A Bizarre Discovery: Thought Influences MatterWithin twenty years of Einstein’s radical work, another revolution in worldview occurred, just as cataclysmic as Einstein’s. It started with two of the early pioneers of the quantum world, the Danish physicist Niels Bohr and his protégé Werner Heisenberg.
Bohr and Heisenberg studied the puzzling behaviors of these tiny subatomic particles (atoms)and recognized that once you look deep within the heart of atoms, these "indivisible particles" are something like tiny packets of possibility.
Each subatomic particle appeared to exist not as a solid, stable "thing," but as the potential of any one of its various possible selves. Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle stated that it was not possible to measure all of a subatomic particle’s properties at the same time. For example, if you record information about the location of a proton, you cannot pin down its speed or trajectory; if you figure out its speed, now its precise location eludes you.
Bohr and Heisenberg’s work suggested that at its most basic level, physical matter isn’t exactly anything yet. At the subatomic scale, according to this new understanding, reality was made not of solid substance but of fields of potentiality—more like a set of possible sketches or ideas of a thing than the thing itself. A particle would take on the specific character of a material "thing" only when it was measured or observed.
In fact, even more bizarre, it was soon found that the mere intention of measuring particles, even without carrying out the actual act itself, would still affect the particles in question!
Suddenly subjectivity—the action of consciousness upon a piece of "matter"—had become an essential component in the very nature of reality
Everything Is EnergyWhen we say the name Albert Einstein, what comes to mind? Perhaps you think of his wild mane of white hair, or that famous picture of the distinguished physicist sticking out his tongue. Or maybe you think simply, "Genius." But whatever picture you have, you will also probably come up with "E=MC2." Why on earth would a mathematical equation for a sophisticated theory be so famous that even nonscientists recognize it immediately? Because with that simple equation, "Energy equals mass times the speed of light squared," Einstein shattered centuries of thinking and radically altered our view of how the world works.
One reason Einstein’s idea was so transformative was that for the first time ever, it described how energy and matter are not only related, but can be transformed back and forth into each other. Now the elegant, clear-cut world of classical, Newtonian physics would be forced to move over and make room for the fuzzy, strange, nearly unimaginable world of quantum physics.
Quantum physics is the study of how the world works on the smallest scale, at a level far smaller than the atom. And as scientists studied the nature of reality on a smaller and smaller scale, something strange began to happen: The deeper we went into reality, the more it seemed to dissolve from view. The search for the smallest known particle of matter had instead turned up distinct yet elusive little packets of energy, which physicists called quanta.
The Einstein breakthrough comes down to this: Everything is energy. A rock, a planet, a glass of water, your hand, everything you can touch, taste, or smell—it’s all made of molecules, which are made of atoms, which are made of protons and electrons and neutrons, which are made of nothing but vibrating packets of energy.
This is where quantum physics intersects with what I found inside that cardboard box. What physicists found has everything to do with how you are going to create the life of your dreams by building your dream business. For once we know that everything is energy—that there is no absolute distinction between matter and energy—then the boundaries between the physical world and the world of our thoughts start to disappear as well.
Secrets of the Millionaire Mind- T. Harv Eker
1) Rich people believe in “I create my life”. Poor people believe in “Life happens to me”.
2) Rich people play the money game to win. Poor people play the money game not to lose.
3) Rich people are committed to being rich. Poor people want to be rich.
4) Rich people think big. Poor people think small.
5) Rich people focus on opportunities. Poor people focus on obstacles.
6) Rich people admire other rich and successful people. Poor people resent rich and successful people.
7) Rich people associate with positive, successful people. Poor people associate with negative or unsuccessful people.
8) Rich people are willing to promote themselves and their value. Poor people think negatively about selling and promotion.
9) Rich people are bigger than their problems. Poor people are smaller than their problems.
10) Rich people are excellent receivers. Poor people are poor receivers.
11) Rich people choose to get paid based on results. Poor people choose to get paid based on time.
12) Rich people think “both”. Poor people think “either/or”
13) Rich people focus on their net worth. Poor people focus on their working income.
14) Rich people manage their money well. Poor people mismanage their money well.
15) Rich people have their money work hard for them. Poor people work hard for their money.
16) Rich people act in spite of fear. Poor people let fear stop them.
17) Rich people constantly learn and grow. Poor people think they already know.
Bro in law is taking MBA and mentioned about his lecturer, who is a Phd, teaching stocks and shares. I asked him if the lecturer himself is a millionaire or very successful in trading but he said no. The lecturer always say that he is very unlucky in the stock market.
Comes to my point. Why is it that our education system get people who are unsuccessful in the stock market to teach about stocks and shares? His lecturer has a Phd in it, so why aren't he making all the money when there are people without even a Degree and making money from the market? I was very amazed. A Phd in business, who knows everything about the stock market, how it works, about options, futures, warrants, stocks, already at the highest level in the education system can't make any money from it and can still teach. Well, he told the class that he is very unlucky in the market. Every trader or investor should know that u need to do "homework" in order to know what to buy and wat not to buy. U need to look at the financial statement of the company and analyse. If a Phd holder can say that he din earn much from the market and he is teaching the topic, there must be something wrong with what he is learning.
Chinese New Year coming. Somehow or rather, I get a bit pissed whenever I hear people say "Gong Xi Fa Cai" or some songs with the words in it. The chinese always like "Fa Cai", but what's the point when u dunno how to manage ur money and have a windfall? The money will be gone soon. People just want short term gratification... Look far!!
Order within ChaosIs there an order somewhere? Is there randomness and chaos? The psyche of human beings, is there some order?
Been studying the stock market. The stock is influenced by the people, the huge number of people buying and selling certain shares. On a smaller scale, in a class of 30, for a certain price, some may want to sell and some want to buy, so there's randomness. But when we look at a bigger scale, the whole stock market, when something happens u can predict if the price will rise or fall. So is there order within chaos?
Even in the MRT. Some standing, some sitting. Chaos in the micro scale, but if we zoom out, everyone is in the train, moving from a certain destination to the next. So is there order?
The electrons in the atom, moving randonly in the s,p,d,f orbit. But if we look at the bigger scale, they are in their fixed s,p,d,f orbit.
So there's indeed order within chaos. Or I should say chaos within order.
I'm unlike most people, staying with one job, or in one industry, or just having one job and 'concentrate' on that job. Some may say that I dunno what I want, that's why I have so many jobs. But for me, my goal is clearer than anyone. It's because I know what I wanted that I have many jobs of different nature. Some of my jobs(my 1st 2 jobs and part of my 3rd job) is to pay for my monthly expenses and to buy time for me to work on the bigger and longer term goal. One day when the main job(4th job) takes over, I'll be able to forsake the 1st 3 jobs and do nothing and still get money coming in. Like I say, I dun wan to work for money.
