A
wise man once said that the future only belongs to those who have the ability
to foresee it and sacrifice the pleasures of the present in order to gain it.
A few years ago, I read through a financial report that Apple (Company) had entered the trillion dollars realm, I was curious to know more about the company.
In
my search, I stumbled into a pathetic story concerning one of the co-founders
of Apple by name, Ronald Wayne.
This man co-founded Apple Computers (now Apple Inc.) with Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. He drew the first Apple logo, drafted the first original agreement between the founders and wrote the first manual for their first computer.
He
held a 10% share in the company but soon decided to relinquish it for $800 and
was given additional $1500 to forfeit all rights of ownership, two weeks after
the company was officially registered in 1976. His reason for that decision was
that the company was financially demanding.
Today,
if Ronald Wayne had kept his 10% share, he would have been worth over a 200
billion dollars. That would have made him the richest or second richest man on
earth. But the total value of what Ronald Wayne collected in 1976 stands at $
11,498 as at 2020.
Today,
Ronald Wayne is worth $300,000 less than the million dollar mark, yet the
agreement he drafted was sold for over a million dollars after he left. The
first Apple product he ever owned was iPad 2 given to him in 2011.
Ronald Wayne said it was demanding on him financially. If only he saw today, his decision of 1976 would have been so different.
My submission to you:
Everything of lasting value is highly demanding. Greatness is not a product of convenience. The greatness of tomorrow begins with the sacrifice of today.
If you need to live in a one room apartment today to own an estate tomorrow, do!
If you need to ride a tricycle today in order to distribute a Rolls Royce tomorrow, Please do!
If
you need to patronize fairly used clothes today to own a boutique tomorrow, Please
do!
The
pain of knowing you had the opportunity at a point in life to change the course
of your life is the greatest pain of regret to live with.
Today
Ronald Wayne in his right will be said to be financially OK at $300,000, but
hearing the news that the company he co-founded is the first company to hit the
trillion dollars mark will send numerous thoughts to his mind.
And
the children? Had our father....... Only God can describe what will be going on
in their minds.
Where
you see a future don't fail to invest
Where
you see a future don't fail to sacrifice
Where
you see a future don't fail to endure.
Where
you see a future don't fail to persist
Where
you see a future don't fail to believe.
The future truly belongs to those who can foresee it and give all it takes to get there.
If you don't remember anything I have said thus far, don't ever forget that "Greatness in life is not a product of convenience.” It takes sacrifice.
Ronald
Wayne is full of regrets today, and you are next in line to make that
investment decision that will make you smile forever.
You have opportunities in real estate starring at you on a daily basis. Please, “make hay while the sun shine.” The cities you see today were once forests.
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