Wilson Ng started helping the family business since 9 years old. Since then, he had dreamt to be a successful entrepreneur, one who starts great businesses  ( he has started 7) from scratch with insight, guts and initiative. He keeps his focus on growing the business by creating value-- not on politics, or wasteful distractions. He brings the same focus to community service, teaching, life and family.

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  Monday, November 22, 2004


Focus on Things that Lasts    ( in life)

This is the ruins of St. Paul Church taken in Macau China. As you may have noted, only the facade remains ( this new facade was reconstructed in 1990.)

According to our tour guide, the church was constructed in 1602, a massive basilica with three naves. Unfortunately, in 1835, a fire destroyed the building which was mostly in wood, except for a small part of the facade which was made of stone.

Which brings us to the interesting question in business and in life -- I am sure that in constructing this church there were thousands of business and life decisions to be made here and there. Yet the only decision that makes a difference now is only one --- the decision to use a strong and durable material, stone,  to make the facade.

http://i7.photobucket.com/albums/y287/wilsonng/stpaulruins.jpg

We make hundreds of decisions, in life and inbusiness, mostly which concerns us today, and over the next week. Maybe it is time to think -- will our worries and our decisions now matter ten or twenty years from now? Should we not be worrying about making decisions that matter over a longer period. Are we overly too worried of short term and failing to build something that last?

According to Dr Edward Banfield of Harvard University, after more than 50 years of research, long term perspective is the most accurate single predictor of upward social and economic mobility in America. It is more important than family background, education, race, intelligence, connections in determining your success in life and at work.

Do you take a long term view?  Are you putting time on thinking of what kind of impact you are going to focus on now that will make a difference, and will matter in 10 or 20 years?

Or do you spend almost 100 percent of the time on short term concerns and problems?

 

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