Getting Out of the Rat Race????

I read in the book the Millionaire Times! (by Sifu See) about how to save ur first million and one of the methods recommended was to get out of the rat race. But look around you and you’ll see most people are already in the rat race! Its gonna take real determination and resistance to get out of it.
It’s no longer about having a digicam but to have the best one in the market. It’s no longer about having a chance to travel overseas but how many countries you’ve been to. It’s no longer about having a higher education but how many Master’s Degrees u have. It’s no longer about whether you have bought a house to stay but how many properties have u invested in. It’s no longer about having a mobile phone but having the latest PDA phone. It’s no longer about having an automobile to get u from A to B but who’ll have the first BMW. And the list goes on and on.

Call it peer pressure but I feel it’s somewhat a motivator. How many of you have gawked at a Merc Kompressor and wonder how the owner ever got the money to get that kind of car? (Especially if the owner is some young chiku probably younger than you?) And you wonder when you’ll ever get that kind of money. Well, every success story begins with a dream. As the saying goes, its better to dream than to never at all. The key is to Dare to Dream. The best thing is that there is no limits to how big you can dream, so dream BIG!

Last week I attended this course called 8D analysis and our consultant was this big shot ISO consultant who’s been in this consultancy business for years. One of those sleepy session, in an effort to wake us up I suppose, he told us the story of how he started as an ISO consultant. Just like any of us, he started of as an Executive in most unfortunate chinaman type of company, if you know what I mean. And you know, chinamen are always into making profits and would not waste time on something like ISO. No value added mar. But this guy, he knew ISO was gonna be in demand. So he started small. He was a chemist and so he implemented ISO in his small but modest laboratory. Soon, he had his SOP, training system, checklist in place in his small setup. Seeing it was the most organized dept in the company, the chinaman soon began taking the customer’s to visit the little dept hoping to make a good impression. In no time, the little executive was making a name and was later asked to setup the ISO system in the company. This is a story of how sheer determination can get you somewhere as long as u dare to dream.

But ultimately, the whole purpose of the damn exercise was not only to gain job satisfaction but I’m sure in his mind, he wanted to join the rat race. Make loads of money and to buy that Merc he always wanted with no qualms about his finances. I can’t find a single person who does not love money. Who wouldn’t want to go on a Europe tour without having to stinge on food and accommodation? I find myself wondering if that is actually so wrong? To be materialistic but by your own means and not having to con anyone (in any ways imaginable) I think is a motivator. I believe a certain degree of materialism is a catalyst to a dream of making your first million after all. So..Mr “Sifu” See, I beg to differ.