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How to Live a Good Life October 7, 2007

mr. francis kong, a very famous businessman, resource speaker, and an author, had a talk once in the school where i am teaching. he discussed about excellence and how to live a good life. you know this guy, if you just hear and watch him talk… *sigh* his insights are very enlightening and encouraging. you can’t help but fall in love with this guy, so to speak.

so let me just share in this blog the things i remember about his topic during a seminar held in brightwoods school last june 13, 2005.

to live a better life is to have cause. having a cause is much higher than having a job. he said, “only those who pursue their cause live a good life.”  your cause defines your worth as a person. it is not what you do or have but it is what you contribute. parents, we teach our children the value of self-worth, for this shapes the character of a person. so as parents, we need to be advocates of confidence to our children. we should not destroy our children with fault-finding and criticisms but we should inspire them further to achieve their goals.

want to have a good life? mr. kong gave these tips:

1. increase productivity when times are tough. productivity leads to happiness. idleness leads to procrastination. we should not waste a day of our lifetime settling for less. to be successful involves waking up early, walking fast, working hard, and work smart, eat less, play hard and pray hard. come to think of it, having this as a part of your habit would lead to higher productivity plus more time for  more important things to life.

2. have good friends. your self-worth is valued by these people who come to know you so well but still manage to like you. choose your friends, for they will help you improve your worth.

3. trying times should be alive. trials are instruments to make us become more practical, better and wiser person. they make us face our fears, and confront our problems.  we should also conquer our fear of making mistakes. we need to face this and learn lessons from it.

4. invest and be inspired with your family. your list of priorities should be God, spouse, kids and career. let the family grow in love, care and respect. each member should be complementing each other. articulate and cultivate the art of caring and support in the family.

5. invest in your spiritual life. pray and dedicate everything to Him. serve Him using your talents and abilities. this will really give you a purpose, a cause in your life.

so there… another inspiring medicines for all of us… thanks, mr. kong!