PSY – Gangnam Style
I just realized this song’s awesomeness, though apparently it’s been all the rage for the past 2 weeks. The video is nuts but I love it! It’s crazy and random, but I love the KPOP-y ness of it. It made me revisit middle school (my Asian pop listening phase) and listen to some KARA, Big Bang, and Hyuna as well. The video has gained international acclaim and even though it’s been online since July 15, 2012, it’s gotten over 65+ million views (as of now, may skyrocket over time). Wikipedia has an entire lengthy writeup about it – check it out.
I hope this gets not only PSY but also KPOP some mainstream American exposure as well! Though I have no idea what PSY is rapping about… only that the video is a bit of a satire of the kind of rich, affluent people in the Gangnam district of South Korea. I might be wrong, though. The point is, the song is incredibly catchy and addicting. Like the Korean version of LMFAO.
3 Tiny Habits
I started BJ Fogg’s Tiny Habits program last week. I’d highly recommend it to everyone. The program’s basic premise is to build 3 new tiny habits that take less than 30 seconds each to do, to make things so automatic — so idiotically simple — that our brains don’t even think about it: we just do it. Second nature.
I found out about BJ Fogg via Ramit Sethi, who is a guy who knows his stuff about personal finance. Both share common interests of behavioral psychology, a subject that highly interests me as well. Check out Ramit’s blog, all of his content is pure gold. And I don’t say that lightly.
Bad habits have been something I’ve been struggling with, and by extension, building good habits, so this seemed like an excellent way for me to experiment and iterate on myself.
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