I Was Inspired, Creative And Productive

Topics about personal growth and development from childhood to adulthood has always captivated me. Consequently, when I decided to discover various methods of raising my daughter to speak three languages, I involuntarily become a student of my growth and personal development.

Childhoodspeech® Discovering A Child’s Mind From The Lens Of An Adult

I remember being with a group of people learning about WordPress and blogging on the internet. The instructor explained to us that we need to pick a domain name that best represents our aspiration to share our knowledge to the world. We followed the recommended steps. We thought about how others see us, and we saw ourselves. At that time, my dear cousin was with me, so we could discuss more deeply about how we saw each other. I felt vulnerable. But it was also the first time I felt noticed.

After much deliberation and searching for keywords on Google keyword search, I produced the word, “Childhoodspeech”. I decided to use this as my domain name and since nobody had this name before, Childhoodspeech populated the first page of Google search results. Seeing Childhoodspeech® on the first 9 lines made me even more enthusiastic and gave me the motivation to start blogging.

I was never short of ideas to write. I typically would stay up late to finish my blog and post it right away. When ideas kept pouring in, I also realized that much of what I was writing about reflected my own childhood. I was indeed surprised at how much I know about this topic and decided to keep going. Although I have had many challenges along the way, including complete shutdown of the website and hackers trying to erase the digital footprints, I have been able to keep this blog alive for more than 10 years.

2023 marks the fourteenth year of Childhoodspeech®. Throughout the time from 2008 to today, I would share my experience, insights, and wisdom of Childhoodspeech® freely and voluntarily.  Childhoodspeech®, a way of knowing how a child thinks from the lens of an adult gave me reason to understand how I should raise my only daughter in the best way possible.

By the time I published my first book titled Parenting Inspired, Follow The Parth Where The Child Loves To Grow, I had already embarked on the next phase of personal development. I was on stage speaking Mandarin as a publics speaker and teaching Mandarin to foreign speakers. I became quite a familiar face at Toastmasters International, specifically the SCCCI Mandarin Toastmasters Club. I also started participating in international events by Tony Robbibns, T. Harve Eker, Ken Mingkus, Les Brown and Success Resources.

When the work seeks you, you will become creative.

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The years of writing Childhoodspeech® had given me the foundation needed to speak about personal development. I was ready to speak but I had to learn how to do it. Whilst writing sorted my thoughts, speaking arranged them. Doing both writing and speaking creates the opportunity to deliver my work. I started coaching and training others. At one point, I was individually coaching three hundred people who were seeking to unravel their authentic selves through personal growth and development. I travelled to Taiwan, Indonesia, Malaysia, and China. I picked up new skills and became a certified trainer and coach. Within 3 years after joining Toastmasters International, I became an accomplished public and professional speaker.

New Behaviour With New Opportunities

One wise decision always led to another better opportunity. With new opportunities, I began to adopt new behaviors. I became an explorer of sorts. I got involved in the speaking and coaching business. The business itself led me to think about the practicality of blogging. I began to write less. I write so little that I eventually left writing. I wanted to but at last, I could not find the time to write. I had speaking engagements and was conducting leadership training programmes for entrepreneurs and business executives. I was growing fast.

Pondering Over Lack Of Inspiration

As I found success in personal development as a writer and speaker, I also discovered that the practice needed to be translated into monetary rewards. This was when I come a crossroad. How do you determine how to monetize creative pursuits, especially when they are deeply personal and meaningful to you?  One cannot put a price tag on the time and effort on developing skills and talent, especially when that person is yourself. As I seek to transform into a paid professional, I saw this big gap between creativity and productivity.

As I mentioned earlier, when work seeks you, you become creative. And creativity can be easily kiiled if we do not know how to turn towards organizing and presenting them in a manner that is useful, applicable and beneficial to others. To be productive means to translate the creatives into meaningful and practical knowledge for others to use.

Like many homemakers, I had to juggle time between fulfilling family obligations and managing work responsibilities. In this juggling act, I chose to focus on my family and dedicate myself to raising my daughter. Needless to say, my time for blogging was reduced. I had learnt and tried. I knew how to create websites and cultivate a devoted following using social media. I am self-directed and self-driven. But family had to come first.

Reviving Childhoodspeech®

Childhoodspeech® has always held a significant place in my life, whether it involved recounting my own childhood experiences or discussing topics of interest to parents and children. As I write this blog after almost 9 months, I wish to turn my attention inward, delving into the depths of my heart and revive the energy that I once had.

Childhoodspeech® is the space I created to explore every aspect of childhood through the lens of an adult. It holds the key to unlocking memories that flicker before us like vivid motion pictures. It allows me to delve into the mind of a child by reconnecting with my own childhood self.

Before I could revive, I must first uncover the source of my uninspired state.

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