Success Is Being Consistent

I hung out with an Eilham member yesterday, Yazid, and he happens to be quite successful even before he joined the programme. While we were having our lunch, I had asked what he did to live his easygoing life today.

Amazingly, he did the same simple stuffs we have heard so much about:

1. He talked to a lot of people;

2. He wrote a lot of e-mails to a lot of people;

3. He SMSed to a lot of people;

4. He set up websites to promote his business to a lot of people; and

5. He advertised in newspaper to catch the attention of a lot of people.

But the key difference between him and us - he did all those things EVERYDAY.

He also advised - you don't need to be complicated or smart to earn a magnificent life. He's a simple guy, just like the rest of us.

I asked if if he ever found it tiring.

He told me that if he were to work in a job, he would have to do the same things. Only, if he did all those things for his employer, he would still be earning less than RM5,000 a months, instead of his current more than RM20,000 a month.

Besides, he added, the 5 things above do not take so much time, if you really get down to it. Those things, which he still does now out of habit, only takes him about 2 to 3 hours a day - a whopping discount from the conventional 8 hours daily of office life.

To view Yazid's websites, please visit Diwaris and DiJari.

DiJari Seminar in Kota Bharu, Kelantan

I was recently invited by the Kelantan State Government to talk on how the Internet can enhance local businesses, especially in Kelantan. The talk was addressed to local Kelantanese businessmen and women, and is supported by YB En Abdul Fatah Mahmood, Kelantan Exco for Human Development, Sports, & NGO.

The talk was organized by Wawasan Paradigma Sdn Bhd and TM Ads Solution Enterprise, under the program called DiJari:

I did not go into advanced technical details, but I shared with the participants my thoughts:

1. The Internet as a tool

The Internet can greatly help us to manage our time - for example, we used to go to banks to pay our bills, and this monthly activity can eat up a considerable amount of our time and money(parking, queues, summons, petrol, etc.), over and over again every month. With the existence of online banking (Maybank2U, AMBank Online, etc.), we need to only spend a few minutes in front of our computer to settle our bills and payments. So, even if you say that its difficult to use the Internet, why don't you go over the difficulties of learning ONCE, and then have an easier life after that?

Much like doing business... do the hard work once, even if the work required is harder than the work you have in your employment, and then reap the rewards over and over again.

2. The Internet as a global gateway

The Internet can also open up new business channels for your products and services. If you restrict yourself to doing business in the physical world, then your customers will be restricted to those who can reach your shop. By having an online presence (such as a website, or an online advertisement subscribtion), you can reach more people - imagine... there are 540,000,000 people in Asia... and if you can capture 0.2% of this market, you can have 1,080,000 people who would know about your products and services. And if your product is RM10.00 each, 10% of the 1,080,000 people will generate you a sales revenue of more than RM1 million!!!!

So, if you haven't done so already, learn how to exploit the Internet to begin building a solid business!