【英语播客】Niki的英文语音备忘录

For our entire life we've been striving to get smart,

yet we probably have never realized that being smart in too many aspects of our life can secretly steal away our happiness.

So now if you have realized this after this episode, congratulations, cuz you now can practice being "stupid", stupidly  believing sth. that probably is not true, stupidly looking at the bright side and using a positive narrative to tell the story.

Protect your energy. Key to happiness.

We are blessed with the access to a sea of information;

yet too little of such information is treated seriously by us and internalized as part of who we are. 

Next time when you come across a good mantra, a good book, etc., don't just flip through it unconcernedly. Revisit it. Repeat it, until you have fully understood and absorbed the goodness in it.

The art of letting go, emptiness, or sometimes nothingness. If you think about it, there is a Buddhism touch to it, isn’t there? The idea is that, if you hold on to an emotion, or a belief too tightly, you yourself are basically like a  full room, or a solid fortress, that does not allow anything to go inside of you, not to mention to change you in a way that might potentially benefit you.

The external world is as exciting and fascinating as it is, 

so much so that we oftentimes forget to look inside us, where there is a world no less splendid than a high mountain, or a double rainbow after a summer thundershower. 

One of the most important ways of getting to know ourselves is to analyse our emotions--not those ones on the superficial level, but on the deep, more fundamental level. 

You'd be surprised how much more you have discovered about yourself. Have fun on this journey! :)

I have changed my life a little bit by changing my mind a little bit.

Like, back when I thought that I was a bad driver, I would be scared of driving, and then I manifested the fact that I had poor driving skills.

But now when I learn to tell myself another story that driving is just easy and natural, I seem to have gotten rid of the tension that I had built around driving. And now I'm a better driver. 

Yes, we always have the ability to create our ideal life, just follow the two-step suggestion in this episode!

I'm pretty sure my blood pressure surged when I saw the footage of the low-life moving garbage trying to beat the girls to death in the barbecue restaurant.

I’d like to say, I hope these assholes unwell, I hope that they are put into prison as soon as possible for as long as possible, I hope that they get beaten up by other fellow prisoners just for fun, all day, every day.

This episode is nothing serious, 

just me babbling about things, haha. 

But hope you can enjoy still, being fully relaxed. 

Lots of love, mua :D

The inspiration of this episode came from a dear listener, who is trying to start a project but has chickened out due to "a lack of confidence".

She then reached out to me and asked me to give her a few tips to build her confidence, without which, she believes, she could not pull off her project. In other words, she thinks that confidence leads to action and success.

But no--you always take actions first, and after some small wins, confidence naturally comes along.

Just get things done. JUST GET THINGS DONE.

Cyndi Wong, a singer and actress from Taiwan, China, is now making  a comeback. After her performance on Sisters Who Make Waves, she is now seeing a resurgence in popularity in mainland China, probably to her own surprise. 

I'm nowhere near a fan of hers, but this phenomenon caught my attention. Everyone seems to be talking about her, but I think this has more to do with ourselves than with her, in fact. Some of us have a nostalgic feeling; some feel entertained, and some are learning facts here and there. 

Everybody gets what they want, that's for the best. 

I love how different people are. 

Some are extroverts, who thrive in social activities and might make the life of a party.

Some are introverts, who prefers spending time alone to staying in the crowd. 

Remember, they are just different; don't reinforce the stigma that extroversion is a superior personality to introversion. 

If you are shy or not skilled in communication, don't scapegoat introversion; practice to improve your skills instead.