Making 2022 your BEST YEAR as seen in the movie THE BUCKET LIST
In this episode, I share with you what my mentor, Penny Ooi used to wish us every New Year.
I am also reminded of the movie, 'The Bucket List' and I wish you two things in 2022 from this movie.
Have a watch / listen and let me know what you plan to achieve in 2022.
Transcript
Welcome, everyone.
Speaker:Let's start by wishing you a very happy new year.
Speaker:I hope you got some time to rest, recharge.
Speaker:Rejoice.
Speaker:Spend some time with your family
Speaker:yourself and just enjoyed the holiday season that we had.
Speaker:It's funny.
Speaker:Before I decided to take the time off
Speaker:completely off, I didn't force anything.
Speaker:I didn't go in social media.
Speaker:I mean, I did go, but I didn't interact.
Speaker:I just was in and out quickly.
Speaker:You know, old habits die harder,
Speaker:going / being on social media platforms every day.
Speaker:And, you know, for multiple hours,
Speaker:it was very hard to put the phone down and not look.
Speaker:So I did.
Speaker:I would say that I did look around,
Speaker:but I didn't interact, I just kept it minimal
Speaker:unless it was important.
Speaker:I just didn't have any social interaction.
Speaker:I tried to limit my time there, and
Speaker:I focused my time with my family
Speaker:doing the chores, whatever was needed
Speaker:and just stayed home, you know, out of doing the work.
Speaker:So I hope
Speaker:you got some time off, too, and you, you know,
Speaker:were able to at least do some
Speaker:rest and recovery and reflect on
Speaker:2021, honor your wins
Speaker:all, honor what 2021 brought to your place before
Speaker:you started planning it and get it out for 2022 already.
Speaker:One of my mentors, Penny Ooi, who is a brilliant leader,
Speaker:brilliant, brilliant person, really caring, loving
Speaker:person it's the person you would want to be your leader.
Speaker:She used to wish us a Happy New Year by saying
Speaker:Happy New Year and happy new you.
Speaker:And that was something she would say
Speaker:and do every year.
Speaker:And what she meant by that was that, you know,
Speaker:in her ways, she was telling us that.
Speaker:If only you create something new in your life,
Speaker:like if only there is something new in your life,
Speaker:in your day, in your months, in your quarters;
Speaker:then only you have a new year.
Speaker:Otherwise it's just a repeat right.
Speaker:It's just
Speaker:repeat of 2021 into 2022 for the majority of the part.
Speaker:If there is nothing new like think of it,
Speaker:if you're doing the same exact things that you did last year
Speaker:this year, how can you expect growth, right?
Speaker:You have to do certain things even, you know,
Speaker:exercising routine everyday muscles.
Speaker:If you're doing the same exact set, same exact exercise
Speaker:after a while, it stops,
Speaker:it stops working
Speaker:or it stops giving the results you want.
Speaker:Right.
Speaker:So you want to bring in change and it is important
Speaker:in bringing something new gives you, you know, aliveness.
Speaker:It feels like life that there is something new happening.
Speaker:It gives you the excitement that there is something
Speaker:new happening.
Speaker:So what my mentor meant
Speaker:when she said, Happy new you.
Speaker:She wanted us to create something new in our life.
Speaker:You know,
Speaker:not only just in our
Speaker:businesses, in our work, but in our life.
Speaker:She wanted us to
Speaker:explore things, try something new, be it,
Speaker:you know, new food, new recipes or meeting new people,
Speaker:just adding things that give joy to our life.
Speaker:And that would, you know,
Speaker:mean that
Speaker:there is actually a new year, otherwise there's just numbers
Speaker:changing right,
Speaker:as I was thinking of sharing a message for the new year.
Speaker:I was reminded of the movie, the bucket list.
Speaker:I'm not sure if you've have seen it or not.
Speaker:If you have not.
Speaker:You should really watch it.
Speaker:It's really
Speaker:amazing movie was,
Speaker:I think it was released in 2017.
Speaker:Amazing amazing work by Jack
Speaker:Nicholson and Morgan Freeman in the movie.
Speaker:Really
Speaker:soul touching movie, I would say.
Speaker:So in the movie, Jack Nicholson and Morgan Freeman,
Speaker:when they are sitting on the pyramids.
Speaker:Morgan Freeman tells about the Egyptian philosophy
Speaker:when somebody dies and before they could enter
Speaker:the gates of heaven, they ask two questions
and the questions are:Did you receive joy in your life?
and the questions are:The second,
and the questions are:did you give joy out to the people in your life,
and the questions are:right?
and the questions are:And I wish you this new year.
and the questions are:I hope I wish you that you receive
and the questions are:joy in everything you do in your life.
and the questions are:Whatever you touch upon, whatever work you do,
and the questions are:I wish you that you do it with joy.
and the questions are:You would do it with
and the questions are:a sense of aliveness to that work not just it
and the questions are:being some mundane routine that you do with your day,
and the questions are:but add and find a way to enjoy it
and the questions are:because that's what will give your work.
and the questions are:the meaning.
and the questions are:If you cannot
and the questions are:by any means have joy with you at work.
and the questions are:Maybe it's time to change that.
and the questions are:Maybe it's time to see what else can you do with
and the questions are:your life that can bring you joy so that work does not?
and the questions are:You know, becomes the work at
and the questions are:work becomes the joy of work, becomes the play.
and the questions are:So that's the first thing and the second thing I wish
and the questions are:was that whoever you come in touch with, whoever you touch,
and the questions are:you give them joy, you are able to bring joy to their lives.
and the questions are:Right.
and the questions are:Whether it's people
and the questions are:at your work, home, friends, family, strangers
and the questions are:that wherever you go and you become this
and the questions are:light of joy that when people see you, they receive joy?
and the questions are:And I know it's a hard thing, but that's one thing that I
and the questions are:wish you all and that I wish myself
and the questions are:that I'm able to do that when I meet somebody
and the questions are:what I interact with somebody that my presence
and the questions are:becomes the reason they are able to get some joy.
and the questions are:And that's the big thing. It's not a small action.
and the questions are:It's not something that can happen overnight, but
and the questions are:I think that's what gives meaning to our lives.
and the questions are:And that's something that I want to strive for in 2022.
and the questions are:So as I close this first episode of the show,
and the questions are:I just want to wish you all really happy new year ahead.
and the questions are:I wish you joy. I wish you bring joy.
and the questions are:All right.
and the questions are:I hope you enjoy the show as much as I did
and the questions are:and got some valuable nuggets out of it.
and the questions are:If you liked it,
and the questions are:there are other shows you can watch
and the questions are:and they are exactly what you need.
and the questions are:And I ask you to like, comment.
and the questions are:Subscribe.
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and the questions are:Really, I want to hear from you firsthand
and the questions are:what you found, what you liked, what you didn't like.
and the questions are:So thank you and see you around.
