好莱坞传奇人物与Ironfish亚太集团CEO有多少共同之处？超乎你的想象……

有清晰的愿景。

阿诺德的愿景

成为健美冠军。

在美国生活，学习英语，成为电影明星，获得财富和名望并回馈他人。 

我的愿景

成为最抢手的翻译和受人尊敬的外交官。

在澳大利亚生活，成为销冠、成功的创业者企业家，并且为那些想实现财务自由的人提供指导。

令人感到意外的是，很多人对自己的人生缺乏一个清晰的愿景。“问问自己最想实现的人生目标”——这是迈向成功的基本步骤之一。

在制定假期计划时，你会思考时间、地点、开销，以及出行方式等要素。通过控制开销，你还可以在度假时获得额外的奢侈享受。

提前规划行程能够确保我们安然度过一个美好的假期。现在想象一下，将这套模式应用到我们的生活中: 当我们有明确的计划来塑造未来时，我们也能更好地享受未来。

I’m certainly not here to tell you that life as a property investor is always easy, because it’s not. You will be faced with challenges along the way, and there may even be times when you want to give up. But I can tell you from my experience, that because I had a very clear picture in my head of what I wanted to achieve, making the decision to keep going was easy.

我想说的是，房产投资必然充满荆棘险阻。一路上你会遇到很多挑战，甚至会产生放弃的念头。不过，根据我的经验，只要心中有奋斗目标，并对目标做出了承诺，不断想着自己的奋斗目标，就不会轻易放弃。

梦想远大

阿诺德的故事

虽然阿诺德已经成为了享誉全球的电影明星，但他壮心不已，还想竞选加利福尼亚的州长。他明确表示，如果非美国出生的人有权竞选总统，他就会将美国总统的职位作为自己的目标！

身边的人认为他赢得州长选举的机会很小，劝他争取一些级别较低的职位。但阿诺德并不赞同这样狭隘的思维，他对加利福尼亚州的发展规划有着清晰的愿景。两个月后，他如愿成为该州的州长。

我的故事

2006年，我们创办Ironfish亚太集团时，悉尼市场正处于周期的低点，有很多人对我们没有信心。但就和阿诺德一样，我坚信“一切皆有可能”。怀揣着清晰的愿景，我立志建立一个在澳洲各主要城市及海外有分支机构的房产投资服务平台，提出了把财富带进千家万户的愿景。后来公司做大以后，我们又立志成为员工最爱戴、客户最信任、同行最仰慕的长青企业。

即使同行纷纷倒闭或缩减规模，我的信念依然坚定不改，使我能够在如今曲折的道路上继续保持专注。

如今，16年过去了，我们依然在帮助成千上万的投资者实现他们对稳定财务未来的愿景。

Dream big

Arnold’s story.

Although Arnold had already achieved his goal of becoming a rich and famous movie star, he had a dream to become the Governor of California, (even though he made it very clear that if those not born in America were eligible to become President, he would have aimed for that!)

Some people around him encouraged him to try for a smaller position, believing his chances of winning were small. But Arnold dismissed such limited thinking, and because he shared a very clear vision of what he was going to do for California, was appointed Governor 2 months later.

Joseph’s story.

When we first started Ironfish in 2006, the Sydney market was at a low point in its cycle, and we had many disbelievers. But, much like Arnold, I’m a firm believer in possibility thinking, and I had a clear vision to build a property investment services company that would be loved by staff, complimented and trusted by our customers, and admired by our industry peers.

Even though other companies were closing or downsizing, my belief in my vision was so steadfast, it kept me focused through twist and turn.

And here we are, 16 years later, still helping many thousands of investors realise their own vision for a secure financial future.

