Even though i think that the video " The Power of Vision" is made 50 years ago, it does remind us something. Sometimes we are lost in the track of life. Soimetimes we don't have head or tail of what we are doing. Sometimes we are afraid of changes and feel good about doing nothing, think nothing. Especially under the blow of economic tsunami, school seems a good shelter. However, we cannot keep in this state forever. We need to think ahead about our future.
If anyone has ever read the 'Poor Dad, Rich Dad" , s/he probably knows what i am going to say. I want to financial independent prior to normal retire age. To accompolish this goal, it's better for me to plan early.
Capital is the first thing I need to get my own business started. To get the capital I needed, I know I must spend some time for other people's business. But I don't want to spend my most important years for other people, that's why I plan to get a bachelor degree asap ( most likely in 2 years) , then to get a MS degree on accounting (1 more year), lastly to get a CPA license. Getting good education may not gurantee me a decent job, but it does provide me more oppurtunities to get close to my goal. Therefore, no matter how boring textbooks are, I still have to slap myself to wake myself up.
After collecting the capital I need, I plan not to stay only in New York. Probably I may head back to China and see if there is opportunity out there. To my preception, China has a larger business protential than other countries so far as I see ( that might just because I am not familiar to other countries), though the competition there is vigorious too. It would be easier for me to start there than US. My friends in HK and I have planned to start our own business together, we have given ourselves 10 to 15 years to collect the capital for our goal.
This goal will be challenging and take us many years, but we find it worthy. In this way, we find the objectives in life. Hopefully we could be financially independ before 50, so that we can spend more money and time on charity, helping those who are still suffering in this planet.
Chui Pik,
ReplyDeleteI agree, I think we all get caught up in our daily lives and in our daily, weekly and monthly routines that we often times forget to think about the big picture. I agree with the video shown in class in the sense that we need to have goals in order to accomplish a lot in life. I also agree that we as young adults need to think of how we are going to be financially independent at a certain age. I don’t think a lot of people think about this.
Ray Narine
Thinking about the big picture is something we all need to be reminded to do every once in awhile. You have done a good job with that task it seems. You seem to have a set plan for school and also seem to be aware of the fact that you may have to relocate to attain that goal. Also great that you have friends that share that goal with you. Hope it all works out for you as you hope!
ReplyDeleteVery impressive, your really thinking BIG, lol. I agree with you about the whole education portion, it helps build the fundamental base and does bring people closer to their goal, but a large network will also be a big plus. I hear working out of the city can be sort of risky but with high risk will come high return, theres a large demand for billingual employees. Good luck achieving your vision, and maybe I'll see your name on your future company one of these days.
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