Tuesday, May 25, 2021

Living well and happy through troubled times ...

How are you coping with this biggest ever challenge to our humanity and sanity? Can you see light in the midst of all the darkness?

It is so easy to get caught up with all the unhappy chatter about the disease & the deaths, the economic disruptions and destruction, the restrictions of the rules and unhappiness with the rule breakers and rule makers alike.

That's completely understandable as this pandemic is after all the biggest ever health challenge confronting humanity in our life time, made more disturbing on two counts. One, there's been no disruption that has occurred on a world scale like this before - one that grounds airlines, curbs travel not just by air, but also sea and by road in an unprecedented way, keeping billions of people at home, inside their own countries and inside their homes. It has disrupted and even destroyed businesses, big and small. Two, this global health crisis is happening right before our eyes, under the microscopic glare of social media. We can all see what is happening all around the world. In addition, everyone does get to have his say on social media, adding to the generally unhappy and distressing chatter.

In times like this, if we are to live well, as well as possibly can anyway in abnormal times, it has become all the more important for us to live mindfully, and avoid getting swept up by all so natural fears, frustrations, restlessness and restiveness.

There are so many things we'd love to do that cannot do, given all the restrictions and public health guidelines that are in place or in force. But here is one idea that I believe will help - a determination to not let what we cannot do stop us from doing what we can.

If you believe this storm shall pass, for it shall, even if it takes a lot longer than we care to predict, then the next question we have to ask ourselves is how do we choose to stand on the other side of the storm? Victor or Victim? Winner or Loser? History tells us that in every crisis, there will always be many losers, and there will also be some winners and some big winners too.

Let's not fret about things we cannot do anything about. Let's focus on the things that we can do, and get ourselves happily busy focused on doing that well. And what would that thing be for you?

Thursday, January 28, 2021

About vitamins and intellectual arrogance, professional blind-spots and unprofessional reactions on the subject

Be careful what you say about the place of vitamins in our daily life, and dismissing the need for them, I had to tell a doctor friend in a 23-member social chat group very recently. Days after, I continue to feel strongly enough about the intellectual arrogance, professional blind-spots and unprofessional reactions that were rearing its head that for the first time in 4 years, I wanted to blog about it. So, here goes.

Someone was asking about making donations towards Chinese New Year charity bags for residents in an old folks home, and in response to some concerns about mishandling of donation, a counter-proposal was made: How about donating some vitamins to improve the old folks' immunity? 

The doctor said: "I don't believe in vitamins. Skimmed through large studies. Most seems to not show convincing benefits. quite a proportion, negative effects." There was a disclaimer: "I didn't look at the details."

I couldn't not let this pass unchallenged.

"Dr XXX, Careful! I think it'd be good that you don't just look at the details, but study the details first, before dismissing an entire industry. The source of study material matters too." I have myself come across many questionable so-called scientific studies that sough to prove that vitamins are not only not helpful, they can be dangerous. It is interesting most of these studies use Vitamins A and E to prove the point. Not known to many is that of all the vitamins, Vitamin A and E in particular are the kind of vitamins that mega dose can harm the body and even increase mortality in subjects dealing with cancer!

I added: "I tell my guys don't pick on the side effects of certain medicine and the narrow-mindedness of certain professionals (I mean members of the profession) and then tar an entire profession or industry. Who knows, one day, you may well be in dire need of their wisdom and inputs and what are you going to do then? Reject the help ideologically?"

My doctor friend responded: "Thanks for the advice. That's why I had my disclaimer. Maybe you can advise us on what are the good and effective vitamins which we need beyond the healthy food we eat." 

I was careful to not go into anything that looks like an opportunistic sales pitch. So, I said: "Available on private consultations, depends on the concerns or the issues, general or specific."

Appreciating at that point that he was not going into an argument, I added: "Thanks for being a sport. Knowing what I know and experienced, I cannot let anyone make a dismissive remark about the relevance and need for vitamins and nutritional supplements and get away unchallenged."

I recall a seminar I attended many years ago at the Raffles Town Club  where a dietitian from a major hospital was speaking. She was asked what she thought about the need for vitamins and nutritional supplements, the same way this doctor friend was asked, "What do you recommend, good doc?" to which he said "I don't believe in vitamins...." That dietitian at the RTC talk said the same thing: "I don't believe in vitamins. All you need is a balanced diet." I could not let her dismissive response pass unchallenged. I raised my hand, stood up, and asked: "Excuse me, Miss xxx, You are a dietitian in a hospital and you care for the sick and advise them on their diet. Could you please tell me how many percent of people, on advice, can reasonably be expected to adopt the so-called balanced diet?" I remember she said, "cannot talk about percentage", to which I asked, "OK, could you say, more than half can do or less than half?" She said, "Less than half." So?

Back to my recent chat, I decided to offer some thought-provoking public service message about "the healthy food we eat". I said, "Most people don't or don't know how, and even those who are careful, tend to live and eat with "blind spots" that make people sick over time. That's why prevalence of diabetes rise alarmingly from 1:100 for people in their 20s to 1:5 for those in their 50s, and 1:3 for people in their 60s. Diabetes is not a major cause of death but it is a major cause of many major causes of deaths, Covid19 included. Supplements can and do help but supplements alone is not enough: Resetting our eating habits matter too and so is exercising our body."

"Happy to share more with anyone who seeks such knowhow."

The response, after the chat took a detour: "Thanks Eng Hai for the discussions. You have rightly said, "most don't or don't know how. So, instead of spending money and efforts getting vitamins for the general population, wouldn't it be better to spend efforts educating these people? I personally feel that most of the expensive vitamins, with additives, and sometimes preservatives and colorings, wouldn't be useful to them most times."

I said: "In this information age, there is no lack of education and information. Only a lack of receptivity and too much mental blockages, for which thankfully there is a powerful solution ;)" 

"Buy me a nice lunch some time, Dr, and I'll be happy to share the things people need to know to stay healthy and alive that they don't even know......"

This is where the chat went downhill, very fast. To my comment about there being no lack of education and information, the doctor said, " I think there are a lot more advertisements than information/education." To my comment about mental blocks, he said: "I am amused with accusations of mental blockages." 

I think I hit a raw nerve and the doctor seemed to have taken it personally. 

He made a passing remark to "vitamin peddlers". I chose not to react with comments about drug peddlers or drug pushers", though those words crossed my mind. 

