Follow Your Heart

Okay, today I want to write about some successful individuals who had tough life before them but now they are a huge success in their own business. The first one is a guy called Tony Hsieh, and he's the CEO of Zappos.com, an online shoe business. What??? You've never heard of him? *eye rolling* okay okay, here's his picture:-

and here's a little excerpt of him from Wikipedia~

Tony Hsieh (English pronunciation: /ʃeɪ/ "shay") is the current CEO of online shoe and clothing shop Zappos.com. Prior to joining Zappos, Hsieh co-founded and sold the internet advertising network LinkExchange to Microsoft for $265M in 1998. Hsieh graduated from Harvard University with a BA in Computer Science. He is a second-generation Taiwanese American.^[1]

On July 22, 2009 Amazon.com announced the acquisition of Zappos.com in a deal valued at approximately $887.9mm.^[2] He is said to have made at least $214 million from the sale not including money made through his former investment firm Venture Frogs.

So, now you've known him. Here's the second guy. His name is Gurbaksh Chahal. You would've guess, he's originally from India and he's Sikh. He had a very challenged childhood in school cuz you see, he wore his turban when he was young. So, he fought all that and became mature and wise at such a young age. Here he is:-

And here's his Wiki's file~

Gurbaksh Singh Chahal (born July 17, 1982) is an American entrepreneur, best-selling author, TV personality, motivational speaker, and self made multi-millionaire. By the age of 25, he founded two advertising companies worth $340 million, more recently appeared on several TV shows and published a memoir.

So, now you're wondering, why I choose these two? Basically, they are normal people like us. We are the same basically. We are not celebrities. We come from the same kind of families, who appreciates values and have simple kind of lives. Our life can be challenging and tough at times, but we managed through. So, what makes these guys different than us? Well, they are very, very successful! Money wise, life wise. What do I mean by life wise? They are happy and passionate about their job. It's not even like a job after all for them.

Take Mr. Hsieh for example, I saw him in an interview on Oprah Winfrey show, he said he's very passionate with customer service and that's what drives him to do this business. And he doesn't even have his own office! He sat in the same kind of cubicle just like every buck of his 800+ workers and pleasing his costumer is his number one goal. What a simple, down to earth millionaire! What pleases me the most, is how he makes his office environment to be so happy and family-like. They are so happy working, there's no strict working hours like we're using now. He's truly an inspiration.

As for Mr. Chahal, the bit that I learn from this guy is that he was in a difficult situation, yet he took it so positively that he admitted to himself being different from everybody else and he channelled the energy to find what is his strength. It turned out to be a positive thing after all, why he's a millionaire by 16 years old! Fancy that~ but he did point out that he missed out his teenage years being so engrossed with the internet business he developed and then sell out at hundreds of millions of dollars. But then again, "No Sacrifice, No Victory" (again, the Witwicky motto~ gosh so many Transformers line here hahaha~)

The main reason I choose to post this is because when I learnt about these two people, it actually tells me the simplest thing about life. Follow your heart. Choose to do what you love. It is really that simple. I know, I know sometimes you don't get what you want but you can always work towards it. You must have loads of things that you love. For example cooking. Maybe you can start your own baking business or something. That's the kind of idea I'm putting in here.

In case you're wondering, mine is writing. I always wanted to write and here I am having my first blog. And I really hope to make it a success. It's not about the money. It's about doing what you love. And I'm so glad I did it. Here's hoping the same to you~ :-)