📌Many times, we [wrongly] thought we deserved success simply by dreaming for it or at best, by just lifting one's finger. NO SENOR, you are grossly mistaken if you thought success will be served on a silver platter for you. One of the most quotable quotes is: " SUCCESS IS NOT GIVEN. IT'S EARNED", Even the scions of the rich and famous, they never sit back and relax. Take the children of President Donald Trump. Take Ivanka. Herself and her husband, the ambitious businessman Jared Kushner. You can tag them as overly ambitious but that's the way it is, they got to work for it. Else, even the billions of wealth President Trump amassed through the past decades will eventually dissipate. Sometimes, life seems so good, we tend to enjoy the
amenities that give life the luster we always dreamt. Elevators and escalators [and even travelators and walkways like those at Changi Airport] give us the unfounded notion that to live life, it is simply effortless and all you need to be is to be right there on the spot. C'mon, success has its pitfall and you will get buried deep into that pitfall if you thought success is a destination. Many of us, once we achieved success, we splurge on celebrations, spending sprees, [WRONGLY] thinking that now that you have achieved success, you have reached your destination. Before you know it, all the fruits arising from that success is just a fleeting moment and if you are standing up now with your head unbowed, you would realize that you were just standing on porous sands.
Around Asia Region, the magnates who built their business empires. Li Ka Shing of Hong Kong. The Salims of Indonesia. Even Henry Sy of the Philippines. Even the Ayalas and the Razons. Before their respective patriarch passed away, the scions took over things, lock, stock and barrel and since then, they have been burning the midnight oil to bring their business empire to the next level and the next success milestones. Take the Razon scions. They have been gobbling up, buying ports even in far flung areas of Africa and Latin America. Dare to us why they are still working their butts? Tell that to the marines.
To borrow this meaningful quote: " WE ARE NOT GIVEN A GOOD LIFE or BAD LIFE. WE ARE GIVEN A LIFE. IT'S UP TO US TO MAKE IT GOOD or BAD". Furthermore, 'success doesn't just come and find you. You have to go out and get it'. The departed Florida magnate, Wayne Huizenga, who owned the Florida Panthers in the NHL [the U.S. hockey major league] and the Miami Marlins in the MLB [the U.S. major baseball league] summed it all this way: "Some people dream of success while other people get up every morning and make it happen". Does this complete the puzzle as to why with the business magnates, they never seem to sleep. Investments need to find their way for the best ROI prospects, even if it takes expanding the conglomerate beyond their core industries, they will go for it. Back to our own selves, why can't we take a leap of faith, a quantum leap for us to become the game changer that we have always dreamt of. The divide may be there but we should never look at it as the great divide we cannot climb and cross over. Roll up your sleeves and go for it.⏳
