In his own words.

“The truth is, we will never know how our words will impact a person or how long it will stick with them.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2022

Purpose and a Meaningful Life Decisions and Judgment

“Have a north star, a general direction that leads you a certain way to a destination that you can be proud of.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 6

“It’s a lot harder to push a piece of string forward than to pull it with you. Instead of pushing people, I had to elevate myself, so I could pull.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2022

“Nobody has the authority to tell you whether you are successful except you.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 6

Relationships and Connection Empowerment and Service

“You don’t know whether the soil is fertile for the seed that you have to plant. But plant anyways, and watch the trees grow.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2022

“The better you understand yourself, the better you will be able to make choices in life that align with who you are and what you want out of life.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 6

Decisions and Judgment Confidence and Self-Image

“You’re not tired. You’re just not living with purpose and meaning, you’re not doing the things that gives you life. That’s why you’re feeling drained.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2022

“Your job, as the receiver of advice, is to ask whether their advice makes sense within the context of your life.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 6

Empowerment and Service Relationships and Connection

“Caring about other people is an absolute strength in life and in business.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2021

“I think people should preach what they practice.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 6

Decisions and Judgment Empowerment and Service

“Someone who is genuinely happy, they are winning. Someone who is learning and growing as a person, they are winning.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2020

Purpose and a Meaningful Life Growth and Resilience

“I'm no longer afraid of missing opportunities. I'm afraid of allowing those missed opportunities to make me miss more.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 6

Growth and Resilience Decisions and Judgment

“Hardships are tests of strength, challenges are tests of resilience, fears are tests of courage.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2020

“Confidence is this faith that I have that life is going to work out, even if I can't see how.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 7

“In the 21st century, we are all born to serve and bring some sort of value to others.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2019

“The first step to change your life is to change your self-image.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 52

“I had become the exact person this past version of me wanted to have in their life, and that was my proudest moment in life.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2019

“You want to be around people who make you want to be better.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 52

“We can always go earn more money. We can never get more time.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2019

“I realized I have to uplift myself before I can pull others up.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 54

“I've had enough conversations with enough people to know everybody is interesting.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 54

“We sometimes have to learn to show up anyways.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 56

Habits, Environment, and Change Purpose and a Meaningful Life

“When there is something exciting happening that you can look forward to, nothing can shake your tree.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 57

“In life and in personal growth, there is no external deadline.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 58

Growth and Resilience Habits, Environment, and Change

“If you want something to change, you need to be willing to change.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 61

Habits, Environment, and Change Growth and Resilience

“Instead of waiting for motivation, instead of waiting for inspiration, put yourself in a position to win.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 64

“Do you know what you need to know? Or can you definitely acquire what you need to know to make that decision?”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 66

Personal Branding and Reputation Purpose and a Meaningful Life

“Regardless of what it is you are pursuing, along with the skills that are required to do well, your ability to intentionally and strategically direct your own personal brand, credibility, and reputation will be a key factor in your success.”

Eric Chow Foreword, the Manifesto

“My podcast started because I wanted to pass on what I was learning.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2022

Decisions and Judgment Purpose and a Meaningful Life

“How can we possibly plan the rest of our lives when we've lived so little of it?”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 6

“I always think about the thin threads that led me to where I am.”

Eric Chow Chase the Vision with Isaac Mashman, 2022

“It was my personal brand as a great math student that led my former teacher to suggest that I should tutor on the subject.”

Eric Chow Foreword, the Manifesto

Empowerment and Service Habits, Environment, and Change

“Talking to that teacher about the quote, I realized that I couldn’t help people if I was burning to a crisp.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2022

“We are not our parents, our relatives, our friends, or anyone else.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 6

Purpose and a Meaningful Life Confidence and Self-Image

“And I realized in that moment that literally zero of the questions matter, either I would figure it out later, it literally didn't matter, or I simply could not know the answer until I did it.”

Eric Chow Chase the Vision with Isaac Mashman, 2022

Decisions and Judgment Habits, Environment, and Change

“It was my reputation for authentic and insightful conversation that led me to host a podcast that was listened to in nearly 100 countries within 3 years.”

Eric Chow Foreword, the Manifesto

Personal Branding and Reputation Relationships and Connection

“Today, I know I have to prioritize myself first, so I can help others.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2022

“Whatever it is that you define to be your version of success, it has to make you happy.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 6

“If you're not intentional and you just end up using social media randomly, then you're just going to be consuming content.”

Eric Chow Chase the Vision with Isaac Mashman, 2022

“Years later, Isaac and I found ourselves working together, consulting clients and developing our philosophy and tools on personal branding.”

