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.They are not very good watercolours, in my opinion.But neither myopinion, nor the promise that she would be a multi-millionaire before she wasthirty-five, proved a sufficient inducement to keep her nose to the grindstone.The aptitude for selling advertising was obvious, and was the envy of all hercolleagues.But her inclinations led elsewhere.She is happy as far as I knowand I wish her all the luck in the world.But she will never be rich.Fortunately,she says she has no wish to be.So how do you judge your own aptitudes? Trial and error is the only wayI ever heard of.The problem is that we create an image of ourselves in ourchildhood and youth (often at the urging of parents, siblings or friends), andsubsequently attempt to graft reality onto this image.More often than not, thegraft doesn't take and the result is bewilderment and disappointment.Farbetter to ruthlessly analyse what your particular aptitudes are and act upon them rather than attempt to graft an oak tree onto a dandelion.If you are still young, here is where the advice of a godparent, a trustedteacher or lecturer, or even a career counsellor can prove usefull, bearing inmind that impartiality is a better guide than parental pride.Your parents,likelyas not, will be of little use here.Their love for you may well blind them to theharsher realities of your true abilities and potential.There are a great manydoctors and lawyers who apprenticed themselves to their profession solely toplease an ambitious parent - only later to regret their acquiescence at leisure.If you do decide to ask for advice concerning your true aptitudes, thenpreparation shows you are serious and will be more likely to effect a seriousresponse.As a godparent, I am always willing to discuss the matter, butonlyif my godchild has prepared a list of questions and suggestions, and only inprivate.Casual conversations around a family living room, with others stick-ing their oar in or trying to show off with banter and smart remarks, aretedious and counter-productive.For ambitious young people this is a seriousmatter and deserves to be taken seriously.Of course, such discussions cannot make you rich.But they can reallyhelp in the Search.They can build confidence, a key element in risk taking,and the only way I know of to get rich from a standing start.And they caninform you, too, of your weaknesses, which in turn can protect you fromspending your working life making other people rich - the probable fate ofnearly everyone you currently know.If you are older, and by older I mean in your thirties, then the matterbecomes far more difficult.I would say almost impossible, as far as advice isconcerned.How many of us at that age know somebody to whom we can say: 'Whatdo you truly believe my strong points to be?' and expect a meaningfulanswer? And even if we can find someone we feel comfortable discussingsuch a subject with, how many of us know anyone whose opinion is worththe potential embarrassment? Blind faith and trial and error are just about allthat's left unfortunately.There ought to be a better way, but no one I knowhas ever stumbled across it.Inclinations are easy to list.Aptitude is far less so.Trial and error,combined with fierce determination and a willingness to discard cherishedperceptions about ourselves, is the best that I can suggest. It is highly unsatisfactory and frustrating that the most important decisionwe are likely to consciously make leaves so very much to chance.A smallsuccess,though - even a tiny success - can provide a clue.It was my own success atsell-ing magazines on the street that.led me to begin to publish them eventually.Which leads to fate.To chance.To serendipity.And, to a lesser extent,to the shared social delusion of the supernatural.I do not believe myself tobe any more superstitious than the next person, although it is true that I findmyself knocking on an actual piece of wood just a little too often for comfort.Even so, as a history and biography buff, it always amazes me how the self-made rich appear irresistibly drawn toward the mines in which they will exca-vate their fortunes [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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.They are not very good watercolours, in my opinion.But neither myopinion, nor the promise that she would be a multi-millionaire before she wasthirty-five, proved a sufficient inducement to keep her nose to the grindstone.The aptitude for selling advertising was obvious, and was the envy of all hercolleagues.But her inclinations led elsewhere.She is happy as far as I knowand I wish her all the luck in the world.But she will never be rich.Fortunately,she says she has no wish to be.So how do you judge your own aptitudes? Trial and error is the only wayI ever heard of.The problem is that we create an image of ourselves in ourchildhood and youth (often at the urging of parents, siblings or friends), andsubsequently attempt to graft reality onto this image.More often than not, thegraft doesn't take and the result is bewilderment and disappointment.Farbetter to ruthlessly analyse what your particular aptitudes are and act upon them rather than attempt to graft an oak tree onto a dandelion.If you are still young, here is where the advice of a godparent, a trustedteacher or lecturer, or even a career counsellor can prove usefull, bearing inmind that impartiality is a better guide than parental pride.Your parents,likelyas not, will be of little use here.Their love for you may well blind them to theharsher realities of your true abilities and potential.There are a great manydoctors and lawyers who apprenticed themselves to their profession solely toplease an ambitious parent - only later to regret their acquiescence at leisure.If you do decide to ask for advice concerning your true aptitudes, thenpreparation shows you are serious and will be more likely to effect a seriousresponse.As a godparent, I am always willing to discuss the matter, butonlyif my godchild has prepared a list of questions and suggestions, and only inprivate.Casual conversations around a family living room, with others stick-ing their oar in or trying to show off with banter and smart remarks, aretedious and counter-productive.For ambitious young people this is a seriousmatter and deserves to be taken seriously.Of course, such discussions cannot make you rich.But they can reallyhelp in the Search.They can build confidence, a key element in risk taking,and the only way I know of to get rich from a standing start.And they caninform you, too, of your weaknesses, which in turn can protect you fromspending your working life making other people rich - the probable fate ofnearly everyone you currently know.If you are older, and by older I mean in your thirties, then the matterbecomes far more difficult.I would say almost impossible, as far as advice isconcerned.How many of us at that age know somebody to whom we can say: 'Whatdo you truly believe my strong points to be?' and expect a meaningfulanswer? And even if we can find someone we feel comfortable discussingsuch a subject with, how many of us know anyone whose opinion is worththe potential embarrassment? Blind faith and trial and error are just about allthat's left unfortunately.There ought to be a better way, but no one I knowhas ever stumbled across it.Inclinations are easy to list.Aptitude is far less so.Trial and error,combined with fierce determination and a willingness to discard cherishedperceptions about ourselves, is the best that I can suggest. It is highly unsatisfactory and frustrating that the most important decisionwe are likely to consciously make leaves so very much to chance.A smallsuccess,though - even a tiny success - can provide a clue.It was my own success atsell-ing magazines on the street that.led me to begin to publish them eventually.Which leads to fate.To chance.To serendipity.And, to a lesser extent,to the shared social delusion of the supernatural.I do not believe myself tobe any more superstitious than the next person, although it is true that I findmyself knocking on an actual piece of wood just a little too often for comfort.Even so, as a history and biography buff, it always amazes me how the self-made rich appear irresistibly drawn toward the mines in which they will exca-vate their fortunes [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]