Frank Yan of Sacramento on Who Are You Truly

Who are you truly? What has been the biggest factors in you to date? When people in Sacramento say the phrase: “be yourself” what do they truly mean and is that even possible with so much to influence us in our daily lives? Frank knows that we are the construction of so much information, that we are made by such things that color and saturate our growth process. Frank Yan says, if there is a part of you inside the chances are that is it lost amongst layers upon layers of external input. Very rarely do we show the world who we truly are and that in itself may just be the most difficult things in the world to do. Frank knows that there are parts of him that he chooses to hide for whatever reasons and on the flip side there are parts of Frank that shine through that are as a result of those things that have penetrated his being and has made him act in a very specific way.

A few months ago Frank saw a breif documentary at the Sacramento International Airport while waiting for his flight out. The documentary was called: What the bleep do we know? Frank think there should be a new one called ‘Who the bleep are we?’ Frank may be challenged for saying this but he believed that very few people here in Sacramento actually know themselves and Frank is for one of them. Everyday is a growing process for us and at the same time Frank is taking on information and behaviors that are ultimately deciding what actions he will take from one moment to the next. However there is a part of Frank Yan that wants that sponginess to stop. We are all sponges. Yes, he said it. Sponges soaking up our environments were in. Most of the times we have to be sponges because there is so much to learn in this day and age that every day becomes a university. There’s always something new to learn and discover about ourselves. Frank wants that part of the sponge to remain open for business but he wants the part of himself he the chooses what actions he personally takes and the personality that he will emit to be a more like a rock than a sponge. Frank wants to choose a pattern of behavior that is what he decided to be in accordance with the belief systems that he have decided best reflects what he believes the universe is about and accurately reflects the purpose he has created for himself.


This is a very challenging time for Frank. Who was the guy Frank Yan that lives in Sacramento 4 weeks ago and is a very different person that he I is today? And the hurdles before Frank seem very high although he is sure they were not. But despite those hurdles Frank will take that fight to his very core. It’s not a fight of violence, but a fight of love whereby Frank must find a way of accepting these new facets of who he is and integrate them into the person he wishes to ultimately shape himself into. Frank is no different from anyone else. Everyone faces those challenges on a daily basis and the process of discovery of that person who you are or have chosen to be deep down, must be faced with love and your held high! Whether you see that inner person with an exact avatar or whether you decide that, that person will be someone new on a daily basis, do it with a sense of pure acceptance of you. You will change, you will adapt, your purpose will change, your desires will change, you ideal self will change, but change is a sponge, waiting to be immersed in a bucket of water.

Frank Yan of Sacramento on Achieving Happiness

For a start, Frank questions. It is really possible to divide every kind of happiness and suffering into two main categories: mental and physical? Of the two, it is the mind that exerts the greatest influence on most of us. Nevertheless, we are either gravely deprived or ill of basic necessities, that our physical condition plays a secondary role in our life. If the body is in the state of content, we virtually ignore it. The mind, however, registers every moments of an event, no matter how small or how bigl. Hence, we should all devote our most serious efforts to bringing about mental peace in Sacramento or anywhere we are.

From Frank’s own limited and gained experience, he has found that the greatest degree of inner tranquility comes from the development of love and compassion from within. The more and more we care for the happiness of others, the greater our own sense of well-being becomes. Cultivating a close, warm-hearted feeling for others automatically puts our mind at ease, as Frank Yan will say. This helps remove whatever fears or insecurities we may have and gives us the strength to cope with any obstacles we ever encounter. It is the ultimate source of success in life.


As long as we live in Sacramento or anywhere in this world we are bound to encounter problems. This is natural, problems will come and problems disappear. If, at any time we lose hope, become discouraged, we begin to diminish our ability to face our own difficulties we face. If, on the other hand, we remember that it is not just ourselves but every one who has to undergo the suffering, this more realistic perspective it will increase our determination and capacity to overcome the troubles. Indeed, with this attitude, each and every new obstacle can be seen as yet another valuable opportunity to improve our minds.


Thus we can strive gradually to become more compassionate, that is we can develop both genuine sympathy for others suffering and this will to help remove their pain. As a result, our own serenity and inner strength will increase. Frank Yan sees happiness wherever he is. Whether in his home in Sacramento or deep far beyond across globe.

Frank Yan on Imagine If There Was No Money

Frank brought up an exercise of trying to visualize this world without money or even the concept of having any money. Imagine if there was no more money at all, not a word for it, and no emotional or physical reference to it. The entire whole the idea of money simply doesn’t exist.

