Loooooooooong Deserved Post.

Ok, first of all I must admit that my last birthday post wasn’t a sincere enough post. I was tired and not in the mood to blog because I wanted to go out with my friends that night so now that i’m here in Muar i’m gonna make a better post. But I really got alot of serious things to talk about.

The first part is is about my career. Yesterday I managed to take a really big step in moving my life forward. I completed a 40 page business proposal for this application for a grant to do business. It took me many weeks to do it because I lacked the motivation and had to cope with tiredness from work but i’m glad its finally over. It’s like putting down a 500KG bag off from my back. Throughout the process I really did step out from my comfort zone. And even if I don’t get the grant I know that i’ve did things other people wouldn’t have done :-

• I invited many of my bosses out for tea and shared my vision and managed to connect with them at a deeper level. I even managed to motivate some of them who lost passion after working so many years in the government.
• I took initiative to learn the basics of the business world. Of course there’s only so much I can cover in such a short period off time – but I learnt alot about writing business plans. I thought it was gonna be a breeze at first but I was so shocked when I saw the 40 page business proposal. I only dreamt of completing it but I’m really proud of myself coz its done. Might not seem like a lot but for a pure science student like me I think its a big achievement. Anyway it has to start somewhere right?
• Got exposed to the offline business world -TOTALLY different from internet businesses. There’s really alot of people element involved and I had my first taste of politics or should I say under the table money.

Besides all of that this whole year i’ve really been doing alot of reading. Never loved reading when I was young… Same like I never loved playing musical instruments when I was young. But now i’m addicted to guitar and reading as well. Why read? We’ll think of reading as hacks to life. You get to learn how to lead your life in much more interesting ways – Ways that took people YEARS to develop and put into a book for RM50. By reading books that teach you how to live your life better, you’ve potentially saved yourself thousands of hours and possibly money. So if you ask me what books I like to read? Definitely self-help books, or technical books which are related to what I want to learn coz by learning the technical stuff you are essentially bringing yourself a step closer to your goals.

Talk about goals – This is something I have been telling everyone around me. You have to realize your greater purpose in life. Seriously. Before this when I was studying pharmacy, I didn’t know why I was doing it. All I knew is that my parents paid alot of money for me to get my degree so that i can have a comfortable life in the future. And for that I am very grateful and I can safely say that I didnt let them down. However, once I started work I realized that i was still heading nowhere. I was running around like a headless chicken. Everyday go to work in the pharmacy, get scolded by patients, doctors etc and become super tired in the end of the day. All for what? My basic pay at the end of the month. Not only that I had to work every 2 weekends. I thought to myself. What the heck is going on here? I’m not even happy with my life. Life is not worth lived being unhappy. So then onwards, inspired by my brothers and friends around me – I decided to do everything it takes to move myself forward in life. I found Internet marketing interesting -My eldest brother was doing it at that time. I used to think it sounded quite scammy but he’s really making good money through it. So I decided to give it a shot. I approached him early March and he was generous enough to impart his knowledge to me – things that took him YEARS to learn. He gave me a crash course that weekend and ever since every weekend I would go back to KL for more training and also to equip myself with whatever skills I felt was necessary to succeed in Internet Marketing.

Now I haven’t made any money or much progress in internet marketing. That’s because I found a more interesting venture sometime in the middle of this year. The MDEC preseed grant. After attending the Millionaire Mind Intensive and decided that I want to create financial freedom for myself, I decided to put Internet Marketing on hold and pursue this grant. And I believe it was worth every drop of sweat and every moment I could have spent sleeping in bed. Although to be honest, I must admit I could have done alot better. I’m abit disappointed in myself but I won’t let that discourage me. I’m gonna come back even stronger than ever then next time and who knows by a stroke of luck… I might just be selected for the next round of grant application =)

The road ahead is an exciting one… and I look forward to all it’s challenges. Next 2 weeks will be spent in JB doing enforcement pharmacy. But I will spend my afterwork ours chilling in hotel catching up on some reading, Internet work, and also to meet up with old friends and relatives. It’s gonna be great.  =)