When I turned 18 years of age, I begun to read business and inspiring books about people who made it from rags to riches and about people with enough resources who managed to multiply their wealth 100 to even thousands times. I am truly a fan of the great authors like Robert Kiosaki who authored the famous book Rich Dad Poor Dad, Donald Trump, Sir Richard Branson, owner of Virgin Group, Warren Buffet "currently the richest man on the planet", Steve Jobs of Apple and Pixar.
I also admire people who courageously conquered fear and continued to pursue perfection like Michael Jordan who we all know is the greatest basketball player, Manny Pacquiao who started as a struggling boxer to world renowned boxing champion pound per pound. These people obviously did not start big but they made their way as to what they want themselves to be. This made me realize that I myself is not different to them. If I could just apply the values and the right attitude, I realized that I could also get on to my dreams.
When we arrived in Australia as migrants in May 2007, I do had a dream of making it big. Even though i knew that it's gonna be tough, I do believe it's possible after all. Why do I say this? It is because I want to set my mind that everything is possible as that's the fact the one should truly believe on. All I want to say is that all of us migrants should stick to our minds that we can get what ever we want in life if we persevere and conquer our fear as we already did when we migrated. Having that decision is basically one step forward.
I would like to introduce a story of a successful migrant in Australia. His name is John Ilhan. His family migrated here from turkey when he was 5 years old. For those who don't know him, he is the man behind the largest mobile phone retail chain in Australia called Crazy John and employs more than 700 people with more than 120 branches across the country. In 2007, he was the 126th richest man in Australia with a net worth of $310 million. Not bad for a migrant who started as a boy who struggles speaking English to a car salesman and turned to be a multi-millionaire in his early 30's. Though it was a big loss because of his sudden death last year at young age of 42, I am very inspired of his life story. He is a perfect example of a migrant who dream big and made it big in Australia.
Again, this story reminded me to think that I and all of you fellow migrants are no different to him. If we would just believe in ourselves and patiently persevere, all our dreams could come true regardless of where we are and who we are.
I also admire people who courageously conquered fear and continued to pursue perfection like Michael Jordan who we all know is the greatest basketball player, Manny Pacquiao who started as a struggling boxer to world renowned boxing champion pound per pound. These people obviously did not start big but they made their way as to what they want themselves to be. This made me realize that I myself is not different to them. If I could just apply the values and the right attitude, I realized that I could also get on to my dreams.
When we arrived in Australia as migrants in May 2007, I do had a dream of making it big. Even though i knew that it's gonna be tough, I do believe it's possible after all. Why do I say this? It is because I want to set my mind that everything is possible as that's the fact the one should truly believe on. All I want to say is that all of us migrants should stick to our minds that we can get what ever we want in life if we persevere and conquer our fear as we already did when we migrated. Having that decision is basically one step forward.
I would like to introduce a story of a successful migrant in Australia. His name is John Ilhan. His family migrated here from turkey when he was 5 years old. For those who don't know him, he is the man behind the largest mobile phone retail chain in Australia called Crazy John and employs more than 700 people with more than 120 branches across the country. In 2007, he was the 126th richest man in Australia with a net worth of $310 million. Not bad for a migrant who started as a boy who struggles speaking English to a car salesman and turned to be a multi-millionaire in his early 30's. Though it was a big loss because of his sudden death last year at young age of 42, I am very inspired of his life story. He is a perfect example of a migrant who dream big and made it big in Australia.
Again, this story reminded me to think that I and all of you fellow migrants are no different to him. If we would just believe in ourselves and patiently persevere, all our dreams could come true regardless of where we are and who we are.
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