Yes, I know... Another rerun of an old topic...
Preaching to the choir boys on CPF top-ups
What?
If TV stations can do it, so can I! LOL!
We all live in our little bubbles.
Some larger, some smaller.
We live happily ever after...
That's until some evangelist or influencer tries to crossover his bubble into ours, and tell us his way is better!?
For us in our little financial freedom bubble, everything seems so "natural"! So logical!
Got good news must spread to everyone!
Hey! What's wrong with self-appointing oueselves as the next
Look! I can't be wrong! I have so many followers! And they all "yalor, yalor" to what I say!
Eh... How many of the 12 apostles get to die of old age?
Then there are some personality traits or behaviours that are not socially welcomed in the real world:
Greed, avarice, rapacity on one end; miserly, niggardly, and parsimonious on the other end (yes, I'm showing off my england).
Put on the euphemism mask of Financial Freedom, we are finally accepted inside here! We find our kindred spirits! Black attracts black! Even soot!
This "lie" only works if we stay INSIDE the bubble. Gilded cage anyone?
Ironic isn't it?
Considering we put finanical "freedom" on our lips all the time... So much for "conditional" freedom...
I'll give 3 examples of opposite spectrums to show how others may view us:
1) The entrepreneurs
Guess what they would be interested in? Networking, public speaking skills, art of motivating others, how to attract funding; leadership, vision; etc?
When we talk about leaving a legacy behind... How does ours compared to theirs?
Theirs is about leaving their names on buildings!
They make their money by selling; we try to make money by buying. Pause and think about it for a moment.
2) The tree-huggers and save the animal people
Try telling these do-gooders who gave up promising careers for $2-3K per month to focus on Financial Independence Retire Early!
You'll feel so red-faced and awkward.
Especially when all you have to show is: Open mouth money... Close mouth money... Go to sleep dream of money...
3) The religious people
You pray they don't preach to us happy already! You want to "influence" them to focus on this current life?
Their focus is on the hereafter.
They'll probably look on us with pitiful eyes as avarice is one of the 7 sins and clinging on to material stuffs is what brings unhappiness... (Don't lie that save more is not clinging to cash/money)
I guess the only religious people that would embrace us would be the Prosperity Gospel converts!?
And that's not saying much...
Ouch!
We are not any better
Just take the recent Suzie Orman comment she dislike the FIRE movement.
See how some of us behaved?
We are a community of snakes and dragons.
There you go!
If you got any ambitions to crossover to other people's bubbles, be prepare to spill some of your own blood...
Unless you think you can do better than the 12 apostles.
Who knows?
You may be the next Kong Hee!
