybe that way, I’ll have plenty of time to start a business.

Of course, then I remember what happened over the summer…

But over summer break (when I had all the time in the world) I was still unmotivated. I was in the house, day in, day out, doing nothing besides blogging. It was torture. I loved blogging, but, man, did I need some variety. I was itching to come to college, meet my old friends, and get back to work. I thought that would motivate me.

I was wrong

I thought returning to college would solve my motivation problem, but it didn’t really do anything to it. It was just a change of venue.

Something had to be done. Would I feel this way forever?

Feeling panicky, I had a talk with my mom. She then proceeded to tell me why I was in college (she doesn’t tend to beat around the bush :) ).

The reason why I’m here

She reminded me of the reason I was in college. I wasn’t here to simply get a degree. I wasn’t here just to get good grades (though she stressed a bunch of times that I have to do this regardless of how I feel). I was here to get the tools I needed to become successful. To become my “ideal self”. To become an entrepreneur – some who set his own hours to work.

Rediscover the source of your motivation

The secret is simply to go back to the beginning. Remember why you do what you do everyday. When we’re working towards an end we desire, we tend to forget the reason we’ve worked so hard for it in the first place.

There will be times when we feel on top of the world: when we’re sure life will be alright. And there will be times when we feel like crap: like we’re unsure of what the future holds for us. But the feelings of anticipation, anger, sadness, happiness, frustration – it’s all worthwhile just to rediscover your passion.

Go back to the beginning. What got you motivated? Why are you going through life as you are now?

“People often say that motivation doesn’t last. Well, neither does bathing – that’s why we recommend it daily.” – Zig Ziglar

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September 15, 2009

Would You Rather Have Pleasure Without Pain?

“Nothing brings more pain than too much pleasure; nothing more bondage than too much liberty, (or libertinism.)” – Benjamin Franklin

My birthday’s coming up this week Saturday, but I’ve told my mother that I don’t want anything (except that she keep supporting me). She kept asking if there’s anything I want, but I replied to her what I want she couldn’t be able to get me.

As a young adult, there are material things I like to sometimes indulge in (video games, video games, and more video games, just to name a few), but for the most part there’s nothing out right now that I particularly like. Therefore, I don’t want video games.

I’ve recently become obsessed with “earning” things. To be more specific, I really like getting things on my own, through my own effort, no matter how painful it may be.

Before I elaborate here’s an example: would you rather earn the money to buy something you’ve always wanted, or would you rather it be handed to you? While I’m sure a good number of you would no doubt pick the second option, think of it this way:

Not having worked a day in your life, you are given a thousand dollars every day for no reason whatsoever. At first you’re thinking “Hooray, time to do some spending!” You go out and buy clothes, food, luxuries, or whatever. Then, after a few months have passed, and you’ve bought everything you’ve ever wanted, you’re still getting money. By now, you don’t know what to do with it. You’ve bought everything you’ve ever wanted, right?

You instead begin to think “Well, I don’t need it anymore, so I’ll just give the money away.” And from here on in, you invest your money into productive and progressive movements that will better serve the planet and the people in it, and you live happily ever after, right?

Wrong.

You see, if you were given one thousand dollars everyday at 12 a.m. (keep in mind you haven’t worked a day in your life), you wouldn’t think to give it away. You’d be thinking “Yes, more money!” If you lived this lifestyle, you wouldn’t assert value with money. Money would be just a means to buy stuff. That would be all you know.

People, in general, learn about the world (both the good and bad aspects of it) through school, use that education to get a job, and use the money from that job to buy stuff. But with the imaginary money giver I’ve created, you don’t have to do any of that prerequisite stuff. You can just get money. You can move straight to the pleasure.

In this lies the problem. People who end up getting pleasure without pain eventually end up hurting themselves in the worst way possible.

Here a few examples of pleasure without pain:

Thievery – he may have taken in pain to get the gun to rob the bank, but the effort of people who had their money stolen will never equal the effort of getting the gun. The end result is most likely prison

Friends with “benefits “- at least one person will develop feelings for the other. Relationship and/or friendship typically ends

Free allowance - kids come to expect you to give them money every week for doing nothing, usually. Kid could possibly grow up to be spoiled

Cheating on tests – getting the answers without the pain of sitting on your butt and studying. Kicked out of class or in more extreme cases, expulsion

Cheating on people - getting physical/mental satisfaction while avoiding the pain of a current relationship. The result tends to be a breakup

So why is pain important?

Pain is necessary because it teaches us value. Whether it be the pain of waiting for an appointment, the pain of working towards a goal you want to reach, or just the pain of watching your child grow up to not need you as much anymore, it’s all usually for the best. Not all pain is good, but the pain that helps us grow is.

My mom’s paying for college. You would think that I’m getting this for free. But I’m not. I’m going to college in order to work hard and get the grades so that I can learn and be educated. It’s pain for my mom right now, but in the long run it’ll be pleasure (the thought of knowing her son has a degree). It’s pain for me because I have to make the grades and sit my butt down and study, but in the long run that will also be pleasure.

This site is running because I’m paying for it. It’s not free. But in the long run, no doubt what I take pains to do now will become my pleasure later. Do you think that I write on this blog because I have to? Yeah right. It’s because I want to. I write to inspire others and I use the pain of trial-and-error (when deciding whether or not this is good enough to publish) towards that end.

As for my mom’s request to get me a gift, she can’t buy me the gift of “earning”. She can’t give me the gift of “pain”. I don’t think I’ve done anything to warrant a present. But I would like for her to say ‘Happy Birthday’. Life is hard, so I think I’ve earned it :) .

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