To my offer to him to buy me a nice lunch so I can share my expertise, he took me for a cheap-skate and said: "If you'd like a free lunch, anytime, but I think I can do with less promotions." At that point, I chose to leave the conversation, and said "Haha, forget it". 

I did not want to impose on the other 21 members of the chat group who had stayed clear of what had become a kind of debate. It is a lot more serious and in-depth that the chat group is used to. But the doctor did not stop. 

Intellectual arrogance: "I am open to advice/insights from anyone who had read and digested fully information from reputable scientific journals".

Condescension: "Nowadays, there are a lot of fake videos out there. Just like fake information about vitamins." 

After the chat took another  detour, he apologized for side-tracking the discussion, and had to say this:

"Frankly, when our time is up, our time is up. It doesn't really depend on how much vitamins or exercises one indulge in but to a large extent, it depends on genetics and the type and amount of food."

He must have felt the urge to have the last word on the topic. What do you think of that final comment? "When our time is up, our time is up." What does that mean about seeking medical treatment when one is confronted with a potentially terminal disease? 

Why is taking vitamins and exercising an "indulgence"? 

He said much depends on one's genetics. If he was more open-minded, I would have like to invite him to a discussion about epigenetics, the science of countering one's genetic code and altering a genetic or hereditary pre-disposition to certain diseases. 

We agree on the importance of type and amount of food. But who do we go to for such information? There are lots of free advice and personal opinions. Who and where would be a good reliable and accountable source of information on metabolic nutrition?

I didn't feel a need to have the last word in that chat, or counter every debatable assertion. But I do want to serve notice that I will not allow any dismissive remarks about vitamins, nutritional supplements, nutraceuticals and genomeceuticals go unchallenged, especially from doctors to whom many surrender their judgement. 

Monday, January 16, 2017

Passive Income: Luxury or Need?

Passive Income, the income that keeps flowing into your bank account every month, well after your work is done and your income-building efforts have been fully completed ....

In your opinion, is that (the passive income) a luxury that would be good to have but alright to not have, or is it something that you need that you cannot do without, or cannot not have? What do you think?

If someone were to come up to you, and say, "Let me show you how you can create a massive, ever-growing, passive income of USD1,000,000 a year upwards in 2-5 years", what would you say? Would you say, Show me how, or would you all too quickly pronounce it "too good to be true"?

Monday, February 11, 2013

CNY 2013: A Great Time with Family

 
I just had the most amazing time, over 4 days, with my family - my dad, my brothers Eng Hooi, Eng Keong and Eng Leong, my sisters Lee Lee, Lee Ling (who although thousands of miles away in the US stayed in touch with almost everything that's happening, following our every movement via facebook, and even making a call during Reunion Dinner) and Lee Fang, along with their families. Also included in our festive plans is Christina's side of the family: We called on my father-in-law on the 1st day; the whole family came over to our place for dinner the 1st day and on the 2nd, we went over to Lee Han's at Mandarin Gardens.
 
We enjoyed feasting & snacking, visiting & catching up, singing and dancing (with Kee Leong doing the hotel lounge-class singing, and the girls and the boys dancing along with Dance Central 2 via Kinect), lounging about neighborhood walkabouts ... The 'mahjong kakis' got satisfaction too, as they got to play a few rounds of the game, once at Meadows @ Peirce and then at Mandarin Gardens. Chris was a winner on both days :)  
 
The weather, I find, most agreeable. While some might have complained about heavy rain occurring every day, I find that the rain kept the temperature down and provided us a cool, wintry feel in which to enjoy our get-togethers. When we needed good weather to move about, or take long walks, we got them too. Chinese New Year in past years tended to be too hot. What we got is very welcome change.
 
For me, it was a good many days "off work and at home" so I got to really enjoy being at home a lot more than normal. I really loved our beautiful dream home, very much livened up this season by many guests - both young and old, be they energetic or lethargic. One or two were, but that's fine as we have grown up to live with no judgment about each other  ;)
 
I found time to go out on a ride around the estate on my new, but largely neglected bicyle. I still enjoy pedalling around, enjoying the cool air on my face ...  I went as far as the nearest petrol station, as I had to first pump up the tyres flat out from disuse ;)
 
Looking back upon the last 4 days, I am deeply thankful to God for all the great blessings in my life. I can really feel the freedom to enjoy this precious and rare time with the entire extended family without any concerns whatsoever - be it about time, about money or about health. 
 
I felt really happy to have the opportunity to pay for the Reunion Steamboat Dinner, and little expenses here and there - like the visit to the Gardens By The Bay, without any concern, and without having to calculate. What is success if I haven't arrived here. And by the way, I've not become so blase about my abundance as to not notice that I own my money; my money no longer owns me!
    
Dad, not surprisingly weak due to his age (he is 82 this year), could master the easy walk around the sprawling condominium with me yesterday morning. This morning, with a steadying hand from Joan from the side, and a little prop-up from the back now and then, he could join us for the long walk out of the condo, all the way to and through the Lower Peirce Trail - up to the water's edge, overcame the many steps up and down along the boardwalk (despite them looking formidable to him). We reached the neighbourhood prata shop in time for him to get a much-needed seat and breakfast before all 13 of us took a slow walk back.
 
We just said our goodbyes about an hour ago. Eng Hooi & family are flying back to Kuching from Senai at 4pm. Joan & Family have hit the road for the 300+ km journey home to KL. Eng Leong & Family are still in Singapore, spending time with his in-laws, visiting the Bird Park presently - and it's raining heavily again. Eng Keong had gone off on Sunday, after our afternoon at the Gardens By The Bay, and had taken his family on a visit to Legoland. Lee Fang is staying on with us till Sunday. Lee Ling had been stuck in the US but will join us belatedly in June, for a 6-week holiday back home. That's when we will do our next big get-together, possibly at Colemar Tropicale in the Bukit Tinggi highlands.
 
Yes, we will have another family get-together like this, before the next Chinese New Year get-together, this time in Kuala Lumpur, with Joan & Family taking their turn to play host. 
 
I love this life that I live, and I am glad for the freedom (health, financial and time) to enjoy it all as I am. 
 
Praise the Lord for this greatly blessed, highly favored and deeply loved Happy Life.        

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Stand Tall, Stand Strong

"I've learned a big lesson, which is, if I stand long enough, I will win. I will stand, I will win, I will succeed." 
 
We have stood, long enough, until we achieve a certain measure of success. We can call this the Mercedes Benz standard. We are the Unipower-empowered Presidents in Unicity Singapore.
 
