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Go For It In 2021

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I had this running joke where I say that I want a refund on the painful covid-riddled year of 2020…it was filled with uncertainties, discomfort, changes and pain, but despite that

  • in Phoenix Rehab, we had our best year ever and in December 2020, we had our best month ever
  • personally, I had so much more mental, emotional and spiritual breakthroughs more than ever before

And I believe the remaining 20s will be the roaring 20s (2021-2029) which should be maximized for our best growth and achievement and fulfilment. For that reason, I would declare that this decade will be a decade of mastery, achievement and fulfilment, and you will need to go for it.

  • Want to lose that stubborn weight and be fighting fit? Hire that personal trainer and nutritionist.
  • Want to earn more? Go learn that skill, go for that interview, go learn sales.
  • Want to spend more time with children / special one / God? Carve out time and control your calendar.
  • Etc / Insert whatever goal you have in mind

Think big, think broad, think good.

As I write this, it’s already the end of January 2021 – you have 11 months left remaining in 2021. Do not waste time. Yes, you can schedule rest or down time, but get in control of your goals and calendar if you want to build and maintain the best life you can ever have in this lifetime.

For obvious reasons, go-for-it means to include NOT hurting yourself or anyone directly or indirectly. Want to achieve success, growth or fulfilment, then do it well and good.

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Personal Excellence, Growth And Staying True To Good Values and Passive Income Is Key

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…to good success and a good life.

Like a broken record, I’ve said it again and again:

who we become, is infinitely more important that what we can ever materially gain

I’m taking my time to ruminate, think and philosophize on what exactly is good success and a good life, and some of the few things that come to mind are:

  • personal excellence
  • growth
  • staying true to good values
  • passive income

Personal Excellence

Personal excellence is the dedication to doing the best we can, and to expand this, is to become the best we can be. To excel means to

  • have a higher standard and banner of quality and excellence and
  • also to do and keep doing the activities that maintain and sustain excellence

Growth

Growth is very linked to Personal Excellence, in the sense it is or can be seen as the process of personal excellence. If Personal Excellence is the goal and end point, then Growth is the ladder between the milestones.

An example is say, we want to be financially free, so that we can spend time on matters that truly matter (Personal Excellence Goal), then Growth will look at:

  • how much income is required for one to be financially free?
  • can we assume, it’s passive income that we require?
  • then if it’s passive income, how much? Perhaps setting a goal of $500/month passive income within the first year, and then $1000/month passive income in the next year and so on and so forth

Growth basically gives you the perspective that we can improve and keep refining and improving better and better.

Staying True To Good Values

Staying true to good values is very important. It is crucial; and in fact, to level this statement up will also include:

  1. Removing bad habits which reflect poor or evil values
  2. Adding good success habits which reflects or is good values
  3. Practicing these good success habits diligently and keep improving them

We all have bad habits. Some bad habits just affect us alone, such as procrastination or mindless eating – these by itself, is not good, but what is worse, are habits and actions that are downright evil, such as

  • directly stealing, defrauding, cheating, lying – things that people can see
  • indirectly stealing, backstabbing, character assassinating, spreading vile or evil rumours, corruption – where is harder to see
  • not doing anything and/or tolerating such bad practices and actions

I understand that often when we’re surviving, we may succumb to do all we can do to survive, but to survive at such a practice and a cost, it will eat away at one’s heart, mind and soul. Eventually, these people become corrupt inside.

Most of the time, people are not evil nor corrupt – it’s the tolerating and allowing and hanging out with such individuals and organizations that slowly chip away at one’s conscience and soul. It then becomes a habit and a new norm. In a large scale, it becomes a culture and a disease where a group of people internalize such bad practices and culture.

This is one of the reasons why I’m definitely happier is because I decide who I work with.

Regardless of how much money one offers me – my soul and culture isn’t for sale, not something I can compromise for a quick buck or benefit – at the end of the day, I will have to face Christ, and I want to be able to face Him with a clean conscience.

Yes, it’s a little inconvenient at times, but boy, am I so happy and clear minded and hearted.

Passive Income

Ah, this is one of my dilemma, which was “Should I Make NigelChua.com All About Passive Income?” – I struggled with this for years and years, and in 2020, I’ve decided that The Passive Income Lifestyle and the pursuit of passive income is very important, but there are more important things in life.

