3 Most important learnings from the Apple Man

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Last week, we were saddened by the news of Steve Jobs' death, one of the greatest CEOs of our time. I was easily captivated by this great man when I watched his video of his speech in a commencement exercise of Stanford University. He capsulized his learnings in life in three things:

1. Connecting the dots - Steve Jobs said that "you can never connect the dots looking forward, you can only connect the dots looking backward. Believe that the dots will connect down the road." that means that whatever is happening in our lives right now, trust that somehow, it will connect in your future and that future will be far greater because of what you are experiencing today.

2. Love and lost - Steve Jobs mentioned to "find what you love and do what you believe is great work. If you haven't find it yet, keep looking....don't settle....as all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it." I absolutely like this! It consoles you to be patient util you find what you love and encourages you to stand up and fight for it. On losing, Steve Jobs added that "sometimes, life will hit your head with a brick but don't lose faith!

3. Death - Steve Jobs shared that "remembering that you are going to die is the best way to avoid the trap of thinking that you have something to loose. You are already naked, there is no reason not to follow your heart. Your time is limited so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma which is living the results of other people's thinking." Have the courage to follow your heart and intuition, they somehow already know what you truly want to become, everything else is secondary." This gives me a realization that our time is limited, hence, we must do what we really want to do, to follow our heart. There is no better way to live your life but to live it without fear, hesitation and wandering.

As the legend said, Stay Hungry, Stay foolish! Thank you Steve Jobs!

Rich Mind, Poor Mind

I'd like to share with you the book that I recently read, "Secrets of the Millionaire Mind" by T Harv Eker. He mentioned about 17 wealth files on why the rich become richer and the poor become poorer...and that is because they have different mindset.

  

Here are my top 3 wealth files:

1. RICH PEOPLE BELIEVE "I CREATE MY LIFE"

    POOR PEOPLE BELIEVE "LIFE HAPPENS TO ME"

If you believe that you create your life instead of thinking that what is happening to you is your destiny, then, you create choices, you become in-charge of your life and you take the path that you want to take. You refuse the thought that you can't do anything with a given situation but rather, you make a way on how to turn your miseries into opportunities. Once you believe that life is a choice rather than fate, then, it is impossible that you can't be what you want to be, do what you want to do and have what you want to have.

2. RICH PEOPLE HAVE THEIR MONEY WORK HARD FOR THEM

    POOR PEOPLE WORK HARD FOR THEIR MONEY

Hard work is a necessary ingredient to succeed in life but it is not everything. Working smart combined with your hard work will make you a run away winner in life. I've learned one powerful concept about money working hard for you instead of you working hard for your money from my affiliate group "IMG"(International Marketing Group)**. Do you know that if you invest P 100,000.00 in an investment vehicle earning about 12% compounded annually just like mutual funds, after 36 years, your money  can become P 6.4 millions! However, with the same investible fund of P 100,000.00 invested in a time deposit, after 36 years, your money  will ONLY be P 400,000. Imagine losing P 6 million pesos just because you didn't know how your money can really work hard for you! Assuming that you are earning P 20,000 monthly, that means you shall be working hard for another 25 years of your life to amass that P 6 million additional money and mind you, that is without spending even a single peso ( to compute for the 25 years - P6M / P240K annually(P20K/mo x 12mos) ). Shocking isn't it? but that is how expensive not knowing how hard your money can work for you.

** If you want to attend a free Money Management seminar at IMG, send me an email to len_12@yahoo.com and I'll be happy to assist you.

3. RICH PEOPLE CONSTANTLY LEARN AND GROW

    POOR PEOPLE THINK THAT THEY ALREADY KNOW

Sharpen the saw, that is what the rich people always do. They are advocate of continuous learning and growing. They are not contented with what they know, they always make sure that they are updated and always in the loop. They always improve themselves to get even better. I quote from Benjamin Franklin saying " If you think education is expensive, try ignorance".  Steve  Job said "Stay foolish, stay hungry" and I SAY "If you cease to learn, you cease to live" :D