新的一年，新的期許 ： 多冒險

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My new year resolution: take more risk.

我不認為我是十全十美的人，在人生中也犯過許多錯誤，但我絕對是個非常幸運的人。我知道在2010年我將進入人生另外一個階段，希望能多冒點險，不要執著於得與失。希望大家在2010年也能夠多冒點險，不留白。

29 thoughts on “新的一年，新的期許 ： 多冒險”

  1. Dear Terri:

    Terri, have you bikde lately? I also love East Costal region.

    I am delighted to see new readers taking the time to see my old blogs. One of young new friends told me that she realized that the comments in my blog by people like you are more significant than my own writing. I tended to agree with her.

    I love your writing. Your simple epipheny is the driver for this blog’s readers to re-examine their life and replenish their passion.

    Oh, thanks for reminding, I need to make my daily run now.

    Ping

  2. Risks make people grow / glow, this is what I believe.
    Whether a good or bad experience, it brings fulfillment.

    Somehow the work gets me nowhere, and I definitely need some stimulation and challenges to help me through.

    I’m going to continue to carry on the biking journey that has been ceased last year. (always miss the amazing scenery while biking on the east coast!)

    Thanks you for this reminder~

    Best,
    Terri

  3. Dear Bear:

    How many hours do you work per week to reach the total revenue of NT$ 200,000 per month? I bet you work almost 60 hours per week to reach this sales goal. If you are in a 40% commission, you earned about NT$ 80,000 per month with no retirement and limited employee benefit. In essence, you are trading your time for more money. This is not going to be a profession that can give you more private time to do things you can replenish your passion for creativity.

    I think money is important. Money will help you happier, however, only to a certain point.

    This is why we need to spend time to get to know ourselves. Only through knowing ourselves, we can live a life we choose to, not a life based on other people’s approval or money you made.

    Bear, you should stop proving anything to anyone. If I were you, I would set a specific time for your personal happiness pursuit.

    I used to tell hairstylists that the quality of the income, the private time you have and the quality of the clientele are more important than the total amount of money you made. Time is the most luxury asset, not money.

    Being a hairstylist is the best way to control your private time. However, most people in beauty industry is for the money. Because you can make more money by working more time. It is this Commission Based pay that hostages hairstylist’s time for money. Give opportunity, most people will work more for more money. This is a fear based and cynical based reward system. Most people believe people will work hard if they work for themselves. The harder you work, the more money you can make. This is the foundation of commission based pay.

    This is why I advocate a new reward system that is based on trust and on team effort. You will have more time to devote to life enhancement and fulfillment which , in turn, will recharge you on your creative work.

    Bear, can you volunteer to do some teaching so you can help young hairstylist learn more? Can you take some time off and travel around Taiwan? How about bike around Taiwan? Can you talk to your boss about your true feeling? Can your boss let his star performer take a leave and cost him the money he can make from you? (He will lose 60% of the revenue you generate through your work. ) Can you support yourself with no income for a while? ( no work, no commission paid )

    The beauty of being a hairstylist is the freedom to be themselves. In Taiwan, most hairstylists are trapped by the money treadmill. Only if you can get out of this treadmill, you can be free.

    You will be just fine. Your problem is a good problem to have than those people who cannot find a job that celebrate creativity. Hairstylist is one of the best creative professions in the 21st century. You help people look pretty and feel pretty. You are the lucky few who will never have to worry to find a work that fulfills your creativity.

    Live, love, learn and laugh

    Ping

  4. 2009年我完成了第1次20萬的業績
    在我現在的年齡算很ok了吧???..<所有人都很高興>
    但我的心卻很空..
    我是一個沒美髮人
    我愛美髮..
    愛創造
    愛接觸人
    但現在的我好空..
    有一個生聲音不停的對我說
    放開我..我快窒息了..

  5. Dear Jeff:

    The interesting thing about life is to believe in Karma and prepare ourselves for the chance encounter or opportunity to knock. Of course, it is a two ways street. You need to live an engaging life by taking more risks too.

    I have been FACEBOOK memeber long long time ago. However, i am no active in FACEBOOK. For a person who has no mobile phone, FACEBOOK is too much of social actitivities. I am happy to where I am. When friends want to engage with me, they will find a way to find me. I am using my blog and email as my primary social media.

    As you know, I co-launched with Ayesha for a real life in person social media network: Stage Time & Wine @ The Red Room.

    You can see from the photo library on this new movement. Web to physical and physical to web are needed in the sustainablility of a meaningful social network development. Again, we are also entering a world of amateurism. Amateur will be the driving force to reshape our creative life.

    Let’s celebrate the Amateur in all of us.

    Be the change,

    Ping

  6. Dear Mr. Chu

    I am the traveler who had honor to meet you in DULAN during our bike trip, in the beginning of Feb.
    Knowing you in such way is something that we could never imagine and which is good. Because of that, our self-banishment became more interesting.
    We published our albums and note on the FACEBOOK and at the same time, we sent request for being friends with you. Please join us and let me share the joy and the surprise of this fun trip with you.

