Monthly Archives: December 2008

detach yourself from attachments

“The things you own end up owning you.” – Tyler Durden, Fight Club One of my best buddies in the whole wide world asked me to stop teaching him stuff, in reference to all the awesome value I am bringing here on martywong.com. He then showed me his blackberry which just has a whackload of…

The Abundance Mentality… and how it can serve you

Today, the company I work for laid off some people, and sent out a note that we are a strong and awesome company (Read: they are going to lay more off).  I’ve heard this tune before, too many times to be honest.  I think this might be close to the 10th round of layoffs I’ve…

Unconditional Love

“I believe that my life’s gonna see, the love I give return to me.” – John Mayer It is written.  Those are the last words written on the screen before the ending credits of Slumdog Millionaire. “This is our destiny.”  Those are the last words said at the end of the movie. The story is…

Being Open

In Yoga, they talk about opening your heart centre.  In many positions, that is one of the most important things to be conscious of.  In terms of Chakras, they talk about opening up your 7 Chakra centres, and in other forms of energy healing, they mention opening your energy channels. All of that means little…

100% responsibility

“We are each responsible for our own life – no other person is or even can be.” – Oprah Today’s lesson involves accepting fully and completely that you are responsible for your life, and nobody else.  This is in direct contrast with the poor me, victim mentality that many people have.  If you have ever…

the purpose of this post is purpose.

What is purpose? Hmm.  I think to put it simply is, what’s your reason for getting up in the morning?  If you don’t have a reason, then you probably don’t have a purpose.  You don’t even necessarily have to write down what your purpose is, but if you find yourself excited to get up in…

Will Smith – Running & Reading (The Key to Life)

get jiggy with it.