The Success Formula of a Dynamic Entrepreneur Revealed & Exposed!

The past 1 month have been an interesting and busy period. I throw myself into the world of Event Sponsorship for our in-house project, Singapore Movie Fiesta 2008 (See the post below). A marketing area that I have never experience on such a large scale. I have met at least 30-50 companies general managers, head of marketing, country managers, brand managers, business/media owners and doing countless proposal. It really opened my mind and break my own structure. I love to move out of my comfort zone constantly. So far, I have secured five figure sum cash sponsorship apart from six-figure sponsorship in-kind, a far cry from my mid 6 figure cash sponsorship target. I have to admit that it is was tough facing rejection after rejection, sometime even 3-4 in a day after a long period of prospecting.

Then, I came across this article when I was having lunch today; The headline screamed, “Hellish two-hour death ride for 54″. It was reported that 121 men and women was packed into an airtight seafood container truck just 6m long and 2.2m wide with only standing room. 30 mins into the journey, they screamed and banged on the wall but the driver continue on. An hr later, the screaming and banging stopped and when the truck driver stopped and checked, he flee. 54 illegal immgrants of which 37 are women died after 90 mins of the journey. They were Myanmar illegal workers seeking a better life outside their country after paying S$210 for the journey!

Honestly speaking, I nearly cried while reading this because I can imagine their inhumane suffering to the last breath. This bought new prespective to my work: I am truly blessed. I am blessed that:

1. I sit in an aircon room working on sponsorship proposal that aims to bring result to my partners
2. I get to meet nice corporate executive with nice view and have a decent handshake
3. Everytime, I get a NO, I am closer to a YES
4. Doing what I truly love and passion about and getting paid for it

Let’s hold a minute of silence for those 54 people who just want to work and have a better life.