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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  Tuesday, January 11, 2005


Big Money Will Not Come In   ( on life)

This is part 2 of my blog " A Sense of Entitlement". In this blog, I noted that there are people that displays a false sense of entitlement, and proceeded to make an example of a person in the developed world.  I am inclined however,  to agree with the comments of Ana that this is by no means a behavior of people who have more in life, but is actually an issue also for people actually who have less in life.

In many developing countries, you see people who have less, but are not motivated to move on to get an education, and expects the government for doleouts every step of the way.

It is not their fault, but unfortunately, illiteracy also brings the disadvantage of their not realizing the fundamental principle of life --  that you reap what you sow, that you have to give in order to receive.  They have no sufficient confidence also that they have the means to help themselves, and therefore looks at others to better their station in life.

I am inclined therefore to agree with a discussion that I had earlier in an online network Ecademy where we talked that poverty is not the absence of assets, but actually can be a state of mind, and it can also indicate an absence of education, confidence, motivation, expertise, focus, and willpower.  In fact, one added eloquently that "Wealth is what you're left with when all the money is taken away from you. "

Therefore, for all those businessmen who seek wealth or people who seek happiness, I leave you with an old chinese proverb, "If small money do not go out, big money will not come in. "

 

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