Give Up On Life But Not On Yourself!

Not too long ago when an ex colleague of mine called me and asked me how I was doing, I replied that I have given up on life but not on myself.

As of today, I have not closed any deals in the last 3 months as a property agent, which would mean that I will not be getting any money 4 months down the road. I am living on whatever savings I have now.

It has been more than a year since I was betrayed by that bitch who told me that I could trust her in return for helping her get rid of her closest rival in power. Today, she sits pretty as a director of the company and continues to draw a generous salary while I am living with extreme anxiety almost everyday.

It is not easy living with the thought that while your money is running out on a monthly basis while knowing that no money is coming in for next few months is a nightmare. Well, I have been living like that since July 2007. Things do not seem to fall in place for me at all. In fact, more bad things seem to happen to me rather than good things. It is like the odds are always stacked against me. This has led me or taught me to adopt a new view of life. That is one may give up on life but never give up on yourself.

Now that Singapore is in recession and retrenchment is looming in the extremely near future, I hope many would adopt a similar attitude to life. Believe me, it is not easy coping with the high cost of living and the prospect of not getting another job. For myself? Well I tried applying for a job but only 1 pathetic company called me for an interview and it wasn`t successful. I have been zealously distributing my flyers offering my services as a real estate agent but not many respond to my flyers. And I just get very upset when other agents get listings while I am not rewarded for all my hard work.

With such huge odds to go against, I simply told myself to fight till I drop dead. What else can I do? I have done all I possibly can to earn a decent living but shit keeps happening to me.

I have to admit that Robert Kiyosaki`s books have helped me to cultivate this pattern of thinking. Essentially, what I have learnt from him is that one must never ever give up if one wants to succeed in life and be rich. There is no short cut to riches.

Well, it is my sincere hope that those who are already in a shitty situation or who are going to be in a shitty situation of going into financial hardship, you may give up on life but never ever give up on yourself. Because when you come out of the storm and made it in life, you can look back and be really proud of yourself. It will definitely build strength in your character and it will come in handy when you need to weather another storm in life.