the best birthday presents are usually things that are intangible. like experiences.
its still too early to tell and its a little ironic, but i feel like i just received a present thats both intangible, yet costly at the same time.
ive seen the look on peoples faces when they hear that i was actually sent to wealth academy. it sounds like a total an absolute fraud considering how its an "investment" on my education by sissy, or in her words, the only present ill ever get that could actually kickstart/set me in motion.
im not talking about anything thats supposedly too life changing but a course that actually educates u on what u require to know before dabbling into foreign land.
the things ive learnt from the 60 hours ive spent in 3.5 days at that seat my ass was glued too was more den just the bollingers, parabollic sar or candlestick magic tricks ill ever learn. it taught me the importance of a few matters. first of which, is ur network. i shall not talk about this but starting this soon should honestly be a real priority.
next would be the importance of not generalizing. i was probably the youngest, if not 2nd youngest, in an environment that was filled with people of an average age of 30s+ going on the 40s. and seriously, i looked like a clown in there. these people were actively participating in terms of asking questions and having queries on the more important stuff. as usual, i take a back seat to everything n analyse before attempting to make myself look stupid. as what i always say, if ure good enough, u're darn well old enough.
now the thing that really pissed me off was how the people around me seemed to have this general feeling about me. i might come across as rather arrogant/ignorant at the first impression but dont get me wrong, we all have our traits and like sissy, we actually belong to group of people that are most polite in every way possible. i hate to say this but sissy got more attention den me and its not that im jealous, im just wanting pple to know that u can look like how u look, but shouldnt be generalised
i won my entire salary last night in a game that was spread out over 10 parts, testing ur money management skills more den anything else when it came to investing in property and analysing a stock. i could say that we had the same strategy, implanted right from the start. the only difference was that single house that i had, more den her. i was probably using my head more in terms of squeezing my money and literally milking it for what its worth. im seriously glad and proud that i made it into the top 8, 7 to be exact. i lost to people who were obviously better den me, but that doesnt really matter. it seemed like the people that i actually proved wrong along the way that gave me more satisfaction more den anything else.
its a game, yes n i shouldnt be taking the results too seriously but honestly, when u put in 200 and have a chance of 10800, its all about being opportunistic, isnt it? the winnings, i invested into my education, the first time ive ever done that n im sure it wont ever go to waste. the purpose of this post is to actually constantly remind myself of the one thing that i wanna do for the rest of my life that i read from kiyosaki's book.
the greatest satisfaction in owning something new is when u own it thru the means of ur financial intelligence.
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seriously. im disappointed. i think i deserve a more upbeat answer.
and to think about it, im soo disappointed that im really really in a bad place now.
kill me.