Developing a peaceful mentality
By lldrwin
@lldrwin (187)
China
December 16, 2012 2:27am CST
Hi friends ,I do not konw if you have the same feeling that sometimes,we are thinking matters too over to make ourselves tired.
I come from a poor family.My family lead a rough life.I feel very sad when I saw them have to be manual labor for life .I hope do something to improve their condition.
The first way I thought is gaining success on job.
I've been working for approximately six months since I have graduated from university this.Normally,most rookies like me are focus on job,doing our best to gain more knowledge.Good performance ,good return.At first two months, I have a daily schedule ,which is aim at taking full use of my time.
It contains:
1.Get up at 7:30 ,learning english.
2.Spend one hours doing exercise after off duty.
3.Read a book related to finance.
The moment I finished,I said :what a nice plan.Shame on me,I kept my arrangement less than two weeks.Later, I intended to participate in a english training course.The tuition is too expensive to afford,so I failed to attend the training.The fact is I begun to save money to afford it.
Time flies,I worked around four months.Due to I have a certain amount of spare money,I decided to take out part of money investing funds.Stock is too complexity for me,also,you need spend lots of time studying it.I started to pick up knowledges about fund investing.After a series of survey,I selected three funds.Last month,I made my decision to purchase them .At the end of year ,many experts claimed it's not a good opportunity for investing funds.Plan was delayed again.
Recently,I find I am a daydreamer.It seems that I make a good plan to fill full my life ,I should get very busy.The truth is all i do is fantasy,no actually actions.
I envy those people who drive luxury car.Although I know success is comes after hard-working,I am get lost in material desires.
Nothing can prevent me from Imagining a big lottery will hit on me,or if I were a silver-spoon kid.
It makes me tired,all things go wrong.I need a peaceful mentality to help me get out of the trouble.No daydream ,back to reality.Concentrate on everything with the attitude of down-to-earth.
1 response
@Arieles (2473)
• United States
16 Dec 12
The best way to be successful lldrwin is first to appreciate what you do have. Many people may be driving nicer cars or luxury cars as you mentioned, nine times out of ten though, these cars are being driven on credit with enormous monthly payments. There is nothing wrong with driving a newer used vehicle where you don't owe any money.
It's easy to envy people with nicer things than what we have ourselves, but remember they more than likely bought those items with credit cards and are paying huge monthly payments on them.
Also, those people that win the lottery usually lose all of their winnings and then some, because they don't know what to do with all that money. They might even think they don't deserve it, so they lose it all and end up worse than what they were before. Winning the lottery is not a good way to be a productive wealthy citizen. Your hard work and diligence will take you so much further than winning the lottery ever could.
It's okay to fantasize about what you would do with the money, hey why not even go a step further and believe you already have that money. Great things will come your way because of your optimistic attitude. A good book for you to read if you want to check it out is Steve Covey's SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE.
Yes, work hard, learn your job and do well. Someone, somewhere will notice your hard work and dedication. They will see you have a wonderful work ethic. You are doing well to learn your English. Just keep working, studying and appreciating the good in your life and you will get more from it. Employers like employees with a positive attitude and a zest for life.
Great post, thanks for creating it.
@lldrwin (187)
• China
16 Dec 12
Thanks,dear Arieles.You teach me an important lesson that it is important to treasure what i have instead of envy what belongs to others.God is fair to all of us.It is unwise to judge something from it's appearance.Sort of lottery,easy come,easy go.
I highly agree with you,hard work along with diligence will be my foundation stone of success.if you are the gold ,nothing can cover your brightness.
The faith that I believe is the common value of society.Even the eagle need run several metres before flying to the sky.It tells us,success need accumulation.Going step by step,my dream will come true.
The book you recommend to me, I am going to check it out in amazon.
Wow,you inspired passion in my life.
