On Quora, someone asked: “Why do parents emotionally blackmail their kids? What should one do when faced with such behaviour?” This is how I responded: Your parents sound like my grandma. My grandma has the comparison method built into her. She sees a grandson of a friend of hers going to a great college, so … Read more
Sometimes. Other times, I’ll meet an absolutely gorgeous girl. But she’ll be like, annoying. Extremely annoying. All she does is complain about this and that, basically to the point where her negativity drowns out her physical beauty. That is when I come to find that she is not my type. Would you want to wake … Read more
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
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
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
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
Earlier this year, my mom told me that I should let this guy stay with me. He was like fifty or something. He worked as a “Fortune Teller”. She wanted to be on good terms with him, because his sister employed her. Whatever. My mom always tells me to do random things. So I agreed. … Read more
This is a story that I’m embarrassed to share, as it is not something that I have done or accomplished myself. It isn’t even something I should feel rewarded about. Yet, for some reason, when I reflect through my life, this is the only moment that stands out. Quite frankly, I’m hesitant to even tell the story, … Read more
Yes. My best friend. She showed up for my birthday last year. After that, we chatted on the phone once or twice. She responded to maybe less than five of my emails. The last time I heard from her was on Feb 11, 2013. It was through an email. She said, Dearest Leonard, You are … Read more
In my life, I’ve encountered change in all directions–for better or worse. Stability wasn’t something that I even knew existed in life, until recently An old mentor of mine used to say, “Once you stop growing, that is when you start dying. We change each day: for better or for worse.” In my life, I found this to … Read more