{"id":144,"date":"2014-03-02T16:13:27","date_gmt":"2014-03-02T16:13:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aldrictinker.com\/?p=144"},"modified":"2019-09-03T14:53:41","modified_gmt":"2019-09-03T06:53:41","slug":"thinking-of-the-future-do-i-know-where-i-am-going-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aldrictinker.com\/?p=144","title":{"rendered":"Thinking of the Future: Do I know Where I am Going To?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><object width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/gsA-Xc6gWDE?hl=en_GB&amp;version=3&amp;rel=0\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/gsA-Xc6gWDE?hl=en_GB&amp;version=3&amp;rel=0\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">A place I find myself frequenting a lot is the future. Over and over I ask: <strong><em><font color=\"#ff0000\">where am I going to? Am I getting any closer?<\/font><\/em><\/strong> <\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">Brian Tracy says that \u201cacting intelligently\u201d is \u201caction leading you towards your goals\u201d. Acting stupidly, on the other hand are actions and omissions that brings you further from your goal, or when you are acting without any goals.<\/font><\/p>\n<h2><font color=\"#800040\">Where do I want to go?<\/font><\/h2>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">Here are what I have in mind:<\/font><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><font color=\"#000000\">I have time to meet people: friends, family, and partner. When I meet people, I would be able to share win-win information: connecting talents to opportunities. I would like to be and feel empowered; in turn, I would like to empower.<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#000000\">I\u2019d like to build better bonds with family members. No one can be more awkward than me! Enough is enough! I\u2019m fed up of not knowing my own relatives. I\u2019d like to improve my social skills with them. Maybe host a high tea with my aunts. Or visit my cousins no matter where they are: Perth, Chicago, Doha, Melbourne, Sydney, Auckland, Vancouver etc.<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#000000\">I am able to go for holidays and vacation: whether it is spending two weeks in London, followed by another two weeks in Paris in the same year, or just a weekend retreat to our family home in Betong. Not only that, when I do go, I have the option of going alone or with people who I respect, admire or enjoy their company.<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#000000\">I am able to pursue my Bachelor\u2019s degrees, my Master\u2019s degree and subsequently my Doctorate at a university of my choice, because I want to and because I can.<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#000000\">I would like to have time to attend check-ups and follow-ups without worries. At the same time, I would like to have my medical bills covered or subsidised so when I am hospitalised, I would have the choice of a single-bed room among the many private hospitals in Sarawak, Australia, the United Kingdom or the United States.<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#000000\">I would like to be able to celebrate my family and friends through the many celebration. I would love to bless them not only with prayers but also opportunities, gifts and momentos.<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#000000\">I would like to speak to young people \u2013 in schools or the youth. I want to share with them my findings on working, entrepreneurship and other pleasures of life (material, spiritual, relationships etc) I want to inspire and encourage just like my family members.<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#000000\">When it comes to work, I want to feel challenged. I want each day \u2013 though having some degree of routine is needed \u2013 to be different. I want to be in control of where I am doing business. At the same time, I want to test out and prove that online businesses do work \u2013 even for us in the East. We don\u2019t need to wait to be in Kuala Lumpur, Singapore or Hong Kong. We, as Sarawakians, can create the global\/international opportunity from where we are. I\u2019d also like the option of having multiple streams of income \u2013 especially capitalising on my love of reading, writing, learning, travelling, meeting people etc.<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#000000\">I\u2019d like to make RM7,500 per month from my primary job. From my other streams of income, my aim is a modest US$250,000 per month.<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">Ultimately, when I depart this world, I don\u2019t want to leave it without knowing I have done many things, touched many lives, gave and cultivated hope in people, encourage, and contribute to other people\u2019s success.<\/font><\/p>\n<h2><font color=\"#800040\">How Much Closer am I?<\/font><\/h2>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">Taking some steps back, I am glad that I can share with you how much closer I am getting:<\/font><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><font color=\"#000000\">Currently I am pursuing my degree \u2013 the Bachelor of Art (Hons) Psychology \u2013 from Wawasan Open University. It\u2019s my first semester and I am taking the <em>Introduction to Psychology<\/em>.