The sky has never been the limit. We are our own limits. It's then about breaking our personal limits and outgrowing ourselves to live our best lives.

Welcome to The Personal Excellence Blog! I'm Celestine Chua and I'm the writer behind this blog. If you are someone who wants to achieve excellence and live your best life, this blog is for you.

All of us have unlimited potential in us to achieve everything we ever wanted. All of us have the capability to do whatever we wish to do. All of us CAN fulfill our greatest goals and dreams No matter who we are or what we do, there is always room to be better, bigger and more excellent.

And that's the reason why TPEB is here. To guide the people like us, the people who are passionate about achieving excellence in life, to truly achieve our highest potential and live our best life. A place where excellence is the central theme to what we do/talk about, where we challenge limitations, stretch to become our best selves, share our best learnings, hang out around other like-minded people and grow and bask in our highest potential.

Launched in Dec '08, TPEB has quickly grown to be a trusted and coming-of-age personal development blog. Today, it has over 200k page views/month and is one of the top 25 personal development blogs with over 7,000 subscribers. We have received nearly 20 media coverages in over 10 media/press outlets, including CNN, Asia One, Today, Lianhe Zaobao, Lianhe Wanbao, Simply Her magazine, My Paper and 938 Live radio. My posts have been featured at the biggest personal development blogs online, including Life Hack, DumbLittleMan and Zen Habits (top 25 blogs in the world as rated by Time Magazine).

The TPEB mission statement is “To touch others’ lives, help them achieve their highest potential and live their best lives”.  The essence of this mission is succinctly captured in the blog motto, which you can see in the header - "Be your best self, Life your best life".Through TPEB, we will grow, learn and excel in the journey of life together.

Some of you are long-time readers, while most of you are probably new here. If so, you might be confused on where exactly to begin. Below are just some of the many all-time reader favorites you can start off with:

Purpose & Meaning

• Are You Sleepwalking Your Life Away?
• The Meaning of Life: Discover Your Real Purpose (7-part series)
• How To Know What You Want To Do In Life

Awareness & Growth

• How Are You Faring In Your Life Now?
• Are You Putting Any Parts of Your Life On Hold?
• What Is Your Consciousness Level?
• Get Your Big Rocks In First
• You Always Have A Choice
• Increase Your Mental Clarity in Just 15 Minutes
• Create Your Life Handbook
• Blind Spots In Personal Growth
• How To Create An Inspirational Room
• Write A Letter To Your Future Self
• 101 Things To Do Before You Die
• If Your Life Was A RPG, What Type Of Character Would You Be?
• What Are You Running Away From?
• Create Real Change In Life: Address Root Cause vs. Effects
• Finding Your Inner Self
• You are the CEO of Your Life
• Why Perfectionism Isn't Good and How To Overcome It (3-part series)

Goals & Success

• 6 Important Reasons Why You Should Set Goals
• Successful Goal Achievement: ESPER (7-part series)
• Keep Your End Objective In Mind
• Is Your Goal Worth 30 Minutes of Your Time Every Day?
• How To Be A Dean's Lister (3-part series)
• Skills Development
• Leveling Up
• 10,000 Hours To Develop Talent
• Quitting To Win
• Using Your Environment to Achieve Your Goals
• To Get What You Want, First Admit You Want It
• Know your WHAT first, then Devise your HOW
• Not Getting What You Want? Time To Change Your Actions
• When Goals Stop Working
• 58 Noteworthy Resolutions For The New Year
• Which Area Of Your Life Do You Want To Transform This Year?
• 25 Brainstorming Techniques

Cultivate Life Transforming Habits

• 21 Days To Cultivate Life Transforming Habits
• 21-Day Lifestyle Revamp Program
• Waking Early: Why I Wake Up Early (And 9 Reasons You Should Do So Too) | 21 Tips To Wake Up Early
• Quitting Soda: 5 Reasons To Quit Drinking Soda (& How To Do It)
• Improve Your Posture: Benefits Of A Good Posture (& 13 Tips To Do It)
• Be TV-Free: 10 Reasons You Should Stop Watching TV
• Being On Time: 17 Tips To Be On Time
• Meditation: 10 Reasons You Should Meditate | How To Meditate in 5 Simple Steps
• Manage Emails Effectively: 9 Easy Steps To Effective Email Management
• Run Barefoot: 10 Reasons You Should Start Running Barefoot
• Lose Weight: 25 Of My Best Weight Loss Tips

Emotional Mastery

• Are You Emotionally Generous?
• How To Overcome Fear (3-part series)
• Do You Dread Growing Older?
• Materialism Breeds Unhappiness
• How To Deal With Disappointment (4-part series)
• How To Be The Most Confident Person In The World

Relationships & People Skills

• You are the Average of the 5 People You Spend the Most Time With
• Why I Parted Ways With My Best Friend of 10 Years
• How To Move On From Relationships (5-part series)
• It’s Perfectly Ok To Be Single
• How To Deal With Energy Vampires
• 8 Helpful Ways To Deal With Critical People
• How To Deal With Dishonest People
• How To Deal With Rude People (Co-Workers, Associates, Customers, Managers, etc - 3-part series)
• 10 Tips To Make New Friends

Maximizing Productivity

• Become the Master of Your Time
• Put First Things First
• 50 Ways To Boost Your Productivity
• Effective To-Do Lists: Gold, Silver and Bronze Tasks
• Why We Have Slumps And How To Get Out Of Them
• Declutter Your Home in 8 Easy-to-follow Steps
• Law of Diminishing Returns
• How To Overcome Procrastination (5-part series)
• Self Discipline is Overrated
• List Of My Favorite Freewares
• The Best Productivity System There Is
• Achieve More With Less In Life Using 80/20 Principle (3-part series)

Passion & Dreams

• Passion or Money?
• The Howling Dog Story
• Pursuing Your Passion With No Money
• Overcome Fear Of Loss And Pursue Your Dreams
• Passion Paycheck

Inspiration & Motivation

• 25 Most Inspirational Songs of All Time
• Movies With Important Life Lessons For Us To Learn
• 101 Most Inspiring Quotes of All Time (3-part series)

Free Ebooks For You

1. 101 Things To Do Before You Die (16 pages) - Subscribers exclusive!
2. Book of 300+ Most Inspiring Quotes of All Time (31 pages) - Subscribers exclusive!
3. Meaning of Life: How To Discover Your Life Purpose (40 pages)
4. How To Successfully Achieve Any Goal (40 pages)
5. How To Overcome Procrastination (21 pages)
6. How To Deal With Disappointment (21 pages)
7. How To Move On From Relationships (39 pages)
8. How To Be A Dean’s Lister (21 pages)

About Me

• If you’re interested to learn more about me, please read the About Celes section. :D You can also read My Letter To All Of You, a letter which I wrote to all of you readers on Apr '10.

More Articles

• To browse through all articles, visit the Archives.

Every week, the blog is updated with articles on how to live more consciously and in excellence. My #1 objective here is to help you achieve your highest potential and live your best life. As you pursue your personal growth, adopt an open attitude and question everything, including what you read here. Only then will you be a fully conscious being living a fully conscious life.

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• My Facebook Profile @celestinechua
• The Personal Excellence Blog Facebook Fanpage
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Here’s to living our best lives yet! :D