By Dr Paul Bundi Human beings are endowed with remarkable resilience, which can only be broken when they choose to give up. Says Viktor Frankl in his seminal book, Man's Search for Meaning; ''it is a peculiarity of man that he can only live by looking to the future-sub specie aeternitatis. And this is his salvation in thd most difficult moments of his existence, although he sometimes has to force his mind to the task.'' Man's life is primarily driven by the desire for future, the unshakable belief that the future holds promise. We invariably cease to live when we think we have hit a dead end, or that there's nothing more to be had by living. Theoretically, there is no limit to man's achievement, and that is what drives men to wake up and strive day after day. The opposite is spiritual, psychological death, which manifests way ahead of physical death. Lesson? Losing today doesn't mean losing always. You can lose 10 times and win the 11th time. Or, you
You probably have seen this piece trending on line Jack Ma: If you’re still poor at 35, you deserve it!.http://news.yahoo.com/jack-ma-still-poor-35-043045383.html Judging from the reactions, there are those who love what the Chinese entrepreneur and Executive Chairman of Alibaba Group is talking about and there are those who feel he is a liitle harsh with the “truth” On her Facebook page Caroline Mutoko writes,“This one is good but also brutal. If you don’t have a stomach for harsh truth, don’t read this one..” The Alibaba entrepreneur says, “Before I founded Alibaba, I invited 24 friends to my house to discuss the business opportunity. After discussing for a full two hours, they were still confused — I have to say that I may not have put myself across in a clear manner then. The verdict: 23 out of the 24 people in the room told me to drop the idea, for a multitude of reasons, such as: ‘you do not know anything about the internet, and more prominently, you do not have the start-up capital for this’ etc etc. He adds that, “There was only one friend (who was working in a bank then) who told me, “If you want to do it, just try it. If things don’t work out the way you expected it to, you can always revert back to what you were doing before.” I pondered upon this for one night, and by the next morning, I decided I would do it anyway, even if all of the 24 people opposed the idea. And why do people end up losing on life biggest opportunities? sadly because of these 4 reasons: Being myopic to opportunity Looking down on opportunities Lacking understanding Failing to act quickly enough Juliet Wu Shihong – one of China’s first-generation professional managers, who gained success by working her way up the ranks from a cleaner, a nurse, a marketing executive, through self-education and learning on the job. She is also China’s first successful international corporate executive to join the executive team of a domestic private firm Inspiring stories, don’t you think? Well, here are top reasons why you are still poor You are poor because you do not have the desire to become successful. You are poor because you lack foresight. You are poor because you cannot overcome your cowardice. You are poor because you lack the courage and determination. With ambition you can overcome all inferiority and maximise your potential! With ambition you can persevere, continuously learn new things and strive for perfection. With ambition you can defy all odds, and create miracles when others daren’t. No matter how poor your family is, do not doubt your own abilities and lose sight of your ambition. When your family deems you worthless, no one will pity you. When your parents do not have money to pay the medical bills, no one will pity you. When you are beaten by your competitors, no one will pity you. When your loved ones abandon you, no one will pity you. When you have not accomplished anything by the time you are 35, no one will pity you. Go big, or go home. Otherwise, you’re wasting your youth.
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