The reason why I asked this question is because of the coming election in my beloved country of Singapore. I want to declare that I am not affiliated to any political party in any way and this merely represents my personal opinion based on the results that I have in my country.
My answer to the above question is yes - if you allow them to affect you and no - if you learn to flow with their policies.
When I was broke, I used to blame the government for all my financial problems. One day, while attending a seminar, I learned the distinction of the word "RESPOSIBILITY". From this word I realised that as long as I don't take responsibility and continue to blame, justify and give excuses, I will continue to give away my power to the external world. I also learned "The most important thing is what I say to myself and believe."
From that day onwards I decided to take charge, be responsible for my life and my own actions. I have to admit that it was my own doing that cause my financial downfall. As soon as I changed my beliefs and mindset, I started to take different actions and of course, I got very different results.
Having an academic qualification of only 2 GCE 'O' levels, I can always blame the government for giving all the good jobs to the scholars or I can tell myself that since I cannot get a good job, I may as well create more jobs by being an entrepreneur. I am proud to say that most of my staff are graduates and I am able to create good paying jobs for them.
When I was a bankrupt, I could have easily given the excuse that nobody is going to do business with me because of my financial status. Instead of doing that though, I took the opportunity of finding real and genuine business partners. I am really blessed to have found many good and genuine friends and business associates during that period of time.
I must thank the government for creating an environment where people like me can flourish. Having turned around from bankrupt to become a multi-millionare without a good academic qualification is proof that we have a fair system of governance. Having said that I would also like to thank the many courages opposition members for having the guts to stand for election to keep the government in check. I am very impressed with Nicole Seah, can see her passion and sincerity. She has got the charisma and heart. Braveheart indeed! My only hope is that everybody is doing it to make the country a better place to live in.
At the end of the day, we should all look at creating our own Wealthfare and not want to depend on the state for welfare. If I can do it, so can you!
