Ugh, people can be toxic!! You know the ones I am talking about right? The emotional vampires, the narcissists, the friends or family members that say they love you but tell you that you need to be more realistic because pursuing your dreams is childish. These kinds of people can suck the life out […]
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How to Step into Your Zone of Genius
This morning I decided to revisit a lovely book called THE BIG LEAP by Gay Hendricks. Though this is a well-known and highly revered book in the business community, I was a bit underwhelmed the first time I read it. Shocking, I know. I decided to flip through it again because a friend of mine […]
Success can happen at any age
Lately, I’ve been hearing quite a few people say that they are getting too old to be pursuing their dreams. But success can happen at any age, right? I started to question my own journey of fulfilling all the magnanimous dreams in my head. Am I too old? Have I lost my chance? Is it past my […]
Things I Love: Day 5– Chinese New Year
I don’t know about you, but I LOVE Chinese New Year. Granted, I’m half-Chinese, so it’s probably in my blood to like this holiday. But that’s not the main reason why I love it. I love it because it gives me a real chance to clean out all the bad energy from last year and […]
The #1 Secret of Geniuses
This weekend I went to Disneyland with two good friends of mine. We went to Tomorrowland to watch this band perform. My friends had been raving about the lead singer and said that I would LOVE her. The lead singer was a girl named Tomisina. She was backed by an all-male band. I was skeptical […]
10 Ways to Stay Motivated
Happy Monday Motivation! I’d like to take some time today to talk about how traveling taught me how to keep myself motivated in reaching my goals. We all have goals. We all have dreams. But life throws curveballs and obstacles in the way that cause us to falter. When I was traveling in Thailand, […]
#1 Best Secret to Making Smart Decisions
Do you have trouble making decisions? Is life complicated? Do you get caught in indecision often no knowing what to do? I was THE QUEEN of indecision in 2014. I would stand in front of my closet for a solid 20 minutes asking myself: should I wear the white shirt? Or should I wear the blue […]
3 Steps to Find Where You Belong
I feel like it is difficult to find a place where you belong in LA. Yesterday, a girl friend of mine confessed that she didn’t feel like she belonged in her acting school, like people in her class didn’t care about whether she was there or not. She wanted to find her home, a place […]
How to Achieve Success AND Happiness in Hollywood
When I moved to LA, I searched high and low for the answer to every artists’ biggest question: How do I break into Hollywood? Whether you are an actor, writer, producer, director, or cinematographer, it seems incredibly vague as to how to “break in” to the Hollywood scene. There doesn’t seem to be one right way. […]