Hey guys!  My name is Nelson!

I'm just a normal dude who wants to help you build an amazing life.  

I created this blog so that you could get a weekly dose of motivation.

You're probably wondering, "What does Nelson know about motivation?"

In the last 30 years, I've learned a ton of lessons and been through some unusual life experiences so far, including:

1. I once started an iPhone app company. My first app had a terrible looking UI but it solved a major problem for college students (it was a flash card app for Interview Questions). This app ended up hitting the top 50 in business and drove me to build a total of 14 apps over the next few years.  10 of them failed completely. I didn't give up because I had been through so much rejection earlier in my life already. I had built a thick skin at this point. And along the way, something funny happened. The designs got better. The coding got cleaner. The business ideas became easier to identify. 

If I had quit halfway through, I wouldn't have built the other 3 apps...which went on to hit the top 100 ranking in their respective categories.    

2. I spent 2 years writing 6 books, 21 articles, 18 Quora posts and 30 editorial pitches before I finally got published in an online major publication. Over time my writing drastically improved and my output also increased. When I first started writing, an article would take me a few days to write. Now I can an article in 2 hours and the quality is significantly better. This all happened because I persevered.  

Since then, I've been published in Forbes, Fortune, Inc, Business Insider, The Huffington Post, MSN Money and Mic.com.

3.  I once interviewed at a Fortune 100 company with 5 hiring managers. The first 4 managers ranked me second to last. They told me I didn't have the skills that they were looking for. If I had given up after those 4 interviews, I would have never had the chance to go on that 5th interview. Want to know what happened on that 5th interview? I was asked to deliver a presentation on the spot (without any advance notice) and I crushed it because I had prepared like crazy. I got the job offer.  

Here's the thing: I don't think of myself as an expert in motivation and life hacks.  In fact, I'm still learning all the time.  And that's what this blog was designed for: To document my journey and to share all of the learnings in this process with you.  

What's my goal?  It's to help you live the best life possible. 

At the end of the day, isn't that what really matters?  

It matters to me.  And if it matters to you, then you're in the right place!

Ready to make a difference in the world?  

Let's go make it happen.  NOW.

Because it's never too late to be awesome.  

If you need a dose on inspiration to get started, you can read my 3 mini e-books focused on motivation.  These writings have been published on Forbes, Fortune and The Huffington Post and you'll be sent a copy of each of them when you subscribe to this blog here: 

Cheers,

Nelson Wang