Mind of a Young Undergrad Entrepreneur

After exams were finished, I quickly scouted out activities that would relax me a bit. I’ve been getting some crazy pain down my lower back and thought I should take it easy for a few days (before my business starts).

My girlfriend just started doing something called Hot Yoga and after some thinking I decided to try it out for a week.

Hot yoga simply involves doing traditional yoga but in a very hot room. Kind of like a sauna but not that intense.

It was definitely tiring and the heat didn’t help either, but that’s the point. The activity helps your body detoxify the toxins that are in your pores while balancing the 3 attributes of your body: strength, flexibility and balance.

It helped in keeping me relaxed but it did little for my back-pain (which it’s suppose to help). In fact, it made the pain worse…

If you want a good workout and are in the Thornhill area - checkout Yoga Tree (http://www.yogatree.ca).

Cheers,

Peter Kao 

When I was young, I read a lot. I mean A LOT. My mother made daily visits to the library when I was young, and naturally my brother and I would tag along. I’ve read all the books in the kid’s science section and half of the books in the adult’s science section. I love to learn, and books are just another method of doing so.

What does this have to do with this post? Well, when you learn about the mechanics of something that is intrinsically human (such as walking), it can really mess up those mechanics if you pay enough attention.

In my high school years, I took an interest in the mechanics of walking after watching an episode of Daily Planet on the Discovery Channel (my favorite channel btw). I learned about how we walk and the mechanics of walking. I also learned the roles that bones, muscles, tendons and joints play while you walk. I’ve even carefully studied a 15-sec video of a person walking for hours straight.

Soon enough, the mechanics of walking was constantly on my mind. It became so obsessive that I would analyze the movement of each step I took as I walked. And because I had thought that a reversed-pendulum (it’s the way you move your legs) was a funny concept , I began experimenting with different “ways of walking.” Just for kicks, an example would be to lift your legs with the heel of your foot and to land on your toes instead of lifting with your toes and landing on your heels.

After a while, I started walking abnormally because so much was going through my head as I walked. I had to consciously think about walking in order to walk without looking like an idiot. This lasted for about 3 years…

In a way, I overrided parts of my mind that should be so natural and intrinsic to a human-being that it shouldn’t take any thought to perform.

You can read more about the basics of walking here: http://www.rubberbug.com/walking.htm - just try not to think about it too much while you’re walking

- Peter Kao

Many thanks to my investors!

You’re like Angels sent from above.

- Peter Kao

Holy moly how time flies! Today, I turn 21!

People say you’re at your best around your 20’s and it’s during this time that you have the best time of your life, and I can’t disagree!

Just now, I was waken up by a phone call by CBC for their interest in my advergaming idea! They are asking for an on-site presentation whenever I am ready. This is the first step in generating my first sale EVER, and what a way to start your birthday!

[I just noticed how many exclamation marks I have put down so far…I’ll stop now…]

It’s funny because last year for my 20th birthday, I had seen my first shooting star. My birthdays so far have been really really good! (oops, that’s an exclamation mark again)

And I had a perfect night with my girlfriend yesterday. Great restaurant, great food, great environment. We were even so lucky that we got a special booth in the restaurant! (that’s an upside down ‘i’, and not an exclamation mark)

I wonder what my 22nd birthday will bring

- Peter Kao

You are probably wondering, “What the hell are “First Page Results”? Simply put, when you search for keywords from Google (or any search engine) the websites that show up on the first page always get high incoming traffic. A lot more people visit the websites listed on the first page compared to sites listed on later pages. So, you always try to have your website in the top 10 ranking for your keywords.

The keywords for my website are my name,“Peter Kao” and “Undergrad Entrepreneur.”

After doing some configurations with Google Webmaster Tools the search rankings for my website immediately shot-up.

I came from being on the second page for the keywords “Peter Kao” to the first page. Now, this may seem silly since this blog is my blog. However, you’d be surprised how many Peter Kao wannabe’s are out there. What a bunch of phonies eh?

Also, now I’m ranked third (not as in third page, but third result!!) for keywords, “Undergrad Entrepreneur.”

But if you do a search with “Undergraduate Entrepreneur” my page is no where to be found…

Anyways, the point is to use Google Webmaster Tools if you want to be ranked up high in Google search results!

- Peter Kao