ERIC KIM

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How to Maximize Your Impact and Reach on the Planet Something which has been very interesting, currently living here in Phnom Penh Cambodia, at this point, it seems that Cambodia is just a new colony of mainland China. For example, if you look into the Belt and Road Initiative , something I witnessed very interesting was a map of it, and Vietnam, Cambodia, Southeast Asia in general, we’re all pain...

How to Become the Best Photographer PDF: AUDIO FILE Motivational Photo Thoughts How you can become the best photographer: Best, how so? Optimal, optimus means “the best”. I like the American idea — Be all you can be. In photography, Become the best photographer you can become. Becoming a photographer In my vlog on becoming a photographer , my belief: Your life task goal is to become the best photo...

How I Hype Myself Up What is one of the most important skills in life? I believe it to be the ability to hype yourself up. A primal technique, to awaken the maximum amount of physiological power in your body.  Hypelifting  Something I have realized about modern day life; we are not allowed to be loud. Yet the funny irony is that we are allowed to have loud cars, loud close, and loud possessions....

AMBITION THOUGHTS Why is ambition seen as a vice? Why not the greatest virtue? Going around, asking for votes and favors In Roman times, ambition was seen as device because ambition literally meant to go around, asking for votes and favors. ” Ambio ” — ambi (around) and eo (go). The reason why philosophers frowned on the ancient Roman notion of ambition is that it inferred that in order to gain of...

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VIDEO FILE The secret to extracting the most out of life: TIME LEVERAGE: Your time in life is limited. Therefore, it seems in order to get the maximum out of existence, the goal is to best leverage your time, as wisely as possible. For example, as much as I love going to the gym , it still seems the wisest mode of action it’s only go once a week, and just attempt my maximum lift, once a week. Then...

The Philosophy of Traveling Why travel? Towards what ends? Why I’m happier when I’m traveling or on the road For me, I prefer to travel and be on the road. Why? The irony — Things are LESS certain and normal. For me, this awakens my inner-genius. I innovate and do things new. For example, wanting to workout. I found a local gym here in Phnom Penh and the entry was only $3USD for a day pass! And, t...

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How to Move the World with Photography For myself, I personally desire to use photography as a form of leverage to change and move the world. Naive is good The world-weary say-- To attempt to change the world and move the world is vain. I say -- Even if your photos can change the heart or soul of 1 other human being on planet earth, it is all worth it. Lever it. As I said prior in my ' photography...

The secret to self motivation in photography

STRENGTH IS THE GOAL. https://erickimphotography.com/blog/2022/07/23/intermittent-fasting-to-become-stronger/

Move your world: https://erickimphotography.com/blog/2022/07/23/vlog-how-to-maximize-your-leverages/

How to Market Yourself in Photography Whether we like it or not, marketing works. It works on us, it works on nerds, it works on everybody. In fact, the whole capitalist society and system we have is based on aspirational modes of thought. For example with cameras, the aspiration is that we will become more creative, make better images, and become more inspired. With cars, the aspiration is th...

PDF BLOG Speed is paramount: Why speed? “Cool Prius!” (said nobody) The funny thing is nowadays, the so-called virtuous say that it is more virtuous to take your time. To do things slowly is better. Slow food, slow living, etc. However at the same time, ultimately we are more fascinated by speed. For example, we are fascinated by fast cars, fast sprinters, fast technology etc. Even one of the...

Becoming a Photographer READ MORE PDF DOWNLOAD What does it mean to be a photographer? Being a photographer means the camera is your way to engage with, interact with, and interpret the world around you. Why the notion of becoming? I’m starting to think and believe that progress, and “getting better“ at something is too soft of a concept. Why? It is mostly a post industrial one, in which we are tr...

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PDF BLOG   For us, minimalism is our ethos, and our approach. Why minimalism? For me, minimalism is all about pruning away the inessential, in order to allow you to maximize the essential. For example, a simple act is wearing the same all black everything outfit every single day, thus, one less thing for you to worry about or think about first thing in the morning, and allows you to jump d...

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The courage to be intentionally ignorant about things, takes more courage than prying into everything. For example, whenever I overhear gossip about other people, I just remain silent, instead of fanning the flame. Similarly speaking, to intentionally remain ignorant about the news, and not prying to the news takes more courage than mindlessly always checking up on the news. Why? The reason why pe...

Don't become 'happier', but more physiologically powerful. https://erickimphotography.com/blog/2022/06/30/physiology-over-happiness/

The way we exaggerate things is more fun and interesting: https://erickimphotography.com/blog/2022/06/30/exaggeration-is-better/

How to Become More Manly If you’re a man, it seems wise to strive to become more manly . But what does this mean? To past philosophers, they called it becoming more “virtuous” (virtus meaning “man”.) But funny enough, nowadays it seems that the trend is to strive towards manliness is not really a desired goal. We are trying to teach men that masculinity is “toxic“, and that instead of striving to...

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