I didn’t grow up celebrating birthdays like a big events. Maybe so much cousins and family members literally everyone’s birthday at every week (I have first degree of cousins over 50+) That’s why never felt I was missing out. Also my birthday is in middle of summer. Now, living over 10+ years in states I kinda feel birthdays are important.

Today, I purchased a bunch of hard-copy books from Amazon’s retail store: Amazon 4 star store. They have a section of the most popular books of all time (something like that) and I found 1984 and Animal Farm from George Orwell also in that section too. Somehow I never had a chance to read those books. I purchased them as an ebook back in time and was never successful to read (it’s hard to read non-fiction books on kindle for me).

Anyway, today I started to read Animal Farm. I was pretty familiar with what’s going on in the book, thanks to the book’s last 76 years of fame. But, I am glad to reattempt to read again. Already halfway and enjoyed it a lot.

You never know what will happen to you! Just live the life as it is. If it’s bad, you will try to get through it! Don’t fight it! Be mindful what’s goin on and take care of the situation as best as you can

You have multiple chances but you might have missed it all of it. Don’t worry! You will have your second chances as long as you are living. Your the most important goal for now don’t try get die!

I love to track everything and want to know what’s happening after that.

-Why do I track? And What’s it telling me?

Thus, I like to propose everyone who works salary/hourly based switch to performance based. Technically if you perform well you get paid well, if you don’t you won’t get a base salary maybe the bare minimum for paying food/transportation etc. Isn’t that too hard? I don’t think so. When I was working at Nordstrom (the Year 2012) they were paying us no base salary only commission of sales ( I believe around 3%). And, if you don’t sell anything during your working shift on that day (5-8 hours depends on location) they were paying hourly $8 bucks (less than minimum wage that time was $12-13) or something.

A) There is no chance, you can’t sell any single item. A lot of customers are coming to the cash register to buy something. All you do is ringing them and putting their shirts in a Nordstrom bag. Your job is technically up-sale that client to make more sales. Or take care of that customer and make them come to you next time.

B) If you still didn’t sell anything that day, you will do next day. And, you still get paid $8/hourly to cover your gas/coffee.

C) Let’s say If you have no sales that week or month and only relying on that less than minimum wage, you are SUCK at selling. You should quit!

Technically Nordstrom is paying that little money to let you quit slowly instead of they fire you!

What if Nordstrom is only paying you a decent/good base salary no matter how much sales do you do or not?

-It won’t be fair if you do huge sales of volume. You will probably leave that company and find another one

-It won’t be fair to your colleague too. They do all the work and get paid by the company the same amount as others who don’t make any sales.

That’s why I love to see everyone get rewarded for their performance NOT how many hours they are putting in their work.

Let’s say, you have a dream to buy it. You work hard and finally able to have it. Before the moment you are going to get it, it is almost no more interesting when you know you can get it. The idea of having it what makes you up & running. Not the final result.

He asked me- “How are you doin?”

I said: – “Good and how are you?”

He said: -”I’m wonderful!”

I couldn’t believe what I heard, and I looked at his face.

He’s a middle-aged Asian maybe Hawaiian guy.

His name is Ken, and flipping burger for $19 an hour.

Whoever we are or whatever we do, no one will remember us. This is the part of life. Maybe our kids or their kids sort of remember us.

A) After 2 generations, you are nobody. You will be like never lived. How often do you remember your grandfather’s father ?

B) Even everyone remember us next 500 or 5000 years. What’s good for us? We are already long gone.

That’s why enjoy your every single moment if you can. And live your life!

Do good, be good!

Our time is limited. Don’t break anyone’s heart.

Love yourself! Love others.

Surround yourself with good energy.

Dream big and try every day

“-You only talk about yourself.”

Did you hear this before? You might hear different versions of it, but literally others are living so miserable to think about others. Thus, they are jealous of you. They try to say to you, “-How could you able to know yourself about that much and share with us?”