Now, we will stand, and stand, and stand, until our work is done, until there are more than 100 of us standing together, for the people of Singapore, Malaysia, Hongkong, Indonesia, Philippines, Brunei, and standing in great friendship and partnership with our good friends in THAILAND, in Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam, Myanmar.
 
We are breaking down artificial barriers within Asean that keep people down, and small, and creating a borderless community of powerful leaders, big people with the power to help millions to redesign their lives, and live the life they choose, a life that is healthy, wealthy, free and happy. Awesome opportunity, awesome partnership!

Monday, June 25, 2012

An Old Donkey Tale: Seeing the good in the dirt thrown at you

Have you ever found yourself in self-pitying situations where you wonder why circumstances seem to develop against you, and the very people whom you trust or have served loyally, also turned their backs on you, and even go further to throw dirt at you? It is hard in such situations to see the good in anything, and it'd be so easy to wallow and self-destruct in self-pity..... But the truth is that, there is always some good behind every bad, and that, is usually a little realization away.

Consider the story of the old donkey that fell into an old disused well while wondering around the farm early one morning ... It kicked up such a noisy fuss it's hee-haw woke up the old farmer... The farmer studied the situation, felt helpless, and shook his head. He could not figure out how he could ever get the injured donkey out. To him, there was only one way out. Bury the donkey to get it out of its misery, and cover up the well so no one and no creature would ever fall into it again... So, he called out all his farm hands. After instructions, everyone started shovelling dirt into the well.

The donkey looked up in dismay, and couldn't help feeling awfully bad... "After all these years of serving my master, he is now going to give up on me and bury me alive!" ... As donkey shook its head feeling really hurt, the dirt keep raining down on its back....  Then, suddenly, a thought hit it... The dirt was raising the floor of the dry well. It didn't need to stand still and surrender to the situation. All it needed to do was to shake off the dirt as it rains down, and step on the rising level of dirt ..... The farmer and his farm hands eventually realized what was happening. The donkey was rising higher as they shovel more dirt at him.... They sped up the process, and eventually, the donkey could simply step out of the well, and was reunited with its master, who felt both bad and good, guilty yet relieved, about all that had happened.

What can we get from this story? 1) When people throw dirt at us, it may be that they don't know how else to respond to a situation. 2) It pays to quickly regain control of our emotions when things seem to be going against us. Anger, hurt, disappointment or self-pity can blind us to the good behind the seemingly bad. 3) We can turn dirt thrown at us into stepping stones to freedom. The more dirt gets thrown at us, the faster we get to freedom ;)

Did you get anything else from this story? If you do, please share.      

Saturday, May 26, 2012

Choices in a storm? Be chicken, crow or eagle?

Life is about Choices, and how it turns out comes from the choices we make. Keep making the wrong choices, and we will keep getting the wrong result. Want to change your result? Change the choices that you make. When God created Man, he left man with the Power to Choose e.g. Tree of Life or Tree of Knowledge of Good & Evil - Choose. But Man were not left clueless. God did indicate his preference. Yet ....

Back to the present, are you dealing with some storms in your life? Bad winds blowing.... How are you going to respond...

Yesterday, at the Unipower Seminar in Singapore of 26th May 2012, I spoke of 3 possible responses: Respond like a chicken, respond like a crow, or respond like an eagle.

The chicken, which would normally be scratching through the ground for crumbs, would, on realizing a storm is upon it, flutter its wings but cannot fly and then use its dainty legs to run into the safety and comfort of the barn. It would re-emerge when the weather has cleared up.

The crow would normally be rummaging for food among garbage, or picking up on the incidental food droppings on the ground. Like the chicken, it would respond only when the storm is upon it. It would then take off from wherever it is, with a sqwuak, flap its wings, and fly away, aimlessly for unlike the chicken, it does not have a barn to go home too. Homeless.

What about the Eagle response? The Eagle can sense a storm coming well before it breaks. On detecting a storm approaching, the eagle will fly to a high spot and wait for the winds to arrive. When the storm hits, it would set its wings against the winds, so that the winds will pick it up and lift it above the storm. While the storm rages below, the eagle soars above. It does not seek to escape the storm. It simply takes on the storm and harnesses its energy to fly even higher than without the storm. To the eagle, storms are not a curse. Storms are a blessing, an opportunity to triumph in life.

So, what shall we be in the current or the next storm in life?

Run away scared, fleeing to the safety of our comfort zone, like a chicken? Or throw up our hands and complain, sqwuaking like a crow? Or shall we get ready to take on another storm and another, and let them lift us higher, like the eagle?

The choice is clear. But some of us may be scared of what it takes to take on the Eagle Being. We may be simply afraid of heights? Or whatever ... Before we try to fly like an Eagle, why not go to Eagle School? Ask around for a good one to enrol into ;)

The Eagle is an "extraordinary creature has great beauty, tremendous strength and skills. They inspire respect by man. Its flight is nothing short of dramatic. They glide in the air with movements more elegant than the waltz," writes Randy Vild in www.blowthetrumptet.org

We can learn so much from this beautiful, majestic creature, created by God to inspire Man to Be A Leader in Life. Of all the birds ever created, the Eagle was created as Leader, reigning undisputedly over all birds.

There are two things we can get and learn from the Eagle. First, its extraordinary way of dealing with adversity, its being in the face of storms, as described above.

Second, its incredible vision. The Eagle can see a fish swimming camouflaged under the surface of water even from several hundred feet above water. Its vision is at least four times sharper than a human being with perfect vision. It can pick out a rabbit scampering around within a 3 square mile area, while flying 1,000 feet high above open country.

Let's be inspired by the Eagle to have an incredible vision for our life - like, being able to see into the future a new reality that we would love to create and to design, with all the blessings that we already have with us in our being and in the tools placed in our hands to help us reign in life.

Let's be inspired by the being of the Eagle in the face of storms. Let's welcome troubles, welcome problems, welcome challenges, for we can harness the exceptional energy within them and use them to soar high above the ordinary, and live out the extraordinary life, enjoying breath-taking sights others cannot imagine.
First, go look for your Eagle School! Or Eagle Mentor!

Wednesday, May 09, 2012

Frog Tale: Comfort zones or zones of false comforts?

This is a tale of a frog in a beaker of slow-boiling water ....


There was once a frog which found itself in a beaker of water. Being in a beaker, the frog was not free to jump about as it naturally would. But the beaker was spacious enough, with enough homely attractions, to keep it happy.

Then, someone unknown to the frog, for reasons also unknown to the frog, put a slow burning fire underneath the beaker, and subjected the water to a slow boil.