Eric Chow Foreword, the Manifesto

“Your words are the seeds and the people you’re talking to (which might just be yourself) are the soil.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2022

Purpose and a Meaningful Life Decisions and Judgment

“We have to silence the noise that comes from society that tells us what we're supposed to do.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 6

“But I think that when you look back sometimes and you think about the things you cared about as a kid, you'll find that it actually does line up with some of those by chance situations.”

Eric Chow Chase the Vision with Isaac Mashman, 2022

“The Second Edition is a far more thorough deep-dive into the intricacies, principles, strategies, and often not-thought-about challenges of building a far-reaching and long-lasting personal brand.”

Eric Chow Foreword, the Manifesto

“Don’t forget that you matter. Don’t forget your power.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2022

“You have your own clock for life and everyone else has their own as well.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 6

Relationships and Connection Empowerment and Service

“You also start getting to know what they've got going on because that's important because that's also going to tell you how you can support them.”

Eric Chow Chase the Vision with Isaac Mashman, 2022

“Speak well, speak kindness, speak growth, speak love, speak encouragement, speak victory, and speak affirmatively.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2022

Decisions and Judgment Relationships and Connection

“I try to make sure my advice is actually wanted before I give it.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 6

“Things can be complicated, but shoot man, this can also be really, really, really simple.”

Eric Chow Chase the Vision with Isaac Mashman, 2022

“The more I think about it, the more I realize the days that were hectic, often times, were the days I felt most alive.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2022

“Failure means I have room to grow, room to learn.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 6

“I wanted to have conversations with people that I couldn't otherwise have.”

Eric Chow Chase the Vision with Isaac Mashman, 2022

“If you’re not doing something that brings you life, if you’re not doing something that feels meaningful to you, then by definition, you’re not living a meaningful life.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2022

“Perhaps our mistakes even make us more into who we are than our successes do.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 6

“I refuse to accept that as my fate. I refuse to let that be the rest of my story.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2022

Growth and Resilience Decisions and Judgment

“In looking to the past and regretting not doing something, we lose focus of the opportunities that are now presenting themselves right in front of us.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 6

“It takes tremendous vulnerability and courage to realize that we are lonely.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2022

Growth and Resilience Decisions and Judgment

“The faster and the better you move in the micro and learn from the mistakes, the more confidence you can have that in the macro level, you're going to be just fine.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 6

“When we are lonely, we feel exhausted.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2022

Confidence and Self-Image Decisions and Judgment

“I'm willing to take the risk that it might not go how I want it to because I know I'm going to be fine.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 7

“I didn’t realize that in order to ‘give’, I have to ‘have’ and if I didn’t have or know something, I couldn’t help.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2021

Confidence and Self-Image Growth and Resilience

“I think it's that combination of faith and doing your best that creates the best situations in life.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 7

“I didn’t realize that maybe they needed to learn and struggle and fail for themselves, rather than rely on someone else all the time, that I shouldn’t do for them what they can do for themselves.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2021

Empowerment and Service Growth and Resilience

“If life has gotten better for me in the past, there's no reason it's not going to do it again.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 7

“Today, in life and in business, I really want people to be happy and I want them to be the best they can be.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2021

“If you can raise your self-image, then you can, will, and are on your way to raising your life.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 52

“How can we say that about others, or try to win in our own lives, when we don’t know what winning even looks and feels like?”

Eric Chow Medium, 2020

“I really do believe that if you believe in yourself more, if you raise your self-image, you will find that a lot of those problems either just disappear or become easier to handle.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 52

“All difficulties in life, all so-called ‘negative’ emotions like fear, anger, doubt, despair, sadness, all of them are opportunities for us to grow.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2020

“If you're not believing in yourself, you're holding yourself back from your own potential.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 52

Confidence and Self-Image Growth and Resilience

“All emotions are legitimate. Never put yourself down for feeling a certain way.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2020

“You've got to start getting around people who are going to encourage you and believe in you and inspire you.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 52

Relationships and Connection Confidence and Self-Image

“If you don’t know what success feels and looks like, you will only ever achieve accidentally if at all.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2020

Purpose and a Meaningful Life Decisions and Judgment

“I think another great strategy to raise your self-image is to do things that make you go, man, I really did that.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 52

Confidence and Self-Image Habits, Environment, and Change

“Living is far superior to Existing.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2020

“I have to make sure I'm on a higher rung of the ladder before I can help somebody else climb the ladder.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 54

“It is one thing to be alive, but it is another thing entirely to experience life.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2020

Empowerment and Service Relationships and Connection

“If I can't trust my own platform to feel like a safe space to share my story, then how can I expect this guest to come on my show and share their story?”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 54

