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Create a Reading Habit: Let’s Begin from the Beginning

4) Purposeful Work & Make a DifferenceMilena NguyenNovember 20, 2014book, habit, How to Read a Book, Krishnamurti, Mortimer J- Adler, read, reading habit, reason, Think on These Things Comments

Rethink Aloneness: Why these Seemingly Intolerable Moments are Essential for a Fuller Life

4) Purposeful Work & Make a DifferenceMilena NguyenNovember 18, 2014aloneness, boredom, Erich Schiffmann, loneliness, meditation, stillness, Yoga: the Spirit and Practice of Moving into StillnessComment

Rethink Emptiness : the Prerequisite for Simple Living

4) Purposeful Work & Make a DifferenceMilena NguyenNovember 17, 2014Awakening the Heart, emptiness, minimalist, money, simple living, simplicity, space, Thich Nhat HanhComment

Cleaning Mirror in Strange Land: How Does it Feel to be Yourself (part 2)

Cleaning Mirror in Strange Land: How Does it Feel to be Yourself (part 2)

4) Purposeful Work & Make a DifferenceMilena NguyenNovember 14, 2014authenticity, be yourself, internship, stillness, travelComment

What Makes a Good Reader? and What Makes a Good Read?

4) Purposeful Work & Make a DifferenceMilena NguyenNovember 13, 2014books, bookworm, How to Read a Book, intellect, Mortimer J- Adler, read, readers, writings Comment

Minimalist Mindset 2: When Net worth becomes Self Worth, Our Freedom Clutches its Throat

4) Purposeful Work & Make a DifferenceMilena NguyenNovember 10, 2014dreams, freedom, mindset, minimalist, possession, self worth, simple living

Don’t Try to Be Different, Simply Be Yourself

4) Purposeful Work & Make a DifferenceMilena NguyenNovember 5, 2014authenticity, be yourself, Bruce Lee, courage, Gretchen Rubin, life, Live, Peace Is Every Step, The Happiness Project, Thich Nhat Hanh

Minimalist Mindset 1: Enjoyment and Development are Earned, Not Bought

4) Purposeful Work & Make a DifferenceMilena NguyenNovember 3, 2014Francine Jay, lifestyle, mindset, minimalist, overshop, simple living, simplicity, The Joy of Less Comment

The Paradigm Shift that Transformed my Chronic Resistance to Feedbacks

The Paradigm Shift that Transformed my Chronic Resistance to Feedbacks

It has everything to do with how we face our own imperfections.

1) For Self-Love & Healing, 4) Purposeful Work & Make a DifferenceMilena NguyenOctober 31, 2014Bird by Bird, feedbacks, Imperfection, Peace Is Every Step, self-compassion, Thich Nhat Hanh, transformation, writing

What is an Education Worth Fighting For?

4) Purposeful Work & Make a DifferenceMilena NguyenOctober 30, 2014Actions, art, creativity, education, leadership, World Issue, youth, YouthSpeak

The Difference between a Leader and a Lunatic: the Ability to Communicate

1) For Self-Love & Healing, 4) Purposeful Work & Make a DifferenceMilena NguyenOctober 29, 2014authenticity, communication, crazy, leadership, Paulo Coelho, understand, Veronika Decides to Die Comment

On the Ultimate Commodity called Time

On the Ultimate Commodity called Time

And a shorter formula to happiness. :)

4) Purposeful Work & Make a DifferenceMilena NguyenOctober 28, 2014career orientation, Time

Minimalist is Not Trendy But Timeless, and We are Puppets on the show of Consumerism

I regard Simple Living as a principle and a virtue, like Honesty. “Trend” implies something followed by the human herds and has a short life, like high waisted shorts.

4) Purposeful Work & Make a DifferenceMilena NguyenOctober 27, 2014consumerism, Leo Tolstoy, minimalist, overshopping, simple living, To Buy or Not To Buy Comment

Hey Young People! Take A Gap Year to Claim Your 20s

4) Purposeful Work & Make a DifferenceMilena NguyenOctober 22, 201420s, education, employability, employement, gap year, travel, young people, youthComment

The Pleasure of A Lone Traveler

4) Purposeful Work & Make a DifferenceMilena NguyenOctober 21, 2014exploration, history, solitude, tourism, travel, travel aloneComment

Something Happens to Us When We Travel

Something Happens to Us When We Travel

And it helps us see the world through our widened spyglass ;)

4) Purposeful Work & Make a DifferenceMilena NguyenOctober 20, 2014explore, life, Passion, travel, wanderlust Comments

Zen in the Practice of Writing and Living: Writing Down the Bones by Natalie Goldberg

4) Purposeful Work & Make a DifferenceMilena NguyenOctober 18, 2014book reviews, books, Natalie Goldberg, writing, Writing down the bonesComment

Perfectionism and Striving for Excellence: A Thin Line

4) Purposeful Work & Make a DifferenceMilena NguyenOctober 16, 2014Brene Brown, courage, excellence, Imperfection, insecurity, perfectionism, shame, striving for excellence Comment

Jealousy and the Futile in Comparison

Jealousy and the Futile in Comparison

4) Purposeful Work & Make a DifferenceMilena NguyenOctober 14, 2014Childhood, comparison, envy, jealousy, Parul Sehgal Comment