You Get One Life, That's It

When I told my father I was moving to California, he flipped a shit. He was so mad that he hung up in my face just to call me back and yell at me more.

self-improvement, life lessonsKaila LimJune 13, 2020lifelessons Comment

The #1 Relationship Advice I Give To My Friends

Nope, my advice is not to make sure you’re dating someone who matches your habits. Or to date someone who lives your lifestyle. Or to date someone who wants what you want.

life lessons, self-improvementKaila LimMay 30, 2020lifelessons, relationships Comments

You Can Open Your Soul to Give It All You’ve Got and Still Lose

When they announced my name for 3rd place, my heart sank.

3 Things I Learned from Being a Runner

life lessons, self-improvementKaila LimOctober 30, 2019running, lifelessons, life, elevateyourself

How To Stay Comfortable Around People Who Dislike You

Before this, my reaction would’ve been to hate her back, immediately. As much as or more than she hated me.

life lessons, self-improvementKaila LimSeptember 21, 2019lifelessons, elevateyourself, confidence

12 Rules I Actually Live By

Some things I live by right now. In time, these will all change that’s okay. Because I’ll have changed, too.

If You Want to Work at a Unicorn Startup, Here Are 5 Things You Should Be Great At

work, life lessonsKaila LimJuly 28, 2019work, startup, interview

3 Signs to Tell That You Need to Change Your Lifestyle

Across health, mental, and finance

self-improvement, life lessonsKaila LimJune 25, 2019life, personaldevelopment, fitness, finance, mental

5 Lessons My Korean Father Taught Me the Hard Way

When I was growing up, I hated my father. A lot.

self-improvement, life lessons, workKaila LimJune 17, 2019lifelessons, fathersday

5 Subtle Signs of Someone Who Doesn't Have High Self-Esteem

because I did all 5 when I was younger and felt badly about myself

self-improvement, life lessonsKaila LimMay 31, 2019lifelessons, bodylanguage, self-love, confidence

How to Improve Your Ability to Make Small Talk

Asking about their weekend, maybe their work, maybe a surface-level compliment or two. Essentially, it’s meaningless and no one cares.

life lessons, self-improvementKaila LimMay 6, 2019conversations, charisma, curious, softskills

When I Think I'm About to Die

It is a wake-up call.

self-improvement, life lessons, travelKaila LimMay 3, 2019lifelessons, life

What I Learned from Jumping Over 1,000 Times

I think as we grow up, we forget how to play and we stop challenging ourselves to run our fastest and jump our highest.

life lessons, self-improvementKaila LimApril 24, 2019boxjumping, fear, life, lifelessons, plyometricboxjumping, gymtime

25 Career Lessons I Learned by 25

Some lessons very big and important and some a little less significant but still, lessons nonetheless.

Coffee Challenge: 3 Things I Learned About Rejection

Avoiding rejection is a guaranteed way to stay insecure and this needed to change. I have to develop thicker skin. Inspired by my colleague, Jessica Joo, I decided to try small, manageable rejections and work my way up. To start, I took on Noah Kagan's Coffee Challenge.

work, self-improvement, life lessonsKaila LimApril 1, 2018lifelessons, coffee

3 Things To Value in Friendships

I care about my relationships more than anything. It's taken me awhile to learn how to nourish the right ones, you know, the healthy ones. This is my biggest lesson.

life lessons, self-improvementKaila LimFebruary 17, 2018lifelessons, friends, self-love Comment

10 Lessons I Learned in 2017

It's taking me some time to forgive myself for not having the year that I thought I was going to.

Here's what I learned.

self-improvement, productivity, life lessons, workKaila LimDecember 31, 2017lifelessons, money, growth

This Is Why I Travel

I understand that everyone wants to travel but I don’t think everyone knows why they do it and not knowing why you do something is robbing yourself of a deeper experience.

This is why I do it.

life lessons, travel, self-improvementKaila LimDecember 30, 2017travel, philosophy Comments