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Jack Ma: If You Are Still Poor At 35, You Deserve It by ugwuozorc: 2:29am On Aug 10, 2015
You are poor because you have no ambition.
Jack Ma: Before I founded Alibaba, I invited 24 friends to my house to discuss the business opportunity. After discussing for a full two hours, they were still confused
— I have to say that I may not have put myself across in a clear manner manner then.

The verdict: 23 out of the 24 people in the room told me to drop the idea, for a multitude of reasons, such as: ‘you do not know anything about the internet, and more prominently, you do not have the start-up capital for this’ etc etc.

There was only one friend (who was working in a bank then) who told me, “If you want to do it, just try it.

If things don’t work out the way you expected it to, you can always revert back to what you were doing before.”
I pondered upon this for one night, and by the next
morning, I decided I would do it anyway, even if all of the 24 people opposed the idea.

When I first started Alibaba, I was immediately met with strong opposition from family and friends.

Looking back, I realized that the biggest driving force for me then was not my confidence in the Internet and the potential it held, but more of this: ”No matter what one does, regardless of failure or success, the experience is a form of success in itself.”

You have got to keep trying, and if it doesn’t work, you always can revert back to what you were doing before.

According to Jack Ma: People lose out in life because of these 4 reasons:

**Being myopic to opportunity
**Looking down on opportunities
**Lacking understanding
**Failing to act quickly enough

You are poor, because you have no ambition.

Ambition is living a life of great ideals; a magnificent goal

in life that must be realised. In this world, there are things that are deemed unfathomable, but there is nothing in this world that cannot be done.

Finally;

The depth of one’s ambition determines the potential of one’s future.

You are poor because you do not have the desire to
become successful.

You are poor because you lack foresight.

You are poor because you cannot overcome your
cowardice.

You are poor because you lack the courage and
determination.

With ambition you can overcome all inferiority and
maximize your potential!

With ambition you can persevere, continuously learn
new things and strive for perfection.

With ambition you can defy all odds, and create miracles when others dare not.

No matter how poor your family is, do not doubt your own abilities and lose sight of your ambition.

When your family deems you worthless, no one will pity you.

When your parents do not have money to pay the
medical bills, no one will pity you.

When you are beaten by your competitors, no one will pity you.

When your loved ones abandon you, no one will pity
you.

When you have not accomplished anything by the time you are 35, no one will pity you.

Go big, or go home. Otherwise, you’re wasting your
youth.
Re: Jack Ma: If You Are Still Poor At 35, You Deserve It by otabuko(m): 3:27am On Aug 10, 2015
Inspirational... I copy!
Re: Jack Ma: If You Are Still Poor At 35, You Deserve It by bewla(m): 3:42am On Aug 10, 2015
nice one
Re: Jack Ma: If You Are Still Poor At 35, You Deserve It by Gracebegatme: 4:17am On Aug 10, 2015
To be POOR is to be P-PASSING O-OVER O-OPPORTUNITIES R-REPEATEDLY
Re: Jack Ma: If You Are Still Poor At 35, You Deserve It by shinaf: 6:14am On Aug 10, 2015
If things don’t work out the way you expected it to, you can always revert back to what you were doing before.” f things don’t work out the way you expected it to, you can always revert back to what you were doing before.”
We should have a plan ahead ..,A B C .....
Re: Jack Ma: If You Are Still Poor At 35, You Deserve It by lordtech(m): 7:15am On Aug 10, 2015
Wow, Nice & cool advices

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