前人栽树，后人乘凉
<photo: children in Phortse, Nepal> 前人栽树，后人乘凉 is a Chinese idiom which literally translated means "one generation plants the trees under...
inspiration and perspiration
<photo: learning how to cross crevasses at base camp, Nepal> #alwaysbelieve in his book Peak, Anders Ericsson brings together decades of...
don't look down
<photos: looking down into the crater of Mount Rinjani> "What would you do if you believed you only had a few minutes to live? Don’t look...
push or pull: unlocking your mind
<photo: at the start of the Everest Base Camp trek, Lukla, Nepal> the Stanford Prison Experiment was an experiment conducted on 24 male...
people don't buy what you do. people buy why you do it.
in his Ted talk, Simon Sinek shared the concept of the golden circle. at the outermost ring of the golden circle is WHAT. the centre...
on the road to somewhere
<photo: Pasang Tharkey Sherpa> Hikers on the Everest Base Camp trek will come across a familiar figure after passing Namche Bazaar. ...
passion is over-rated
<photo: taking a selfie at the summit of Kala Patthar (meaning 'black rock' in Nepali), 5645m in the Himalayas> let's first forget about...
story of the 3 monks
<photos: temples in Bhutan> there once was a monk who lived a simple life in a temple at the top of a mountain. everyday, the monk would...
the reason for which something is done
<photo: on the trek to Everest Base Camp (EBC). When asked by The New York Times why he wanted to climb Everest, British mountaineer...
learning how to fly
<photo: beach in Perth, Australia> Jonathan Livingston Seagull, written by Richard Bach, is a story of a seagull who is frustrated with...