We all have ambitions, climb the corporate ladders, buy big houses, travel the world, be a successful YouTuber who has millions of followers and the list goes on and on. All the motivational gurus told us that we could do anything as long as we focus our minds on it. Being positive minded is definitely a good thing but this type of teaching only tells us half the story. You see, just being positive is not really enough.
When Covid-19 hit last year, a lot of so called ‘gurus’ in various fields popped up overnight in the internet universe. There are people who want to tell you how comfortable they are because of the digital business that they do. That they have work-life balance, they choose when they want to work or not work. Then there are those who boast about how good their negotiation skills are when they managed to close a million dollar deal over a meal at a Mamak stall by the road side in Malaysia. There are even those who would go to the extent of lecturing you that the only way to be happy is to celebrate life itself. They are almost implying that if you find yourself in a bad situation, it is all your own fault as you can simply turn the switch inside your head and you would instantly change your life. Imagine you tell a person who has just lost his entire family to fire that he should celebrate his life, I won’t blame him if he instantly land his foot on your face. Honestly, I’m sick of this idea that positivity will solve all problems.
The problem is lots of people believe them as they make it sounds so easy to achieve success. Most people want to get what they want in the shortest time possible. This is exactly the weakness that the motivational ‘gurus’ focus on when they target their potential ‘customers’. They are fully aware that most people want to achieve success without putting in too much effort. In fact, it would be better if they don’t have to do anything at all!
If positive thinking is the answer to all our problems, then American would still have Donald Trump as their President. He was ‘positive’ that he won the election (even though he didn’t) to such an extent that he couldn’t differentiate reality from imagination. He was basically living in his own bubble. A lot of these so called ‘gurus’ failed to tell their audience the truth, that success does not only come from purely positive attitude. It also requires other equally if not more important ingredients to make it happen - hard work and perseverance. You won’t become wealthy by just sitting on your couch whole day and feel confident inside your own mind that you will be rich one day. It is not only impossible but also stupid!
The success gurus that I would like to learn from are people like Dwayne Johnson. This guy’s achievement is entirely due to his hard work. He wakes up 4 o’clock in the morning to work out. He then eats his breakfast and go on working on his other works like movie and so on. He only gets about 4 hours sleep each day. He believes that he succeeds because he knows he is always the hardest worker in the room. There is no short cut in life. We reap what we sow. If we want to have good harvest, start planting the seed NOW!
我们都有愿望，升职加薪，买大房子，环游世界，甚至成为一位出名的网红，拥有数百万名粉丝，等等。大多激励大师告诉我们，只要我们专注于此，世界上没有任何事情是我们办不到的。保持积极向上的态度绝对是一件好事，但这种教导只告诉我们事实的一半。因为仅仅保持积极态度是不够的。
去年新冠肺炎大流行时，突然在一夜之间互联网世界出现许多所谓的“专家”。有一些人会告诉你他们的事业令到他们有很多生活方式的选择。他们深信他们找到了工作与生活之间的平衡，可以选择何时工作或不工作也可以。甚至还有一些会劝说，让幸福快乐的唯一方法就是庆祝生活本身！他们几乎暗示着，如果您发现自己处境很糟，那完全是您自己的错，因为您只要动动脑筋，就可以立即改变自己的生活。老实说，我非常讨厌这些所谓的专家。
问题是很多人相信他们，因为他们的言论听起来若要成功似乎很容易。试问谁不想在最短的时间内得到想要的东西。这些专家完全意识到，大多数人都希望在不付出任何努力的情况下取得成功。
如果单靠积极的态度就可以解决我们所有的问题的话，那特朗普现在很可能还是美国总统。这些所谓的“大师”都没有告诉大众真正的事实，成功并不仅仅来自积极的态度。它也需要其他重要的要素，包括努力和毅力，以实现目标。一整天坐在沙发上并不会发财，对自己的内心充满信心，相信自己有一天会变得富有是不够的。这不仅是不可能的，而且还是十分愚蠢啊！
我想学习的成功专家是像巨石Dwayne Johnson这样的人。这个家伙的成就完全归功于他的努力。他早上四点醒来锻炼身体。然后，吃早餐，继续从事电影等其他作品的创作。他每天只有大约4个小时的睡眠。他相信自己会成功，因为他知道自己比其他人努力。生活没有捷径。我们收获我们所播种的。如果我们想获得丰收，那就要立即开始下苦工！
