The Norm
I came from the village. As someone from the village the first thing that come to mind when I finished schooling is to work for the government. This is the normal choice for a villager. One must work hard, gain entrance into the university and work for the government. Eventhough not working with the government one must work to earn a living. The fact remains, obtain a good qualification and work for a living. We received a fixed monthly income when working and a monthly pension when we retire.Receiving the assured and fixed monthly income is actually the motivating factor for majority of us to choose working with the government rather then working for ourselves as a business person.
The situation now has changed, and we cannot rely solely on working with the government. We cannot all the time afford to just work for a living. We need to have a few career choices, that can increase our income and economy the halal and blessed way. Never mind if it is working with the government or private sector , running a business or working on your own. What we need is to strive hard to achieve success. What we need is find ways and opportunities how to increase or multiple our income besides the normal working hours.Having a single career is just earning a living which only enough to support our daily expenses.Our income is zerorised at every end of the month.We must find ways to do business.Initially it maybe on part time basis.But it is ok as long as we can earn the exra income.
Multiple your assets
We need to make sure that we have excess income. By having excess income allows us to have savings. We can keep the excess income in the form of unit trusts, buy jewelries, gold coins or buy gold bars and not to touch those investments. If we have enough, try to purchase land or landed property. Land is the best form of asset. I am very certain, InsyaAllah the value of all these investment will appreciate one day.
We need to accumulate our assets now. Don’t be fooled by our desires to purchase a new car, new furniture etc. Avoid getting into debts to purchase wealth. The fact is that we will not be wealthy if we are in debt. We can be in debt but incur the debt for our business sake that can surely provide us with the multiple income. Curtailed our egos and desires as both will stop us from changing and migrating towards success.
Start Doing Business
Please remember,generally non-Muslim communities are getting stronger economically.This means that doing business will provide you more lucrative income.It may not be assured and fixed,on monthly basis,but it definitely will be more on annual basis.
We need to start by increasing our savings and accumulating our assets.This is only possible through business.We need to accumulate our assets in order to protect our heritage and countrymen for the future.Our economy and politics are very fragile.Money can buy politics and countrymen.Without money and wealth at our disposal,other people will buy our politics and countrymen.This has already happened today.It is happening now,right in front of our eyes.
In the future,the economy will focus more on human capital development, state of the art technology and the services sector.These sectors have a high growth potential especially those relating to green and energy savings technology,marketing,trading,branding,finishing,packaging,franchising,biotech,ICT,financial services,agriculture that have a high value added, and becoming less and less emphasis on manufacturing sector.We cannot afford to loose these opportunities. Before, in the manufacturing sector we were not prepared and opportunities were lost. We cannot be unprepared all the time. We must be ready with multi skills and professionalism.We must grab these opportunities now.Please donot miss it again this time around!
The culture of Waiting for The Government Assistances
The government has on many occasions assisted us. This time around, the government may still be making plans and policies just to assist us. Please do not waste time to wait for these assistances anymore but rather quickly identify and grab any available opportunities.We have the strengths in the form of skilled workforce, the number of workforce, number of consumers and the purchasing power.These are actually the most importance assets for us to work with and rely upon.These are the main ingredients for the success in business.Combination of all these strengths will make things more easier for us to excel,especially in these new sectors.
We have various sources and facilities. Don’t waste all these resources.Together and in groups we are actually strong. Just look at the handphone market for example, every one of us own a handphone. The number of SMSs spent, shoppers at shopping complexes, most of them are our countrymen and our children. Don’t just be consumers that enriches the other communities.We are the ones responsible to enrich the owners of these businesses that majority belong to non-muslim .We can do it if we harness and pool our energy and resources, and not be divided by political sentiments that are too strong but immature.Donot just sit down and wait for the government to assist us anymore.Wake up and start something on our own strengths and capabilities.Identify and secure opportunities and take risks.
Prosper by doing business
Start now to familiarize ourselves with the business world. The doors are wide open in the sectors mentioned above. Eventhough starting on a small scale, with sheer dedication and commitment we can succeed.Start by having your own business eventhough its home based. Remember that 9 out of 10 sources of wealth is from businesses.This should be our stand and not 100% relying on a fixed monthly salary alone.
Now is the time for us to help each other.Marketing,franchising,direct selling, trading and retailing for example attracts more than 80% of our countrymen as its workers and consumers.In the pursuit of wealth,many among our countrymen have been cheated for instance through the get rich quick scheme. Our desires to become rich quickly is non stoppable and as a result we are often being cheated. We cannot be cheated and laid back all the time. We need to put in the effort using our energy and intelligence to pursue our own dream to become successful and rich through businesses.
In business we need support,cooperation and networks.Please help each other my countrymen as this is genuine and asked in Islam. We are responsible to what is being inherited by our future generation. The success and excellence of our future generation depended very much on our actions and decisions made now.
Do involve ourselves in businesses my countrymen for the sake of our future generation.We must at all time think big dream high and have a strong heart to take the risks.
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