About

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Hey, what's up? I'm JonJon. Just some old fat guy trying to share some thoughts that might help you out a bit. Are you here for some insightful info, tips, techniques, etc...?  OK, yea, sure, no problem.  Uhhhh, but First, I think you should know some things about me before you decide to listen to anything I have to say, because - technically - ON PAPER - I hold no formal credentials or am qualified in any way to teach anything to anyone. However, somehow... my wife and I attained financial freedom, retired before 60 years old, and as of March 2025, we embarked on a multi-year travel adventure in SE Asia.

My background:  As a kid, a half Asian kid (1/2 caucasian, 1/2 Korean) in an all white school, I got picked on, made fun of, and bullied a bit, because I looked different. I had ultra straight hair with a bowl style haircut. My Korean grandmother who lived with us for some years would wash my hair by her scrubbing her fingernails into my scalp. Since she couldn't speak English, when I was outside playing and she wanted me to come home - she would yell Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-Naaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh (John), , which always embarrassed me.  I got caught for shoplifting at a store for stealing a candy ring and went to court with my dad to appear before a judge.  The judge gave my dad two choices: Release to my father and go home or send me to juvenile detention center (jail) for five days.  My dad chose jail. My parents had me stay at my Korean uncles house for several months and I can't even remember the reason. I just remember that my breakfast cereal was portioned and I didn't like being there.

As a teen:  I thought I had weird looking knees, so I didn't like wearing shorts and skipped PT (Physical Training) classes almost everyday. I didn't play sports in school, couldn't dance, and wasn't popular with the girls. I only remember 3 friends: Jerry, and older kid that owned a VW bug (car) that I would get drunk with weekly. Johnny, a slightly older kid that had a huge drum set at home. My best-est friend in the world Joe, who, I caught kissing with my girlfriend (1st love) one hour after she broke up with me. I wanted to ride my bicycle onto the freeway and kill myself - but it was too far away. I got into trouble by my parents from time to time, was lazy and pessimistic. I was never interested in school and rarely paid attention, so I never finished high school and never went to college. I also experimented with plenty of drugs too.

As a young adult:  I continued doing drugs, drank alcohol and partied whenever I could. I was fired from various jobs, even from my dad's company - where he fired me himself after several no shows. My dad kicked me out of the house, so I was homeless for a while. After that, I went to stay with my mother in another state.  They were separated, then later divorced. I ended up joining the military partially because I thought I had some outstanding unpaid parking tickets and I wanted to avoid possible jail time. While in the Army, I didn't pursue any promotions or advancement -  because I was lazy and dumb. I just wanted to go out and party. I spent all my money quickly every time I got got paid and never saved any.  I can't remember reading a single book fully through to the end.  

As I got older: I got married/divorced, used different nicknames because I thought my given name John was too boring. Now I go by JonJon.  When I got married again, my wife was in shock when she discovered I was in major debt with no savings.  The last thing I did to make money was sell hotdogs to drunk people in downtown Austin Texas at night. For the last 10 years...I've been wearing $10 shirts and $10 shorts. We don't own a house, a car, or even a bicycle. Now, I'm old, fat, and walk with a limp because I have a bad knee.

Why oh why am I telling you all this?  There are several reasons:

1)  I don't have anything to hide. I am fine with who I am and where I came from.  2) I want you to know that I didn't have a privileged life.  3. I want you to know that anyone can have a good life, regardless what their background is.

What is the result?  Who I am Now?   I am one of the happiest and peaceful humans you will ever meet.  I have gained immense clarity about myself and life - primarily through years of self-actualization and self-learning. Most likely because of a lack of Self-Esteem, I compensated and tried my best to always help others.  Maybe, helping others was my way to feel 'of worth' and 'of value'.  I got better at helping as I grew older.  I have extensively trained, taught, coached, mentored many many people in my life and it has brought me great joy.  In areas of performance, cognitive psychology, and other thought areas.  In my older years (finally)  I have become quite interested in macro-economics, finance and investing amongst other things.  I am exercising twice a day, eating properly, and being happy with my lovely wife of 23 years. I have an amazing relationship with my parents and 5 younger brothers. I am happy.  I am peaceful.  I have good energy flow and balance.  If you want to learn more about me, you can always check out my LinkedIn profile at https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnhbridge/

Regarding my content, 99% of it was made up in my head through thinking and thought discovery. No research, not much of anything. I will try to keep things fun, at least interesting, therefore, this is Infotainment, for educational purposes only. Strictly my opinions and nothing is guaranteed to have any results for anyone.  I can only hope that you will find value and usefulness from my ideas.

Why am I creating content and what is my goal?  I truly believe that helping others could be my purpose - my reason for existence.  I believe that some of my content can actually help people.  Subconsciously, I may still be trying to overcome a lifelong feeling of low self-worth and this will help me feel worthy and of value.  Regardless of the reasons, if the result is good, then good is good.

Please watch one or two of my videos in the "Mindset Reframing" playlist and decide if you like anything there not. If not, click the thumbs down, write some bad comments and don't waste your time with me again. 

Why "Enable" and not "Empower?"  Many years ago, I loved the idea of 'Empowering' others, but a person I respect introduced me to the word Enable.  He believed that Empowering others was like transferring power from one person to another, while Enabling others was like being a catalyst to help others discover their existing potential already within themselves.  From that point forward, I wanted to Enable others.

Where is the content?  For now, go to 

https://www.youtube.com/@nablemenow/playlists

John "JonJon" Bridge.