James Wong, differential writer.

One way I describe what I do is, I help inspire you to fall in love with yourself and others. Another way is, I vividly illuminate opportunity. Another way is, I pay attention to life, as life swells and sways in all different directions like the currents and waves, and then write about it. My [...]

Evolyfe: Letters in your Inbox

This is life not Heaven. We don’t have to be perfect or epic. Being human is perfectly epic enough. This is an email newsletter about falling in love with yourself and opportunities. I don’t believe life was given to us to climb our way to perfection.

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Confidence?

There’s nothing more sexy. Confidence is smooth, elegant, subtle, and fun. Confidence creates trust. Confidence rocks the boat. Confidence doesn’t mean cocky, narcissistic, fearful or cynical. No. Confidence is being tough and relentless and disregarding criticism and following your convictions. Seth Godin is confident. Sean Parker too. A confident person walks in a room with [...]

Breathe

Breathe. Just for a moment. Inhale the world around you. Breathing is the element to living lightly, savory, and happily. Breathing is the lost art of solitude. Where we get to contemplate & reflect. Face our demons. Unwind. Find peace. Start over. And appreciate the smaller things of life that get lost in life’s roar. For a while now, [...]

My dad never says “I love you.”

Instead he says, “Be careful driving.” We don’t spend much time with each other, we don’t have a weekly phone call, and we don’t share our deepest darkest secrets with each other. But every time we get together, whether we share an afternoon lunch or have a check up call over the phone, my dad [...]

Murder the Middle

When I dropped out of college (UCSB) I pretty much killed any chance of being a middle-class citizen. It’s unlikely I’ll get a regular ole’ job that pays an average salary. The system wouldn’t permit it. I’m either going to make less than the average and struggle or I’ll push myself past the middle and [...]

Empty yourself and let your potential fill you

So often we suffocate our greatness. We come up with reasonable reasons after reasons not to dip our toes in our own pool of potential. Maybe, just maybe, we fell asleep to how great we are. Maybe, just maybe, we have so much bravery, it scares us. I know at least once in our lives, [...]

When people leave you because they don’t want you

Sometimes I’ll meet someone, a friend of a friend, and notice, they don’t like me. Seriously. Something about me bothers them. Or perhaps just doesn’t interests them. They’ll ignore me. They’ll have cheap conversations with me. They’ll be awkward with me. And vise versa. I’ve caught myself doing the same to others. It’s interesting. Just like [...]