    My account :b96501086@ntu.edu.tw

    Jeff

  7. Dear Brian:

    I used to tell young people that the best way to become a leader is through the extra-curriculum activity or volunteer work. No other ways can you practice leadership than this.

    Wow, you are only 15 years old. Good for you. Please do more outrageous things so you can brag here. Brag is allowed and welcomed in this tribal space.

    I challenge you to start a movement that you passionate about if you see there is no one doing anything about it. This is the risk I challenge you to take in 2010.

    Be the change,

    Ping

  8. 2009年 6月 15歲
    我接下了社團社長這個位置，中間經歷了許多事情
    有大有小
    社課、同學之間的感情、老師、功課、抱負、金費
    雖然我知道這點冒險在未來不足掛齒
    但至少我有去面對它、解決問題…今年寒假
    我跟社員們
    舉辦了兩天一夜的寒訓活動，而活動也進行得很順利!
    謝謝您
    I want to take more risks in this year!

  9. Dear Marie:

    Embracing the discontinuity and uncertainty with curiosity.

    Power to you.

    Please let your friends and relatives ( esp. your parents ) know that you just need to do this so you will have no regret in your life and their blessing is important to you.

    Thank you for allowing me to be your life. By your doing this, you are my teacher too.

    Let’s all live a life we choose to, want to and love to, never have to.

    Happy Chinese New Year too all my peers here.

    Love,

    Ping

  10. Dear Ping Chu,

    2009年底，我28歲選擇離開公司，
    即將在過完年前往澳洲working holiday，
    雖然親友不是很看好這個決定，
    為我『憂慮』工作及錢的問題，
    但我想起泰戈爾的詩，
    Let me not pray to be sheltered from danders
    but to be fearless in facing them.
    我相信再多的考驗，都可以透過正面積極的態度找到適合的方法，
    並從體驗中學習成長。

    一直以來感謝您的文章(及演講)給我的激勵！

  11. Dear Natalia:

    Yes, I got your invitation. I am always honored to have opportunity to talk to young people. However, I stop giving “lectures” to those who are not ready or not willing to Google me or get to me through my blog.

    Only when student is ready, teacher shows up.

    Ping

  12. Dear Mr.Chu :

    I send an email to you about inviting you to be a lecturer in symposium. I wonder if you get the email and if the time is avilable for you .

    Thank you very much .

    Best regards

  13. Dear NK:

    To love someone is to take risk. Feel the risk and do it anyway.

    It takes two to break any love bond. The important lesson is not to seek reasons for any betrayal and trapped yourself into a victim mentality. When people stop loving you, not necessarily not caring you. It is just meant that romantic love has lost in the growing up separately.

    We all get hurt when we were betrayed by our love one. It is OK to feel resentful and angry. However, it is not OK if you let this negative emotion engulf you and make yourself a cynical and insecure person.

    i am honored here to see you sharing your vulnerability and your story.

    Yes, we should never regret for what we did, but for what we did not do.

    Happiness is a choice.

    Ping

  14. Dear Illustrator Carol:

    Please cultivate a sensitivity in human emotion.
    A good illustrator has to be a good story teller too.

    Humor is also an important element you need to develop.

    Love,

    Ping

  15. Dear Ruby:

    I am really happy for your risk taking to explore your potential by stretching your goal.

    I also think you should do something expected to thank your parent for supporting you.

    You should learn the lesson that you can create your own reality by making tough decision and working hard to be accountable for this decision.

    Wish you are a better person everyday.

    Love,

    Ping

  16. I want to say something in my 2008 and 2009 which I thought they were very unusual during my past 25 years. In 2008, i did one thing that is I gave up continuing to get my master degree at the most popular university in China. i did not regret it, really. Because I knew there is happening something in my lovely home and I want to change someing not to only think about myself and my degree, this is why i would not regret to give up my MA degree. In 2009, I have a boyfriend, and this is the second thing i take the risk to do it. Men around me seem to be untruthful and cannot be concentrated on the same woman. This is why I cannot trust man and have a boyfriend. But at this time, this guy he did much things to let me feel not every man is untruthful, and there is one who is exceptional. My boyfriend tried and tried many times to break the ice of my heart, and he also get hurt by my skeptical feeling. Thanks to him, my fool baby, my 2009 risk-taking thing is worthy.^^

  18. 在２００９年，我申請歷史為輔系，挑戰２８學分的生活，這對我來說實在是一場冒險，因為我已經大學三年級了，回想進入大學之初，我曾答應爸媽會順利在四年裡畢業，盡快找到工作賺錢，好讓他們安心退休。
    但是，在２００９年裡，我突然十分渴望把握住機會，讀讀看自己有興趣的科系，雖然在期中和期末考前的那一兩個月，繁重的課業壓得我叫苦連天，然而，終究讓我得到當學期平均８８分的好成績，爸媽提到我將會延畢的事情時，也能接受甚至給予支持了，我想，我在２００９年的冒險是成功的吧。

  19. Dear Daemon:

    I feel you because you are also talking about me and the majority of the tribal members here.

