There is a great hype lately about how some new billionaire must be our new idol. And I totally disagree with that hype. Billionaires are not only overrated. They are constantly advertising all those things that should not be part of the principles in a man’s life.
To begin with, there is nothing wrong with being successful. I am not arguing against that. I am arguing against the definition of successful though.
Successful is raising your kids without having money.
Not creating companies with your dad’s money.
Successful is having a hard life and still smile.
Not being a rock star and being praised for working more than eight hours.
Successful is having a family and raising your kids.
Not changing women like shirts and buying your kids yachts.
Successful is creating a good company without subsidies.
Not posing as an entrepreneur with my money.
Successful is finishing your phD or your bachelor’s degree.
Not quitting school because you had an ‘idea’.
Successful is having humble beginning and still stay humble.
Not pose as the new Tony Stark while governments (or agencies) support your ideas.
Successful is breaking your will to accept the world.
Not breaking everything to impose your own will to the cosmos.
Does that sound like failure to you?You might be right.Because at the end, success is not measured by success. No, these are not excuses for me not being a billionaire. I am sure I would be one if I had the Jedi-mind ability to convince people of things which might lead them to jail or if I managed to convince NASA to give me money to build spaceships with a company I owned which could not make spaceships (random example). I am sure I would be a zillionaire if I decided to leave all my family and children and friends while pursuing my dream to save the cosmos from something it never asked to be saved from.
People admire Bruce Lee for being a master of the martial arts. But there is nothing magic in being one. All you have to do is practice all day long every day until you die. See? You can be Bruce Lee too. And a billionaire (but then you wouldn’t have time to get that black belt). And a phD holder (but then you wouldn’t have time to be a billionaire). And a family guy (but then you might not even have time to get a phD)…
It is all a matter of priorities. So get your’s straight. And stop admiring false idols.
At the end, every man (and woman) can go on his own path. What we need to make sure though is not that the path is enlightened. But that the path leads to light at the end…
If that difference troubles you, then cheer up. You are in the right path already. Only some tears away from a smile…
Or you can always be Bruce Lee.
