Buying Hope

Which one do you prefer- keeping your dream alive or keeping your hope alive? And thereafter, which one do you prefer, making sure that your dream is kept alive or trying to keep your dream alive? People faced with the same dilemmas every single day, always pretending that hope is the only dream and hope is their the most precious resource.

Personal experiences tell me that there are two types of people whom will succeed. 1) People whom have achieved their dream 2) People whom believed that dreams are an never ending story. The first seek an eventual outcome and ensure a tangible achievement of objectives or dreams, the second says that their dream is always improving themselves.

Their dreams is therefore to ensure that they are to make it another day so as to say that their dream is always getting closer but in reality, they are always getting further and further away from their goals in life.

A simple example is one ex-colleague that used to tell me that think of the money you earned at the end of the day and forget about everything else. Such an argument is simply adopting an attitude of the second or of apathy. Apathy I think is a given in today's world but what makes them turning up for work every single day: money- at the end of the day- this means that they can go another mile further into independence.

Let us just be clear that I was never this person and still am not this person. I can tell you that I have achieved everything that I set out to achieve and more- anything more further is simply pushing the limits of other's. This means that even though I might not be at the same level as my friends maybe 20 years from now- but I know what they gone through to reach that level. I have pushed that limit and they are having cash in the pocket simply because they did not push the boundaries.

The boundaries is one very simple idea: they have given up agency for the sake of status. Without agency, all ambition, dreams and wishes are meaningless. It is rather simple in the sense that they have been in a better position simply for that one reason I have never wanted to say 1) They do not believe they are good enough. This means that they have been traded off something in their live to achieve whatever their status for the future or for the present moment.

A very good example is that I was promoted to a product manager before I was 30 and handling a $100 million portfolio for the very reason that I think I was good enough and I did not traded any of my views for those of my superior. This means that I ran people down for their and company's own sake and not to align my interest with theirs.

Politics aside, the ability to achieve your own ambitions is the very hallmark of satisfaction and contentment in life. The inability insofar to navigate your dreams beyond corruptive nature of power means that their ambitions and all dreams is wayward, corrupted and traded- which in it's own words useless as a dream or ambition. Hence if your word weighs no clout in spite of your post- your is a piece of hope which is bought by your monthly salary- but in truth, your own hope in life is just that everyone is happy with you, period.

I know some of my friend's personality and I know some whom made and whom did not. Those that did not, are not those who are considered to be "politically correct" or "politically unchallenged", but rather those that hold that we all have a vision, and it is our job to impose our vision onto everyone else whom is related to our job. Those that are incapable to do so, are simply, what we call in the "rat race" or stuck on the "corporate ladder." This means that they are there simply to climb the ladder, and are considered "incapable" by conventional "wisdom".

I was promoted the fastest, have the most visibility and have the most glamorous and the most accolades from the employers and, excuse me, I pissed off a lot of my colleagues except my bosses. I am really not "politically challenged." The stark difference between work and school, is there I consider all leadership position in the latter as a burden and the former as a duty. Of course, you didn't see me in school, you stupid.

And hence insofar that having hit what I would consider as a personal achievement, I really do not see how much farther I can go before I will have to be like Steve Jobs and pretend everyone else is my underling. Surprisingly, to  my very own surprise, informally, they do and they still do.

You see, I don't hope, there is no way, I can and will be the CEO or a director of a major corporation simply because I made so many enemies with people whom have overlapping interest with my those whom are guarding my interest or still consider me as an inspiration. Those in the former consider their job is smear my inspiration or at least my reputation that I have built over a short time, the those in the latter, consider their job to attack these people whom constantly continue to smear or bring down my reputation. This means that in spite of personal preferences, it is painfully clear who is buying the hope that their life is built around their capability and ability.

It is for these people that I have to say, I really have nothing against you. But you make it your business to buy hope from people whom are trying to maintain a level of decency which pisses me off. Hope is free, my dear boy. Just look up. Being answered is another question altogether.