Genesis : A new birth

Genesis: The act of producing, or giving birth or origin to anything; the process or mode of originating; production; formation; origination.

Finally, things are coming together again. I have started a new project. I may not have time to update a lot of things. I may have to drop my daily reading of the news on the internet. Then again, it is a good thing. Everyone has an agenda. Everyone has an opinion. Most just follow without thinking.

I'll still update my blog. This is what I like to do. It took me 6 years before I finally commit to start  a blog. Ideas are like that. some germinates faster, some ever so slowly. 

 

After two years of testing, I can now launch my company to public view. It is something that my partner and me have been working on for the last two years. The seed of the original idea started 10 years ago. Now things are falling in place. When the time comes, I will reveal the company. Launch date, would hopefully be by on the 3rd quarter of this year.

Right now we are in the midst of agreeing on the framework with our new partners.

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Some days, I look back into my life, thinking what would it be like if I had not taken that step, 13 years ago. I was working at Performance Motors. Straight forward job, Customer Service Officer, basically a 9 to 5 job, attend to customers about their BMW cars and maintenance.

I quit the job. And when into sales, insurance sales, 100% fully commission. Still at it today.

"No basic pay", my wife freaked out. I was then just just married for about 3 years and have my first son.

And 13 years later, 3 more children, I'm still in sales.

Some "suggested" that I should get a "proper" job.

The truth of the matter is, I can't. I love doing sales, I love meeting people. And if I were to die and be born again, I'd probably do the same again.

Off course, there are ups and downs. When is life all the way up or down.

Confucius says it better:
"Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in getting up every time we do."

To love is to risk not being loved in return. To hope is to risk pain. To try is to risk failure, but risk must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing.

I take risk, not unfounded risk, instead calculated risk. It is in my nature. I am not one who plays it safe, I don't go to "work" as they say. I create work.

Not many would understand it. Do not take advice from those who have not done what you have done, even though they are your close relatives. Even for those who have and failed, use their failure as an opportunity to learn.

Many times, I have friends in business who failed and some gave up, when you asked them, inevitably, they will say its better not to risk everything, just work for someone else, let them take the risk.

Don't sympathize with them, instead empathize, get to know how they fail and learn from their failure. It is always better to learn from other people's failure than your own.

Always believe in what you do. Never, never, never take advice from anyone (includes your relatives, your mom and dad too), who have not done what you have done.

Some people are fearful, they need so called "blessings" from people. I'm a Muslim and yes, you do have to respect your parents, regardless.  It doesn't mean they have the power to confer "blessings". I'm a father too, I have four kids. Do they need my blessings?

What I can do is guide them in making the right choices. I am fully aware that when they are 18, they are adults responsible for their own actions. Two of my kids are teenagers, I talk to them about a lot of topics, and yes it includes sex, porn and drugs too. 

I will always discuss to them about the implications. I always tell them, just because everyone thinks that it is alright to do it, it doesn't mean its right. What we need to do is access it objectively.

Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe.

I have never been a spectator, I am always a contender. I am always in the ring. Once awhile, I get knocked out, I'll get up again. I may be sidelined, soon I'll be in it again. Spectators will always cheer or jeer, it doesn't matter. What matters is that my most important fan doesn't give up one me.

Who is my most important fan?

Myself.



Photo credits (Bear with me until I figure out how to caption the photos properly):
Photo by Indie Charlie under a Creative Commons License.