Simon Alexander Ong
@SimonAlexanderO
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Author of Energize, International Keynote Speaker, Life Coach and YouTuber
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Joined March 2011
About last night… 😮 Grateful, honoured and proud to have won Book of the Year 2023 for my book Energize in the Wellness & Wellbeing category at The @BizBookAwardUK last night. It has been an absolute rollercoaster of a ride since publishing my book with @PenguinUKBooks. And
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The real question is not "How hard are you working?" but "Are you going somewhere that actually matters to you?"
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When a photographer can't change the scene, they change their angle, adjust the lens and find beauty by reframing how they see it. And life works the same way. There will be moments when you can't control what's happening: plans fall apart, people disappoint you or the path
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There will be days when every effort seems invisible, every step feels small and progress feels like something that only happens to other people. On those days, pause. And look back at how far you've already come. Remember the things you once prayed for that are now part of
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Most people don't need more time. They need less distractions. They need to stop letting life just happen and start shaping it with courage.
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Most people drift through life, allowing their lives to simply happen to them. Days turn into months, months into years and one morning, they wake up wondering how so much of life passed without them really living it. Truth is: if you don't consciously design your life,
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When you truly understand that everything is temporary, you stop taking life for granted. You stop waiting to live and start actually living.
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Sometimes, you have to lose your way a little in order to find it. To sit in the quiet confusion, step into the unknown without a map and let go of everything you thought you were supposed to be, so you can discover who you really are. It's in the detours and dead ends where
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No one is too old to grow, to learn and to begin again. What holds us back isn't time. It's the belief that we've run out of it. The real tragedy isn't getting older. It's assuming that growth and transformation belong only to the young. Some of the most beautiful chapters
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You can't micromanage the future. Some of the best things in life will arrive unannounced. On timelines you didn't set. Through detours you didn't choose. And with outcomes you couldn't have predicted.
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If you aren't grateful for what you already have, what makes you think you'll be satisfied with more? We think happiness is a finish line but if you can't find it in the now, you'll struggle to find it anywhere else. Because no amount of success will feel like enough if your
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On the days where it feels like you will never make progress, just remember how far you have come.
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Worry is one of the greatest drains on your energy. We replay the past, obsess about the future and wonder what others think. And in the process, we exhaust ourselves without moving an inch closer to the life we want. Truth is: every ounce of energy spent on worrying is
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In a world designed to steal your attention, focus has become a superpower. Most people aren't where they want to be, not because they're not talented enough, but because they let distraction slowly destroy their potential. Distraction disguises itself as harmless but over
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Your energy introduces you before you speak a single word. It's in the way you enter a room, the way your eyes meet another's and the way you make people feel in your presence. People might forget what you said, but they rarely forget how you made them feel. This is why
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Focus on serving, not selling. Focus on effort, not outcomes. Focus on today, not yesterday. Focus on positivity, not negativity. Focus on action, not overthinking. Focus on progress, not perfection. Focus on courage, not confidence. Focus on consistency, not intensity. Focus on
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Every goal worth chasing will test you. Not to break you but to build you. It's in the struggle that strength is born, in the setbacks that creativity is ignited and in the hard moments that resilience is built. Truth is: if it were easy, it wouldn't change you. The
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Love is not only a partner's hand to hold, it's in how you show up for yourself when life gets hard. It's in falling in love with the messiness of becoming and in forgiving your mistakes. Love isn't scarce. It's abundant. It's woven into ordinary days, waiting for you to
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Happiness doesn't come from having it all. It comes from needing less, being grateful more and choosing what's right for you.
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Writing, reading, meditation and time in nature are the bridges that connect you to your soul.
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