The frog has a natural gift. It has the physiological ability to adjust to ever higher temperatures. This is the gift that enable the frog to live through all seasons.

The temperature of the water in the beaker kept going up, but gradually. If the temperature had spiked up, the frog might have jumped out. But that was not the case. So, the frog unknowingly used its natural gift to cope with ever higher temperatures.

It kept adjusting to the higher temperatures. The frog never felt uncomfortable enough at any point to get out.

Eventually, the water reach boiling point. Then, what happened to the frog? It died. Suddenly, or so it seems.

Consider, the point of this story. What does this have to do with the human existence?

In my previous vocation as an economist and investment analyst, I figured out from my almost 20 years of studying companies and business trends that there is one rule of survival that applies to practically all companies today.

Whatever it is that the company is doing, be it manufacturing, services, or marketing, it has got to do what it does better, faster, smarter, constantly, but charge less.

The company has to keep investing to expand and upgrade capabilities and equip its workers with more skills, and new skills.

Despite the cost pressures, and because of the highly competitive global marketplace, the company cannot charge more.

Instead, whatever it is that it is doing better, faster, smarter, it has to keep pricing its goods or services lower.

It'd want to keep costs down, but often all it can do is to contain the inexorable upward pressures on costs. Then, once in a while, something has to give. Normally, the workforce. By way of massive retrenchments, by the tens of thousands for big global companies.

What do you think is the impact of this divergence of capabilities and costs and pricing power on humanity? What is the human cost?

Is it a wonder people get really stressed up and uptight nowadays? Is it a wonder cancer, a stress-induced disease (whatever they say about smoking), has become commonplace and a commonly-feared health risk for every other person, or more? Is it a wonder why the age-related diseases of the past no longer respects our youth?

Has it ever occured to you that diseases originate from dis-ease? Often mistaken as stress in the face of higher level of performance.

Is our comfort zone really that comfortable, or are we just like a frog in a beaker of slow-boiling water, adjusting to ever higher levels of discomforts?

Shall we not get out before the water hit boiling point?


I know of a land where we can hop about healthily, freely, happily ..

Monday, March 12, 2012

Stand for something! What do you stand for?

What do I stand for?

I stand for The Happy Life Project, and all the great possibilities that it offers to people who can see, or envision, those possibilities.

I stand for the Unicity Opportunity, and its powers to Make Life Better for people all over the world.

I stand for the Unipower system for success - a system that levels the playing field, and enables people regardless of their prior capabilities and socio-economic background, to get any extraordinary results that they can freely set their minds and hearts on.

I stand for the great possibilities that I see for myself and my family - the result, the success, and the lifestyle of a Diamond-rank distributor, to be achieved before the September 2012 Korea Global Leadership Summit.

I stand for the Possibilities and the Success of everybody who choose to succeed in life through The Happy Life Project.

I am the Source and the Cause of all that matters in my life, everything that I wish to create in the days, the months and the years ahead.

I choose to be Responsible, 100%, for everything that happens, and everything that doesn't happen. I give up having anybody, anything or any circumstances to blame, whatever happens.

I am powerful, as the empowered, as well as the empowerer.

I am a Go Giver. I choose to be one, and I claim the results and possibilities of the Laws of Stratospheric Success. That means, I give great value in every human encounter - much more than I expect in payment; I serve many across many territories in our borderless world; I deeply care for others and focus on what really matters to them; I contribute the best of myself, my authentic self, in every situation; and I am ever ready to receive even as I give whatever I can.

In my pursuit of success in life, I acknowledge that I already enjoy the abundance and blessings of God, my Lord, Jesus Christ. I also acknowledge the leverage power of the 4 Partners - Unicity the Make Life Better Company, Unipower the people-enabling system, the Unipower Team, and myself. God and the 4 Partners make the Big Game, light work.

I am Lim Eng Hai, and these are what I stand for. What about you????

Friday, February 03, 2012

We can communicate better! I believe in CANI - Constant, Never Ending Improvement

Through this weekend, Feb 4th and 5th, and the evening of Feb 7th, I will be attending another Landmark Education course on COMMUNICATION: ACCESS TO POWER.

The course flyer says: "Be heard, be known, listen — be effective in communication"

Gain access to a new world of communication - where language is not merely a bridge, a response, or a way to deal with the world, but rather what brings that very world into being. Through this course, listening and speaking — actions that we would normally think of as ordinary and common place — take on new dimensions and provide unexpected power.

They become the instruments of creation.

Communication known this way becomes inseparable from who we are and what we bring to our world. It moves people. It transforms both the speaker and the listener. It allows you to be heard and known in new ways that generate partnership and affinity.

In the Communication Curriculum, you'll come to know communication in a new way. You'll participate in dialogue with a leader, one-on-one role-playing, and exercises that take what you've learned into your life. You will discover your ability to communicate with impact, effectiveness, and grace.

EXCITING! I AM LOOKING FORWARD TO COMMUNICATING AT A WHOLE NEW LEVEL!

Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Thoughts on Being Sapphire in 5 months


Unipower truly rocks, and is the force behind the waves upon waves of success and rank advancements in our Unicity business!!!

My deep heart-felt thanks goes to Unipower - the system, the business school, and the team of world-class leaders, all of whom are lined up behind all the work that we do in The Happy Life Project @ Unicity. Unipower is to me Godsent. It is what we need to be successful in building our personal Unicity franchises.

Having been in business for many years, I know only too well that we'd not have achieved the results that we are enjoying in the latest quarter and the 2 years before this, if we had not plugged fully into the system, and stay plugged on.

I am committed to enrolling every single new franchise owner to do likewise, and to lead them to Bangkok to meet our Thai mentors and leaders and see with their own eyes and hearts the huge results that have been created and continue to be created and put up for scrutiny at the UPS, a monthly showcase of what is possible with the Unipower system.

If they could see, they would believe; and if they'd see more, they'd believe more. When we believe enough, we will do whatever work that is necessary to create success, and when we do that, success naturally follows. X = Y!

I am glad that in Singapore and Malaysia, the Unicity business, powered by the Unipower system and team, is seeing people from all walks of life achieving the extraordinary results that we tell our friends about.

Rich or poor; accomplished business people or young adults fresh out of school; professionals or factory workers; Malay, Chinese or others; young people, middle aged or senior citizens; people from all walks of life can see a vision of new possibilities for their lives when shown the Happy Life Project, and then can achieve the results that we tell them about when they choose to plug in and play along.