“Anyone can be physically present, but it takes focusing attention to really be there mentally and emotionally.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2020

Purpose and a Meaningful Life Relationships and Connection

“I had to learn how to share myself first.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 54

Empowerment and Service Relationships and Connection

“Just do something that you think could bring value to others.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2019

Empowerment and Service Habits, Environment, and Change

“Encouragement is a form of empowerment.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 54

Empowerment and Service Relationships and Connection

“Don’t let one person be the judge, let the audience as a whole, let the target market be the judge.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2019

“I even find that sometimes the more shy people have more to share when you find the right thing to talk about.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 54

Empowerment and Service Confidence and Self-Image

“Letting the audience tell you what they like is not about letting your value rest in the eyes of another, it’s about how you can bring value to others.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2019

“Empower yourself and you'll be able to empower others even more.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 54

“I believe that we don’t share our gratitude for each other enough, and even now, I still don’t.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2019

“It's that habit of showing up that is so crucial.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 56

“It became less about perfection and more about progress and growth.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2019

“It's just a part of my character now that whatever I've learned, I want to pass it on.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 56

“If anything I do makes a positive impact on someone’s life, that’s good enough for me.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2019

Confidence and Self-Image Purpose and a Meaningful Life

“You are more than whatever it is that you do.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 56

“To have an attitude of growth, you have to accept yourself as who you are, and then find steps from which to grow from.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2019

“I truly do believe that the best is yet to come.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 56

Habits, Environment, and Change Decisions and Judgment

“Life is about priorities. It’s about what you do while you’re awake.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2019

“We have to decide what is important to us.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 57

Decisions and Judgment Purpose and a Meaningful Life

“In facing your fears and doubts, you will gain respect for yourself and grow from it. You’ll learn you are capable of more than you think you are.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2019

Decisions and Judgment Purpose and a Meaningful Life

“Once you look at and you examine and you decide what it is that is important to you, the next step is to examine your life right now.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 57

“What we often don’t realize is that we waste our time & energy complaining, when instead we could be moving forward with our lives or coming up with solutions.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2019

Habits, Environment, and Change Growth and Resilience

“If you're going to empower yourself, you got to be honest with yourself.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 57

Empowerment and Service Confidence and Self-Image

“Every single day, every week, every month, every year, I am able to do just a little bit more to help people.”

Eric Chow Medium, 2022

Empowerment and Service Habits, Environment, and Change

“What if you can structure your life so that you automatically think positive?”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 57

“The change will only happen if I set it up for change.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 58

Empowerment and Service Purpose and a Meaningful Life

“If we want to empower ourselves, we have to admit to ourselves that there is more we want out of life.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 58

“We have to be real with ourselves if we are going to empower ourselves.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 58

Empowerment and Service Confidence and Self-Image

“If you are saying that you do not care or that you do not want something, but you are feeling envious or hurt, you are probably lying to yourself.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 58

Confidence and Self-Image Decisions and Judgment

“If you really want to change, you got to change.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 58

Habits, Environment, and Change Decisions and Judgment

“If you're not able to look at it and know exactly what you need to do, it's going to be damn hard to make anything happen because you don't know what you need to do.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 61

“We have to let go of the idea that we can live our life doing only what we want to do.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 61

Habits, Environment, and Change Decisions and Judgment

“Put yourself in a position to do the right thing because it's a lot easier when you don't actually have to deal with a tremendous amount of temptation.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 64

“Can you design your life in a way that is motivating and inspiring?”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 64

“Motivation comes and goes just as feelings comes and go.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 64

“What I've learned by studying the absolute best of them is they create their own inspiration rather than waiting for it.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 64

“Whenever I have an idea that resonates with me, I write it down.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 64

“That does not mean that we can't be adults and figure out how to experience life fully.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 65

“You want to get input so that you can help get an idea as to what the reality of the situation is.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 66

“You want to make sure you're judging the fruit on the tree, understanding what is their relevant expertise and how important is their opinion and what is their understanding of your big picture.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 66

“Make a definite decision.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 66

“I feel that we're never taught how to make good decisions.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 66

Decisions and Judgment Growth and Resilience

“You don't need to have it all figured out.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 66

“A New Year's resolution does not mean you need to be perfect every single day out of 365.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 66

Habits, Environment, and Change Growth and Resilience

“I think a lot of people say, oh, they're just lucky as an excuse not to do.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 67

Growth and Resilience Habits, Environment, and Change

“The greatest miracle is the fact we were even born in the first place.”

Eric Chow The Eric Chow Empowers Podcast, Episode 67