OoOoo Following Your Dreams ooOoO

I was trying out Ameer Ali with a friend. It’s really great to sit and have some chats. So I thought I could share it here.

Everyone have dreams right? Well I do. And you guys also do I know even though you’re a bit shy to tell me I know you do. And this thing called dream surely is a self-morphing thing. I’m not sure if there’s anyone here who have currently, the same dream as the one they had when they were a little cute boy/girl. You know like soldier, firetruck driver kinda thing. It’s not a bad thing to dream of though. It’s a noble one in fact.
And as we get older, there’s thing called Reality Check, and suddenly people dump their dreams.
Ok maybe dump is a little bit too harsh. They modified it a bit, give it a little touch of reality, and settle with it.

I wanted to be a Film Director. But mom said there’s no future in it. So now I’m becoming an engineer.

Hurray. Nothing’s wrong with becoming an engineer though. So… what’s my point again?


Higglytown Heroes

It’s a great series. I mean I don’t watch every episodes. Ok watched a few. With my lil bro of course. And that was long time ago before Ben10 and the likes came along and made him ditched this.
For those who didn’t know what was it all about, it’s a very simple, same template story in every episodes, profession introduction series that makes these kids really appreciate all kind of profession that they see everyday in their life. From Police Inspector to Sign Language Interpreter to Pizza Guy (he did in fact appeared in most if not every episodes).
If you have lil bros or kids at home, this is definitely one of the good series out there to see.
It teaches and inspires.

Passion and Money, Which Comes First?

In a survey conducted many years ago, 1,500 people were asked that very same question and were then separated in 2 different categories based on their feedback. Category A believed that money was their priority and would consider doing what they want to do later. 1,245 people went into that group. Category B, made up of 255 people preferred going after their passion and trust that money would follow subsequently.
What do you think happened to both groups 20 years later?
Out of 1,500 people in the whole group, 101 of them became millionaires. Only one came from Category A. The remaining 100 of the millionaires all came from Category B.
Source: Some Magazine

Well if you are already pursuing your passion and already making lots of money then thats.. oklah.
I put money in the subject here since it is playing a big role in making people decide which way they are going. It is rather sad to see that there are a lot of people who have dump their passion/dreams to go for (easy) money since it’s the easier way.
You know the normal cycle. Study, Score, Graduate, Interview, Work, Earn $$$, Go Home, Work, Earn $$$.

It’s not the best choice imo because of these few reasons:

1. We will have people who end up not following their dreams. Chances are they don’t do things whole-heartedly.
2. The easy money is not in 5 or 6 digits (or maybe more). Settling with 4 digits means incurring a lot of opportunity cost.
3. If someone dreamt of making Good movies, and decided to dump the dreams to become an engineer for all his life. Then we have just lost a Good movie producers. We might even end up having a mediocre engineer as oppose to an excellent producer.

Things we need to do that may help people follow their dreams:

1. Follow your dream, you will inspire people to follow theirs
2. Tell them why following dreams is like the in thing
3. Provide them with platform and supports to follow their dreams (ngos, government play huge role here)

I just finished reading a book called The Dip by Seth Godin. It helps a lot in explaining the how’s and why’s of following dreams. A very short book (80 pages only). Worth reading.
So, that’s it from me. Till then.

Night and Sweet Dreams.

p.s. : there’s even one Higglytown Heroes series that features the profession of a Science Fair Judge! 

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