Dream big. Start small.

Hold that thought!

How many truly successful persons do you know, who don't have a strong professional & social network*?
* Excluding the odd 'reclusive artist/writer' phenomenon


If you discover as really great product or service which you've benefitted from, do you tell your friends about it?

Freelancers, Small businesses & Huge corporations alike in almost any industry, depend on personal introductions, referrals and word of mouth ('WOM') in order to build their success; ever more so when advertising just doesn't have the impact it used to.

Do you hate sales?

I know I did. Many people still do. But guess what?

SALES IS EVERYTHING.

Buddha was a fantastic salesperson. So was Gandhi. Mother Theresa.
Who else can you think of that exerts positive influence over people, but not for money? 

They are as great salespersons as the top earners in the world: Warren Buffet, Tony Robbins, Richard Branson & so on.

How so? Sales is all about effective communication & sharing of ideas, benefits etc. which inspires or convinced people so much, that they are willing to accept and/or buy it (or buy into it, in the case of belief systems).

The Investment we all NEED but often fail to make & monitor:


This is particularly important if you are self-employed or running a business.

How foolish can we get, when prevention just requires small, frequent & regular positive action? 

You might lose it all.

Recently, I met Freddy Sim who kindly set aside time to chat with me about the benefits his profession offers others, his company & personal philosophy of success.

A personal advisor & asset to many Singaporean government officials and regular folk alike, Freddy emphasised the importance of wealth protection in the form of insurance by sharing a personal situation:

His mom had a bad fall which left her in a vegetative state. Hospitals care for such patients for only a limited period, so he has to transfer her to a nursing home - which costs $3000/month.

His mother did not buy insurance, and she was past the acceptable age bracket (when insurers will offer coverage for) when Freddy could begin purchasing plans for her. He mused:

"$3000 a month - can I afford it? Let's say yes. $360,000 a year... yes. $360,000 a year for 10 years?"

If you could pay a small price to handover possibly huge liabilities to someone else, would you?