[G. Adams]

</span><blockquote><span class="smallfont">Quote:</span><hr size="1" />Originally Posted by (castille,)


Commerce and Arts double degree.




Then ONE night, don't go out. Stay home, and read the book. It only took me 30 minutes to read it. But of course, you'll make up another excuse and another and another and another......(people have funny habits of making excuses to justify their failure).




I never said you should start a business. Please read carefully. The book doesn't even DEAL with business. It is merely suggesting another perspective to adopt when looking at the issues of money and wealth.

Also, I never began my business intending to get rich. I enjoy the art of building a business. I can get a stable 9-5 job in marketing, but that would bore me.




Your ignorance towards business owners are appalling. Have you ever met a rich person before in your life? I doubt it.

I spend "12 hours of phone calling and number juggling". No wait, I spend ALL my waking hours "phone calling and juggling". Have you ever made 200 calls in one day, knowing ONE botched up call could bring you to bankruptcy?

Today I was given a call by a suit asking a million questions. Know what was so hard about answering a million questions? ONE mistake and I would lose half of my life's savings. ONE MISTAKE. And down goes years of work.

Please talk to some business owners before you make your stupid assumptions. No, don't. They will tear you apart before you can finish your first sentence. Stupidity isn't appreciated in business.




Because we enjoy it. Yes, its got huge amounts of pressure (the majority of people who die young from stress are in fact executives and business owners). Yes, a farmer living in a CAPITALIST country (which doesnt include Rwanda, current under a socialist dictator) sitting on his tractor staring at his fields is easier work.

But you know why people like us keep doing it? Cuz we love it. We love the excitement of not knowing whether the next deal could make us $100,000 or plunge us into bankruptcy. I don't pretend to speak for the entire business world (as you cannot pretend to speak on behalf of the workers), but every day is like jumping off an aircraft with a parachute - its thrilling, but dangerous.




There was a man who was a drunkard, and was later convicted for murdering a fast food clerk. He had 2 sons.

One son was later arrested for attempted murder, and came out of prison to be killed by a rival gang member.

Another son became a comfortable manager of a regional marketing office, living a good life with wife and a kid.

When asked about their situations, they both said "Its because of my dad!".

In a Communist society, we would have to assume everyone is equal. Yet those 2 children were not equal, despite having come from equal father.


Some people can go from poverty to wealth....others go from wealth to poverty....and yet others remain in poverty.

Those who fail blame everyone, except themself. Its the governments fault. Its the tax office. Its god. But never me. Some go to poor countries to begin revolutions, and live out their dreams by oppressing others. Others fade away into oblivion. Yet some manage to suceed.


YOU can suceed, if you set your mind to it. The first step is not to blame anyone. Take this advice if you want, or throw it away. Its up to you to make yourself successful, irregardless of the system you live under.<hr size="1" /></blockquote><span class='postcolor'>

30 mins? Ahh well you should have said so. I thought you wanted me to read a proper book. Hell Goosebumps take longer than 30 mins to read. I might read it now. Would have saved you a lot of posting just to tell me it was tiny and could be fit into a schedule.

My ignorance towards business owners is like yours to the starving. However, I have talked to rich people. When I left secondary school at 16 for a sixth form, I left my dump of a town area for a more posh one. To give you an idea of the wealth these other kids had, one lad had a Merc for himself. Not him on third party with the family car. It was his Merc. That was until Xmas when his dad bought him his second car, a 1.4 Peugot 306 soft top special edition. So yes, I get to speak to a lot of people who will never have to worry about bills, and are only concerned that they may have to wear the same outfit twice in six months.

Now I have come to University. I have to work now I'm here. I only know one other guy who has too. I am one of the few I know who isn't in an en suite. So that gives you an idea of the people I get to mix with nowadays. More daddies girls and trust fund babies. I'd never seen a Bentley in rl till I came down here, and now I've seen six different ones. And these people are future owners of industry, and most of them just havn't a clue what life is like for the most of us.

You have to do make calls all day? Oh poor baby. Oddly enough no I havn't being that I am 18 at University. But have you ever had to watch each and everyone of your children die of AIDS, just because a handful of pharmaceuticals want to keep their profit margin? whats more important, childrens lives or profit?