New Year's Thought

Today is the first day of year 2007. As I am writing now, I don’t hear anything out there. Probably mane people are still not awaken by the glorious shine of the new year’s sun. Surely, many will still remember what they did last night to celebrate the coming of New Year. I myself took a stroll on a bike in KL after midnight, which where all the madness was. I saw a couple on a bike got sprayed with party foam on Jln P Ramlee. I was exactly behind them on my kapcai. When the morons got close to me and ready to spray me the foam, I said, “It’s not funny and you’re not being funny too. So, BACK OFF!”.

Luckily, they backed off. Or else I’d be bathed with white foam. A close resemblance to my shaving foam, except it is much drier.

Okay, let’s not be too philosophical about it. I’m sure many people share sweet and bitter memories last year - including myself.

I don’t have any new goals for year 2007. I just continue my journey to achieve my previous goals; becoming a millionaire by 35, owning my ultimate dream car Mercedes Benz S350L, sending my parents to Hajj and continue to become a kind and generous gentleman to my loved ones, relatives and loved ones. And who knows, later I may become a husband and a father (which I think very unlikely to happen in these two or three years from now).

A lot of people get exhausted to chase their dreams. Or sometimes they just get intimidated by their goals; feeling overwhelmed or simply ridicules their own dreams. I believe all the big goals need to carry some small goals which lead to them. These small goals are like arrows pointing to the final destination. By having this, we will not get lost in the excursion of hope and anticipation. Of course, any success is definitely accompanied by many failures. In fact, it almost becomes a pre-requisite for every success – to fail. Thomas A. Edison somberly claimed that he knows 999 ways of not creating light bulb. He didn’t say he knows 999 ways of failing to create light bulb.

It is all up to us on how to create perspective on our winnings and failures last year. I failed a few times myself. I failed to secure few projects. I failed to win a relationship. I failed to own something. Nonetheless, I remain steadfast. Some are meant for us and some just need to be done in the right way and at the right time. Some need some tweaks here and there and voila, you have it!

Apart of being stubborn and persistent in chasing the dreams (which are my natural traits), I believe people must share their goals with public. I mean, you’ve got a dream and you must tell it to people. However, people get scared when they are asked to do this. They fear people will say NO to their dreams. The fact is, nobody cares about your dream. Seriously. But who knows, maybe one or two people in the crowd may share your dreams as well. Perhaps they want to forge an alliance with you to achieve the same goals and the same dreams. Or maybe, they know the ways to help you to achieve your goals. Isn’t that sweet?



Simultaneously when you announce your goals to the public, your sub conscious mind will begin to work towards the goals. Your intention, your verbal announcement and your clarity of the goals – these will contribute to the success of achieving your goals. So friends, don’t lose sight on your goals. Visualize your prize when you achieve your goals. I always do that. I visualize who I want to be with in my future, what I want to have in my future and what kind of person I want to be in my future.

The past taught us how to embrace the future. And the real kick is, you’ve got to take action now because now will decide your future. Not the past.

One millionaire I met last week ask me this; 2007 will arrive in a few days and you must think what you need to do become what you want.

I shall leave the question to y’all.