I am thankful for the solid structures that are being built up in our business and the many "core leaders" that are showing up every quarter, every month, every week, every day. Core leaders are the most-prized human assets in our business. They are the leaders who would be willing to learn the ropes, avail themselves to the world-class coaching that the system and the team has to offer, and do the basic work needed to be done every day in order to succeed.

I am excited and optimistic about the future that we are scripting.

My personal rank advancement to Presidential Sapphire 1 in August, PS2 in September, and surely PS3 by October 2011, and thus become fully-qualified Presidential Sapphire within 5 months of becoming fully-qualified Presidential Director back in May, speaks volume for the power of the system. The system is enabling many people all the way down the lines and across various legs to grow their business and achieve the results that they set their hearts on.

Congratulations to all who have caught the vision of new possibilities for your life and have embarked on this exciting journey with us.

Come on, no more a life of trade-offs and never-ending struggles. Let's take on the abundance that we can get with The Happy Life Project and go for Health, Wealth, Time, Success, Freedom, Happiness!

Lim Eng Hai, Presidential Sapphire, Unicity
21 October 2011

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

The Power of The One => The Power of One



Article dated 5 Sept 2011, published in Unicity's Prime Life newsletter, April-June 2011 edition

Thank God I made it, finally - stepping into Unicity International’s President’s Club, as a fully-qualified Presidential Director, earning a permanent place of honor on the wall of fame in Unicity’s office in Singapore.

Right Actions (X) Get Right Results (Y)

This achievement in May 2011 came 3 months short of the 10th Anniversary of my signing up for a Unicity business. Yes, it’s been a long 10-year journey!

However, this achievement is really the result of the right actions of only the past 2 years – counting from the moment we first embraced the Unipower system for success, on the kind invitation of a great Thai gentleman.

Kawp Khun Maak Krap, Khun Joe

A Big Thank You to Presidential Triple Diamond Khun Joe, for remembering us, reaching out to us and showing us the way. You are truly God-sent. I’ll never forget how in a moment of quiet desperation, in Feb 2009, I prayed to God to send me and my people the power to succeed. You showed up within a month and offered us the Unipower system, developed and perfected in Thailand. Awesome!

Combine Power of Team, System & You with Great Company

Our success in building a PD-rank organization speaks volumes about how having a great opportunity with great products from a great company is not enough to get success. They are necessary conditions, but not enough. We also need to learn to work together as a Team and align ourselves behind one System. There is extra magic when we all agree to work together towards a common goal – one universal enough for all, the 100% Happy Life from the Happy Life Project!

Like the several hundred thousand distributors in Thailand, we now have in Unicity Singapore and Malaysia a system that enables people from all walks of life, regardless of race, language or religion, socio-economic profile or personal capabilities, to achieve big success in Unicity, within a short, predictable time-frame. Unipower is the GPS we need to make sure we stay the course and get to our dreams and goals, on time.

See => Believe => Follow

To access that power, we need to first believe, and then, follow, and follow 100% until we reach our goal.

Let my result serve as an inspiration to those who want success in Unicity, and get health, freedom and happiness in life. Mine is the story of one who was shown a great opportunity, saw it, grabbed it, and then, never let go - no matter how long and difficult the journey was. He persevered until help and the solution showed up.
Now, you don’t just have my result as proof you can see to believe.

Consider the result of Shalina Ismail – a new-generation leader whose achievement gives me greater satisfaction and a deeper joy than my own. Shalina first touched the Presidential Director rank the same month I became fully-qualified. She went on to become fully-qualified the next 2 months. That’s under 2 years from the time she signed up with Unicity, 18 months from her decision to succeed following the Unipower system.

Next, we’d love to help raise 10 more Presidents before the year is out, and cause at least 100 Presidents to show up in the next 2-3 years. There is a lot of room at the top. Would you like to join us?

Lim Eng Hai, Presidential Director, Unicity
5 September 2011

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

When you're down in the dumps and people heap dirt at you ...

Have you ever come across the story of the donkey that fell into a well, and whose owner, the farmer, didn't know how to rescue it, and so decided to bury it alive? I came across this story again today, on one of my friend's facebook posts, and appreciated the story more deeply this time. Please read on, and let me share with you my takeaway.

"One of my favorite stories is about a farmer’s donkey that fell into a dry well. The animal cried pitifully for hours as the farmer tried to figure out what to do for his poor donkey. Finally, he concluded that the well was too deep, and it really needed to be covered up anyway. Besides, the donkey was old, and it would be a lot of trouble to get him out of the pit. The farmer decided that it was not worth trying to retrieve the animal, so he asked his neighbors to help him fill in the well and bury the donkey.

They all grabbed shovels and began to toss dirt into the well. The donkey immediately realized what was happening, and he began to bray horribly. Crying would be our normal response if somebody was mistreating us this badly, so this donkey was responding the same way we would at first, but then he got real quiet. A few shovel loads of dirt later, the farmer looked down the well and was astonished at what he saw. With every shovel of dirt that hit the donkey’s back, the donkey would shake it off and step on top of it.

As the neighbors and the farmer continued to shovel dirt on top of the animal, he continued to shake it off and take a step up. Pretty soon the donkey shook off the last shovel full of dirt, took a step up, and walked right out of the well. We can learn from this story.

When trouble comes, if we will get still and listen, God will tell us what to do."

- Meyer Joyce, New Day, New You, 366 Days for Enjoying Everyday Life, FaithWords, Kindle Edition

My takeaway from this story ...

When you are (or feel like you are) down in the dumps, and find that people, for whatever reasons, saw it fit to throw more dirt at you, you have two choices.

Surrender and die, or turn the situation around to your advantage. Succumb to the dirt people heap at you or shake it off, step on it and use the dirt to go higher?

It will help if we know deep in our heart why we need to get out of the hole that we may find ourselves in so as to live to enjoy another day in the warm sunshine!

As the story goes, it also helps if we'd just be still in the midst of troubles, and listen up for the Wisdom from above.

I've been there before. I'm forever glad I had the wisdom to quieten my spirit and look up for the blessing in the challenge.

Wednesday, August 10, 2011

A million dollar vision of Singapore



On 11 September 2002, I posted the following article in my organization's private website. I never let go of this vision through the difficult years when the burden was heavy, the journey was lonely, and the result, nothing to shout about.

Now in conjunction with Singapore's 46th National Day, celebrated with great fanfare and fireworks just a few days ago, and given the great success and inspiring results we've been able to produce in the past 2 years, I feel it is time to roll out what I called ..

