Category: Life

• Hangry

  Hangry is an emotional state of being hungry and feeling angry. If I don’t eat, I get hangry. The longer I go, the hangrier I get. When I travelled with my friends, they would crack jokes as they reminded me to pack a snack bar.  I used to get really upset with myself for feeling…

  Herbert Lui

  February 24, 2025

  Life, Turning Stories

• This is the perfect time

  Image by Austin Chan If you’re reading this, you’re thinking, “I’m too late,” or “Other people are so much better at this than me,” or, “Why bother?”  You’re probably feeling defeated, depressed, and a special kind of self-loathing that comes with awareness. You know that you shouldn’t feel this way. It’s not constructive. But you…

  Herbert Lui

  February 22, 2025

  Creativity, Expectations, Life, Turning Stories

• Who you are vs. how you appear

  I recently came across The Luddite Club co-founder Logan Lane’s speech at MoMA R&D Salon 48 entitled, “No More Likes” (via Alex Vadukul). Her closing message really resonated with me: There’s a certain vulnerability unique to younger generations, having grown up digital natives. For the youth of today, the developmental experience has been polluted. It’s…

  Herbert Lui

  February 12, 2025

  Creativity, Creator Confidential, Life

• Three quotes on routine living

  Living a heavily structured life, always by the rules, also drains it of vitality. “Consistency is contrary to nature, contrary to life. The only completely consistent people are the dead,” Aldous Huxley writes.  That’s part of the drawbacks of relying too heavily on habits; the action becomes practically mechanical. “The beauty of an action comes…

  Herbert Lui

  February 9, 2025

  Creativity, Life

• You vs. the parasite

  I did bookkeeping for my first year of business. One year was enough for me. It was boring and very spreadsheet–heavy, and I knew I never wanted to do it again. So I did what I thought savvy entrepreneurs called “delegating.” I hired a bookkeeping and accounting firm to do it for me, and I…

  Herbert Lui

  February 5, 2025

  Creator Confidential, Life, Turning Stories

• “Never do nothing”

  It was earlier in his life, perhaps when he worked in finance, that Dave Spitz picked up a belief:  “If you do everything on your to-do list, you’re succeeding. If you don’t, you’re failing.” Dave quit finance and eventually started California Strength, a training facility for Olympic weightlifting.  While he owns a gym, he doesn’t…

  Herbert Lui

  February 3, 2025

  Creativity, Expectations, Life, Turning Stories

• One chance

  Dan Sullivan is a coach for entrepreneurs. He asks every prospective client a question, “If we were having this discussion three years from today, and you were looking back over those three years, what has to have happened in your life, both personally and professionally, for you to feel happy with your progress?” It’s a…

  Herbert Lui

  February 2, 2025

  Creator Confidential, Expectations, Life, Turning Stories

• What’s the point?

  “What’s the point in planning, if it could all end at any time?” Dustin Gorton survived the Columbine massacre at age 18. He learned how fleeting life can be that day. A blog attributes a powerful reflection to him, penned when he turned 36. It reads, “I came away with the [lesson that] death is…

  Herbert Lui

  February 1, 2025

  A Matter of Time, Expectations, Life, Turning Stories

• Three stories about emotional reactions

  1. Anthony de Mello writes in Awareness: Imagine a patient who goes to a doctor and tells him what he is suffering from. The doctor says, “Very well, I’ve understood your symptoms. Do you know what I will do? I will prescribe a medicine for your neighbor!” The patient replies, “Thank you very much, Doctor,…

  Herbert Lui

  January 30, 2025

  Creativity, Expectations, Life, Turning Stories

• Chipping away

  I used to drop everything to focus on a single project at a time. I would try to do all the tasks as soon as possible, in the hopes of getting it done and out of the way so I could relax.  For example, if I had an administrative project, I told myself I’d just…

  Herbert Lui

  January 29, 2025

  A Matter of Time, Creator Confidential, Life, Turning Stories