Why did Frank Yan have us thinking like this? Because there is so many people that spend the majority of their life in the pursuit of this “manmade” invention. For the most part money is really a necessary, yet it is an insidious detour away from everything that really matters.


Like a bottomless abyss in the sea, there’s money smack dab in the middle of almost everything meaningful that you want to do. You can’t ignore it at all and it’s almost impossible to get anything done without it, so you are forced to deal with it.


Does Money call all the shots?


In the name of money and the careers, we may invest years of our lives on specialized education and training we may seek. Why is that? So we can spend another 30-50 years earning a living here in Sacramento. What’s really at the end of our rainbow? The hope of being able to retire with enough money to enjoy whatever time and health we have left.


It does become especially challenging to maintain a balanced view of money when we are confronted by economic hardship. The lack of legal tender can corrupt our sense of self-worth, and even threaten our sense of security. Not any inanimate object is more emotionally charged. That is a tremendous amount of leverage for an artificial commodity we call money, don’t you think?


Can people really imagine if there was no more money?


It is going to be difficult to wrap our minds around this concept of no more money because it is bound to be outside the realm of our experience. How would our Sacramento city society be structured if there were no such thing as money anymore? What would we all focus on and how would we make value comparisons?


We do not really know because it has never been tried on such a large scale. One thing is for sure; is most people’s lives would probably be a lot more true and realistic without it. Maybe we should just abolish the stuff and start focusing on things of real value.


Frank Yan asks: What’s your take on money today? Are you able to imagine no more money anymore?

Frank Yan of Sacramento on Loveing the Effort

On a Sat morning while Frank Yan was preparing breakfast at his Sacramento residence, his mind went into tangent and had a thought. Frank’s thoughts were, to do our best at any efforts, we must love the effort. Instead of delaying, avoiding, and even cursing what we must have to do is dive into it with gratitude and enthusiasm.

If it absolutely has to be done, we have do it in our most creative and effective state. Rather of assuming that any particular task is undesirable, we should approach it as the very best thing we could be doing at that exact moment.

For those whom assume that the effort is a curse are continuously beaten down by the efforts they make. Those who see the efforts, or the effort, as a blessing end up being truly blessed by those efforts.

Sacramento man, Frank Yan says, it’s our choice, so we need to make the smart empowering one. We need to decide and, enjoy, and love the effort, and we’ll reap the fantastic benefits from it.

The ability to making the difference is by taking action. This is an essential element of life, so we should choose to rejoice it at every opportunity to do so.

Another one that Frank Yan mentions, lose the complaints, the feelings of frustration, the self pity, and always love the effort. Love the effort that we give to life, and we should discover how much the whole of life loves us back whether if we are in or out of Sacramento.

Frank Yan of Sacramento on What's Holding You Back From Taking Action

Sacramento local Frank Yan says that if you are ever stuck down and out in the rut and really have the desire to get out why are you still in a rut? It is extremely and very hard to clearly understand sometimes why we cannot take the first steps to get our lives back on track.

There always can be multiple barriers from the obligations that we know we have to fulfill to a bout with our depression. If you think or know that are depressed go take a trip to see a counselor, or doctor to determine your current position, but if it is just procrastination then you can break through it and get into the action.

You should get excited about whatever it is you are working on. You would need to think back to why you wanted to reach the goal of accomplishment in the first place. Emotion really does create motion and the more enthusiasm you can build for the task at hand, the more work that will get done.

You will need to begin and start making the improvements to your life overall. If your diet is poor and your not exercising as much as you should, you may not have the energy to carry out your goals. Exercise and a good diet will improve your mental status and focus dramatically if you start putting the right foods in your body and start working out four or five days per week.

Reduce your the fat intake. Not just on your body, but from your life. If you are watching more television than you should, cut your watching times if you think its too much. Television and video games are time fillers that can be eliminated for more productive and life affirming activities.

You should recruit help of a friend. If you make a promise to someone else, then you are more likely to follow through. You can make excuses to yourself, but it will be much harder to make them to someone else. A friend can keep you accountable.

Frank Yan stays actively involved in his Sacramento community and spends time with his friends to avoid the laziness, contentment, and depression. Taking action enables Frank to stay focused at the task at hand, that leads him to live a healthy life with happiness.

