"If you want to be successful, stop playing around and start getting serious!" These are the words we often hear from our folks during those grueling hours of sermons! And if we think of it, it indeed sounds logical. Scientific study supports the fact that kids who spent more of their time studying for an upcoming exam than playing with their playmates scores a higher grade than those who do otherwise.Research also shows that highly successful individuals tend to be workaholic. Bill Gates sleeps at most 3 hours a day, Steve jobs, the founder of apple, sleeps roughly the same number of hours per day. It is safe to assume then that getting serious will more likely put you in the promised land of wealth and fame than just playing around!
But what if you can play around and still get big money! As in literally playing around! No one can understand this irony more than the likes of Lebron James, Michael Jordan, and those playing in any professional sport! What these people do is just play and have fun in order to get millions of dollars every year. The last time I checked, Shaq of Miami Heat will earn around 12 million dollars ( 700 million pesos) this year! Man! Thats enough to pay a huge part of our country's gargantuan debt! And to add more to the irony is the fact that the better these people play around, the bigger their earnings! The more fun they have on the court, the fatter their pockets!
Why did I write about this? Because yesterday, I went on leave! What I did the whole day is watch tv, sleep, eat, watch tv, sleep, eat, and watch tv, sleep, eat and think about this irony! This thought came to my mind while I was watching an NBA game. An NBA superstar was being interviewed about the success their team is having all throughout the season. He was asked about their strategies and their secrets. He said "We're just basically having utmost fun"! "That's it?", asked the reporter. "Yes, THats about it!".
Thats when my envy for these people started. It onlygrew stronger when I realized we are only allowed to do this 20 days a year! (Thats the total number of Leave credits we have) while these peeople do it every single day of their life!But I have nothing against them. In fact, I idolize most of them. Yes, its a bit unfair but that life! The winner takes it all!
But what if you can play around and still get big money! As in literally playing around! No one can understand this irony more than the likes of Lebron James, Michael Jordan, and those playing in any professional sport! What these people do is just play and have fun in order to get millions of dollars every year. The last time I checked, Shaq of Miami Heat will earn around 12 million dollars ( 700 million pesos) this year! Man! Thats enough to pay a huge part of our country's gargantuan debt! And to add more to the irony is the fact that the better these people play around, the bigger their earnings! The more fun they have on the court, the fatter their pockets!
Why did I write about this? Because yesterday, I went on leave! What I did the whole day is watch tv, sleep, eat, watch tv, sleep, eat, and watch tv, sleep, eat and think about this irony! This thought came to my mind while I was watching an NBA game. An NBA superstar was being interviewed about the success their team is having all throughout the season. He was asked about their strategies and their secrets. He said "We're just basically having utmost fun"! "That's it?", asked the reporter. "Yes, THats about it!".
Thats when my envy for these people started. It onlygrew stronger when I realized we are only allowed to do this 20 days a year! (Thats the total number of Leave credits we have) while these peeople do it every single day of their life!But I have nothing against them. In fact, I idolize most of them. Yes, its a bit unfair but that life! The winner takes it all!
