Happy Quest

I finally found time to sit-down and do something I love doing, bloggin!

Yesterday, I took a cab and met an interesting cab driver on my way to conducting a training. The car is an old Kia. The aircon was working quite well, but there are strange noises underneath. This started our conversation. I learned from this guy that the cab is his. He traded his owner-type jeepney for it. He said that he hasn’t recovered the cost of fixing it but he is confident that he is can recover it soon. He paid PhP80,000.00 for it, inclusive of the 30,000 worth jeep. He said that this is better than we he used to drive nice cars for operators and get a measly amount for it. He said he stopped driving for a long time. In fact he had a hard time finding the best route from my home in Fairview to Brgy. Kapitolyo in Pasig where I was scheduled to conduct training on Customer Service. This guy proved to be quite enterprising. When he stopped driving he put up a Pet-shop on wheels by converting his old Ford Fiera into a rolling store, selling fish, birds and feeds. He said, that he earned 7,000 on a good day and almost nothing on bad ones. He also make aquariums. He can earn up to 50.00 margin on a 10.00 investment. Not bad right? He also designed an artificial plant with weights that he sell in his petshop and distribute to other shops as well. This guy supports his family with kids studying in a private college and the families of two brothers in law. He makes them help with all the businesses he started and he said he hasn’t stopped to find new ones.

I told him, "man you can teach in college with what you know. this is something that everyone should learn how to do". He said "what can i teach? I do not do anything out of the ordinary. All I do is follow my instinct. When I think something is worth doing, I do it." And I guess that is the secret to this man’s success. He’s learned the secret of execution.  I’ve seen too many people who probably has more IQ than this guy but would never amount to anything that he is. Its because they are afraid to execute.

This is the message of this story. Follow your instinct, execute your plans and don’t be afraid of failures. If you fail, stand up and try another idea. The right ones will eventually come along.

Till next!