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| On Being Bold… |
| Posted by Khiem in: Wandering Thoughts |
05/17/2007, 11 p.m.
I’m sitting with him in the hills above the 405, staring out into the deep dark night. Across from us, the bright lights of the Getty Museum compete with the sparkling stars in the sky. I stare at the magnificent view. My friend, a successful commercial real estate broker/agent, speaks to me with a confident modest smile. He describes to me the immense amount of work it took him to renovate the house. I try to imagine it, but I can’t. No matter what he tells me, I can only picture the beautiful sleek and modern home that he proudly owns now.
As I listen to him, feelings of respect and admiration enter my mind. For being my age, he has achieved so much. There is a certain nonchalance to his success that I like in him. Unlike some of the more colorful characters who lurks the streets of Hollywood, he shows no pretentiousness. So I ask: “What is one quality that you could attribute your success to?” To which he says:
“Khiem… you got to be bold! If you want to attract the guys who hold millions of dollars every day in their hands, you got to be bold… almost to the point of becoming a maniac!!! They have to see the fire in your eyes so that they can trust you with their money. That’s what I learned.”
I looked out and suddenly, I felt a certain fire reignite in me.
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May 24th, 2007 at 5:08 pm
Great wisdom. Very, very true.
May 24th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
I like this post a lot. Your friend is wise and it takes great wisdom to recognize that. Congrats on the re-ignition.
What are you doing with yourself nowadays?
May 24th, 2007 at 9:01 pm
Thanks Khiem, for the glorified portrait. It means a lot. Glad you like what I did with the house. That’s almost like what I would say. To clarify what I was saying:
In order to get the attention of the major market players worth 10s or 100s of millions, you’ve got to convince them that you’re a deranged maniac. Not unstable, but bold and ballsy and unrelenting. They have to see that crazy driven gleam in your eye, which is a form of a handshake as they’ll recognize the attitude in themselves. They’ve got to see some strong back-bone, loyalty, drive, respect, appreciation, knowledge, and yes bold courage.
If you want to succeed, amp up these qualities as much as you can so that you’re definitely not normal, but a totally unique beast. That’s someone the big players want on their side. Avoid appearing anything like the generic pleasant vanilla bureaucratic indecisive short sighted guy everyone is bored of. Be exciting. Show some attitude. Be bold.
Judd
June 10th, 2007 at 3:23 am
I see you got reviewed recently and perhaps this was not a very pleasant experience. ;(
If you would like your readers to review you, I have created a new blog review site especially for that purpose.
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Your readers are the people who know you and enjoy reading your blog. They are the ones who should review it, not those so called entertaining ladies with a sarcastic sense of humor.
Snoskred
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