Satisfaction

I have learned, that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.
- Henry David Thoreau

This morning I was chatting with someone on Yahoo Messenger. I was talking about the 4Life Research business opportunity and how it could help people like me, freelancers to supplement our income. The problem of being a freelancer is that there are times when jobs are short in supply and during these times, we don’t earn anything. We eat up our savings just to survive until the next job comes along.

During these times, we find that we have a lot of free time. I spend a lot of that free time on Facebook playing scrabble with my friends, especially fellow freelancers, and chatting. So considering that I have a lot of free time on my hands, joining the 4Life Research business opportunity is a good thing for me. It keeps me busy and I get to do something to supplement my income.

Anyway, as I was chatting with this friend about the business, she asked me, “When will you be satisfied with your life?” I just blurted out a response without actually thinking about it. My initial response was when I can spend time with a loved one, watching tv together, doing things together, and not having to worry about any major problems, especially financial problems.

Then, as I was showering, I remembered where I got that image. It’s from the movie “Notting Hill” featuring Hugh Grant and Julia Roberts. Right at the end of the movie, there was this scene where they were sitting on a bench in a park, kids playing around them, he was reading a book while she was going through a magazine. It was as if they didn’t have a worry in the world. I’d be satisfied with that.

And when I thought real hard about it, I realized I’m on the right track to achieving that. I realized that no other business would be able to give me that kind of freedom. I could work for someone for 30 years, rising in rank and salary, and still will never achieve that. Network Marketing is the only business that could help me achieve that.

Just take a look.

When the going gets tough...

When things go wrong,
as they sometimes will,

When the road your trudging
Seems all uphill,

When the funds are low
And the debts are high,

And you want to smile,
but you have to sigh,

When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.

Life is queer with it's twists an turns,
As everyone of us must sometimes learn,

And many a failure turns about,
When he might have won had he stuck it out,

Don't give up though the pace seems slow,
You may succeed with another blow.

Success is failure turned inside out,
The silver tint of the clouds of doubt,

And you can never tell how close you are,
It may be near when it seems so far,

So stick to the fight when you're hardest hit,
It's when things seem worst that you cannot quit.

-Unknown Author

I took this poem from a blog in multiply.com. This blog has some very inspirational posts in it and if you're interested to read more, click on the link below:

Crossing The Goal

Missed Opportunities

“When one door closes another door opens; but we so often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door, that we do not see the ones which open for us.”
– Alexander Graham Bell

I often spend time looking back at the opportunities that I was given in the past. All those career decisions that I made, the ones that if I decided another way, would have put me in a totally different position compared to the one I am in now.

To be honest, I regret making some of the decisions that I made in the past.. When I look back, I look at the turning points in my life. There weren’t that many opportunities in my past, which could have made me a different person, but I guess I made the wrong choice in all of them.

Another thing I realized, that while I was looking back at all these missed opportunities, I missed other opportunities. I spent too much time wallowing in self-pity for missing a golden opportunity, that I didn’t see another one presenting itself in front of me.

Now, I no longer want to look back as often as I did. What happened in the past is in the past. True, things could have been different. But there’s no point regretting the past. Learn from it. Learn from your mistakes. Don’t discard any opportunity just because you thought at that time, it wasn’t a good idea or it wasn’t for you. You will never know until you try. There are so many opportunities waiting for you out there. Grab one and go with it.



This is the opportunity I took. Click here to check it out

If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I am inspired to reach wider horizons of thought and action, if I am at peace with myself, it has been a successful day.
- Alex Noble

A week ago, I was at this mamak stall talking to a prospect about the business I was doing, the 4Life Research Business. There was a slight lull in the conversation and I started to look around. I saw a lot of people, different races, different ages, some were single and were hanging out with their friends while others came with their spouses and kids.

I looked at this table next to mine, there were 3 people at that table. They were probably in their mid 20's and were sitting there playing cards while chatting. I think they were waiting for a fourth friend to join them. At another table, a young couple was sitting down having dinner while trying to feed their child (Not easy, been there. I used to take turns eating).

After surveying my surroundings, I looked at my prospect and I said to him, "Most of the people here, will probably still be here in 2 years time. They'll be doing the same thing, work 9 to 5, and come to this mamak to just hanging out". Then I asked him "Where are you going to be in 2 years time?"

He looked a bit stumped. He didn't really know what how to answer that question. So I told him where I thought I was going to be in 2 years time.

"I will come back to this mamak from time to time. I have friends who like to hangout here. But I won't be working 9 to 5. I won't be slaving myself just to make someone else rich. I will be financially independent. I'm going to work this business for 2 years. What I know, after 2 years, I will earn enough from this business for me to live comfortably, buy whatever I want, eat in fancy restaurants, travel whenever and wherever I want. I won't have to worry about money anymore as I will be earning a considerable residual income from the business that I'm doing now. That is where I'm going to be"

So where are you going to be in 2 years time?

Haven't been in the right frame of mind...

It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent him a sentence to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him the words: "And this, too, shall pass away."
- Abraham Lincoln

The title says it all. I haven't really been in the right frame of mind lately. I haven't been able to do much over the last few days. Of course I still look the same, I still talk the same way, I smile whenever I greet anyone, but somehow, I don't feel the same.

I would usually be able to get over this kind of mood pretty quickly. I just need to find the source of the mood. But this time around, it seems different. It's like a combination of a million different things which have been bothering me over the last few days. And I can't pinpoint exactly which one is putting me in this moods.

Anyway, I didn't really have much to say about the business. I just wanted to write. To just ramble away and hopefully in all these ramblings, whatever it is that's bothering me will come up to the surface. So far, as I guess you can see, nothing. Since I don't really have a point to make, then I'll just sign off here. And hopefully more contemplation will eventually reveal the root of this mood.

P.s: I put the quote up there just in case reading it makes me feel better.

Just some words of encouragement

"The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death." - Victor Frankl

I don't really have much to say today. I just found the quote above and I thought it would be nice to put it on my blog. I find this quote to be a combination of inspirational and comforting. "The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph" I find that sentence to be quite inspiring. And "I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress and grow brave by reflection". I find that comforting.

Anyway, just to let you know, I signed up my first downline this week. He's an old friend from school and called me out of the blue to ask me to bring him the forms, he wanted to join the business. I was very very shocked. No pitch, no presentation, he just joined on the spot. I guess that's going to be the easiest sign up I will ever get.

Since I don't really have much to say, let me just leave you with another inspirational video. Another on from The Secret:

Going to get a bit hectic....

Yesterday I got a call from a friend of mine, well more like a business partner. Once in a while this friend calls me up and tells me that I've got to prepare some sort of proposal or presentation paper for an event. This time he's telling me that I have to get the presentation ready by Friday.

That's pretty short notice. I've worked miracles before and done papers overnight, but usually I've had time to think things through before I even start writing the paper or preparing the presentation. This one doesn't really give me much time. But since I'm broke and have a tonne of outstanding bills to pay, I can't really say no. So looks like I'm going to have to work more miracles and come up with a presentation to impress a client in 2 days (Less than 2 actually).

So I guess I had better get a move on. And because of this, I'm going to have to neglect this blog for the next couple of days. But, I'm going to leave you with this video. It's a very uplifting and inspiring video which I watch very morning to give me that extra bit of inspiration. Enjoy....