A Million Dollar Vision: An opportunity not to be missed.

Please read on.

I envision Singapore emerging as the Network Marketing capital of the world. I foresee a vibrant, happy, positively-charged city in which an unbelievable 40% of the 4m population is actively or passively involved in Network Marketing.

The active network marketers, celebrated on a global platform, do a global business connecting every day with people within the immediate region, Southeast Asia, and well beyond.

Their activities touch millions of lives all over the world, certainly in all the active network marketing regions of the world – Asean, China, Japan, Korea, USA, Latin America, Europe.

This vision is founded on certain conditions currently in place and trends that are at work today.

1. Singapore is the most globally connected city of the world. That makes it the best place in the world to build and run a global business.

2. Singapore is losing its edge in many traditional industries in the light of sustained competition from low-cost manufacturing giants such as China and others. Hence, a government-sponsored drive into biotechnology or life sciences.

3. However, the climb up the technology ladder involves ever-smaller job creation. People displaced by unprecedented shake-out in many industries - from manufacturing to finance and other services – are forced to look for new ways to make a living and ensure their economic well-being. For many, going into business for themselves has become a matter of necessity rather than a matter of choice.

4. Network Marketing, totally banned until the year 2000, provides a compelling option to middle-class risk-averse Singapore, unused to the ways and risks of traditional businesses. For a people unprepared to risk their personal capital, lacking in entrepreneurial experience but abundantly blessed with capacity and desire to learn, the emergence of Network Marketing is but a timely Godsent. It provides more than a welcome relief to thousands of people at a time when they feel deeply insecure about their economic wellbeing.

5. Serious Network Marketers cannot help looking beyond the domestic market, driven out by the smallness of Singapore and attracted by the bigness of the market potential regionally and beyond. Their international endeavors will be facilitated by the connectedness of Singapore and encouraged by the ease of building a global network of relationships by leveraging on unrivalled socio-cultural, linguistic, physical and technological connections.

Socio-cultural connections

Singapore has a globally-connected population of 4m. It includes expatriates and foreigners who have “permanently resided” in the island state but still maintain family and friendly links with people from various parts of the world. Even the core group of Singaporeans have active family and social contacts in various countries where they or their forebears come from – Malaysia, Indonesia, China, India, USA, Europe. In addition, the transient foreign worker population includes hundreds of thousands from Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines and China, even the US and Europe. Many of these groups - such as the 500,000 Chinese nationals said to be working in Singapore - have a very visible or audible presence in Singapore’s social landscape. Look out or listen out for them not just along Orchard Road or Shenton Way but also in the HDB heartland.

Linguistic connections

If you can’t speak Pudonghua, you can find thousands who do in Singapore. Likewise with Malay, Indonesian, Thai, Tagalog, Indian, Japanese, Korean, even Russian, French and Dutch. If you want to communicate with someone in Thai, find a Thai in Singapore who speaks in English with you and speaks in Thai with his compatriot. Likewise, with the others.

Physical connections

Singapore has one of the busiest airports and seaports in the world. Global competition and a marketplace open to all major players in the world will keep prices down and send them even lower over time. Travel is already easy and cheap, and it will become easier and cheaper; so will movement of goods. This is the positive spin-off missing from the generally negative press coverage of Port of Singapore recently losing some high-profile customers to Johor’s new port. The positive spin-off, however, is relevant mainly to those who travel frequently and those who have a vested interest in the cost-effective movement of goods.

Technological connections

Singapore has the highest mobile phone penetration rate in the world – a remarkable feat after only 5 years of breaking up Singapore Telecommunications’ monopoly.

In March 1997, as M1 was rolling out its competing services, SingTel had achieved a penetration rate of only 14%, based on 430,000 subscribers on a narrowly-defined population base of 3.1m Singapore residents. In August 2002, the mobile penetration rate had climbed to a previously unimaginable 75% - or 3.1m subscribers, on a more broadly defined population base of 4.1m. Prior to 1997, the conventional wisdom of how high mobile phone penetration rate can be was 50%, or a level below that. The 50% was the mobile phone penetration rate in Scandinavia.

Singapore’s Internet connectivity is also possibly one of the highest in the world, and its cosmopolitan population, exposed to the latest in technological gimmickry, one of the most Internet-savvy in the world. Singapore epitomizes a world where business can be done “at the speed of thought”!

Interpretations and Postulations

Here’s one interesting interpretation of the phenomenal increase in mobile phone penetration: Great ideas, products and services spread like wildfire in Singapore’s compact marketplace, and can far exceed conventional wisdom of what’s achievable or thinkable.

Now, imagine combining the opportunity of network marketing on a global scale with the necessitating, facilitating and encouraging (or push and pull) factors that are uniquely Singapore’s. What do you think will happen in 10-20 years?

Based on this convergence, I believe Singapore will, within this generation i.e. in 10-20 years, emerge as the Network Marketing capital of the world, with a currently-unthinkable audacious-sounding 40% of the population involved, providing a rich pool from which many inspiring Global Network Marketing Leaders will appear.

Singapore is the right place and now is the right time to build a global business that can produce million dollar cheques, and I am thinking per month and in US$! Next, all you need is the right vehicle with the right products – not any company and any product.

Are you going to pass up this opportunity of a lifetime and continue to gripe about life being hard in resource-poor Singapore? Or are you going to take advantage of Singapore’s unique global advantage and turn its connectedness into a currently-unimaginable personal fortune?

I have made my choice, and will continue to steadfastly build my global pipeline to realize what some may call my global pipedream.

How about you? The choice is yours, has always been.


Lim Eng Hai
11 September 2002
– a day to celebrate humanity

A partnership we are proud of


It took us 2 years to get from a conversation over lunch at the Raffles Hotel to this joint honour of having a permanent slot next to each other on Unicity Singapore's Wall of Fame, under the label, The President's Club. Shalina and I will work closely together, employing the awesome people-enabling system, Unipower, to help raise another 100 and more President's Club members. OK, who's next?

Thursday, July 28, 2011

Shalina, Welcome to the President's Club!


Yes, more than a pretty face, indeed ... A Leader with Beauty, Vision, Power, Tenacity and Results!

In January 2009, Shalina, a hardworking mother of two with 3 paying jobs and one non-paying passion to her name, was awarded a box of Bios Life Slim for being among the winners in a beauty pageant for beautiful moms. She was a runner-up in the Ibu of The Year 2009 contest held at Orchid Country Club.