Frank Yan of Sacramento on Setting Life and Daily Reminders

If Frank Yan of Sacramento could seriously kick himself in the behind right now, Mr. Yan would. One day on his way home from the gym, Frank was caught for speeding down Southbound on Sacramento’s Interstate 5 and was issued a hefty fine. Unlike his experience in “If You Want To Change, Tell the Truth”, Frank was never in any doubt that this was anything but my own fault. Frank strongly agrees with the principle that people should drive within the speed limits, and he put this down to a lapse in concentration. What really annoys him, though, is the fact that this is something Frank promised he would never do it again after the last time.

The last time Frank was issued a speeding ticket was a few years ago near the Sacramento Zoo on Land Park Drive. Frank still remembers that day very clearly. He distinctly remembers the following weeks where the care he took driving could have had him nominated for a “Driver of the Year” award. But as these weeks turned into months, Frank slowly returned to a more “normal” way of driving and still predominantly safe – just more relaxed and, therefore, prone to occasional lapses in concentration.

This experience had given him a simple, yet extremely powerful idea: life reminders. I’m sure there are numerous lessons he learned at some point in his life that, as time has marched on, have slowly been forgotten. One example Frank thinks everyone can identify with is the experience of going on holiday. When Frank is on a holiday he begins to appreciate the important things in life: family, friends, and happiness. He’ll also generate endless ideas for what he wants to do to fill his life with success and meaning.

However, as sure as day turns to night, once the holiday is over these ideas and insights slowly get pushed out of my mind as the trials and trivialities of everyday life demand Frank’s attention. To make sure “never do it again” really means “never do it again”, Frank has come up with the some personal reminders:

- Drive safe and within the speed limit.
- Don’t taken family, friends, or others for granted.
- Failing to prepare is preparing to fail.
- Remember to find pleasure and meaning in each and every day.
- Being fit and healthy feels so good.

Frank is sure there are many more, and plans to add many more to these as they pop into his head. The next thing to consider, of course, is what to do with these reminders we have. Here are also some methods he thinks will work well:

- Stick them on the fridge, at the front of your diary, or some other prominent place.
- Choose a particular date in your diary.
- Make personal note on your mobile device.
- Record your reminders onto a recorder.
- Perhaps tell someone to remind you.

As you can see, Mr. Yan’s methods are fairly “simple”. He is sure there is also some tech savvy way to set up these types of reminders. Maybe “the” reader could suggest some?

Frank Yan of Sacramento on Motivation is a Luxury

Frank Yan’s heart sank and his REM of sleep was disturbed. Frank couldn’t believe his iPad alarm was chiming off repeatedly in his Sacramento home. It can’t be 3am already, it can’t. He didn’t feel like this nor did Frank really feel like waking up. He snuggled deeper and deeper into his duvet, imagining the cold he would feel when he got up. Frank really doesn’t feel like this. After a few minutes, Frank slumped carelessly out of bed with a huge sigh. A while later he was doing what he really didn’t feel like doing. Start his day, Day Trading, and then off to work he goes.

Not Doing What You Don’t Feel Like Doing


Later on during that day, Frank received a call “Mr. Yan, Mr. Yan, Mr. Frank Yan… Are you somewhere in Canada or home in Sacramento, Canada, or Sacramento? We need you” This call was from a potential prospect who wanted Frank to give a Web Ex presentation to a group of people in their organization. Sure, Frank said. He put the phone down and realized that he could start preparing straight away. “But, he don’t feel like it at this time”, Frank said to himself, and promptly starting going through his various emails. This time Frank let himself off the hook to easy even though it was the perfect opportunity to get going.


In the first story here, Frank chose to do something he didn’t feel like doing. We all do this, and so very often. Ever brushed your teeth late at night when you didn’t feel like it? Ever visited your in-laws even though you didn’t feel like it? Ever agreed to pick up a “drunkenness” friend at midnight, even though you’d much rather be asleep in bed? What about this one. When you had a huge outing one night with close friends, then got up to go to work the next day, even though you didn’t feel like it? Very often we do these things we don’t feel like doing. We are all so totally CAPABLE of doing these things we don’t like or don’t feel like. That’s life.


In the 2nd story there was something Frank didn’t feel like doing, and so he chose not to do it. He was buying into the belief that “I can’t do it because I don’t feel like doing it”. This is not such a good thing to be doing.

Procrastination causes stress eventually.


Most of us start buying into that belief when we are at school. I can’t study because I am so unmotivated. I can’t start on that project because I really don’t feel like it. If You Could Only Get Motivated, Then You Would do the Work Very often we believe that we have to be motivated first and then we can do the work.


NOT True!


