pardon the corny title....most of my posts surrounds self-improvement or self-reflection anyway...being caught up with finer irrelevances in life....lacked the momentum to do so..let me dive right in with a quote and then i'll tell you what i've learnt so far...k
Here’s to the crazy ones. The misfits. The rebels. The troublemakers. The round pegs in the square holes.The ones who see things differently. They’re not fond of rules. And they have no respect for the status quo. You can praise them, disagree with them, quote them, disbelieve them, glorify or vilify them.About the only thing you can’t do is ignore them. Because they change things. They invent. They imagine. They heal. They explore. They create. They inspire. They push the human race forward. Maybe they have to be crazy. How else can you stare at an empty canvas and see a work of art? Or sit in silence and hear a song that’s never been written? Or gaze at a red planet and see a laboratory on wheels?
...While some see them as the crazy ones, we see genius. Because the people who are crazy enough to think they can change the world, are the ones who do.
- Apple
and in addition to this, the Pareto principle which states that, for many events, roughly 80% of the effects comes from 20% of the causes.
And this, is regarded by some people to be a natural occurrence. 80% of the wealth is shared by 20% of the population. Even within the top 10 richest men, according to wikipedia, Warren Buffett, mexican business guy and bill gates own more money than the proceeding 7. 80% sales comes from 20% of clients. And 20% from this 100% of clients, whether they contribute to your 80% of sales or not, would also cause 80% of trouble and wasting 80% of your time and effort. 20% of your employees does 80% of the work. And 80% of the employees cost the company the most time & money. 20% of pea pods contain 80% of the peas in the garden. 80% of errors and crashes are removed when 20% of the bugs are fixed as recorded by Microsoft. 80% of products produce in the factory line may be inferior in quality, where 20% pass quality control.
It is saddening to know that 80% of the world remains in poverty and live without a proper shelter over their heads. Only 20% of local students of every age demographic make it to singapore universities. Apparently, out of 10 soldiers in my 2MT bionix vehicle. 8 of them are men, 2 of them, 1 section commander and 1 vehicle commander. Guess what? i'm a commander only because i came from a JC which accounts for 20% of the o level grads.
The 8 men had lower educational qualifications such as ITE or school drop outs. But within some of them, are also some of the most(perhaps 20% of ppl i know) socially charismatic and determined individuals i've ever met...
The POINT i'm trying to make is....even within SMU, there is NO POINT trying to compete for that 20% spots of academically successful when the other 80% of your life is neglected and suffers.
Only 20% of the people are truly happy and able t
o manage their lives. No matter how much of your perceived judgement, or reality, or people around you...(perhaps only 20% of that judgement is accurate)...the same 20% also faces 80% of their challenges, and it isn't because life runs smoothly for them either.
Undercut the bigger better deal, the rich, the smart,......like Mark Zuckerberg or Bill Gates(its easy to imagine how he would match up to the professors that you would fall asleep listening to. Certainly that nasal monotonous voice would not get him anywhere with girls..) are socially awkward.....compete by acknowledging their gifted areas.
Only 20% of the girls you meet will be attracted to you, while 20%
of these will fuck you. Only 20% of all the ppl you consider friends are really your friends. Just open your eyes 20% of who you are, is really fun, exciting and spontaneous while 80% of that remains buried deep in mediocrity.
Only 20% of the people you run into in life, acknowledge who you really are....and in your eyes, they truly "sparkle".......like edward cullen in Twilight...
Do cherish them before they flutter away.