In July 2009, on our follow-up and encouragement, Shalina finally decided to use the product diligently in preparation for the Mrs Universe pageant in Latvia, where she represented Singapore as Mrs Singapore Universe.

On 19 August 2009, on her return from Latvia as Mrs Best Smile (living up to her name Shalina Ismail (read, Is-smile)), I met with Shalina to show her how she can leverage her life experiences todate, both the happy ones and the not so happy ones, and translate them all into something big and hugely valuable, through The Happy Life Project. We met over lunch at the Tiffin Room in Raffles Hotel, a classy venue befitting a beauty queen, I had said :)

Shalina saw some possibilities, and signed up on the spot, opening a franchise account with Unicity that very day.

A few days later, on 22 August 2009, right smack in the middle of "Puasa" or fasting month, Sha attended her first big meeting, a Super OPP at Suntec City, and met with Triple Diamond Khun Joe and CEO Stewart Hughes.

She saw something, confirming that she wanted to build a personal franchise with Unicity, but missed somethings. She went about sharing Unicity's great products, especially Bios Life Slim, generating quite a lot of orders but at the expense of her already highly-constrained time. Her time constraint kept her from much-needed training and exposure to the Unipower system.

In February 2010, after persistent never-give-up enrollment by her leaders, she attended Unicity's Global Convention in Bangkok. There, she caught a bigger, sharper, stronger vision of what's possible for her in the Happy Life Project, with the Unipower system. She met her idol, her role model - Khun Rasa Comeban, the first female Triple Diamond in the world of Unicity.

Shalina returned to Singapore a good follower, open and ready to plug into the system, drawing power from the system, and the system's training, events and leaders, not herself. She has not looked back since, moving forward with stealth and great speed, climbing the pin ranks every quarter.

Today, 18 months after she caught the full vision and decided to succeed with the Unipower system, Shalina becomes a fully-qualified Presidential Director in Unicity.

Shalina is now "jobless", having quitted all the jobs that previously locked up almost all her time and attention but never did pay her enough to meet her needs and daily expenses. But she's never been better paid. She enjoys a 5-figure monthly income which she richly deserves.

Shalina, Welcome to the President's Club!

You will be joining me, and Nancy Long, and Aaron Ong, on The Wall at our office in HDB Hub, Toa Payoh, very soon.

From that vantage position, we have a big task ahead of us, to fulfill with great passion, pleasure and purpose - to inspire many more people to take control of their health, their finances, their time and their life so as to achieve Health, Wealth, Freedom and HAPPINESS!

We're in the Business of Uplifting People



13 July 2011. Orchard Parade Hotel. Before the Ballroom doors open.... Recognition plaque and pins all laid out, ready to be awarded to the achievers. So many new managers, senior managers and executive managers to recognize.

So many new Directors, a few Senior Directors, an Executive Director and an upcoming Presidential Director ... All enjoying good 4 to 5-digit incomes, the first taste of real lasting wealth, and much better health with good looks and great complexion to prove that!

That's why there is that one plaque, mine.... Just over 2 years of Unipower system, April 2009 - June 2011, and this is the result we are creating. The best part is this is only the beginning.

Fast forward by one month.. 13 August 2011, location: Bangkok - Impact at Muangthong Thani ... Another such plaque, among many others, will be presented to our next fully-qualified Presidential Director from Singapore, an achievement that warms my heart, fills my being with a deep joy, a result that validates the power we now have to create and recreate more and more success.

Shalina Ismail, welcome to the President's Club!

Sunday, July 03, 2011

Let's Reach Within To Embrace Humanity


On 1st July 2011, I took on being President of The Rotary Club of Pandan Valley for the Rotary Year 2011/12. On the evening of 2nd July 2011, we had the Installation Dinner at The Tanglin Club, in the august Churchill Rooom. I shared the following thoughts with the some 200 guests at the dinner, Rotarians and their family and friends. I said ...

"Rotary, as I have come to know it through my time in the Rotary Club of Pandan Valley, is a fine fellowship of men and women of substance, pooling together time, talent and resources to do good, making a difference to humanity, locally and globally.

This is my choice of 28 words to describe what Rotary means to me personally. You can find these 28 words among other 28-word selections contributed by all our active Past Presidents featured in our souvenir magazine. Please have a good look when you can.

To be in the midst of the many fine people that make up the Rotary Club of Pandan Valley is, in itself, already, a great privilege.

To be given the opportunity to serve as your President adds great honour to that privilege.

I thank all the members for entrusting me with the leadership of this distinguished club, a club which I believe to be one of the finest of Rotary Clubs in Singapore and District 3310. If you agree, let’s have a rousing applause for that.

I accept the responsibility that comes with it. It is the responsibility to continue the good work, and maintain the happy camaraderie that the club is well-regarded for, over the past 28 years of “Service Above Self”, and by our actions and work, to promote the good 100-over years old name of Rotary.

I would like to acknowledge the 14 other Rotarians who agreed to serve with me in the Board of Directors for the Rotary Year 2011/12. I’d like to introduce them all at the end of my address tonight. The group of 14 includes 7 Past Presidents, whose wise counsel we would do well to tap.

I am heartened and encouraged by their support, so readily given when asked for. Thank You! I know that ours is not a lonely endeavor. This is no one man show, not for the President nor for any of the service directors. Instead, it is the coming together of a wealth of experience, great wisdom and diverse strengths and vocational expertise.

With our combined time, talent and treasures, we can do great things.

In the new Rotary Year, we are called by the President of Rotary International, Kalyan Banerjee, to “Reach Within To Embrace Humanity”.

If you were to “Reach Within” now, and what will we find?

I believe that when we do that, reaching within, we will get in touch with our inner man, our own humanity. We will feel our heart and rediscover in our heart a deep desire to make a difference in the life of others. We will find a great capacity to love our fellow human beings, be they family, friends or friends whom we have not yet met.

We will then find it only natural to willingly dig into our treasure box, tap into our time - despite our already being busy with our life and work, and draw upon our respective talents, all for the purpose of doing good and serving others who make up the beautiful Humanity that we belong to, the Humanity that is the greatest Creation of God!

That is why those of us who are already Rotarians are in Rotary.

That is why some of our guests tonight, I believe, will find their way into Rotary, and put their life into the work of Rotary.

If that’s you, please come have a chat with us. Let’s have a conversation to confirm that we have a good fit. The Rotary Club, 47-members strong right now, is open to taking on a few new members this year, just as we have done in each of the past several years. We will never have enough good people. More hands, and more hearts, will make the great work, LIGHT.

