Folks,

Time for me to tell another story.

Once upon a time, I was studying in Texas, USA.  Because I was foreign student, I paid international tuition fee and that is a few thousands per year.  And, I worked part-time at the university computing center.

I am NOT normal.  I actually read the university handbook completely a few times.  Then, I found something interesting.  Texas state law say that if you are a research or teaching assistant working part-time, you get tuition waiver.  Aka, you pay in-state fee and can save a few thousands per semester.  At the handbook, it claimed that you have to be graduate student studying master or Phd to qualify to be research assistant.

Now, if you are NORMAL people, you will stop there.  But, I am NOT.  So, I actually go to the LAW LIBRARY and FIND the EXACT LAW that define what RESEARCH ASSISTANT is.  The LAW stated that a RESEARCH ASSISTANT is a student working part-time on a job that related to their study.   I copied the law and went to admission office and ask for TUITION WAIVER.  They have NO FORM and NO IDEA what to do.  They had to create a form and ask me to ask my DEAN to certify my job is related to my degree (EE).  I won!!  Subsequently, every foreign students worked at university get waiver too.

So, tell me, will a person that always say

A) They have NO CHOICE.

B) They are undiscovered

C) They have NO OPPORTUNITY

do what I did??

This is MY ATTITUDE!!

I want HIGHER SALARY.  I read and research books on how to negotiate and get better salary.

I want to invest better.  I read and study how to be better in investing.

Now, for this kind of people, unless a rock fell from the sky and kill the person instantly, they will not fail.  They may be beaten down again and again.  But, they will keep standing up and keep trying..  They will get better and better.  They will get somewhere.

It is EASY to tell whether a person can succeed or not.  It is in THEIR ATTITUDE and MENTALITY.

Dreamer

3. My boss has lousy and nasty temper though she is in her 50s now, Senior Manager position, she's trying to teach me the way she handles things but NONE of her teachings work on me. There are many different ways to get things done, everyone has his own way, I believe; with her way of doing things (yell at people to convince others; interrupt people's conversations whenever people sharing opinions so no one can go against her will; fast to judge and slow to listen etc), it makes someone looks "ugly" and unprofessional. I have the choice to choose and I will choose to be the best - be a nice person and able to get things done.

I'm clarifying these not because for my own glory. I just want to share that people with good personality and has great achievements worth our attention much more than those with brilliant life but poor personality.