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Die Empty by Todd Henry

(click on book cover for more details) Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day by Todd Henry Published: April 2015 ISBN-10: 1591846994 EP Rating: 5 out of 5 (must read) EP Main Takeaway: Know your purpose and devote [...]

Robert Chen2020-05-10T18:40:07-04:00Categories: Long Story Short, Personal Development, Professional Development|Tags: Achieving goals, achieving your dreams, choice, control, die empty, excellence, goals, going for your dreams, mediocrity, mission, purpose, success, take responsibility, time management, Todd Henry|0 Comments

Just Listen by Mark Goulston

(click on book cover for more details) Just Listen: Discover the Secret to Getting Through to Absolutely Anyone by Mark Goulston Published: March 2015 ISBN-10: 0814436471 EP Rating: 4 out of 5 (good read) EP Main Takeaway: Focus on [...]

Robert Chen2020-05-10T20:42:46-04:00Categories: Long Story Short, Personal Development, Professional Development, Relationships|Tags: Achieving goals, building relationships, control, emotional intelligence, EQ, Just Listen, learning, listening skills, Mark Goulston, self control, success|0 Comments

What my two-year old taught me about managing setbacks

My two-year old son, Jake, fractured his shin a few weeks ago and had to wear a full leg cast. As a parent, I imagined endless whining and moping and an annoying summer all around. Surprisingly, that didn't happen. He didn't even cry at the doctor's office. I've [...]

Robert Chen2017-08-08T23:32:13-04:00Categories: Personal Development, Professional Development|Tags: acceptance, Being positive, being present, choice, managing setbacks, positive, success, take responsibility|2 Comments

10 books I wish I read earlier in my life but glad I still read them eventually

Have you ever finished a book and found it so useful that you wished you read it much earlier on in your life? I read on average 1-2 books a week (the silver lining to a long commute to work). Most of the books, I read once, glean [...]

Robert Chen2024-01-09T18:19:16-05:00Categories: Financial Freedom, Health, Personal Development, Professional Development, Relationships|Tags: Achieving goals, book recommendations, building relationships, choice, inspiration, learning, Reading, sleep, success, take responsibility|0 Comments

The Scientific Approach to Personal Mastery

When it comes to personal growth, it's easy to just wing it. We live life and believe that we'll automatically learn from our experiences and log those lessons into our memories. We're heavily influenced by the self-improvement fad of the month or the advice we're hearing [...]

Robert Chen2024-01-09T18:15:44-05:00Categories: Personal Development, Professional Development|Tags: Achieving goals, control, feedback, goals, learning, science, scientific method, success|0 Comments

When you’re already procrastinating in the new year …

... procrastinate with another productive activity. For me, it was writing this article. For you, it may be reading this article. Procrastination powerfully pulls me - it's one of those habits that I am shamefully unable to shake. I've written, read and discussed about it. I [...]

Robert Chen2020-05-13T20:45:02-04:00Categories: Personal Development, Professional Development|Tags: procrastination, success, take responsibility|2 Comments

What I Learned Writing My First Book

I wasn't sure if it was going to happen. I mean, I've always thought about writing a book but to actually do it feels a bit surreal. Looking at the stacks of marked-up drafts all over my office, it feels great to be at the end of [...]

Robert Chen2022-03-13T16:44:11-04:00Categories: Personal Development, Professional Development|Tags: Achieving goals, goal setting, goals, success|3 Comments

Let Your Light Shine

The most important decision you have to make every day is where you spend your time and energy. Every day you allocate these two precious resources and your current situation in life shows you how you're doing. To live your life to your fullest potential, [...]

Robert Chen2017-07-24T00:12:03-04:00Categories: Personal Development, Professional Development|Tags: Achieving goals, achieving your dreams, Be Financially Free, going for your dreams, passion, success|2 Comments

Two Quick Tips to Be More Patient

If you're the type to lose patience quickly or if your patience is wearing thin at this moment, here are two tips that can help immediately: Remove expectations You lose patience when something you expect to happen does not happen. You expect your colleague to [...]

Robert Chen2017-07-14T17:58:42-04:00Categories: Personal Development, Professional Development, Relationships|Tags: choice, control, patience, Robert Chen|5 Comments

The Real Meaning of Passion

My wife just shared with me a sad story about a woman getting killed in a freak accident while walking down the street in NYC. Uncontrollable events like this happen all the time and they remind me of the fragile and fleeting nature of life [...]

Robert Chen2020-01-12T22:33:47-05:00Categories: Personal Development, Professional Development|Tags: Aspire, follow your passion, live your passion, passion|41 Comments

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