Sunday, June 28, 2009
Moving on
As I sit here reflecting on the past 6 months that has been, I realize I have moved on from certain friends and partners.
There are those that wanted to make it in business, but are just not carved out for it. They do not have the aptitude to make it big, or even just to survive. One friend for instance is good technically, but is not there in terms of business networking. He is just not in the zone. Another is reasonable in network marketing conceptually, but is not there as a businessman. He is just not in the game. A lot of of his ideas is just wishful thinking.
To be successful one really has to be able to multitask, requiring multiple skills sets. We need to have knowledge to act. Hosea 4:6 says that "people are destroyed for the lack of knowledge". To be more sublime, I will pin it as "knowledge to act" when crises, opportunities, issues etc arises. That is why the Lord has to lay deep foundations into us before we can succeed. One really has to have gone through a lot first before he can succeed. The deeper the foundation, the higher the structure, the greater the blessings. In truth, most people are just making a living doing their own business.
As I reflect further, there are those that had a mini windfall that could have been used to start a next project, but they blew the money on all the wrong things. A person may be earning 100k a year, but sudden windfall may earn them a several hundreds of thousand, which if kept properly will not only see them though rainy days, but be seeding capital for a business to bring them to the next level (i.e $1 million per year). But I have seen several friends blow away the sudden windfall in a very short time frame. In light of the bigger picture, they only have themselves to blame, not others.
The bible says "the prosperity of fools will destroy them" Proverbs 1:32 (KJV). Prosperity or money does not destroy people. It those who are foolish that let money destroy them. Money is just a medium of exchange. They are those that once they have some money, buy non-income generating assets like a Mercedes, live lavishly, till disaster strikes and be broke when things take a bad turn. Opportunities don't come everyday. We need to catch it and capitalize on it when it comes. Then only we go can go to a higher level in the next cycle of opportunity.
