Re: Question about Singapore
 

Hi Boyd,

> What's the attitude of Singaporians to
> American expatriates? Are they welcomed,
> ignored or endured?

I have absolutely no idea my friend. I'm just
some 18 year old student who does this internet
thing as well, no idea about the 'real world' and
all the politics associated with it. :-)

Joe Kumar


30 Days To Internet Marketing Success

I'm interested in the Singapore city-state
 

Hi,

The reason I'm interested currently is that the article linked to, below, says the Singapore city-state is one of only two countries on Earth where freedom exists.

Note, I'm not saying that, that's what the article says.

Best,

- Boyd


Click here for the article I cited

Re: Catch-22-Silver-Spoon Character Of Success...
 

There is Mike Litman too. He was a no body. Then he asked some millionaires if he could take their interviews on radio.

He bought air time and recorded interviews with millionaires. As he says it - only about 4-5 people heard those interviews.

But one day he transcribed those interviews in a book - and that book became a best seller on amazon.com

> Dien,

> Thank you for your reply.

> Yes, my friend, you got it absolutely right,
> -
> I DO maintain that the logic of success is
> circular, a big Catch-22.

> And I do maintain that this is not a matter
> of opinion (yours or mine) - it's a matter
> of FACTS.

> Once again - you CAN'T turn nothing into
> something. You have to BE a success in any
> shape or form in order to ACHIEVE success in
> another form...

> If this 'being somebody' sounds foreign,
> consider another form - you have to KNOW
> somebody to achieve something.

> Yes, I do fully subscribe to the brilliant
> analysis of Michael Ross and Boyd Stone.

> Yes, I think that the Silver Spoon debunking
> of success myths is THE most significant
> contribution to this board and to the
> 'theory' of success in general.
> (you can easily find Michael's and Boyd's
> posts by searching the archives for 'silver
> spoon')...

> The theory of success that doesn't take into
> account the Silver Spoon factor is a LIE,
> self-imposed illusion and the way to delude
> others.

> It's exactly like your beloved Quantum
> Mechanics - you can't get rid of the
> fundamentally IRRATIONAL character of
> success phenomenon...

> Your mother, happening to know the president
> of IBM.
> Your son BEING a genius.
> Your uncle 'happening' to have a million
> dollars to invest in your company.
> ....................

> And please, don't tell me that Feynman was a
> 'nobody' at some distant point in time.
> We both know that Feynman NEVER was a
> nobody.
> Call it 'genes', call it 'destiny', call it
> 'grace', call it 'silver spoon'.

> We may try to turn away from reality of this
> 'circular logic' all our lives - but without
> the factor of LUCK, GRACE... whatever.. any
> success-considerations are myths and
> delusions...

> And this 'luck', 'being somebody', 'knowing
> somebody', 'bumping into something' is NOT
> something secondary and peripheral - it's
> basic, the factor everything starts from...

> Simon

My 2 Cents...
 

Hey Boyd,

> The reason I'm interested currently is that
> the article linked to, below, says the
> Singapore city-state is one of only two
> countries on Earth where freedom exists.

My 2 cents is that you have freedom and safety
etc in Singapore, but that's until (if and when)
you get in trouble with the law.

It's a police state. The legal system is strict
as hell. You're "guilty until proven innocent" in
a way. Just letting you know. :-)

The government in Singapore "owns" you. There's
less "freedom" as the world knows it. There's
less freedom of speech and freedom of expression.
The government in Singapore has all the money,
and they're content with every Singaporean
busting their chops in the workplace for 1 or
2 thousand

Joe Kumar


30 Days To Internet Marketing Success

Re: My 2 Cents...
 

Oops I forgot to complete my post.

... (that's what my father told me). :-)

Joe Kumar

Thank you very much
 

Hi,

I'm very impressed by your answer, and I thank you for it.

Best,

- Boyd

"It is only fair to have unfair advantages in an unfair world" Tim Jr.
 

Of course the silver spoon catch-22 metaphor of sucess is correct. Even in the case of the 79 year old painter. She survived to the age of 79 so she was successfully healthy and I believe that same woman lived on to a very old age (check an encyclopedia article about her life if you REALLY need more info) Plus it is a simple luck factor as stated by Richard Wiseman who recently wrote a book under that title. you generally meet people everyday if you not a hermit and since every person tends to know at least 300 people one of those people has to be successful in one form or another and at least one person you meet each day knows somebody who can help you in your field of business, or field of interest. Lucky people are more positive, yet they also find the harder they work the luckier they get. Therefore it is only fair to have unfair advantages in an unfair world if you wish to have an "unfair" amount of success. Keep your nose to the grindstone and actually educate yourself in some form or another. I'd suggest classics like Acres of Diamonds or As A Man Thinketh or even The Magic Book from 1906 which have no post modern BS and no newsletters you try to get sold on. Even posting on here denotes your success in actually being bold enough to speak up! Tim JR.