In my humble opinion and conclusion, building multiple streams of reliable passive income is as important as the air we breathe, because if not, then we may be stuck having to work actively to put bread and bacon on the table. This is one of the reasons why I

  • set aside monthly income to reliable and resilient dividend stocks for ongoing dividend passive income
  • set aside monthly income for online businesses such as Amazon publishing and affiliate business

And it’d be an ongoing thing, as long as my core (90%+) in Phoenix Rehab keeps growing and stable.

That being said, no, there is absolutely nothing wrong with working, especially if one enjoys it, but what I’m highlighting is to build streams of passive income such that it frees us from having the need to work everyday, and can then move on to working for fun, or choosing work, life, relationships that bring us deep joy.

Kinda hard to do that when one is hands-to-mouth surviving, I know – so if you are struggling with money now, first, get a job. Then read my section on The Passive Income Lifestyle.

Conclusion: Choose Growth, Personal Excellence, Passive Income and Practice Good Success Habits/Values.

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The Courage To Restart And Keep Following God

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I left a fairly stable and ?successful business and brand some years back, and it took me a few years for me to

  1. mull over / consider and pray through thoroughly before deciding firmly to leave
  2. following God’s will and direction for me in the new phase of my life where I am remaking and renewing myself
  3. personally go through every facet of the new adventure and journey (ongoing process)
  4. emerging happier and victorious (smallish victories for now)

persons right foot on white wall

Yes, this is a mini-victory post.

Yes, I decided to leave a fairly financially comfortable place and created brand / business behind, and after experiencing life and business years post the entire reset and restart process, upon looking back – it has become very clear to me that it is still the right and good decision to make.

One that I’m confident and happy to say that I will do it again in a heartbeat. No regrets.

Of course, the adventure and journey has its fair share of ups and down, doubts, fear…and at the same time, it was one of the best seasons of my life, be it:

The Highs

  • spending time diving into the written Word of God (bible) and finding deep truths and revelations about love, humanity, redemption, restoration
  • experiencing the closest authentic spiritual ginosko love and experience of Holy Spirit encouraging and leading me through one of the darkest seasons of my life
  • finding out True Allies who loves me and my family, and truly wants to support us and not coddle us and tell us half truths, but the entire truth
  • how much I standby truth, love, courage, good, integrity and these are things that I cannot compromise
  • no longer have to deal with organizations and/or individuals who are just seasonal / lie for convenience and self benefits / who can spew lies and create own narratives and story for self gain and corruption…and conversely, I get to serve a great team and my wife who loves me and whom I love, with awesome positive culture
  • I no longer have to serve drama kings and queens who can lie and spin tales and their own narratives at the drop of a hat with a straight face, and neither do I have to sit through hours of mud-slinging/self-promotional charade and drama
  • the joy of staying true to Christ no matter how inconvenient / painful it is, and realizing that it is Him who sent me on a new mission in the next phase of my life (this is after years after the hard reset)
  • finding how much I actually still love humans and marvel at God’s creation and redemptive plan for us through His Son Jesus
  • experimenting with publishing (with more to come)
  • fatherhood and spending sabbatical time with beloved children
  • finding out how much I still love serving and more importantly, being and doing business in the market place with Godly love, patience and truth, without having to deal or make deals / compromises with individuals whose values starkly contrast Godly / biblical teachings

photo of three men jumping on ground near bare trees during daytime

I shall not write of what had happened to the antagonists and perpetrators, for even though some of them had met some of God’s vengeance, I do not wish to pay attention to that because vengeance is ultimately the Lord’s (Deuteronomy 32:35)

35 Vengeance is Mine, and recompense;
Their foot shall slip in due time;
For the day of their calamity is at hand,
And the things to come hasten upon them.’

As well as Proverbs 24:17-18, which says:

17 Do not gloat when your enemy falls, and do not let your heart rejoice when he stumbles,
18 or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him

Plus I recall that Jesus in John 21:18-22 specifically said:

If it is my will that he remain until I come, what is that to you? You follow me!

People can keep sharing “their” narrative and their version of the story, and the truth may never surface in this lifetime, and that’s perfectly alright with me, because I know that

  • the truth will come out no matter what, when we all face the Lord at the end of our lives
  • God will deal with the liars / cheaters / untruths / etc
  • I’ve more important things to do anyway

Hence the logical conclusion is to just follow the Lord, and wherever He leads me. God has never shortchanged me before, and He never will (though sometimes it’s scary).

The bible says that “For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope” (Jeremiah 29:11).

