依家我又嚟咗Boston Harvard 讀書,一個叫做 Owner President Management Renew 嘅課程,我後面呢條叫 Charles River, 令我諗起一個由細到大我都聽過,好簡單,但影響我好深嘅故事。
從前有兩個人, 又細到大,一起身都沿住兩條唔同嘅路去條河度飲水。 雖然條河啲水就越飲就越乾。一個唔理, 就繼續日日行去飲。另一個,就日日行去之前都會沿途搵到位掘個窿。 雖然成日畀人笑死佢戇居, 掘來做乜呀, 前面咪有水飲囉。 佢就唔理,就日日都堅持掘少少掘少少。
終於有一日條河乾咗,一個就渴死咗,另一個就就終於掘咗個井繼續有水飲。故事帶出乜嘢理念?
我明,呢個故事嘅道理個個都可能聽過,但試問,有幾多人又能夠真正做到呢? 日日掘,不斷掘, 天陰、天晴、下雨都要掘。你又有無掘呢?
上星期我先至同我嘅同事/老婆分享咗呢個故事。 我話而家香港咁亂,我哋做商舖基金嘅,一定會受影響。 但就係因為亂,我哋嘅步伐更加唔好亂。 我繼續會日日睇舖,日日錄片,日日搵租客,日日諗下點樣幫間舖增值。日日掘井。無論人哋點睇我哋,99%嘅人當我哋白痴, 慳番啦,只要1%嘅人支持我哋已經足夠。做生意,最怕嘅就係99%嘅人唔 care about 你,而最後嗰1%嘅人都唔記得你,then you become no body. 玩完!
股神巴菲特 Warren Buffett 有5個quotes 好影響我:
(5) We simply attempt to be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful. (在別人貪婪的時候恐懼,在別人恐懼嘅時候貪婪。)
當全世界都覺得唔好買鋪嘅時候,可能係買舖最好時機。 依家唔係賣鋪嘅時候,而家係買舖嘅時機。5至10年你睇返我呢句說話,你會明。
(4) Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing. (風險,就係當你唔知道自己做緊乜嘅時候。) 掘井一樣,唔好亂咁掘,周圍掘。 搵到個啱嘅位置,係你嘅 passion, capability 同埋 profit potential 嘅中間重疊位, 就不斷重複地掘落去。
如果你今日投資/買舖, 只係純粹博一博,依家風頭火勢,的確好大風險。 如果你知道邊個位有發展潛力,點樣搵到個好租客,點樣幫佢做多啲生意,點樣exist plan去賣咗間舖,唔怕買。Risk comes from not knowing what you're doing. If you know, go for it.
(3) No matter how great the talents or efforts, some things just take time. You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant. 無論點叻,有啲嘢係需要時間。如果你有睇我嘅《十大創業忠告》,5 years,大方向啱嘅就 give it at least 5 years。我2001年創業開始接觸「舖」,到依家18年啦。
我好幸運,我有兩個好好嘅創業 advisors,我阿爸同阿哥 Steven。 佢哋成日同我講:「 根興,做任何生意同投資,都要量力而為,有持久性。 唔好一個浪襟埋嚟,就失蹤咗。 要因應時勢作出改變, 但唔係好似邊個邊個咁,一時就日日見報, 傳奇幾百億身家,一時就玩失蹤。大上大落,甚至乎好似神童輝(羅兆輝),上埋天堂,人間消失。 」做生意,要經得起考驗。時間會證明一切。
(2) The best investment you can make is an investment in yourself. The more you learn, the more you'll earn. 最好嘅投資,就係在自己身上,增長知識。 亦都因為咁,我不斷提醒自己要進修學習。 唔好人云亦云,要自己有獨立思維。
(1) The difference between successful people and really successful people is that really successful people say no to almost everything. (成功及最成功嘅人分別就係最成功嘅人對絕大部分嘅事情都係 say No. )
由2009年我買第一間街舖開始,除咗幾千萬以內香港嘅地舖,我全部都 say No. 依家好多大家族,大基金,搵我開 seperate account 同佢哋買舖,我都一樣 say no. 如果你睇緊呢條片,諗住搵我seperately 幫你買舖, 你慳番啦。 因為除咗我哋公司嘅唯一一隻「旗艦基金」以外, 你唔會見到我個名買住宅,買車位,買工廈,買office。 我自己亦都唔會以個人身份去買舖,為免同公司嘅基金有衝突。 因為我相信做人做生意,做一樣嘢,做好佢,已經足夠。 我同全公司講,香港有十萬街舖, 我哋目標就係個fund要own咗當中1%,即係1000間,最有質素啲舖。未有第一千間前,乜都唔駛唸。大家專注做好佢。要搵 Blue Ocean, 就係要識 say NO,say 得快狠準!
投資要分散,做生意要專注。李小龍名言,亦都係掛喺我公司office嘅唯一名言: "I fear not the man who has practiced 10,000 kicks once, but I fear the man who has practiced one kick 10,000 times."
我知大家呢刻心情都唔好,但無論是市況點亂, 都要練好功夫, 繼續掘井。 有危就有機。 你個井又掘成點呢? 知道邊度掘,日日掘,專注掘。記住感恩過去,珍惜現在,對未來抱著希望,嗰個感覺真係好正!
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