Have many of you heard of this phrase “To be successful, you will have to learn from those who are already successful”. That is why people read books written by already successful people, or attend seminars given by successful people. Would it not be better if you could be in the physical presence of successful people, who are willing to share their success stories with you. And to offer words of advice and guidance on how to become as successful as they are? Well, I had that opportunity last night.

It was on Hari Raya eve when I received an SMS from my good friend in the business to come for a meeting with Richard Tan on Friday at 7:30pm in Citidel. My first thought was, the Richard Tan? Wow!!! The CEO of Success Resources Pte Ltd and the CEO of SkyQuestCom. How many times has your CEO asked for a meeting with you? But then if he did (in my case), my first thought would either be (1) to fire me (but then again, I am not so significant that he has to fire me personally) or (2) it was a mistake. Someone else probably has a same name with me or close enough.

Our meeting was at the coffeehouse in Citidel. We (there were 10 of us) were warmed up by the General Manager of SkyQuestCom (Terence) and by the time Richard came down from his room, we were all sitting there in anticipation of what it is like to meet up with a real life multi-millionaire. I for one, expected it to be no less than meeting the Queen of England (bowing and the kissing hand bit hahaha) but when Richard came to the table, the feeling he generated was exactly like we were meeting with an old friend. He shook all our hands and sat down. To break the ice, Terence asked a question which was what we all wanted to ask but were still a bit apprehensive. Terence asked “If there was one word of advice, just one, what would it be that will help us to become as rich and successful as you are?”. Richard answered “Terence, is this your question? Or is it their question?”. Ha Ha.. in my mind.. it was a question that all who want to be successful would ask.

Richard’s answer was this “If a person desires to be rich and successful, there is just one thing he has to remember. And that is …………………..”. And I got a few pages of notes on all the wisdom nuggets he threw out yesterday. I can’t wait to share these with people with the same mind set “to be rich and successful” and the first few that I will share this with will be my teammates and my PreEnrollers (you know who you are *wink*). For those who are really interested, do write to me and I will send the notes to you.

Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Fitri!

Richard and Me

Richard and all of us