Three words: I. Am. Excited!
With all the last-minute drama and people with authorities thinking they have much an authority and power over one lass, think again. I bend rules. I am not really good at following rules. I make my own rules. Even if there is a big possibility of it going hay wire, if I feel that it’s gonna happen, it will happen. It is other people that’s making me feel uneasy for thinking it might not pull off.
Having a good talk with someone you’re learning to trust soothes one’s soul in different ways, and this made me quite at ease. Although hearing myself boasting about my accomplishments that I am honestly proud of is totally unnecessary. But it was fun as it was abrupt, and just like that, I ended the day unable to think of the problems ahead.
But, we nailed it! It is official and I. Am. Excited!!!!
Another wave of stress is coming which is the actual preparation and I will not be satisfied unless I will be the one to do it all, or people I fully trust are there to take charge. So, am calling all the generals who wants me to owe them something and now gonna use the Favor Bank.
FAVOR BANK
‘What is this Favor Bank?’
‘It was an American writer who first mentioned it. It’s the most powerful bank in the world, and you’ll find it in every sphere of life.’
‘What favors could I do for anyone?’
‘That doesn’t matter in the least. Let me give you an example: I know that one day, you’ll be very influential. I know this because, like you, I too was once ambitious, independent, honest. I no longer have the energy I once had, but I want to help you because I can’t or don’t want to grind to a halt just yet.
I start making deposits in your account – not cash deposits, you understand, but contacts. I introduce you to such and such a person, I arrange certain deals, as long as they’re legal. You know that you owe me something, but I never ask you for anything.’
‘And then one day…’
‘ One day, I’ll ask you for a favor. You do what I ask, I continue to help you, and other people see that you’re a decent, loyal sort of person and so they too make deposits in your account – always in the form of contacts, because this world is made up of contacts and nothing else. They too will one day ask you for a favor, and you will respect and help the people who have helped you. You’ll know everyone you need to know and your influence will keep on growing.’
‘I could refuse to do what you ask me to do.’
‘You could. The Favor Bank is a risky investment, just like any other bank. You refuse to grant the favor I asked you, in the belief that I helped you because you deserved to be helped, because everyone should recognize your talent. Fine, I say thank you very much and ask someone else into whose account I’ve also made various deposits, but from then on, everyone knows, without me having to say a word, that you are not to be trusted.
‘And…’
‘You’ll grow only half as much as you could have grown, and certainly not as much as you would have liked to. At a certain point, your life will begin to decline, you got halfway, but not all the way. Neither frustrated nor fulfilled. You’re neither cold nor hot, you’re lukewarm, and as an evangelist in some holy book says: “Lukewarm things are not pleasing to the palate.”‘
I am sharing Paulo Coelho’s take on the Favour Bank as you might not yet know about it. And maybe, one day, you would need to use the most powerful bank in the world.
