Khoa Bui - The Online Entrepreneur

Today I’m proud to announce that I’ve been featured in LifeHacker Australia. Since I launched my video “The 3×5 Box Organiser Method” it has gained alot of responses and attention from the media.



I’ve been a reader of Lifehacker for a few years now and just in case you don’t know what LifeHacker is, it’s a huge website that provides quality information, tips, advice and strategies in improving your life. The website alone inspires hundreds of thousands of visitors each day.



I never thought the day would come when my face would appear in this great community website.



What I also find most interesting was this.



It was an idea conjured in my head. Implented in 1 day. I was not motivated. I only had a few hours sleep before hand. No planning. No preparation. A non perfect video.



On the flip side of this.



In the video, I pulled out the card that said “Just produce the non-perfect product and tweak later”



I had no idea it would be featured in a popular website!



Here’s the link:



http://www.lifehacker.com.au/tips/2009/01/19/organise_your_life_with_a_3_by_5_file_box.html



Thanks LifeHacker!

Let me ask you a few questions:

• Do you have too many things to do but so little time?
• Do you find it hard to focus on your projects?
• Do you feel sometimes that you seem to have too many ideas but just never end up getting them done?
• Are you a great starter but a terrible finisher?

If you answered yes to the above questions, then you are not alone.



Introducing The 3×5 Box Organiser Method. This concept has been around for quite sometime and many successful people such as Dan Kennedy uses this method too!



I’ve been applying the 3×5 Box Organiser Method in my life and so far, I’ve received excellent results from it.



I found with personal experience that if I write down the things I want to complete on a digital file on my computer, I only complete maybe 20% of the tasks on the list, or sometimes I even completely ignore the document.



I was so inspired yesterday with an instant idea I congured up only 24 hours ago, to record a video that gives you “how to” information in organising your life - using the 3×5 Box Organiser Method. This method has helped me taken massive action in getting my projects done and also most importantly helped me focus on the most valued tasks.



I found that the 3×5 Box Organiser Method also helps you store various ideas on a physical database so it actually frees up your brain space so you can absorb more information.



Call me crazy if you want but I must admit, there’s something powerful behind this method and the act of physically seeing your idea on a single 3×5 index card activates some unknown force.



Anyway, I’ve recorded a 5-6 minute video on how to set up the 3×5 Box Organiser Method, how to use it and also a few examples.



Enjoy!

This is one of my favourite speeches of all time by Steve Jobs at Stanford University. I think it’s inspirational and keeps you on track to following your passion. I hope you find it inspiring as much as I did.


Enjoy!

For the past 2 weeks I’ve been working a secret project that I will be launching in a few weeks time. This project involves alot of publicity, alot of lessons I’ve learnt from my mistakes, alot of fine tuning, education I’ve bought and have applied and also more focused on my core goals. It seems as if alot of things have come into place for me to embark on this journey.

Since I’ve come back from travelling the world, I feel as if I have changed in someway, many so called “problems” I dwelled upon before I left now seems infinitely small now. I Honestly thought I was crazy for thinking this but it turns out many people who go travelling and experience different cultures have different views on life as soon as they get back, they feel more fortunate about themselves, grateful and just stronger.

Anyway, when I got back, I had the biggest urge to start something new and clear away the old. This new project I’m starting has taken on a new philosophy … which is “Your ducks will never line up, just do it and remember that perfection is your enemy” So far, this philosophy has served me extremely well, I’m nearly finished completing this project and good old “Waiting for the right time to work on it” was not invited.

There were times when I didn’t feel motivated enough to work on this special project, it was raining outside, I only had a few hours sleep, I was tired and lacked energy. However, I just sat down and started to work on it and then I felt much better and drew alot of energy from that task which was quite interesting.

One thing I’ve learnt is that there are many things that we want to do and projects we want to start, however one of the biggest obstacles that stop us from doing those things is… waiting for the right time, the right energy, the right mood… we are just waiting for our ducks to line up. Our ducks will never line up.

Just do it.

This afternoon, I was driving home from another client meeting and a shocking incident occured. I was on the right hand lane, behind a car that was waiting to turn right. As the car waited and I waited also, another incoming car from the other side of the road was turning onto my lane but waited in the middle of the road.

Usually, when you do this, you wait until you can see if any cars are incoming before you cross to the other side, unfortunately this didn’t happen. The car just took off without looking. I remember sitting there and watching this other car smash right into this car. Both cars were smashed and one of the car radiators started ejecting fluid and smoke started expelling from the crashed engine.

I quickly pulled over and ran over to see if I could help anyone and provide any assistance. Fortunately, no one was killed and both car owners were still breathing.

If there was anything I learnt today, it was this, drive carefully!