Money Money Money.

So I continued to survive in MLM industry.
Still trying to survive.

Need to start recruiting members.
Damn. I'm not as prepared as how I sound
when Jeremy asked me.

But well..

2 interesting stories I heard today.
Or 3. But I can't remember the last one.

The first is one of the French King/Leader, Napoleon *something*.
Didn't really catch the name

Anyway this Napoleon guy is an accomplished admiral back then.
Eons ago, France is very big, and the ruler controlled 1/5
of the entire world ( or so I heard ).
Napoleon fought great wars against many people and
survived through all the wars.

However, Napoleon started as a peasant.
Now the time came for the King to pass on his throne.
He wishes to pass to Napoleon, but sadly he is not of royal blood.
Nevertheless, he decided to give him a chance to prove himself,
a final mission that might cost him his life.

So Napoleon was tasked to destroy this group of people living
on an isolated island a distance away. The exact location
wasn't specified, so Napoleon had to drift on the sea and
look for the island.

Weeks went past, and still no sight of any island.
Food was running out, fuel was running low and the morale
of the troops were incredibly low.

Finally, Napoleon decided to restock on food and fuel at
the next island he can set his sight on.
So they docked at this island that they saw, and a couple
of the soldiers were tasked to gather fuel and food.

However, a bad news came when the soldiers returned.
It turned out that the island they were on, resided the group
of people whom they're hunting.
Now Napoleon is struck, the morale of the soldiers are low,
how can they put up a fight ?

Words spread across the troops like a wildfire burning through a forest.

Very soon, everyone panicked and Napoleon had to do something, fast.

He then ordered the troops to use the remaining fuel to burn all their own ships.
The soldiers were baffled, yet they could not defy orders.

Very soon, all the ships were burned and there was no way to return home.
The only ships remaining were those that belonged to that group of people.

Therefore Napoleon gathered the troops, and told them of this.
All the soldiers had a common thought in mind, the only mean of returning
home is to eradicate those people and seize their ships.
Therefore their morale boosted tremendously.

They fought against those people, and they were at a disadvantage.
The ratio was 1:3.
Odds were against Napoleon, yet at the end of the day they managed to win.

Moral of the story?
Up to you guys to think.

Sometimes I think that cutting off our own route may not prove to be
a wrong or foolish decision, as it'd mean that we only have one route to go.
It's like being desperate. When you're desperate, you'd do anything to survive.
Likewise, in order to succeed in life, be it any industry you're in, you have to be
desperate for success.
How many times in life you get what you want?
Maybe once, maybe twice.
How many times in life you get what you really really really really want?
Everytime.

The difference is obvious. The more desperate you are, the more likely you'll get it.
That's the equation of success.

( 100% quoted from Mr Dewey, a really really fantastic motivational speaker )


Second story.

There's this old monk that lives at the top of the mountain with a young monk.
Of course, there are other people who resides at the top of the mountain.
Day in day out, the old monk would teach the young monk many things
about Buddhism. Of course, the young monk would take the initiative to read
all the books available.

One day, the young monk finally finished reading all the books and he could
answer everyone's questions without fail.
True enough, his knowledge is vast.
However, he decided to become complacent because he felt that
there's nothing more to learn.

The old monk then invited the young monk into his abode to have a little chat.
Tea pouring was their tradition, and thus the old monk poured hot tea into the young
monk's teacup. However, the old monk kept pouring and pouring even though
the teacup is filled to its brim.

Naturally, the hot tea scalded the young monk's hands.
He was baffled and angry at the same time.

The old monk then explained the reason behind his action.
He wanted the young monk to understand that tea is like the knowledge
and teacup is like our brain. We have to consistently absorb the knowledge
to make the teacup empty, so that new knowledge can be poured in.
If we allow ourselves to be contented with just a small amount of knowledge, then
we will never improve. One or two cups of tea is like the tip of an iceberg as compared
to the teapot.

I know there are many stories that depict this scenario.
But it truly makes sense, doesn't it?
You may be the CEO, you may be like Bill Gates, yet the only
way to improve is to absorb knowledge. If you decided to label yourself
as the number one genius in this world, then you're on the road
to destruction.

Yeah, you know, I know. Everybody knows about the endless theories to success.

But what exactly is the difference between us and the successful people ?
The answer may be really simple, they understood and absorbed what
we blocked out from our mind.


3 inspirational quotes from the seminar.

A man without dreams is like a bird without wings.

You don't get what you want, you get what you really really
really want.

Quitters don't win, winners don't quit.

Both are from Mr Dewey.
He's a really awesome speaker. Really.
He's just like my DPA Camp instructor.

I know many people have doubts and are skeptical against
MLM. I did research on it, and I know you can just grab any guy
along Orchard Road and that guy will probably tell you
that MLM is unpractical and it sucks.

Sometimes they'd say it's all about sales, nothing more.
People are not convinced when I use the word " benefit ".
Sales is NOT my priority, I want people to benefit from the products.
That's what I think, but of course people are free to view it under any light.
You can benefit and earn money from it at the same time. Why not?

Because the fact is I can say a million of words, but
not even one gets into your head because you've already blocked
it mentally.

I don't mind. You can dislike the product, think that it's crap, whatever. But fact is it has
benefited people.

Even if I'm not going to be successful in this line, I learned a lot from it.
I learned to be firm in my stand, I learned not to be influenced by what
people say because I don't wanna commit the fallacy of composition.
What true for one, or even true for half the globe, may not be true for all.
If you fail in this line, it's because you are incompetent, it's not because
this line failed you. So if you decided to flame this whole industry
just because you're incompetent, then I have nothing to say.

Anyone out there that may be reading this, I strongly urge
you NOT TO BE INFLUENCED BY WHAT PEOPLE SAY.
Instead, EXPERIENCE it yourself. You may see things that
other people failed to see and wield incredible results.