Money is everywhere…

Money is everywhere…

Ever feel scared and terribly worry because you cannot earn any money to make a living? Most of my friends experienced this after graduating day. “What will I do then?” Waiting for CPNS or being ready with application letter and CV to hog the interview line of a bank, hotel and other companies.

In my case I never experienced those question. I’ve been financially independent since the third semester of university. I was almost 18 years at the time. I handled some English private classes at my mom’s friends home. The payment that I got then afford my living cost, even some rupiahs end up in my saving account. I called my dad to stop his subsidy and my independent life began.

Just like the beginning of something common, the euphoria sometimes trapped us in a bad things. I tend to be wasteful, and a bit careless about my health by eating uncertain food on uncertain time as well, then my biological rhythm was collapse. I stayed in boarding house for a week, and made no call for parents, since superboy never cried to Mama.

Above all the collapse brought a deep insight for my next life. I must be careful about things in life, no health, no money, no smile, just fucking HELLLLLL! I just remembered my dad often praised how order the grandmother’s book keeping and how wise and detailed she manage the finance of our big family during my Papa’s school era, so that he can reach the good education.

Then I bought the cash book in Gramedia, and everyday noted all my expense. The first priority was for the daily food consumption, followed by rent, groceries, campus expense, and all the need. I just felt like a Mama, but it set me safe and think twice.

That was a great life management I experienced. I felt so thankful that finally I did not feel any jealousy or even envy to what people have. I have to save more money and buy things I need according to the blue print. I grew as a well planned boy and thrifty….

Then, I got some big money contracts from several offices in Padang city. Teaching in those places gave me more space to spend the money… One thing I ever miss is BUSSINESS MINDED!!!

What is it?

I want to call this ‘Investing Expense!!!’ Say, I were a pianist, if I had my business minded, I wanted to buy the best piano, built a studio, opened private class, had a little show program on Radio or TV, a promotion for a show in a gathering or wedding party and anything to SELL mine. Otherwise, I had no business minded, I just play played and played without thinking how to promote my self. Sure, the money flow of those different paradigms are absolutely different. If I bought the same stuff, the first one will not be inside a ‘straw’ bringing me to the focus of my career. Perhaps I would be doubtful to call myself as a ‘pianist’ I were just a man having a great expertise to play piano. Artist, or pianist then in my mind, has a business ‘spicy’ that raise that self intended person.

Since last year, I have kept thinking about the word ‘business’, then I find a strong path of understanding that it is a negative words, even it is very positive word. Business teaches me about how to be serious in my life, how to compromise with others, how to see my potency in a confidently jolly point of view.

I often, everyday even, attack by getting surprised that people love what I do for my studio, what I compose, what I prepare in chat slides and the way how I host my chat! Business guides me to watch Oprah, Kick Andy, and Larry King Live program. It supports me to love local daily, national and Asian class magazines. I read all things, I am just like a sponge!

Moreover, business has introduced me to meet more people and to share my ‘dream’ about a FUN CHAT! Then, I learn how different we are, how tolerant can be uneasy somehow, but I have to keep trying to bear a label ‘professional’.

Those efforts make me more positive, very positive not to mention the word narcissistic. No, it is clearly different. You show up because you have something worth showing carved ‘creativity’ and it is your way to share, to actualize yourself, to evaluate, to assess, and to learn the better feature performed by yourself. It never finishes, and always remains the mystery of our future… Hmmmm… I can smile at the end of this sentence. J

So, -go on….- how is money then? Money is part of business respond our hard work. Not only need to be smart, sometimes not so smart is ok, but be creative in ‘sealing’ what you have –knowledge and skill- as a competitive product. Some business man I know said that they start from ‘KENEKATAN’ and some said from “being crazy”. I can say that they experience a splash of tremendous emotional push at the beginning to make up their mind, to decide the business they want to run.

Now, I think that I have more tickets to go in my business! Everyday, some new ideas come and I think to select the possibility, and then one by one is released, and people buy. Yeah…. people buy what I think! Isn’t it great? So, as long as I can establish my ‘active mind’, I am threatened by more and more money…. Money is everywhere and so is the idea. Let’s think! Mind the big money! Ouch! It’s really everywhere!