You Are Not Successful Because You Chose To Be

your life is made ...

Whether you are happy, sad, disgruntled, frustrated, contented or indifferent ...you can dictate the pace, reactions and outcomes

There is no magic - it's all in your Mind & within your hands

It's like pain; you'd get by if you've a high threshold for pains. Even in joy, you do not overindulge

When challenged or provoked, walk away, ignore or take leave with minimum damage. If there is a need to fight, fight to win - take no prisoners!

Matthew 6:34 - Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof - "So don't worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring its own worries. Today's trouble is enough for today."

Tomorrow's happiness and sufficiency start today

We were poor, almost dirt poor, and struggling to make ends meet when young; the next meal is almost always a daily question

We, 6 siblings, from ages 5yo onwards, need to work - child labor was unheard of. It was the hunger pangs that decide

We ['hawk'] worked as hawker's assistants, wash bowls, clean the stalls, sell 'makans' door-to-door, sell sweets, nasi lemak to the well-off classmates, wash cars, do dhobi (washerman)... there were no time for sadness, anxieties, depression, stress, whatever

When we moved to HDB, we 'adopted' loose furniture from whoever were giving away - life was a hilarious not#enough#time#to#use#nor#worries

"Living lite" was the motto: there was nothing to save, no money, no unnecessary material wants, eat whatever is given and available, walk or take#bus to school, light heartedness brought cheers to every eventful day 做一天和尚撞一天钟

Been there, done that - from nothing to something - the only luxury then was 'free time', including watching TV at others' homes or community centres

With the advent of internet, social media & eComms, voices as diverse as noise are heard, some meaningless & others provocative 一百岁不死都有新闻听

It pays to ignore the noise but 'hear the voice'

Man seeks praise and recognition and detest criticism but when you are down, especially penniless, nobody even remembers you exist... you make need to walk to your grave

Can you change your life 命 - 是否可以改? Yes! If you want to be a Chef, start working in the kitchen. If you want to be a performer, start to busk or perform at community events. If you wanna own chain stores, start with one or two outlets, build and perfect a system, then duplicate. 

Have passion in what you are doing and develop your 'hobby' & interests into works

Everyone's life is made. Some are sugar, spice & everything nice whilst others are mundane, stressed, deadwood and regressive

The mother of Queen Elizabeth I, Anne Boleyn, was executed in 1536, charged with adultery and treason. Some would term Elizabeth as the illegitimate child but she was crowned Queen. Camilla Parker-Bowles was a divorcee, a mistress before becoming the Queen Consort, then the Queen.

Late starters like Colonel Saunders(KFC), business that started in garages like IBM, Apple, innocuous names like Alibaba & Ten Cents and many unlikely winners started somewhere & that somewhere is "the faith, passion & drives" that were the foundations of strengths against all odds

You  maybe born poor, disadvantaged, less well off but your future well being & wellness are in your hands