Georgine booked us a trip to Zurich about 6 months ago.  How time flies! We arrived early afternoon in Zurich.  Woke up at 445am to get ready. Audrey was also up early but was a trooper and lasted all the way until we got into the taxi to our hotel in Zurich.

   
 
She thoroughly enjoyed her airplane trip.

  
Planning out time in Zurich.

  
Christmas market.

  
Audrey took this photo with my iPhone 6!

  
Audrey taking a selfie.

  
Swiss burgers.

  
What we ate.

So far so good in Zurich.  Tomorrow is another day of exploration!

Life is about exploring, learning and immersing yourself in local life.

Been listening to some lectures on leadership.  I thought I would take the word and create a pneumonic for the word to explain how I think of LEADERSHIP.

Loyalty – this is to your people, team, organisation, purpose.

Ethical – do unto others what you would want others to do unto you. Do what is right.

Attitude – your attitude will be reflected in the work you do.

Direction – know where you want head. Have goals.  Your team will follow.

Energy – contagious. If you display this others will feel it.

Risk – what are you afraid of?

Selflessness – we are all in it together.

Helpful – get into the details.  We all were at one point doing the work that you are leading.

Integrity – be honest not only with people but also yourself.

Positive – smile.

  
Never would I have imagined that at the age of 36 (soon to be 37 in about 2.5 months) that I would be in the best shape even better than when I started college.

At my heaviest I was pushing almost 200 lbs! I thought to myself well I just want to be healthy and that its all down hill from here.  Marriage, kids…all dads are like this!  

Well I am proof that it doesn’t need to be that way.  And that you can do it.  It takes a lot of discipline and determination but honestly it was fun.  If you’re not having fun than you’re missing the point ad not enjoying life.  

I’m not saying you have to shed the pounds like I did and work towards a flatter tummy.  I’m saying get some physical activities back into your life.  Something you enjoy that will make you sweat!  

And most of all…KEEP BREATHING!

Sweat it out!

  
Is the track that is supposed to lead you to your purpose in life always a straight one? Is it the correct one? Can you get off and change directions if you feel you almost reach your purpose? Can you change at a junction to go towards another purpose? What have you picked up along your journey and what have you dropped off?

It seems as though many of us have lost sight of what purpose we have in life.  And when we do lose sight of it we then try to find something that will make an impact.  Why do we feel we have to make such an impact in life? Is it the social media that drives us to become ‘famous’? What about becoming successful? What is success?

I’ll admit here that I am looking for that purpose everyday.  And it’s staring in front of me everyday.  But I sometimes lose sight of it because of the many distractions along the way.  Distractions like people’s perceptions, my job, my title, finances, my looks, being comparatively successful among my peers, etc.  My purpose in life isn’t to be rich or famous or even be like some of the people I admire that are famous for being philanthropists or great business minds.

My purpose is to love those that are around me and be the best husband, father, brother, son, uncle – that is, family man I can be.  I am blessed to have a wonderful family and one that I can come home to.  I know there are many of us in the world today that don’t have that family and are looking for that same purpose.  But the purpose is simple – it’s to love one another.  We are all in it together.  

As the Dalai Lama said – The purpose of our lives is to be happy.

Are you happy? Tell somebody you love them and give them a big hug!

At what age did you learn to count to ten? Well I don’t know when it was for me, but for my daughter she will know.  These days we record everything and anything with out smart phones.  Good thing is you sure won’t miss anything.  The bad thing is there’s so much content you don’t know what to do with it!  

So when did Audrey learn to count to ten in Cantonese? Well you have the evidence here, she was 2!