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Tina Su is a name to reckon with for the bloggers around the globe. If you ever visit her blog, you’ll be an instant fan of her charisma and grace. I’m ceaselessly amazed at her ability to write every article with uncanny clarity and simplicity that leaves me in awe after reading it.With over 5000 subscribers and countless social media fans, Tina is an inspiration to all of us. I’ve distinct honor to interview her to share her life and her journey as a blogger.

Question # 1

Tina, You are a big proponent of positive changes in life. I also know that you strongly believe in simplicity and clarity. How do you use positive changes in your life to achieve simplicity and clarity for a happy, fulfilling life?

Tina: I’m not sure I understand your question. Positive change in our lives contributes toward personal fulfillment and happiness, because with each positive change, you learn something new about yourself, you gain understanding and you become more conscious. Each positive change in our lives are like baby steps towards a better version of ourselves, and with more conscious awareness instilled in us, simplicity and clarity flows to us naturally. Another way to view it is, we become simplicity and clarity.

Question # 2

You have been an incredible blogger. In less than six months, you have created a huge group of followers. What is the secret of your success?

Tina: tina.jpgHaving a crystal clear vision for what I want, having faith that I can do it, and diving in with massive action without spending any time considering “what if I fail?” I believe that knowing what you want is the main reason why people do not receive what they want, because they have not defined what that thing is. It’s important to not only set goals, but setting goals that are measurable and dated. It is also important to set goals that are relatively believable by you to achieve in a reasonable amount of time.

Question # 3

You’ve been to India recently. What are the lessons learned? Have you stumbled upon a new meaning of life that you can share with my readers?

Tina:The biggest lesson I learned is that it doesn’t matter what I’m doing, as long as I am productive and working towards a goal I believe in. Also, the romantic notion of traveling is just an illusion. Once you are in it, you’ll find that you won’t find the happiness that you were seeking. I’ve written about the lessons I’ve learned from India extensively here: The Mini-Retirement Misconception.

Question # 4

As I know, you work full-time for Amazon. How can you find time for blogging and even more so for the social media?

Tina:It’s pretty easy. When you are doing something you feel passionate about, it doesn’t feel like work and you don’t dread having to do it. If you love something, it doesn’t matter how busy you are, you’ll make a way and you’ll find the time.

Question # 5

What will be your advice to the freelancers who wanted to enjoy blogging as a passion but also wanted to make living from it?

Tina:Just follow your passion and focus on creating value for people reading your content. The rest, such as money, will follow. I think that if your purpose for starting a blog is to make money, then it’ll be very challenging for you, since you may not have the intrinsic passion to back you up, and when tough time hits, it’ll be hard to find motivation. I don’t recommend it if that’s the case. Of the successful bloggers I’ve seen, they would still be blogging even if they didn’t make money from it.

Tina, heartfelt thank you for taking time to share your thoughts with my readers. I personally draw immense inspiration from your writings and I’m sure that others have similar sentiment to share. I urge everyone to visit Think Simple Now to learn what it takes to live life with simplicity, clarity and bliss.


To Your Success,