I just read Merry Riana's blog.
You can find it HERE
Well.. honestly the cow and horse part did not really click with me but I kind of think that the terms are catchy. Hence this blog title.
But I do relate with her point about us always wanting to be in the elite 20% percentile, but not doing anything that separate ourselves from the common 80% percentile.
I am not so concerned with being in 80% group in terms of my asset.
True.. would love to own private jet, castle bla bla bla.
But if that does not happen, life can still happen.
But what about life as a whole?
If we always listen to advise from those in 80% percentile, we will inevitably follow their path, living the 'common life'.
Which is no disaster by the way.
It's simply the matter of what we really want.
We have a friend. She is the most open book, the most simple and easy going woman I know. And that is a compliment if you understand guys ;) She asked in one of our CG, "Can I ask God for a smooth life?"
That was a really good question, I suppose.
On one hand, she sort of 'know' that life is not suppose to be smooth. Trouble has to come soon or later. And yet.. if she were to pray earnestly, that's what she would ask for. So.. can she pray for smooth life?
Who are we to say 'No'?
But the thing is... you can't say you want to be a K-Pop superstar and you want a smooth, peaceful life at the same time. Fame and peace don't get along well.
There is price for everything. Something gotta give.
So coming back to 80-20 matter,
I love Merry Riana's thought on how we can start tapping on the 20% percentile group.
Like it or not, most of us belong to 80% percentile group now.
We go to common schools, get some jobs, get married, have kids, so on and so forth.
And there's even a 'timeline' for all these.
Who defines the timeline?
People around us.
So if we want to make that leap out of common life, maybe it begins with simple thing such as 'following your inner voice'.
In Holy Spirit, we got an excellent counselor.
Now and then, let's take the less traveled path.
Now and then, let's make that crazy decision that others can never understand.
Now and then, rather than receiving, let's give life a surprise instead.
You can find it HERE
Well.. honestly the cow and horse part did not really click with me but I kind of think that the terms are catchy. Hence this blog title.
But I do relate with her point about us always wanting to be in the elite 20% percentile, but not doing anything that separate ourselves from the common 80% percentile.
I am not so concerned with being in 80% group in terms of my asset.
True.. would love to own private jet, castle bla bla bla.
But if that does not happen, life can still happen.
But what about life as a whole?
If we always listen to advise from those in 80% percentile, we will inevitably follow their path, living the 'common life'.
Which is no disaster by the way.
It's simply the matter of what we really want.
We have a friend. She is the most open book, the most simple and easy going woman I know. And that is a compliment if you understand guys ;) She asked in one of our CG, "Can I ask God for a smooth life?"
That was a really good question, I suppose.
On one hand, she sort of 'know' that life is not suppose to be smooth. Trouble has to come soon or later. And yet.. if she were to pray earnestly, that's what she would ask for. So.. can she pray for smooth life?
Who are we to say 'No'?
But the thing is... you can't say you want to be a K-Pop superstar and you want a smooth, peaceful life at the same time. Fame and peace don't get along well.
There is price for everything. Something gotta give.
So coming back to 80-20 matter,
I love Merry Riana's thought on how we can start tapping on the 20% percentile group.
Like it or not, most of us belong to 80% percentile group now.
We go to common schools, get some jobs, get married, have kids, so on and so forth.
And there's even a 'timeline' for all these.
Who defines the timeline?
People around us.
So if we want to make that leap out of common life, maybe it begins with simple thing such as 'following your inner voice'.
In Holy Spirit, we got an excellent counselor.
Now and then, let's take the less traveled path.
Now and then, let's make that crazy decision that others can never understand.
Now and then, rather than receiving, let's give life a surprise instead.
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