I didn't believed that everyone can have the same opportunity to break thru. I had dreams. I thought it would be cool to be a celebrity, artitist, band member or a sports man but I didn't believed it's possible.
I was born in the 80s and to me Singaporean will never be able to earn money from this way. I had a dad who didn't know how to express himself or show us any concern or care. He wasn't a role model in any way I wanted less say an inspiration.
I have a brother who love us so deary that sacrifice his dreams, talent and freedom for the our living hood.
I have a mum who struggle all her life to keep us contented and taken care of in her greatest means. What more can 1 ask for?
I did not have the chance to be like any of the kids these days that grew up in taking 101 enrichment classes. Not just because we weren't well off but also because I wasn't interested. I didn't believed that putting in 10,000 hours will make a difference. All I cared about was having fun. I didn't see things like how I am looking at them now. I didn't believe that opportunity is just 1 step away. All you have to do is step forward.
I didn't believed that hardwork can overcome the lack of talent. I hated talented people. I hate the fact that they can do things so much easier as compared to the rest. But I grow up to understand that talent can bring you some where but without the 10,000 hours, talent can only bring you this far. Talent + 10,000 hours put you above all but 10,000 hours beats talent with no hardwork.
It might be hard to believe but I didn't grow up a confident kid. I didn't grow up like who I am now. I feel out of place most of the time because I wasn't talent in any sports or art and physically I was a chubby little kid. My only born talent was talking. So I started talking and I didn't stop. I talked to impress, talked to hide my fear, hide my weakness and talk my way into and out of trouble. I've talked all my life and as time goes by I got so good at it that's all I do and I just kept doing it since I'm good.
From hindsight, there's a lot more I could have done or tried if I had believed. I wouldn't say it's too late considering I am just turning 30 but losing the teenage years where development was the easiest makes thing difficult to catchup. Then again, I might not be who I am, doing what I am doing or be at where I am if I've done anythings differently. Can I say that I've any regret? I am not too sure since I am pretty contented with where I am currently. I guess being contented is the key to happiness after all.
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| I guess 6 rings is enough. |
Signing off with one of my current ear worm: 10,000 hours.
"The greats weren't great because at birth they could paint
The greats were great cause they paint a lot"
1 comments:
I believe in the same thing. I think kids should chase after their own dreams, make mistakes, fail and learn from it. Rather than to chase the rat race, come out of it and realise: what the fuck am I doing with my life. by that time, it's sort of too late. If I could have a say in it, 17-18 should be the age where we go on this journey. at least when you hit your mid 20s, you can question if all of this is right, and you know you've had a good run. Then you can choose: dreams or stability or a balance.
Everything has a price, just need to ask ourselves what can we live with.
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