    I think the root of this tiring or energy draining is that you think your two jobs are work, not a source of replenishment.

    The first thing is to ask you if you can find the fun and meaning in your jobs. I am the one firmly believe that any jobs, if you really dig deeper, have higher purpose. I know you enjoy teaching. It may be the time that you create a new mindset to teach, not just teach English, the language, but the way to think and the English speaking nation’s culture, values and how to make decision. You will feel that your teaching can impact your student’s life.

    Secondly, you need to redefine being poor or being rich. I know it is not fair to you when i am in a position not to worry about my livelihood. However, my business could be collapsed if my teams become complacent or ignore the risk management. it is a never ending re-invention in my business. There are over 200 people’s livelihood depends on the continue success of my business. I could be poor and indebted over night.

    Therefore, the insecurity and uncertainty is the norm in life. To live is a risk of successfully delaying death. 🙂

    Fear of being poor is accepted. You are not the only one. It would be a waste of life if we live our life under this shadow. Please live a life based on “good enough” life philosophy. You will soon find out that you can live a life within your means. Then, you can plan to deal with the feeling that you are stuck by taking a risk to find a job not paying you a lot but will give you what you want: either time or meaning.

    Thank you for your willing to show your honest feeling. You have contributed to this tribe tremendously by sharing your fear and your bewilderment.

    Fear will always be there. Feel the fear and do it anyway.

    Ping

  20. Recently I’ve been asking my students not to be afraid of making mistakes while they are practicing English, however, I do like to see the satisfactory expression on their face when they realize where they make the mistakes.

    Ironically I am a bit tired(or having fear maybe?) to give myself a punch for starting a change that may lead me to the next turning point of my life while I am energizing my students to step out and overcome the fear of making mistakes.

    I’ve been feeling there’s something missing in my life while I have two jobs occupying over-half of my daily life at the same time, I feel my energy has been drained and I think there’s on a change could get store it back.

    When I tried to talk to the inner-me, I sensed that there is fear and the insecurity of being poor which I suppose is the main obstacle for me to start a change, and I really want to get rid of that insecurity.

    How should I overcome it?

    Happy 2010, and all the best wishes =)

    Daemon

  21. Dear 郁琳:

    There are many challenges and obstacles ahead of you. I also have to face all the decision I need to take. Many decision will affect people’s life too. However, tough love is the best way to let people take over their own destiny sometime.

    Please practice positive affirmation to yourself and start a inner dialogue with yourself.

    Be a change agent to yourself.

    Ping

  23. Dear Josie:

    Feel the fear and do it anyway.

    You will be just fine because you have this positive mindset and the courage to follow your heart, not just your mind.

    John Wooden is a giant in coaching. He is many people’s hero. I just wish we have more sage gentlemen like him in Taiwan.

    You are in good company.

    Wish you a better you in 2010.

    Ping

  24. Dear Freda:

    I simply love South America. I did world renown Inca Trail to Machu Picchu long time ago. One of my dreams is to do a hiking on Pantagonia, Chile.

    I think if you should learn swimming in 2010. It would be a great accomplishment for you. It is one of the most difficult things to learn when you are over 50 years old. 🙂

    What I really want to say to myself is that we all can live a life with no regret as long as we are honest with our own fear and our own feeling.

    Love you,

    Ping

  27. 2010年的一開始對我來說也是一個新的冒險了，雖然我也不確定轉換是不是好事，但是我要開始學習很新的事物~~”不要執著於得與失”我好喜歡這一句!!謝謝!!上個月開始我把on the road ahead or the road behind這首詩抄在我的筆記本裡..很多時候拿出來看，再想一遍裡面的意思，就會覺得很快樂!!朱先生，謝謝你。:)

  28. agree. i will go on a cruise with my sister-in-law to South America without knowing any Spanish/Portugues and neither of us know how to swim. let’s see how it goes.

    1. I want to say something in my 2008 and 2009 which I thought they were very unusual during my past 26 years. In 2008, i did one thing that is I gave up continuing to get my master degree at the most popular university in China. i did not regret it, really. Because I knew there is happening something in my lovely home and I want to change someing not to only think about myself and my degree, this is why i would not regret to give up my MA degree. In 2009, I have a boyfriend, and this is the second thing i take the risk to do it. Men around me seem to be untruthful and cannot be concentrated on the same woman. This is why I cannot trust man and have a boyfriend. But at this time, this guy he did much things to let me feel not every man is untruthful, and there is one who is exceptional. My boyfriend tried and tried many times to break the ice of my heart, and he also get hurt by my skeptical feeling. Thanks to him, my fool baby, my 2009 risk-taking thing is worthy.^^

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