忽略反对者的意见

无视反对者的声音——这一点很重要，因为成功的路上总会有人朝你泼冷水。每当你试着走出舒适区，追求更高层次的目标时，总会让身边的其他人感到不安。

阿诺德的故事

成为“世界健美冠军”？离开奥地利小村庄，成为全球知名的电影明星？当选州长？阿诺德说，当别人告诉他“做不到”时，他听到的是“做得到”。当他们说“不行”时，他听到的是“能行”。当他们说“不可能”时，他听到的是“有可能”。

我的故事

我曾和一位成功人士说，我的梦想是创建一家重视员工、赋予他们知识和权力的公司。他说我不可能成功。他觉得员工接受完培训就会离开，并“偷”走公司的创意。然而，由于我坚信丰裕思维，即每个人都能拥有足够的资源，我选择无视他的“忠告”。最终的结果如何呢？Ironfish亚太集团成为了一家独一无二的公司，拥有忠诚、智慧的员工。由于感到被重视和尊重，员工们无不勤奋工作，帮助企业和客户共同成长。

Ignore the naysayers

This is a big one, because no matter where you are in your journey, you’ll always find people more than ready to tell you that what you want is impossible. It’s strange, but it seems that when you’re prepared to step out of your comfort zone and strive for something bigger and better, it makes other people uncomfortable.

Arnold’s story.

Become Mr. Universe? Leave your small Austrian village to become one of the world’s biggest movie stars? Become a Governor? Arnold shared that when people told him it can’t be done, all he heard was it can be done. When they said no, he heard yes. And when they said it was impossible, he heard it was possible.

Joseph’s story

A very successful person once told me that I would never succeed at my vision of creating a company that values its people by giving them knowledge and power. His point was that they would leave after I had trained them and ‘steal’ our ideas. But because I believe in abundant thinking, where there is enough for everyone, I ignored his advice. The result? A unique company staffed with loyal, smart people who work even harder to help the business and their customers grow because they themselves feel valued and respected.

更努力、更高效地工作

阿诺德的故事

当下定决心成为世界健美冠军时，阿诺德每天要进行8小时的训练。训练时，他时常带着微笑。当人们问他训练如此艰苦为何还能保持微笑时，他说，这是因为他知道每一次痛苦的重复、每一次肌肉紧绷的负重、每一次煎熬的腹肌锻炼，都让他离成为“世界健美冠军”的目标更近一步。

我的故事

虽然我未体验过太多肉体上的磨练，但在精神方面的考验却丝毫不少。从小我就立志成为学校最好的乒乓球运动员。为了提高技术，我不得不延长训练，牺牲与朋友玩耍的时间，有时甚至会错过家里的晚餐。但我确实实现了我的目标。

当我考虑高中生活结束后的未来计划时，我立志迈入大学的殿堂，以“进入中国最好的大学”为目标。

我当时就能想象自己漫步北大校园的画面，那里的学习和生活氛围会有多么的美好。这些画面给予了我能量和动力，让我努力学习，保持自律。

只有当你的努力、学识和成长配得上你的目标时，你才能够取得成功。听从阿诺德的建议，并始终记得你为何而奋斗，那么你每多花一小时学习，每一次为改善财务状况而积极付出时，都将使你离梦想更近一步。

一个来自奥地利小镇的瘦小男孩最终成为了享誉全球的明星。他的励志故事告诉我们：世上无难事，只怕有心人。

Work harder and smarter

Arnold’s story

When Arnold decided to become a bodybuilder, he trained every single day for 8 hours a day. With a smile. When people asked him why he was smiling when the training was so tough, he said it was because he knew that every painful rep, every muscle straining weight and every agonising crunch was getting him closer to his goal of becoming Mr. Universe.

Joseph’s story

While my journey is not nearly as painful physically, the mindset was the same.  When I was a kid at school, I made the decision to become the best table tennis player in the school team; that was my goal. I had to practice harder and longer to improve my skill level as a player, sacrifice play time with my friends – even missing dinner at home sometimes- but I did achieve what I set out to do.

When I was considering my options for my future after high school, I decided that I would like to go to university and my goal was to gain admission into one of the best universities in China.

Immediately, I imagined myself walking down the Peking University campus, and what I’d do there and how great it would feel. Returning to this image gave me the energy and drive to continue to be disciplined enough to put in the otherwise overwhelming number of hours of study that would be required to get there.

Whatever level of success you’re aiming for, you will need to match it with equal levels of effort, learning and growth. But if you follow Arnold’s advice, and never forget why you’re doing what you’re doing, every extra hour you spend learning, every sacrifice you make to increase your financial position will get you closer and closer to your dream.

If the story of a small town, skinny boy from Austria becoming one of the world’s most famous and beloved stars tells us anything, it’s that there’s no obstacle too big to overcome and no dream too big to achieve.

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