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What Is Your Kryptonite?
People who over excessively complain. All you do when you complain is just attract more negativity into your life. There are so many better ways to improve your life and yourself. For example, living life to the fullest every day. Oh, and cockroaches. — Originally posted on Quora. Leonard Kim is Managing Partner at InfluenceTree. … Read more
How Did People Come to Find That Nothing in the World Makes Sense?
Wanna know how you know that absolutely nothing in the world makes sense? For the last 2.5 years, I’ve had an entry level job without a single promotion, even though I tried relentlessly to move up. For the last six months, I got just slightly under 2 million views on the internet, officially labeled … Read more
How Can I Live Life to the Fullest?
To live life to the fullest: Count your blessings each morning. Think of at least three things you’re grateful for. Forgive the people who did you wrong. Get eight hours of sleep. Eat two meals a day. Exercise. Volunteer. Have a mind set of abundance. Live in the present. — Originally posted on Quora. Leonard … Read more
What Advice Would You Give to a Homeless Person?
On Quora, I was asked: “What advice should be given to a single girl who has no savings and no family to turn to, who has just been evicted and is now homeless, in order to get her life back on track? – In Los Angeles.” After a few weeks, this is how I responded: I … Read more
What Is an Experience That No Person Should Live Without?
No one should live without loving someone with all your heart, to the point where you have to question if you’re crazy for the illogical actions you take. Example: Buying two of the same scarves in different colors. Then being selfless and deciding to give the one that is your favorite color to the other … Read more
If Offered a Lifetime Supply of Happy Pills, Would You Take It?
Aren’t happy pills called ecstasy? I tried that drug before, when I was sixteen. I blacked out then kind of passed out. I was with my first girlfriend and her friend, and I thought I was going to die. Then I never did ecstasy again. I didn’t turn happy. So, I didn’t see what the big deal … Read more
What Saying Do People Need to Ignore?
Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. This term only applies to the wealthy. When you’re wealthy, you diversify. When you’re trying to become wealthy, you put all your energy and focus into one thing, until you become wealthy. Then, you diversify. I don’t know a single person who got rich by trying to … Read more
How Do I Find Good Technical Cofounders?
It’s pretty simple. You do some research on them, then reach out to them by sending them a message. This is what I would say. Hi ______, My name is Leonard. I don’t have an original idea. I don’t even have a LLC or C Corp. I want to give you some imaginary % of … Read more
How to Be Happy Without Convincing Yourself You Are
Someone on Quora asked me: “How can one be happy, without having to convince themselves that they are? I know this question sounds stupid at first, but hear me out. I have no reason to be unhappy. I have good friends and family. Got a good job. No health or financial concerns. I know that, … Read more
Hackpoly 2015 Keynote Speech – Your Roadmap to Success
Recently, I was invited by Bryan Thornbury of Polyfounders to speak at Cal Poly Pomona’s HackPoly 2015 in front of a few hundred people to help kick off their hackathon. On February 20, I was a sponsor and the keynote speaker at Cal Poly Pomona’s Hackpoly 2015 event. Here is my speech that I had drafted … Read more