We are totally capable of not doing things we don’t feel like doing. We DO NOT have to be motivated first. When we start going to the gym after work, we aren’t motivated. At all. Half way through our sessions, we start to feel energized and enjoy ourselves. By the end of our sessions, we are fatigue, sweaty, and say to ourselves “That was awesome, and I really needed that!” Very often, if we choose to do the task we don’t feel like doing, and we begin it. We find that motivation follows anyway.


The belief: “I have to be motivated before I can do the work” is false and limits us. It prevents us from being as successful as we potentially could be. It’s one of the ways that we sabotage ourselves. We believe this thought and we treat it like a fact. Then let ourselves off the hook and we don’t do the work. If we’ve deeply integrated this belief, we don’t even feel guilty for not doing the work.


Throw Out the Limiting Belief, Bring in the Empowering One



If you want to move ahead more successfully in the world, throw out that belief. Practice this one rather: “As soon as I start working, I’ll feel more motivated”.

Frank Yan of Sacramento on Life Fully Lived

Frank Yan of Sacramento posts a related article: Live the Greatness

Frank Yan of Sacramento suggests that all of us and including himself to absolutely stop stopping ourselves moving forward with our lives. We should begin allowing ourselves to live the incredibly rich life that is we have each and every day.

We should put a halt to the complaining and worries about the small things that are wrong. Frank Yan says, begin to open our hearts, our eyes, and our living experience to the things that are right and good.

All our positive possibilities will outweigh all the negative problems we face. Therefore we should allow our thoughts, energy, and our actions to bring these possibilities to life.

The values of what we create is never small of amazing. So don't hold back, and find our fulfillments in our unique creativity ways. Lets remember that we are constantly very worthy and capable. So we should put that capability into action.

The grand adventures of our life is now,here right now, whether it your in Sacramento, or where ever we reside. Go and seize the opportunity into the richness of a life fully lived.

Frank Yan of Sacramento posts an article on Psalm 100:2

Frank Yan of Sacramento posts an article from: Colin D. Smith: Sunday Devotional - Psalm 100:2

Serve the Lord with gladness; come before Him with rejoicing. - Psalm 100:2 (NIV)

Psalm 100 is a sort of sister-psalm to Psalm 95. It too is a call to worship, an exhortation to come before God, to sing His praise, and to give thanks to Him. Verse 3 even mentions the fact that we are His people and the flock of His pasture, something that came up in last week’s verses from Psalm 95.

Consider what the psalm means when it commands us to serve the Lord with gladness. Joy and gladness are a constant theme for this psalm. Our worship of God should never be grudging or miserable. When we consider what we deserve, the fact that the Lord would permit us into His presence to acknowledge His goodness and greatness should make us smile.

While the words “come before Himimply the context of corporate worship, and that is probably the primary context of the psalm, these words apply to every moment of our lives. Indeed, if we are living sacrifices, and totally given over to the Lord, then everything we do should be an act of worship. We should live “in the presence of the Lord” that is, fully conscious of the fact that He is God, He made us, and we are His. So when we read that we are to “serve the Lord with gladness,I don’t think this means just in whatever capacity we might serve God on a Sunday morning, or in our church ministry. This speaks of everything we do, all of which should somehow seek to serve God. Whether it’s our 9-5 jobs, housework, schoolwork if we truly do everything to the glory of God, then everything we do is in His service. Remembering this might help us with our attitude to the mundane aspects of life. Even the things that seem drudgery and unimportant take on a whole new significance and meaning when we do them as service to the Lord.

We should pray that we would truly seek to serve the Lord with gladness, and as we give ourselves totally to Him, that we would indeed come before Him every day with rejoicing.

Frank Yan has been a member as well as served as a student at: Brent Cross in London, England, and at Oroville Christian School, Oroville, Ca. Frank Yan also has been a member of Calvary Christian Church in Oroville, Ca, Gateway Fellowship, Sacramento, Ca, and Capital Christian Center, Sacramento, Ca.

Frank Yan of Sacramento on Loving Your Efforts

On a Sat morning while Frank Yan was preparing breakfast at his Sacramento residence, his mind went into tangent and had a thought. Frank’s thoughts were, to do our best at any efforts, we must love the effort. Instead of delaying, avoiding, and even cursing what we must have to do is dive into it with gratitude and enthusiasm.

If it absolutely has to be done, we have do it in our most creative and effective state. Rather of assuming that any particular task is undesirable, we should approach it as the very best thing we could be doing at that exact moment.

For those whom assume that the effort is a curse are continuously beaten down by the efforts they make. Those who see the efforts, or the effort, as a blessing end up being truly blessed by those efforts.

