YI ZHANG - From NoWhere To NowHere

Don’t run away from it. 
Ray Dalio said “Pain + Reflection = Progress”. 
We might feel anger or embarrassed or sad or stressed when we look at that mistake we’ve had. We want to run away from it. However, in order to avoid making the same mistake, we need to look at it, analyze it and try again.

Life is a learning journey.

I’ve been learning from my journey as well as from other people’s journeys and creating my principles.

Looking at it every day will remind me not to make the same mistake again (although I still do, haha).

I’m glad to share it with you.
Hope it will help you too.

If you will be able to travel in 2022, how your life will be changed? What’s your plan?

Wisdom of today.

If nothing bad is happening to you now, wait a bit and it will. That is just reality. My approach to life is that it is what it is and the important thing is for me to figure out what to do about it and not spend time moaning about how I wish it were different. Winston Churchill hit the nail on the head when he said, “Success consists of going from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.” You will come to enjoy this process of careening between success and failure because it will determine your trajectory.

It makes no sense to get frustrated when there’s so much that you can do, and when life offers so many things to savor. Your path through any problem is outlined in these principles—and in others you’ll discover yourself. There’s nothing you can’t accomplish if you think creatively and have the character to do the difficult things.

“Be like water”
— Bruce Lee

I like archeology. I like to watch documentaries about how an ancient tomb has been found in Egypt or China. I’m curious about who is the owner of the tomb and what life it was hundreds or even thousands of years ago.

Sometimes people found the bodies reminded well in the tomb. Some of them are young, some of them are old.

We tend to want to stay young and are afraid of seeing wrinkles on our faces. However, it is a privilege to see more and more wrinkles on our faces because it shows that we are still alive and we are living a long life.

Don’t be afraid of failures. The faster you fail, if you learn from them and keep going, the faster you will find the right way.

A reminder:
If you feel stuck, do something. Anything. Then you will collect ideas on the way, then you will feel more passionate.

Do you often observe yourself?

Are you a rose, or a jasmine flower, or maybe rosemary?
Who are you?

Are you about to blossom? Have you fully blossomed? Do you need to wait to bloom?
Who really are you?

Are you upset that you are not beautiful as other roses? Do you notice that you are actually a bird… a bird that roses admire?

Who are you?

We are all talented human beings.
Everyone is unique and everyone is powerful.

However, many people ignore the talents because the trend in the world is not blowing in in that direction. So we choose to do things which we think will impress others.

Trend changes all the time. Instead of chasing the trend, know your talent and learn to use your power.

Follow your heart. Your heart won’t betray you.

Aura

I believe everyone has an aura.
However, it’s like a diamond. It shines only after you polish it.
If we do nothing, it won’t shine.

Observe when do you tend to feel empowered. Put yourself in that environment as much as possible.

When you fully connect with yourself, know and appreciate your beauty, you feel total confidence, then your aura starts to shine.