Smart Multi-billionaire

“Ah Loy, come here.” My father called and signaled me to sit on his lap.

“Pa.” I obeyed, always. Pa didn’t do that often. He was a man with few words. That was his most affectionate way of showing his concern to me.

“Smart millionaire, are you a good boy today?” touching my head gently. I nodded. Then he would let me go and said, “Go and play.”

That was the most impressionable communication style of my father that I could remember. He was a great fan of 4-D. He dreamt of making it big through betting on lottery. He won’t miss a single chance of betting on his car plate number and of course, car plate numbers that were involved in accidents.

Millionaire was a big thing twenty years back. When we mentioned rich people, we thought of millionaires. That was why my father wished me to be a millionaire. He didn’t really teach me how to be one, except to encourage me to do well in school.

I did reasonably okay. I am where I am today. I am not a millionaire yet. But I am working hard towards it. It takes lots of hard work, not just in terms of labour skills, also in terms of changing mindset, attitudes and behaviours in life.

Then I realized millionaire is nothing these days. Billionaire is the benchmark now. Check out the following links for more information:

http://www.forbes.com/400richest/

http://www.forbes.com/billionaires/

My father had passed on fifteen years ago. He had given me a wonderful opportunity to come to this world to realise my dream. And so I am doing to my son what my father did to me. I wish my boy, Caden, could become a Smart Multi-billionaire one day!. Twenty years from now, the benchmark might have gone up to trillion!

In order to help him achieve that, I have to keep upgrading myself, so that I can impart whatever I know to him. For things that are beyond my ability, I will try my best to get him the opportunity to go and explore.