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The ancient Chinese spoke of finding your Dao: the guiding path that helps you focus on what truly matters. If you had to describe your Dao in one sentence, what would it be? Mine is: My Dao is to collect wisdom from ordinary lives and return it to the world
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Look at this photograph before you read the memoir. A young girl stands outside a ballet school. Through the glass, she watches children dancing. Beside her is a poster inviting new students to enrol. Notice what the photo does. It doesn't explain anything. Instead, it makes you curious.
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Every ordinary object has a story waiting to be told. A pen. A faded photograph. A recipe book. An old suitcase. To someone else, they are just things. To you, they are doors to memories. One glance, one touch, one familiar smell, and suddenly you are transported back to another
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A hook is the opening of a story that captures the reader's attention and makes them want to keep reading. It creates curiosity, emotion, surprise, or tension within the first few sentences. Think of it as the answer to the reader's silent question: "Why should
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A speaker may share a story with 20 people in a room. But when that same story is written and published online, thousands may read it. One of my stories published quietly reached more than 5,000 views. A speaker spoke once. The written story continued speaking long after the
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Have you ever wanted to write your life story but didn't know where to begin? Start small. Write one memory at a time. I teach a simple framework called MEL. Moment Emotion Lesson Every good micro-memoir has these three ingredients. Here's an example. I was
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If I post a photo of a baby monkey hugging a toy, you scroll. Cute. Next. But give him a name. Tell you he lost his mother. Say this toy is the only thing he clings to at night. Suddenly he is not “a monkey.” He is Punch. He is
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If you are job hunting, good news. There is always vacancy. Job title: Salesperson. Every company needs one. Small business. Big corporation. Startup with bean bags. Uncle’s provision shop downstairs. All of them need someone who can bring in revenue. If you can sell, you are never unemployed. You
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For most of us, the definition arrived early and uninvited. Do well in school. Get a respectable job. Earn more. Keep earning. It sounds reasonable. Almost kind. But I am not convinced it leads to lasting happiness. Because the moment you reach one milestone, another one appears. A new benchmark.
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If you’re getting zero or very few book sales and secretly feel like an imposter, this is for you. Low sales don’t mean your book failed. Most of the time, they simply mean very few people have seen it. Promoting yourself feels wrong only when it feels like