About
Good day my friend! Thank you for visiting TheBigDreamer.com! My name is Mark Foo.
Since you’ve come to the ‘About’ page of my blog, I assume you want to find out a little more about me and what my blog has to offer. Well, allow me to begin with a little introduction of myself.
About Mark Foo
I am a staunch believer in personal development to the extent that I’m almost a fanatic! I believe everyone should relentlessly pursue his/her personal growth because “You are the foundation of your very own success.”
Just as how you would start building a house. You’d need to lay the foundation before you can start building the structure. Without a solid foundation, it will not stand, for long anyway.
Likewise, you need to lay a strong foundation for your own success. And that begins with yourself because, ultimately, you are the creator, the architect, the sculptor and the engineer of your own success, and you are 100 per cent responsible for it! Nobody owes you a living. Not even your parents.
I am also an anti – 9 to 5 guy. I do not believe in slavery (that’s what I think a job is). I believe I need to take my destiny ENTIRELY in my own hands, and not leaving half of it to a boss.
The only serious job that I ever had was a stint as a Marketing & Communications Executive while I worked in my family business. I worked there for 2 years before I moved on to becoming self-employed as a Real Estate Agent.
Currently, I have a new found passion in Internet Marketing, which is the reason why I started TheBigDreamer.com to share my thoughts and insights in business and personal development with like-minded individuals like you. These are lessons which I’d learnt and observed in life and in my career as a real estate agent.
I believe one of the best ways to learn anything is to share what I know selflessly and generously because when I share, I’m constantly inquiring, analysing and realising.
And hopefully in the process, I’d be able to turn it into a full time income source as I’m truly enjoying this experience.
Currently, I live in sunny Singapore, a beautiful tropical Island-City-State-Country in South East Asia.
Topics
Personal development is a massive subject and this blog aims to cover the field of ‘Success’, ‘Personal Finance’, ‘Wealth Creation’, and ‘Entrepreneurship’. These are the topics closest to my heart.
Who Should Read This Blog?
This blog is for people who need a few tips, a little motivation and a dose of inspiration to help and guide them to live their passion and fulfil their big dreams.
To know more, read about the kind of community I’m trying to build with this blog.
Why Should You Read This Blog?
Quite simply because you might just come across a lesson that could change your life!
I don’t claim to know everything and I’m definitely still far from being an expert or guru. I am just a fervent student in personal development who loves sharing what I’ve learnt in the hope that I could maybe one day help someone change his/her life for the better.
I do pour my heart into writing all the articles here and I hope they will turn out to be of value to you.
And this blog is not just a one-way information street. It is also my wish that this blog will develop into an interactive platform where my readers, which is you, will get involved in exchanging ideas and pointers in the comments sections so that we can all learn from one another.
Interests
My interests include:
• Reading (books, magazines, newspapers, blogs)
• Listening to audio programmes
• Attending seminars/workshops
• Watching tv and movies
• Travelling
• Fine dining (or any kind of good food)
• Fashion
• Soccer (Favourite team: Arsenal. Favourite player: Thierry Henry)
• Golf (Favourite player: Tiger Woods)
• Snooker (Favourite player: Stephen Hendry)
• Investing
• Building a multi-million dollar business
Commitment
I am committed to continually learn and grow, which means I am constantly seeking to become a better, wiser and richer person.
Most importantly, I am committed to bring to you, my readers, the best that I have to offer in personal development in order to provide maximum and genuine value to your life.
Future Plans
Having started my entrepreneurial journey as a real estate agent more than 2 years ago, Internet Marketing (Blogging) is now my next step in becoming an entrepreneur.
I will seek to bring this online business to a six figure a year business before I embark on my ultimate entrepreneurial journey in setting up a food retail business i.e. restaurant, café, and/or food stalls.
It has long been my dream to own a multi-million dollar food retail empire. And I will do whatever it takes (legally, morally and ethically) to realise these two dreams of mine.
Contact Me
Email: Mark [at] TheBigDreamer [dot] com (Change to the usual email format. The email address is so written to avoid spams)
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on Mar 11th, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Interesting posts u have here. I really enjoyed reading them and have also picked up a few pointers along the way. I am a typical 9-5 person as mentioned in some of your posts and after reading them, I do agree that you must love your job, else you will be enslaving yourself to whatever you are doing now and feeling miserable. However, passion may die off overtime so I believe you need to constantly seek challenges in your job so that it does not become mundane.
