The Last Few Days

The other day, my mentor shared this with me..

He said tat when people are chasing their dreams and chasing their goals, during the last few days, are the days where you usually face the most amt of challenges (cos it is when you will feel the pressure and take the most amt of action anyway).

And it is during this time, that you see people for who they really are.

"If you give up, then sorry to say, you are just the type who will give up even before you succeed..."

And true enough, I had a very interesting experience of observing how people react during the last few days of our month end closing....


Some are relaxed and equally not bothered because they choose to stay unfocused, some become slightly motivated and take one or two steps forward, some let the stress get into them, some will throw tantrums and complain, some will just give up, some will be so excited they can move none stop, some will break through and grow through this experience, some refuse to give up and fight till the very last second, last min...


And I think it is true that you see people for who they really are when that happens because how you do something, is usually how you do everything. I mean if you spoke to the ones who gave up, likely, that is not the only time they gave up in their life. If you spoke to the ones who broke through, likely the will gamely overcome any challenge that comes their way in life...


I wonder if Ace only had a few days left to achieve a goal, what will he do.. wat sort of person is he? I wonder what sort of person me and max are... hahaha..


PS: Talking about goals and dreams, I asked Max to tell me about the story about that jap guy.. he was telling the story halfway and said he felt like crying... cos he felt exactly like how the guy felt since he is currently in the midst of some huge changes in his career....


I would like to repeat this story here so tat Ace can learn from it as well...


Once, there was a guy called Tanaka... he was a American born Jap and was working a normal 9-5 job. ONe day, a friend whom he hasn't met in a while visisted him and while catching up, his friend asked him "After working in the same company for so long now, you must already be promoted and doing really well!"


Alas, Tanaka has not been promoted and still has a miserly pittance of a salary while his friend is currently living i a big house, has a yatch, gets driven around in a limo...


"How did you do it?" he asked his friend...


"Oh, remember the biz I asked you to partner with me? I made some good money from the biz.. and so now I can lead my dream life...


Tanaka thought back about the dreams he had and how he had wanted to do the biz and make them come true. "It would never work..." his wife said.. and so, he stayed put at his job. Not wanting his dream to die off just like that, when offered a chance to partner with his friend again, Tanaka quit his job and shifted back to Japan with his wife.


Not being able to speak Japanese in Japan was a huge challenge for Tanaka... and on top of that, it is most disgraceful for him not to have a job.. so every morning, he would dress up nicely like he was going to work and then go out into the streets to give out flyers to promote his biz.


One day, he saw his in laws on the street. "What kind of useless bum are you? Why are you giving out flyers here instead of working a proper job?" They asked him.


He immediately ran home, packed his bags and asked his wife to leave with him.


"Why?" She asked him.


"Well, because I will never again let anyone steal away my dream!"

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