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RE: Rich Dad Poor Dad Book Club (Chapter 6 Part 2)
Out of those 6 question i think i can only answer the first one.. because of me being a student..
Do you know extremely talented people who make very little money? What could they be doing differently?
- I know a guy whos hobby was to play soccer... and He was damn good at it...for almost 15 years he played...and after some financial issues he chose to pursue a private job and has kids now.
Now if i was in that guys shoes i know it wouldve been hard for me because i dont think i can cope with the ammount of determination and patience he showed but for the wrong job... I wouldve atleast tried to keep doing whats natural to me..... Because whenever i would see myself in formal dresses working for a boss i wouldve had hardship..as you said, they dont have the support or the finnace to support them.
And what he couldve been doing differently if you may ask.. well theres always a word called entrepreneurship.
Much like entrepreneurship, being a professional athlete takes a lot of work and a certain amount of risk. It isn’t an easy decision for a lot of us to make, especially few when finances are tight. And a lot of times, really, self doubt is what pushes us into conventional jobs. I wonder if your friend doubted his chances of success.
He mustve had some doubt.. Not about his success mayb.. mayb it was about the ammount of time he would need to get there...he had to support his family.. he had an extended family and had to support his parents as they were elderly.. that mustve influenced his decision..
That’s huge. That a lot of pressure. And if he had missed or failed in soccer, what would he have done? I wonder.
In my part of land our elders judge someone with their job and it determines their place in the society...the more stable job you have the more respect you would get... On that basis sports are taken as a vagabonds job...he had a girlfriend and her parents said the exact same thing to him which i just said.... But it also takes a certain ammount of passion to pursue what you want..without that no matter how much talented one is cant shine..
Very true!