What comes before goals and plans?

Watch the below video from Jack Ma from Alibaba first. Don't worry. Got English subtitles.

1. Before we go on, Singapore is where it is today not because we have goals and plans. You mean other governments and countries have no annual budgets and 5 year plans? 2. Do you keep thinking of money every waking hours? Is it healthy? Is this the reason you are here on Earth? You are very practical and a realist - no money; no talk. And you wonder why others are happier than you... 3. Have you realised where you are today is the sum of all decisions you have made or not made? No choice? Was it really "no choice", or the truth is you capitulated and took the easy way out? By the way, during one of my Buddhist seminars, one business owner from a neighbouring country asked Ajahn Brahm, "Where I come from, nothing gets done without giving bribes. But I'm a devout Buddhist!" Without being a Buddhist yourself, you would know how Ajahn Brahm would have replied. Or would you tell the business owner its OK to tell little lies to himself? No choice what? 4. Would you sell combs to monks? Is this why insurance agents are not really held in high esteem by the general public? To be fair, every industry got their share of bad apples. My fellow sales and marketing brethren, have we ever sold combs to monks? No choice again right? We got sales targets to hit, KPIs to achieve... Who is the master, who is the tool? In corporate life chained by goals and objectives; in our own private lives we continue to use the same very tethers to seek our financial freedom? Brilliant!

Singapore Man of Leisure (welcome to my blog; just google it!)

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