(30-09-2012, 05:31 PM)pianist Wrote: [ -> ]a lot of 'get rich quick mentality' in singapore...that why a lot of property / insurance agents these days..this is what our economy is going towards...really dangerous..
Let me share one real example:-
My son's schoolmate who is only 24 year-old working as a property agent only for 2 years after NS - Learning the ropes from his very experienced property agent father. He started to "own" a "Picanto" then change to a "Toyota Altis". Recently, i heard from my son he is "owning" a "BMW 320"
Wow! UTD. the best car i have owned has been a 2nd Hand Honda Civic. That was a long time ago.
And all this he does it within 2 years or less. i think soon he will be "Rich-Man" if more and more immigrants,FTs are allowed into Singapore.
i think i want to be a property agent too.
What i think is that this young chap is actually using the "get me a new sports car" ruse to attract attention upon himself.
I suspect he actually wants some rich people mentorship, ie. those living in Sentosa Cove and at the same time, to prove himself to these rich people he can do such an unbelievable thick-skinned thing.
Somehow I feel neutral towards him because I think he knows that he won't get a sports car but rather he wants to know some rich people to guide him to GET the sports car of his dreams.
Well.. if my hunch is right, he is onto something.
Anyway the fact that this thread got to 3 pages does show his attention seeking ruse seems to work pretty well hur.
He wants a sports car, nothing wrong with that.
He does something as a first step to get it, that's better than doing nothing.
Having said that, why he wants the car and how he goes about doing it is another story altogether.
The rich people in sentosa cove could start by telling him that he has to earn his success.
It's not buying the AMG that's shiok, but buying it with money you made.
(01-10-2012, 02:22 AM)LionFlyer Wrote: [ -> ]It's not buying the AMG that's shiok, but buying it with money you made.
I agree its not buying the car that's shiok. Its the ability to persuade people to give it to him free that is shiok. Buying with own money is not as shiok.
Another analogy is why young guys like to go spend hundreds of $ go pubbing just to hook up a girl? Cant he simply visit a brothel just perhaps $50 bucks? If a person say i use my own money to pay for sex with her. Another person say i manage to persuade her to have sex with me for free. Which is more shiok?
(01-10-2012, 09:57 AM)Bibi Wrote: [ -> ] (01-10-2012, 02:22 AM)LionFlyer Wrote: [ -> ]It's not buying the AMG that's shiok, but buying it with money you made.
I agree its not buying the car that's shiok. Its the ability to persuade people to give it to him free that is shiok. Buying with own money is not as shiok.
Another analogy is why young guys like to go spend hundreds of $ go pubbing just to hook up a girl? Cant he simply visit a brothel just perhaps $50 bucks? If a person say i use my own money to pay for sex with her. Another person say i manage to persuade her to have sex with me for free. Which is more shiok?
IMO, this is CHEAP THRILLS or in Chinese, 贪小便宜. So, 'shiokness' for free or is it really for free?
See where this kind of mindset has led to for some senior govt officials? Now, in court, providing free shiokness to the mass public, every day in the news, reading about their PG-rated (or NC-18?) exploits...
(01-10-2012, 12:21 AM)arthur Wrote: [ -> ]What i think is that this young chap is actually using the "get me a new sports car" ruse to attract attention upon himself.
I suspect he actually wants some rich people mentorship, ie. those living in Sentosa Cove and at the same time, to prove himself to these rich people he can do such an unbelievable thick-skinned thing.
Somehow I feel neutral towards him because I think he knows that he won't get a sports car but rather he wants to know some rich people to guide him to GET the sports car of his dreams.
Well.. if my hunch is right, he is onto something.
Anyway the fact that this thread got to 3 pages does show his attention seeking ruse seems to work pretty well hur.
I will impress if he put up a convincing strategy and make it a success
But base on the article, he has done nothing beside sending out a letter, and hoping for a free lunch.
I do agree that he is an unbelievable thick-skinned person, but success can't depend on thick-skin alone
Thick skin plus substance and hard work = success and respect.
Thick skin with no substance and lazy = self-mockery.
A better way to make rich friends would be to offer to work for free.
(01-10-2012, 02:16 PM)snowcap Wrote: [ -> ]A better way to make rich friends would be to offer to work for free.
Yep, like how Warren Buffett offered to work for free for Benjamin Graham!