Sacramento man, Frank Yan says, it’s our choice, so we need to make the smart empowering one. We need to decide and, enjoy, and love the effort, and we’ll reap the fantastic benefits from it.

The ability to making the difference is by taking action. This is an essential element of life, so we should choose to rejoice it at every opportunity to do so.

Another one that Frank Yan mentions, lose the complaints, the feelings of frustration, the self pity, and always love the effort. Love the effort that we give to life, and we should discover how much the whole of life loves us back whether if we are in or out of Sacramento.

Frank Yan of Sacramento on Growing During the Down Times

Frank Yan of Sacramento wonders, how the heck can a person grow during the low points in his/her life? How can we really take our fall backs and be able to turn them into some thing good? What are the solutions that we can we learn from our perceived failures? If there is anything that Frank has learned in all his years, it is how to use his lowest points as well as his darkest hours in life to learn a lessons and create a successes.



So, how can we change our thinking and learn how to grow during our downtimes?


Frank Yan has put together three things we must remember.


1. Failure Is Just An Illusion

Failure should not be a word that we want to hear. Frank really dislikes to hear and use that specific word at all. The connotation is very negative and repulsive. Frank will say that failure is nothing but a lesson thy we all face. Donald Trump, and many other high achievers in this world, will tell you they are most successful because they failed more than anyone else.


We must recognize that our failures are our best teachers. We must realize that our failed plans were never truly a failure in the sense of the word because we keep pushing for something better. And that we always keep getting up. Our minds revolved around explicit goals and our passion for success will be greater than the reminiscence of an unfulfilled dream.


This is why exactly why the word failure is just an illusion. If we choose to examine our setbacks as lessons, as outright positive criticism on how to excel and improve ourselves, we’ll never get to experience true failure. It is impossible. We will in turn grow because our eyes are set on what is in front of us such as goals, desires, and passions. As opposed to the setbacks we leave behind.


During these downtimes, we may feel like a complete failure or maybe we are experiencing what we perceive to be the failure itself. But lets remember, it is all an illusion. It is only masking a valuable lesson to be learned. Frank Yan say that we should embrace our experiences and grow from them.


In order to practice our perceived failures as life lessons learned, we should ask ourselves these 2 questions. What can I learn from this? How can I make it better? Frank Yan believes the answers are always going to be there. Nevertheless, we may have to ponder some questions longer than others.


2. Obstacles Are Going To Be Present For A Valid Reason

We have all wondered at one point and asked ourselves, why everyone isn’t rich and famous? Or ever think about why there are only a select few of professional athletes? Or ever wonder why some people get so more accomplished while others seem to mire in mediocrity?


The reason is: Obstacles.

Everyone that Frank knows in his Sacramento home town has experienced obstacles in some form or manner. It is simply a part of life. It is another reason why only a handful of people ever seem accomplish anything worthwhile. To those that are professional athletes requires a lot of, practice, dedication, and the right guidance of a good coach. Granted, we need some sort of talents, but talent an be very overrated. Practice makes perfect and the persistence goes much further than talent ever will.


The majority of times, there are certain obstacles can be thought of as the lowest of the lows. One of Frank’s closest friends graduated from Sacramento with his Masters and he has been submitted multiple resumes out to
companies while pounding the pavement searching for work. After interning for many hours and working small odd jobs for months, he has not landed anything solid.


To this very day, this is one of the biggest obstacles he has ever faced. However, Frank’s friend kept on kept pursuing, kept on pushing, and doing what he thought was best. Just when he imagined it was finally time to resign his internship, he talked with the manger and then landed the position. Right as he started to entertain the thought of possibly leaving, his diligence sure paid off.


Just remember, the obstacles you face in life are there for a reason. They are there to make you appreciate your accomplishments you have finished and they eliminate the competition. It would be very dull life if every thing worth having was easily to obtain. You have to look at obstacles as blessings in disguise.


3. You Are So Far More Than Enough

Thats right,you. You are so far more than enough. You do not need that much, if any thing at all. All that you need is you and believe in yourself. You should learn to use your down falls and set backs as the opportunities to reach new heights and to grow forward. Remember failures are only real when you allow it to defeat you. It only exists when you allow yourself to give up.


Broken barriers in your way are what make the journey so exciting. Challenging yourself through obstacles and watching yourself progress is what makes life worth living. You are capable of turning your lowest points of lows into memorable experiences of your life.


Frank Yan had experienced many downfalls in his life in his Sacramento town. He has learned from many of them and used each one of those failures into lessons for future success.