I (Nigel) shall continue to pray for and bless those who cursed me, who had planned, conspired, lied and acted against me, as well as those who allowed that to happen, and may they find love and redemption and hope in Christ Jesus.

Which even if it challenging at times, but praying for them allows more of the love of God to come into my heart and mind and soul, and makes it even easier to pray for them =)

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…or The Lows

I “only” have three (3) broad lows:

  1. realizing who people who are just seasonal / lie for convenience and self benefits / downright evil and corrupted and my naivety and how much disdain I have for these practices
  2. how many people “look down or look away”, working for individuals and organizations that have questionable ethics and practices
    • just because they think it’s normal / okay
    • because “the money is good” and nowhere else pays as well / bad time to exit
    • or that they need to put food on the table
  3. Realizing how much people (myself included) need Christ

Happier Than Ever.

I’m trying to put to word how happy, in a deep sense of the word, I am today. And this deep joy seems to be increasing deeply and meaningfully as the days and time goes by.

It’s not just because everything is sunshine, butterflies and roses – there are still struggles and challenges.

Maybe it’s the long list of “Highs” as written above.

man jumping on the middle of the street during daytime

Of course, I still do face challenges and difficulties and pain (who doesn’t?), and the usual struggles and issues, but (and it’s a BIIIIIIIG but!)  I am free to love and do the right and good things, the right and Godly way – it is so endearing, so enriching, so good.

Perhaps because I am thriving because I am aligned within where and what God wants me to do, and I feel and know that He is with me stronger than ever before.

Perhaps this is MY understanding of what I perceive, aim and want “Good Success” to be.

This is so good.

Good Hope For The Future

As I end this article, I will say that I have good hope for the future, that I am inline and aligned with where and what God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit is leading me (kairos alignment 2020), and I will continue heading in the direction and destination where They want me to go, with good expectation that they will lead me to good, green pastures.

  • Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life.
  • Surely what I had “lost” I count as “gain” and I shall be restored multiple-fold returns in God-terms.

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I know that I know that I know, that God, being a good Father, has good plans in store for me (and you), and I will keep moving forward towards God and His plans for me (and of course, for you too).

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What I Decided Then, Still Stands After Years And Counting

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I was clearing out some documents, and I chanced across some old documents, some normal, some legal, and I was looking at the details in there and I burst out laughing – we had dealt with so much lies, falsehoods, allegations, and childish insults…and my decision then still stands today, years later and still counting.

And these are the kind of decisions that are important – the decisions that are good that withstand the test of time, that are much more important than just “winning at all costs including blackhat practices” and short term esthetics.

As I mull, think and share in “Good Success“, who we become is way more important than what we can ever get in the short or long term. That’s why I will never align with individuals or organizations who can lie, manipulate, cheat and all sorts of shenanigans rather than actually working and doing good work.

I smile to myself as I recall all the big promises and money and whatever I can get if I stayed / went with their wish for me ala dancing to their music, but alas! Who would have seen what would happen?

It was a tough and unpopular decision…but it is the right one nonetheless – I will do it again in a heartbeat. No matter how unpopular or tough a decision is, as long as it is good, right and in alignment with God, I will follow. And I am at least 100X happier already today, without even referring to the increase in health, happiness, business opportunities and more.

I have been praying, meditating and seeking the Lord, and I am more and more confident and certain, with time and experience and prayer, that we in His direction, alignment and path for us. Whatever was wrongfully taken from us, I am at peace that God will return us a 100-fold…and those who conspired to plunder, will be plundered in turn.

Yet, as I say this, I pray for God to forgive us all our shortcomings, to have mercy upon all of us, and to keep guiding all of us to the next level (all of us includes those who have sinned against us, and of course, us).

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Papa, You’ve Been Gone For Six Years Now

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Gosh, papa – it’s already been six years since you left us to meet Jesus.

Time really just fly by, so quickly. Perhaps, it is also for the better, as then we can meet each other again soon; but that being said, I’ve much to do, including fathering the kids I brought into this world with Louise, business, family and more.

Ah, I digress…but oh do I miss you, old man.

We your Chua family have been speaking about you:

  • about your weird-but-delicious food combinations marmite+cucumber+bread or fuyi+raw garlic+sugar+lime juice
  • about your fights with mum over how fine the coconut shred needs to be for the rendang
  • about your fishes and music

…and we all concluded that it’s so much better for you to be still here, enjoying retirement and even the grandchildren, whom I can think you’d spoil to no end and will miss so much.

We miss you still, old man – see you when I do.

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