In the Rotary Club of Pandan Valley, we do not need to fear hard work. Firstly, because we are doing only our heart’s work. Secondly, because with so many good people around, everyone needs to do only a little bit, and together we can do really a lot of good.

As a fitting close to my speech, it’s my great pleasure to present to you all the good people who have agreed to serve with me in the Board of Directors for the Rotary Year 2011/12. These are the good people who have agreed to step up to the call to Reach Within To Embrace Humanity, and make a difference to our community and the world we live in, through the Rotary Club of Pandan Valley.

Please allow me to present to you …..

1. Vice President, PP Peter Yap (away)
2. President-Elect, Rtn Tan Wah Yuan
3. Immediate Past President, Michael Loh
4. Hon Secretary, Rtn Anil Changaroth, concurrently Chairman of Club Administration
5. Hon. Treasurer, Rtn Alice Yim
6. Directors, Community Service, PP Choe Peng Sum
7. International Service, PP Jeffrey Seow
8. Membership, PP Dr Richard Guan
9. Public Relations, PP Cynthia Tan
10. Vocational Service, Rtn Elsie Chua, concurrently Chairman of Service Projects
11. Club Service, Rtn Rajamohan Munisamy
12. New Generations Service, Rtn Patrick Cheo
13. Sergeant at Arms I, Rtn Dennis Wee
14. Sergeant at Arms II, PP Pang Boon Seng (away)

Please give them all a BIG HAND!

Thank You!"

Monday, June 20, 2011

Live Life Happy.. Die with no regrets :)

Hi Friends

The article below, sent to me by a friend, has been going around the Internet, and a similar article was published in the New Paper recently.

It's about 5 top regrets that people have on their deathbeds.

To all of us in The Happy Life Project, if we'd choose to believe and take seriously what we have in our hands, and work on the project till it is complete, we will not be among those with such regrets in life.

Please read on.

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"5 top regrets people have on their deathbeds"
by Ms Bronnie Ware, who has worked with the dying for many years

While we are all bound to have some regrets in life, here are the top 5.

1. I wish I’d had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.

Ware said that this was the most common regret of all. It’s easy to let our dreams slip by due to circumstances or decisions that we’ve made. These choices mark the divide between living a fulfilled life or one that is full of regrets. It’s important that we aim to achieve at least some of our dreams along the way. We often put off trying for our dreams due to a myriad of reasons. Before we know it, we would have lost our health and therefore, our chance to attain them.

If your dream is to start a business, get to it. If it’s to learn how to dance or try skydiving, book a class. If you want to make music, pick up a guitar.

Don’t put it off any longer.

2. I wish I didn’t work so hard.

In between having to make ends meet and aiming for a luxurious lifestyle, it’s easy to see why we get caught up with our work.

Ware said that this was a common regret of male patients who didn’t manage to spend enough time with their family.

It’s easy to get caught up in the rat race, but remember to set aside some time for the important things in life. Most importantly, you will have to understand why you do what you do. Is it for your own personal achievement, for family, or for a higher calling?

3. I wish I’d had the courage to express my feelings.

Hands up anyone who has suppressed their feelings in order to avoid potential embarrassment or argument.

Avoiding arguments is good for a harmonious life, but the problem comes when we take it too far. When we blindly follow the opinions of someone more assertive just to avoid arguments, we’re short-changing ourselves.

While it’s understandable that we use Twitter and blogging to rant about things we are unhappy with, do remember that talking about it face-to-face is always a more sincere option.

So if an issue is major enough, try approaching the person for an honest and frank chat. We’re not saying that the talk will be smooth sailing, but your relationships will emerge stronger and healthier.

4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.

It’s easy to lose touch with good friends. A busy lifestyle can take away time from the ones you love. This is where technology comes in.

With services like Facebook, WhatsApp and Yahoo! Messenger, it’s easy to keep tabs on old friends. Talking to friends is so effortless today that we have no reason to let staying in touch with friends take a backseat.

At the end of the day though, nothing beats chatting over a cup of coffee. So always remember to occasionally take things offline and catch up with your friends the old fashioned way.

5. I wish that I had let myself be happier.


'Many don't realize until the end that happiness is a choice’, said Ware in her blog post.

This is very true. Happiness is something that we choose for ourselves. Many get upset over the circumstances in their lives. What they do not realize is that they can choose to face difficulties with a smile.

Take a moment and enjoy life. If difficulties come your way, remember that pain is inevitable but wallowing in misery is always optional.

Choose to be happy.


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And I should add, don't just choose to be happy (for without a vehicle and the supportive structure, it will be difficult to keep at being happy).

Choose the Happy Life Project!

Why? Because ...

1) You will be challenged to live the life of your dreams, and encouraged to stay focused on what matters to you;

2) You will work hard, and work smart, using leverage power, for only a short time, only 3-5 years - not the rest of your able-bodied life;

3) You will have ample opportunities to get in touch with your deeper-most heart-felt feelings and be encouraged to share them with people who matter;

4) You will be very in touch with family and friends, day to day, for ours is the business of life and living life well everyday even as we journey to our prize;

5) You will not only be happier, you will be 100% Happy - Healthy, Wealthy, Free of the usual universal concerns over money, time and health.

We are blessed to know and to have the Happy Life Project. Let's keep sharing!

Eng Hai
www.happylifeproject.info

Sunday, May 08, 2011

The Business of Uplifting People

Many people out there have bad things to say about network marketing, based either on hearsay or their own unfortunate experiences. However, I believe that if only they knew what we, the professionals of the industry, know, they'd start thinking, speaking and feeling differently.

In addition, in the words of a very successful leader, who achieved a 6-figure monthly income within 3-4 years, they might discover in network marketing what they've always been seeking all these years. He said: "Don't say 'No' to something you don't know much about, yet. How do you know it's not what you've been looking for all these years?"

Here, I'd like to share an article I contributed to the industry-defining book, "It's Time .. For Network Marketing". The book, published in 2007, was edited by John Milton Fogg, author of another, earlier network marketing classic, The Greatest Networker In The World. I'm proud to be one of the book's 52 contributors.

To get to the article, 'Celebrating Network Marketing: The Business of Uplifting People', you can copy the link below and paste it to your Internet browser, or maybe even just click through:

http://thegreatestnetworker.org/Library/Articles/ItsTime/CelebratingNetworkMarketing-TheBusinessofUpliftingPeople-LimEngHai.pdf

Happy Reading! Contact me if you'd like me to help you with any question or concerns.