February 21, 2012
It’s a good rainy morning here in Bali. It’s been a while since I last blogged. The thing is, my ideas and visions became too thin and I am not sure that people reading my blog would benefit from them. Now that I am leaving my closed shell again, I will start sharing ideas that are not mine but fascinate me in many ways until I come up with something that is somewhat interesting to me. So here we go.
I am 33.
It was the best 33 years of my life. Such a great ride…. As we say in Asia – “So far…” Just a quote today
There was a young man who said, “Though
It seems that I know that I know,
What I would like to see
Is the ‘I’ that knows ‘me’
When I know that I know that I know.” – Not my Quote
Egoistically yours,
VP
May 10, 2012
DPS Airport, Bali, Indonesia.
It’s been a real roller coaster these past 2 months in Bali. I truly love the Island and experiences all around. People, smells, ocean and remote location. It is a deep down to earth feeling when you are on an Island. I tried to repeat an experience of my past visit, that shaped my decision to move and permanently live in the “Paradise on Earth”. However this time I chose a different approach, location and a lifestyle. I got caught up in “Housing” aspect by switching apartments every month, dealing with locating a quite and “fast Internet” available place on daily basis, instead of concentrating on my goals and my business. I had to deal with ants in my bed, police check stops and socializing instead of work. Socializing point is awesome in personal experience, but wouldn’t take me closer to my dream . I Felt like I am 15 again, hanging out with young guys and gals, partying and talking talk and it was amazing, however that’s not the reason I am here. I lost perception of reality. Next month I am switching my place from busy convenient life, accessible to clubs, bars and restaurants to something more remote. Tomorrow I am going to Hong Kong. Although I feel relaxed, fairly productive and comfortable here in Bali, I can’t wait to feel well forgotten and hated rash to human traffic, hustling environment, smell of asfalt, sewage and aroma of great food and sweat at the same place. Complete opposite to Bali. Wow! Doer’s Smell. Jump into the river of people on Connaught road, have an Escalator ride in Mid-Levels, meet my Banker, have a street food with my Entrepreneurial friends and discuss crazy startup ideas with people that care and get shit done. Then China, Philippines, Thailand, Aus. Bottom line… Can’t stay in one place any more. “Permanent” is completely irrelevant to my life. It’s always changing, evolving like an alien substance. Something that we create but barely can control.
Need to hit the road. See you soon.
Egoistically yours,
VP
I find it fascinating that most people plan their vacation with better care than they do their lives.Perhaps that is because escape is easier than change. - Jim Rohn
March 19, 2012
Denpassar, Bali
It’s raining again on Paradise Island and I am really happy to come back and keep on working, diving, surfing and live my life. Recently I met a number of young bright men that bought 4 hour workweek idea and now start their own businesses and live location independent lifestyle in SE Asia. During our cnversations I ask them what they want to archive. Pretty much all of them mention that they want to be millionaires, but none of them could answer why. Most of their answers were very common like “Live where I want”, “Travel whenever I want”, “Buy whatever I want”, “Eat Whatever I want”. I also asked them details about each question and they figured out that they actually do all of it already. So here is a question. Why do you need money?
Let me tell you what money is for me. We are all humans and our forefathers were hunting, fishing and harvested crops to feed themselves and their families. Each action required tools. Nets, knives, spears and more. We still hunt for food. Our tools changed. We don’t kill deer, we simply go to supermarket and wave credit card and take groceries home. We use different tools. So money is just a tool, oxygen to move forward. Money can take us closer to our dream. What I found common in those bright individuals is lack of dream. They chose entrepreneurial path to live today and be successful, however success for them is just a society cliché. Live to die, but live well and outside of the box. However still live to die. (more…)
Egoism is the very essence of a noble soul-
Friedrich Nietzsche
March 1 2012
Shenzhen, China
Quite a lot of people asked me why I named my blog Egoistic life and What’s the difference between “Egoistic” and “Egoitistic“. Well, Let me start from latter.
While similar, they have some important differences. Consider this note on usage from the Oxford Dictionaries:
The words egoism and egotism are frequently confused, as though interchangeable, but there are distinctions worth noting. Both words derive from Latin ego (‘I’), the first-person singular pronoun.Egotism, the more commonly used term , denotes an excessive sense of self-importance, too-frequent use of the word ‘I,’ and general arrogance and boastfulness. Egoism, a more subtle term , is perhaps best left to ethicists, for whom it denotes a view or theory of moral behavior in which self-interest is the root of moral conduct. An egoist, then , might devote considerable attention to introspection, but could be modest about it, whereas an egotist would have an exaggerated sense of the importance of his or her self-analysis, and would have to tell everyone
