The Spoon, 7%

A holy man was having a conversation with God one day and said,' God , I would like to know what Heaven and Hell are like.'

God led the holy man to two doors.

He opened one of the doors and the holy man looked in.

In the middle of the room was a large round table. In the middle of the table was a large pot of stew, which smelled delicious and made the holy man’s mouth water.

The people sitting around the table were thin and sickly. They appeared to be famished.

They were holding spoons with very long handles, that were strapped to their arms and each found it impossible to reach into the pot of stew and take a spoonful.

But because the handle was longer than their arms, they could not get the spoons back into their mouths.

The holy man shuddered at the sight of their misery and suffering.

God said, 'You have seen Hell.'

They went to the next room and opened the door. It was exactly the same as the first one.

There was the large round table with the large pot of stew which made the holy man's mouth water.

The people were equipped with the same long-handled spoons, but here the people were well nourished and plump, laughing and talking. The holy man said, 'I don't understand.'

It is simple,' said God . 'It requires but one skill.

You see they have learned to feed each other, while the greedy think only of themselves.'

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Jim Rohn, The Passing of a Legend

Let others lead small lives,
but not you.
Let others argue over small things,
but not you.
Let others cry over small hurts,
but not you.
Let others leave their future
in someone else's hands,
but not you.

~ Jim Rohn (September 17, 1930 - December 5, 2009) Tweet This

Life

For the past many years of our working life, many of us have lost our direction in life. We work hard and faithfully for our company. We sacrifice our family time burying ourselves under extensive stress in our job. We are clocked by our time-card and chained to our desk pushing endless workload behind our office desk. Instead of spending time with our love ones, we are obligated either to entertain our clients or company associates after work .

Are you in the same shoes? Feeling life is hectic, running all day, meetings, phone calls, paper work, appointments. Pushing yourself to the limits (close breaking point). Fall into the bed exhausted and all beat up, and getting up early the next morning to do it all over again? Do you feel you are torn apart, knowing your family is important but you can't really spent sufficient quality time with them? Living in constant conflict trying to juggle the demand between family and work?

At the end what is our reward? A retrenchment payout?Is that it?

A business model or job is a constant, like a career map. The team and mentor that you are building business or working with is like a compass. A detailed map with a low magnetism compass may not accurately point you to the right direction. If we are an efficient players equipped with a low efficiency compass, we are simply getting to the wrong destination faster!

Most of us had fallen into a unimaginable situation. A wrong map! (Back in school, job is safe...study hard...get a good job... work hard... live below your means... save money... have a good retirement plan). The exact reason why so many people remains in the rat race, basic pay cover basic needs. We get a good academic education, where we learnt how to read and write, then we proceed to taking our professional education where we obtained a skill, for example to become a lawyer, a doctor, or a engineer. However, for some reason (which I myself don't understand why), we were never given financial education in school. We were never taught how to handle money, which is supposed to be an important life skill! We can't deny the fact that we do need money throughout our life, so all the more that we should acquire financial education.

It is true money is not the most important thing in life, but it does affect some of the most important things in our life. - Robert Kiyosaki Tweet This