I recently watched the movie Soul, and it was really insightful and enjoyable. If you haven’t watched it yet, I would definitely recommend it. Here is the trailer: In this article, I’ll summarize the story (spoiler alert) and then share my learnings. Summary The story’s main character is Joe Gardner…

Do you feel like you have a lot of happiness in your everyday life? Do you smile a lot? I don’t know about you, but I can definitely use some more happiness in my everyday life! And in my observation, most people frown a lot more than they smile. My…

Once upon a time, there was a class of grade 3 students. They were talking about future aspirations, and the teacher assigned everyone some homework: To interview their parents and ask them three aspirations that they have for their kid. One student, Joe, was very excited about this homework. That…

Recently, I was talking to my mentor about some conflicts I had with people. Essentially, they think I’m wrong, and I think they’re wrong. Being the wise person that he is, my mentor didn’t side with anybody. Instead, he said, “Faults are like poop. When it’s your own, you don’t…

This past week was the first year anniversary of the departure of Venerable Jing Kong, and in honor of this, I wanted to share another one of his teachings that benefitted me a lot. Last year, I wrote about The Enlightened Mind, and this year’s article is about The Six…

The previous article introduced The Six Paramitas as six virtues that help us to cultivate our mind. The mind is the root of all our actions; therefore, sharpening the mind will improve our performance on anything and everything we do. …

“The quality of your life ultimately depends on the quality of your decisions.” — Ray Dalio, Billionaire investor and author of Principles We all work hard every day to create a better life for ourselves. But if we make poor decisions, then no matter how hard we work, our life…

As many of you know, I’m been working on the virtue of humility for a while. After all, no one likes an arrogant person, and an arrogant person makes lots of enemies. On the other hand, we all like humble people and prefer to help a humble person. Before, I…

Recently, I was catching up with a friend, and she talked about how she hates being misunderstood, and as a result, she ends up being a people pleaser. Sometimes, she wanted to tell her partner things that he did wrong, but she wouldn’t because she was afraid he’d think badly…