reaching critical mass

i dunno whether its coincidence or what,
but i have seen more and more maserati etc.
i wonder if its true that there are more and more millionaires
emerging from Singapore. i find that the newspaper report is abit flawed
its true that many singaporean are asset rich, HDB rise in value
but its of no use, unless they sell and downgrade to smaller or move to less value area
otherwise, these household are merely asset rich.

only those that already have private housing can profit from the property boom,
well thats the reason for the sky rocketing prices, fueled by the rich/atas people.

that being said, is the main reason for this post.
its very important to reach a critical mass. in terms of $$$
a.k.a the rich get richer.
this is where u get out of the hamster wheel, and let the $$$ run the wheel.
the holy grail situation.

its almost insulting sometimes.
its hard for the poor to get rich
its hard for the rich to get poor* (of cause with prudent planning and money management)
after reaching certain critical amount of $$$, achieving high passive income is easy.

excellent example, the rich can take advantage of macro econ situation.
taking a ride up when the property price in Singapore boom.

*poor people love crisis situation while rich people fear them
crisis is like a escalator for poor people
crisis is like a double edge sword for rich people

Starfish

this is a story i learn from the Never Work Again Seminar.
story about helping starfish.

the rough outline of this story is about 2 people strolling along beach
found thousands and thousands of starfish being washed up
one of them being a pessimist only heave a heavy sigh,
feeling powerless and pity the loss of those starfish.
the other person, began picking up individual starfish
and throwing them back to the sea, where they belong.

"hey, its futile effort, you cant change their fate there are too many of them"
he didnt even try to save even 1, his belief that his action are worthless
lead to his action, accepting the tragedy and grief.

in the meanwhile, he could hear his friend's words

"well i just saved this one, and this one, and this one"

* this story is very simple and powerful, at least to me.
its so illustrative and meaningful.