<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#000000\">In terms of salary, I am making a basic of RM1,100 per month \u2013 except last January. In January, thanks to the ASB, I made an extra RM10,480. In December 2013, I made none. For October and November 2013, I took home Just under RM1,200 combined.<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#000000\">I had to cancel two trips this year \u2013 one to Sematan and another at Damai. Working half-day on Saturdays is a disadvantage.<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#000000\">Work gives me different challenges. In my role as HR Admin, I attend meetings and trainings, organise the documents, conduct and call interviews.<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#000000\">I\u2019ve taken up two insurance plans to supplement the one my late mother did for me years ago. For serious illnesses \u2013 God forbid! \u2013 I am better covered.<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#000000\">I\u2019ve managed to squeeze into family functions \u2013 memorials and birthdays \u2013 thanks to my office hours. While I was on shift, it depends on the available slots.<\/font><\/li>\n<li><font color=\"#000000\">Where e-commerce is concerned, I am severely lacking.<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><font color=\"#800040\">By being where I am, can I get closer?<\/font><\/h2>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">I have nothing negative to say about where I work now. If anything, it is a wonderful environment! However am I getting closer to the destinations above? I cannot say it is possible in the next few years.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">I am putting a lot of expectations on myself. Needless to say the above goals are not fixed for the short term. It took John Lee Dumas, Pat Flynn, and more at least three years. I plan to attain all the above in <strong><u>5 years time<\/u><\/strong>. Five years is the time it took Brian Tracy to get out of the slums to being the COO of his corporation.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">Here\u2019s the thing: many of my peers and contemporaries have entered the RM3,000 to RM5,000 salary range. A lot of those who I see as \u201cequal\u201d had their Bachelor\u2019s degree years ago. Some may be pursuing their Master\u2019s degree.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">Maintaining the current route, it is impossible to catch up with them in such short notice. At the same time, for someone with my background and shortcomings, there is no salaried position out there which allows me to make the kind of money that I want. Or giving me the freedom and opportunities that I have in mind.<\/font><\/p>\n<h2><font color=\"#800040\">Returning to the Road Not Taken<\/font><\/h2>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">Years ago I wrote about the Road not Taken &#8211; <a title=\"http:\/\/blogarchives.aldrictinker.com\/?p=178\" href=\"http:\/\/blogarchives.aldrictinker.com\/?p=178\">http:\/\/blogarchives.aldrictinker.com\/?p=178<\/a>. It resonates within me. I like to find ways \u2013 new ways \u2013 of doing similar things. It doesn\u2019t have to be revolutionary. Just new or unprecedented in the family.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font color=\"#000000\">After many years, I restate the poem here:<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font color=\"#000000\"><strong>THE ROAD NOT TAKEN<\/strong><\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font color=\"#000000\">Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,     <br \/>And sorry I could not travel both      <br \/>And be one traveler, long I stood      <br \/>And looked down one as far as I could      <br \/>To where it bent in the undergrowth.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font color=\"#000000\">Then took the other, as just as fair,     <br \/>And having perhaps the better claim,      <br \/>Because it was grassy and wanted wear;      <br \/>Though as for that the passing there      <br \/>Had worn them really about the same.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font color=\"#000000\">And both that morning equally lay     <br \/>In leaves no step had trodden black.      <br \/>Oh, I kept the first for another day!      <br \/>Yet knowing how way leads on to way,      <br \/>I doubted if I should ever come back.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font color=\"#000000\">I shall be telling this with a sigh     <br \/>Somewhere ages and ages hence:      <br \/>Two roads diverged in a wood, and I\u2013      <br \/>I took the one less traveled by,      <br \/>And that has made all the difference.<\/font><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><font color=\"#000000\">&#8211; Robert Frost<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A place I find myself frequenting a lot is the future. 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