Author: Paul Joo

Paul Joo, Decision Architect and devotee of Human Potential & Performance. My passion is identifying & unleashing personal potential.
Perspectives

so you wanna improve the world…

by Paul Joo

How do you “improve the world”?

By making life’s essentials available to those who lack them? Naturally. By making more & better things for people to use? Sure. These efforts help raise the Standard of Living where they are applied. Terrific. I’m a fan.

Then I ask myself: Would I rather raise someone’s Standard of Living or raise their Standard of Life?

I choose the latter, simply because I am passionate about it and it might just be within my compass. I say let those passionate about making life’s essentials available to all do so, and let those who are passionate about making more & better things do so, and power to them both, for they are doing good things for humanity.

Me? I shall continue to devote my energies & attention to what I really believe in: raising the Standard of Life for every individual interested in cultivating the inherent nobility of their human spirit.

Why this choice? Because I believe that therein exists a significant avenue in the positive evolution of mankind.

 

Perspectives

believe in infinite possibilities and win

by Paul Joo

If you don’t believe in possibility, you won’t set any Goals to aim for.

Without any goals in mind, you’ve nothing from which to Expect any payoff.

With no payoff in mind, you’ve no Motivation to do anything.

Without any motivation, you’ll take no consistent Targeted Action.

Without any targeted action, you’ll Achieve nothing.

Bottom Line: Whether you are convinced by particle physics or otherwise, the fact remains that Infinite Possibilities Exist.

So set your Goals with confidence, Expect positive results, and Achieve your best.

Perspectives

making choices makes you powerful

by Paul Joo

While there are many challenges to living a happy and contented life, I’d say without reservation that confusion among the concepts of LIKING, WANTING and CHOOSING is responsible for a disproportionately huge amount of human misery & frustration. So here is my attempt to reduce some of that suffering by eliminating its cause.

LIKING is not the same thing as CHOOSING! They are 2 completely different concepts!

LIKING is akin to wishing, or even hoping, and it is strictly emotional. While CHOOSING may begin with wishing or hoping, it always concludes in physical action that is proof of the choice you’ve made. Consider this deeply.

As for WANTING – it is simply a bridge between LIKING and CHOOSING.

WANTING starts with the WHY underpinning your LIKING, and then it infuses it with your Will, ideally to such a degree that you end up making the best choice for yourself i.e. CHOOSING what you were LIKING in the first place!

  1. LIKING.
  2. WANTING.
  3. CHOOSING.

Three different concepts that, working together, can make your dreams come true!

 

Perspectives

beware all talking heads

by Paul Joo

“It is now 1984. It appears IBM wants it all. Apple is perceived to be the only hope to offer IBM a run for its money. Dealers, originally welcoming IBM with open arms, now fear an IBM dominated and controlled future. They are increasingly turning back to Apple as the only force that can ensure their future freedom! IBM is aiming its guns to the last obstacle to industry control—Apple. Will Big Blue dominate the entire computer industry? The entire information age? Was George Orwell right?”

– Apple CEO Steve Jobs introducing the Macintosh on Jan. 24, 1984.

 

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