“I believe that everybody can create a profitable business. I believe that we are the most creative, charismatic, and brilliant at work when we have fun doing what we do. And most importantly, I believe that our dream project will make us fall in love with what we do and impact our community.“

Anna Y.C. Chen, Business Dharma Coach

I really appreciate my life now…

  • I have been able to have success in 3 very different industries: business, music, and spirituality
  • I earned my CMA accounting certification while doing a 40 hr course load in 1st year of my Honours in Music degree
  • I have had many chances to conduct choirs live, including a segment of an opera
  • I am now working with a coaching industry leader and mentor, Eben Pagan
  • I have the resources and knowledge to write a personality profiling book based on tarot cards and their application in career advancement and team building
  • I have been earning money to invest in myself, such as a 6K 1-on-1 VIP service with Maria Stamos, the 30K speaker training program with Jase Souder
  • And…the best part is…I get to do what I love: talking to people, touching their hearts and helping them grow!

I have always known that I want to help people, and I have said that since I was 16.

At that time, I did not know HOW I could help people, but I have been able to stick to that vision, even when life threw me some curve balls when I was 21.

How my life went down

In 2005, I went through seasonal depression, uninspiring friendships, and a 10-year relationship that later became more toxic and ended in 2014. I took it to the university counselling service to get myself back on track. That is when I uncovered the ugly truth: I had been a victim of bullying since age 11 and never healed emotionally. 

As if that year was not eventful enough, I lost my grandfather to cardiac arrest that winter. I was not ready to lose him because, deep down in me, I always thought he would be able to see me graduate, get a successful career and even get married.

I achieved none of those dreams in 2005 and believed that I may never will.

I was emotionally bankrupt.

And then, a Japanese proverb changed my life. It says that to become successful, one needs to have the courage to jump off the stage of Kiyomizu (about 4-5 stories high).

So I asked myself, what is that one thing worth risking everything for? One afternoon, the answer came to me. I remember breaking down before my friend and confessing my desire to be on stage!

“ARE YOU CRAZY?! YOU NEVER TOOK A SINGLE VOICE LESSON BEFORE! PLUS, OUR SCHOOL TEACHES CLASSICAL SINGING!”

My friend thought I was losing my mind.

But I did not care. Somehow, I knew it was my last chance, the make-it-or-break-it moment. And something magical happened indeed! My dream became my number one motivation! With my newfound passion and desire, I graduated with my business degree. I passed my music audition the same year with only one year of voice training. Four years later, I graduated with my Honours in Music with 86 percent and got accepted into a Master in Conducting with a full-fledged provincial scholarship in the second year. My life becomes something worth dying for.

This is what I learned.

I learned that realizing your dream is the best cure you can have in life! All you need is to build routines and habits that work for you! This is why I do what I do. I want to help others find their business routines and habits and live a fulfilled life—a life worth dying for with people you love and a dream business you created.