Just sharing my thoughts.
on Mar 11th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
Hi Gina,
Thank you for dropping by my blog. I’m glad you enjoyed reading the posts here and that you’ve picked up a few pointers along the way. It is my wish that you’d apply what you’ve learnt because knowledge is not the real power; applied knowledge is.
Cheers~
Mark
on Mar 31st, 2009 at 5:02 am
Hey Mark, great little blog here. It’s good to see personal development taking off in Singapore! I’m starting to see a lot of PD bloggers from SG these days!
on Apr 1st, 2009 at 3:15 pm
Hi Albert,
Thank you for dropping by. Yeah, I’m also glad to have found some really good personal development bloggers from Singapore. PD is still not a widely adopted subject of study here so I hope we can help to raise people’s awareness of PD and get them interested.
Cheers~
Mark
on Apr 18th, 2009 at 8:02 pm
Dear Mark,
Reading through your comments, I would like to commend you for your sincerity and enthusiasm. It is always very uplifting to read things like this when all around you seem indifferent.
My journey in internet marketing started four months ago and our group is coming up with a new ebook on acne. I was in the process of reading through websites, joining forums in the hope of getting to know people generally when I chanced upon your website. I personally can identify with your notions of personal development and for me writing this, I feel that I have open up new challenges for myself to do new things, to stretch my paradigm, to treasure what life has to offer and impart this enthusiam to my family, to my friends as well as to my area of expertise which is my work with young children.
But glad to see that this is another website I can keep up with for motivational inspiration. My group has also learnt new things in internet marketing but i think they are much more savvy than me as they are no newbies to internet marketing. They have set up a twitter website which you can follow for updates. You can see us at: acnenator@twitter.com
Keep up the good work.
Sandra
on Apr 18th, 2009 at 8:55 pm
Hi Sandra,
Thanks so much for visiting TheBigDreamer.com and thank you very much for your kind words.
I’m happy for you that you’ve opened up new challenges for yourself and you have my earned my respect for selflessly sharing it with your family and friends. I’ve always believed in helping people to bring out the best in them and live a more fulfilling life.
I sincerely wish you all the best in your endeavours and do come back whenever you need a dose of uplifting spirit. I hope I can help in that.
Cheers~
Mark
on Apr 27th, 2009 at 12:44 am
Hi Mark,
Dream big! Dreams come true when u believe.
The laws of attraction…
Love what you do and u will succeed one day with determination, perservance and hardwork.
May us achieve what we want in our lifes!
Cheers
Michelle
on Apr 28th, 2009 at 6:42 pm
Hi Michelle,
Thanks so much for your encouragement! It’s always great to receive support when you’re working toward your goals and facing challenges in the process.
I wish you all the best in your endeavours and may you achieve all your goals in life!
Cheers~
Mark
on Jun 21st, 2009 at 2:52 am
Hi Mark,
Great to see this blog taking off well.
Personal development is an ongoing journey of life.
Glad to see that you have clarity of what you want to achieve.
Clarity is missing from many people’s life these days.
on Jun 22nd, 2009 at 2:20 am
Hi Louis,
Thank you so much for your kind words and thank you for dropping by The Big Dreamer. I agree that personal development is an ongoing journey which is why I’m dedicated to lifelong learning and constantly seeking personal improvement.
Cheers~
Mark
on Jun 28th, 2009 at 10:59 am
Hi Mark,
Real Estate is a lucrative industry, what makes you venture into “TheBigDreamer.com”?
Regards
Louis
on Jun 28th, 2009 at 11:03 pm
Hi Louis,
It’s true that you can make a lot of money as a real estate agent. But I don’t pursue a career simply for the sake of money. Money alone doesn’t motivate me to take enough actions. Besides good money potential, it’s gotta be something I absolutely enjoy doing.
I can’t say that I enjoy being a real estate agent that much, although there’re certain aspects I do enjoy and I did learn quite a number of things which I believe will be very helpful in life and whatever I pursue in future.
As for why I started TheBigDreamer.com, I believe I’ve said it under About Mark Foo.
Cheers~
Mark