Tales of 2 person

During the rather long weekend, I managed to finish a book entitled 'The Magic of Thinking Big'. I think, it was the 3rd or 4th time I finished reading the book. I first had it when I started my job back home. Anyways, it's always good to read something that you've read before especially a book that contains words that can trigger your mind and make you feel that you can move a mountain. errrr...can you actually move a mountain?....

anyhoos, base on the book, I would like to tell a story. A real life story. Hope to make it short and simple. It's about 2 persons whom I know. Let's call the first one Mr A and the other one is a friend that I got to know through a friend. (A friend's friend)

Both guys were born in the same year and both finishes their high school. Mr A is a son of a successful business man and Mr P is a son of an obedient employee. Both came from a loving family. Upon finishing high school, Mr P went to University. Mr A, on the other hand, went to a university but then decided that the course wasn't suitable for him and he quits. He later join a different college and again, call it quits for some strange reason or another. Unfortunately, he went to few other colleges in the next few years when he finally gives up and decided to work.

Mr P, upon graduating, search for a job and he was employed in a good organization. Slowly and surely, he work his way up in the corporate ladder and starts savings from the very first month he started working. when he's had enough savings, he invested some of his savings in investment properties, shares, insurance, etc...(Not in one go though). He got married and this made him a better man as he works harder and became a better 'investor'. He did his job very well and as the year went by, he has a number of investments which has given him some good returns. Ultimately, at only the age of 30, he 'retires' from his job and decided to be a full time investor. He is now doing what he likes best, which is to be an investor. He even has his own small company to help him in doing what he likes doing.

Mr A, on the other hand, was then offered to work in his dad's firm. With just a high school certificate, he was offered a place. Nothing wrong with that I guess. He works of course but not because he likes the job but because he has to. Year after year, doing the same thing again, he once said 'I don't feel 'enthusiastic' going to work'. He comes in at 10 and maybe at 11 sometimes and went home early. For the X number of years that he has worked, he has not made any savings. He even terminated his monthly insurance payment as he claimed that his pay is not enough to pay for his life insurance. His credit cards bills has increased yet, he is just plainly accept the fact that he is not good. He sometimes complain that as he is not a graduate, his words will always fell into deft ears of the management and as long as he does his work and receives his pay at the end of the month, he will be ok. (again...nothing wrong with that).

The big question is, what is the difference between Mr P and Mr A? Is it luck or is it just purely attitude?

In my personal opinion, I think it's all about the attitude. I sense that Mr P is a positive and energetic man who knows what he wants and he is very determined to get there. He will make sure that his efforts bear fruits and his university certificate is of no use if he did nothing about it. Of course, he has paper qualification but what made him better was he uses his brain to think what he wanna do with his life rather than being a small fish in a big pond. What I meant was, instead of just resigned to his fate, Mr P decided to challenge himself and did what he was supposed to be doing....he believe he is better then what he is now....To a certain extent, I admire that guy. I don't worship him though but I do admire his 'struggle' and how focus he is in doing things.

Mr A, on the other hand, blames everything from the sky to the earth that everything connected to him is wrong. Mr A just succumb to what life hits him and do nothing about it. In short, he is resigning to fate. If anything ever go wrong, he will blame to fate. Furthermore, he always makes excuses when things are presented to him. For example, he don't have enough pay, he doesn't have a degree, etc.... Perhaps, he lacks that think called faith in himself. If only I can make some sense to him and to his head. If he is to continue his life doing what he did for the last couple of years, it will be quite difficult for him to handle other major things in life....

All of us were champions once remember. Of all that millions of sperms that our dad had during that faithful night with our mom, it was us that manage to get through our mom's egg. The strongest survived!!! We did it before and we are all here for a reason. And one of the reasons is not to be a failure....

So that's my story.....have a good week ahead