It is indeed true that life is about making choices, where I am today is the total sum of my choices. The formula is if I am not pleased with my current result, I need to make major changes to get a favourable result. According to Einstein, I can’t keep doing the same thing, day in day out and expect a different result.
I began to question why some were living their dreams and others living their nightmare. In conclusion, it amounted to one thing, the power of choice combine with action will produce a desirable result.
As a full time, student many years ago at the University, I needed an extra income because the combination of the Government’s grant and student loans were not enough to sustain me. I was lucky to get a part time job with a media company as a security guard with flexible hours. Working with this Company I learnt that life indeed, was about making choices.
There were two men involved in this Company; the first man was the founder. The Company was worth about £2 Billion during my time of employment. The Founder established the Company with a chair and a table about twenty-five years prior.
I got to know the background story about the Company through the second man who was the caretaker. The amazing aspect was this caretaker was employed at the same time the founder started the Company. He was employed as the Caretaker. They were also about the same age, both were in their sixties at the time.
After twenty-five years the Company had employed about two hundred people. The caretaker retained the same position and was quite happy with his job. It is indeed true that life is about making choices, if we are happy with our choices, this is the key thing. The caretaker felt so fulfilled because he knew everything about the building and was quite proud that he had been dedicated to his job for the last twenty-five years.
I doubted if he would have found such fulfilment if he had been the founder. As far as I am concerned, this caretaker was highly successful because he possessed something money couldn’t buy, a peaceful life. Life is truly about making choices and he made the right one. Some are founders and others are helpers. Based on some of my findings, if not for the great input of the caretaker, the Company would not have gone far. I see the caretaker as a very successful man.