Grandpa Passed Away - Can't hold back the tears

Couldn't hold back my tears. I visited my grandpa in 2012 and it's been almost 4 years. He had Alzheimer's when I was met him already. Luckily my mother went back to the country to visit him.

Family went to a ceremony hosted by mom's religious worship place. Yeah, tears and boogers just droop down.

This was the second "funeral" I went to this month. The other was at dad's friend's husband.

Reflections
He died at 92 and was really healthy anyways so it was a noble death. I wouldn't be were I am today without my grandparents or parents. I just tried to imagine the legacy he left behind. Trying to remember what i can of him. I didn't get to know him well since we had to move to America and I was very young. It's sad to think what my mother has to go through as she left her whole family back in the country to come to America. She has to suffer and work hard to raise the big family in addition to my father who worked two jobs. Man, being comfortable is really bad as I forget what my parents and forefather went through for me to be in such a good position today compared to how they lived back then.

Very 1st Mastermind Meeting

Very 1st Mastermind Meeting

11/19/2015

(WL + L) via Skype

Resources & Connections

(Manufacture)

(Sales/Support)

Finding Your Dream Job Course – Brian Tracy

·         Process to fully ready someone in looking applying for a position

Napolean Hill – Think and Grow Rich Book

·         School doesn’t teach life/work skills

·         Give value / Put in a lot of effort early (WL’s regret)

Overview

1.      Benefits of a Mastermind group

2.      Career

3.      Goal setting

4.      Personal Goals

Career

·         Importance of networking to getting your foot in the door. It’s about who you know not what you know.

·         Know what you want and then learn/ask questions from someone who has gone before you. Use linkedin, etc. to contact them. People love to help. Make sure your message is in detail and to the point so the person you asked the question don’t waste their valuable time. Keep reaching out – it’s like cold approach.

Goal setting

·         Attempt/Try/Test it

·         Goal has to be specific and quantifiable = being specific is the anti-procrastinator

·         Refine and try again

WL’s Goals

1.      Join a Meetup in terms of: Social, Hobbie, Career

2.      Mastermind – Online Business

3.      Lifting

4.      Relationship - 1 number per week

L’s Goal (attached)

Misc.

·         Money and the compound effect. Start early.

·         Be a self-starter. Don’t wait on anyone or for the right opportunity.

·         Start a facebook MM group

Personal Reflection, Personal Flaws

Dafa has allowed me to be more self-reflective in the moment. On the positive side, I get to see my positives and negatives.

Weaknesses
1. Impatient - I just want results right away. I'm shortsighted. I forget success or anything requires daily commitment and habit.
2. Too judgmental means I see what I dislike in others and I get butthurt easily. I have high standards for myself and others and when others don't meet up to it which usually happens, I get frustrated.
3. Dabbler - I have a tendency to move from one thing to the next. I like new things/ideas.

Strengths
1. Go-getter, hasty action-taker
2. Commitment - when I start something I want to finish it before I switch to a different task. For example, if I want to finish reading Chapter 1 of a book, I have to finish it before I do anything else. But for things that require long-term commitment, I get shortsighted

Disappointment with Volunteering for an Event

I learned a few lessons yesterday

1. Find out what I am getting into before participating.
2. Heed caution and advice from people who has done it before
3. Zealous?

I do not agree promoting an even when apartments signs are up saying "no soliciting, no marketing."
I asked the person in charge. He reframed it as it is okay and that we are doing a good deed. He doesn't even care. I asked the driver and she just ignores me.

Isn't this zealotry out of hand? Wouldn't this scare other people/new people from joining this group? We live in the land of the free. Why do we have to break rules and get ourselves in danger or even the event in danger ($100 fine per brochure + complaints) when we are merely volunteering our own time and resources.

Are these people blinded or zealous? They go out of their way to promote an event on their own thinking it will do good. But look, did the master say to do this? No.

When a belief is too strong and there is no logic or sense than I think these people are not doing the right thing. They aren't even considering the negative impact they have on others and then they go and wonder why people call them names. There's always two and a half sides to things. Blinded people are persistent and only see their way - which is a disadvantage.