Monday, June 4, 2012

National Achievers' Congress 2012


Robert and Kim Kiyosaki were scheduled to speak at this year's National Achievers' Congress. Robert appeared alone on stage on the second day cos Kim slipped and hurt herself and was in the hospital. He spoke abt the ES/BI quadrants and how we shld focus on our assets instead of expenses. What struck me most was what he said abt the importance of staying hungry for success (pretty congruent with some other rich ppl). His reply when his frenz asked him why he wont stop working was he loves winning n beating them!

Learnt this: "Stop trying to fit in when u were born to stand out!"
Some pointers to keep in mind when building a brand:
What do u stand for?
What must u keep from the existing brand?
Who exactly r u talking to?
How must ppl feel abt it?
N in human stoopidity, we can see opportunity!!!
N when one of the NAC presenters mentioned abt making $$$ in ur pyjamas...the image of our dear Jonathan in his YouTube clips immediately came to my mind...lol...

N this was the first time that i didnt buy anything from the seminar...lol...in fact, i bought quite a few pairs of Pedro n Charles&Keith shoes from the expo sale n lotsa clothes from the flea mkt instead...i was surprised to learn that the Charles&Keith shoes from its signature range r made of leather...i have v.sensitive n thin skin on my feet so my badly-bruised feet need leather shoes...o.O

Something really funny from our dear Adrian:
"Tomorrow if you happen to be at the PC show...
(1) and you suddenly hear the announcement "Paging for ship captain.. ship captain please come to the customer service counter"... you know that's me. But of course you would be too busy trying to get the best deals, get the free gifts and fight the noise.
(2) Alternatively if you see the lady carrying the most amount of bags in her hands.. that would be Tono Leechie. lol
(3) If you hear someone respond to the page above saying "I am here to collect the free Mc Donalds Ice cream voucher", you can be sure that is Jonathan Tan Boon Shiong. lol
(4) When you hear someone comment "Each time I buy something, I will end up with blue-black goods". That would be A Kay Sin.
lol !"
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(http://sg.finance.yahoo.com/news/being-kiasu-singapore-strong-suit-035654477.html)

Being ‘kiasu’ is Singapore’s strong suit: Kiyosaki


Robert Kiyosaki, author of the best-selling financial self-help book "Rich Dad Poor Dad", said that being "kiasu" might be the reason why Singapore is so successful today.

In an interview with Yahoo! Singapore on Saturday, he contrasted this "scared to lose" mentality in Singapore with the mentality of other countries.
"That's really what Singapore's strong suit is — kiasu. It's in your blood. You know in Mexico, they don't have kiasu, they have Mañana, which is 'Do it tomorrow' and in Hawaii, they have 'Ain't no big thing' and they don't get anything done," he said.
Speaking at the National Achievers' Congress 2012 at the Singapore Expo, Kiyosak however, warned against complacency.
"Singapore is rich and happy at the moment and that's not good. America was like that at one point in time," he said.
When asked how to avoid getting complacent, the financial guru said, "That's why I think of myself as poor and I keep working. That's why I never think of myself as rich. I'm always in the process of getting richer."
Kiyosaki then went on to talk about how many people need a change of mindset from simply earning money to pay their bills to increasing their assets and cashflow.
"Focus on what you want to expand. If you focus on assets, your assets will expand. What people do, is they focus on expenses so expenses expand. It's like the law of psychology, you've got to change what you focus on."
At his two-hour seminar, where spoke before a thousand people, Kiyosaki also talked about the difficulty in getting really rich in Singapore as compared to America.
"The trouble with Singapore is it's a small country, limited land, five million people, smart and rich. That's a bad combination. That means in Singapore, you've gotta be really smart and really ambitious," he said.
The bright side, according to him, is that Singapore is great for business because of its "secure environment" and "secure infrastructure".
"If I were in Singapore, I would be in business, not real estate," he said. "Safety is a very important factor in money production. If you don't feel safe, you can't produce."
Commenting on the world's current economic situation, he concluded, "We have never been in this situation before. The world has never been in such a precarious situation. Anybody who says they know what's gonna happen is crazy cause at any moment, something can happen."

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