Just to share my thought

I was having a dinner with a close buddy of mine yesterday.

Our topic is revolving around those super-rich people that live around us everyday. Which bungalow they are staying, what car they are driving, who are they dating etc etc etc.

The question is, why not us?

Well, to be honest, at this stage of our career, we don't really have much financial worry to be afraid of. Yeah we have mortgage loan, car loans, to be paid everymonth, but at least we knew we cope with it well enough without having the car been towed or the house we live in to be taken over by financial institution.

But to be total "debt free", and doing what we love to do, staying in a big house and driving a luxury car, how? How to change from a life where you need to plan your budget for holiday to a person who can book a business class to Hong Kong just to eat "dim sum" and fly back in the same day?

I used to talked to those succesfull businessmen and friends, as usual they will be telling you their experience and hard times to deal with to become what they are today.

In my opinion, they can tell whatever they like. Most importantly is how much passion/time/energy you willing to invest in order to become as successful as them?

My parents and friends used to tell me over and over again saying things like:

1. "This idea is hopeless, how much capital you want to risk to know whether you succeed or fail?"
2. "Don't get influenced by others, get a stabil job, and a stable income, ok what?"
3. "So many entertainment with other people, worth it or not?If no, it is just a waste of time"

or in a more serious note:

4. "Don't be a dumb, wake up from reality and you know you will never make it"

Those comments sometimes knocked me over like a big lori sampah staright on to my butt.

But somehow as i grew older, i kept the negativity aside and tell myself. The only critic, the only enemy that you are facing is actually YOURSELF.

I came to realize that, if you are following your dreams, set your sight and strive for it. At the end of the day, be it a success or failure, you can be rest assured that at least you have already WIN by your own determination and nothing should make you regret or whatsover in the future.

You learn from failure a lot more compare to when you success. Agree?

The biggest loser will always be the one who dream big but never dare to go for it.

This is the reason why on my blog, there's a quote stating.

""The life of every man is a diary in which he means to write one story,
and writes another, and his humblest hour is when he compares the
volume as it is with what he vowed to make it"

Stephen Chow (Director of "Shaolin Soccer") once said (Translated from Chinese; "He who do not posses a dream, has no difference compared to a salted fish".)

True or not true?