Patience…my friend, patience

19 11 2008

My life has been a little bit stagnant for the past 2 weeks. Perhaps that is what you get when you dun have a girlfriend who will spice up your life. I think the most terrible thing for me now is to wait. To wait for a confirmation of a job that I was interested in, waiting for my driving test, waiting my girl to break up with her bf so that i can replace him (just joking) and waiting for the confirmation of my admission into uniSim.

But then again, maybe all these waiting is a test of my patience, which I’m really a sucker in. Scientists took years of research before a breakthrough which helps thousands or even millions of people with their creation. Imagine what would happen if they dun have the patience of doing that.

Investing also requires patience, if Warren Buffet does not have the patience to invest his money for so many years, would he have became the legendary billionaire investor that he is now today? I believe that there some things in life needs time to slowly form and you got to just accept it.

Just take a look at the current financial crisis in US and you will understand that the main culprit is actually greed and impatience. If those banks are patient enough to allow their sales or profit to gain steady and not invest into those high risk mortgage loans which were doomed to fail in the 1st place, people wouldn’t lost so much money and banks wouldn’t need to declare bankrupt. 

Luckily, through exercises like Yoga, Meditation and recreation like Fishing and Chess which helps you to build up your patience and in time, builds up your wealth. Remember, one of the rules to become wealthy is be patient.