Articles by Chandrasoma PereraIn the modern world every moment is significant. A moment missed is a moment lost. We are in the age of automation. A technology driven world that moves with rapidity. If we stand still we will be left behind. We have to be instep with the moving world. A moment’s delay will be a moment missed. An opportunity missed will be lost for ever like a bird let go will fly away and we will never be able to catch again. An initiative lost will never be able to catch up with again as every thing changes fast.
In the past before the modern technological innovations speeded up things to the present day levels it was possible to - think, think and then do - but today the world moves faster it is possible only to - do, do, and then think - only. It is quick action for quick results.
That sums up the change that has taken place. Only those who act first and act fast will get the desired results, since there is stiff competition in any undertaking. That means we have to keep up with the pace of the things happening around us. Because, now the time is more precious to waste than ever. With technological advances ensuring new developments faster and faster, the time has gone up in value. Today, the time has become the ost valuable commodity in the world.
’Tempus fugit’ -time marches on and everything marches on with time. The ever changing technology-based innovations have created more luxuries, comforts leading to higher and higher level of needs. For these we need the time to enjoy and money to afford. That makes every thing in the world is time and money oriented.
All our basic needs too like Food, shelter, education, traveling, water etc need ever increasing amounts of money to buy. On top of that other needed have to be satisfied too. So the average human being naturally spends most of his life to earn money. As both the money and time are badly needed and both are precious commodities today, in our efforts to be in step with the trends in the world we live, we have to optimize both. In this senario it is an advantage for us to be abrest of the latest developments, innovative tecnology and keep our know how and skill frequently up dated in readiness to take up new challanges, opportunities and benfits.
But most of us believe, as in the past, that to earn more money we have spent more time. When you work for money you need more time to spend and as it is stated in the famous book ‘Rich Daddy Poor Daddy’ So, like a ‘deer chasing a mirage’ we go after money illusions. We work hard to earn money. But finally realize that we are only helping our employers to make money by our efforts and we are merely running after an illusion. We get paid a small portion of the money that we generate in our jobs.
We need money to live but earn less than we need to live. It is a struggle to survive without money to fulfill our needs. We are also tempted to go after other money illusions like lotteries, devious internet money making flash offers that are made by shrewd people and various other attention-grabbers that make someone who gullibly follow them is no better than a deer that runs after a mirage.
But there are opportunities too like gems hidden amidst a mass of worthless pebbles. These simple work from home opportunities on Internet Business, any one can start. But real gems will only to be found out by some one who has the know-how see the difference between a precious stone and an ordinary stone. Similarly we need the right know-how to find out a real opportunity among a vast assortment of fake and real business opportunities. Same applies for internet business with proven money earning potential online. You need the right knowledge and specific information on how to apply that knowledge in practice.