My father loves to brag about how I  hang out with important people outside my family’s circles. He tells everyone that I like to have lunch with this new politician or showing up at this invited only hot business party.  A lot of my friends became my father’s client or business partner, and he talks more about them. It gets really annoying after a while.

It is actually not that hard to manage meeting important people. You know I have a bubbly personality. I am everywhere, hang out with everyone, and treat them like my family. I guess that is my little secret.

Two years ago, I went to a business party during my Vietnam trip. At the end of the night I saw a tiny little Asian man at the corner. He was wearing a simple blue dress shirt with dress pants, nothing fancy. He has a dumbphone from stone age while everyone else are using a BlackBerry, Iphone, Android or a Vertu [ a luxury line of mobile phone]. He looked like an assistant of a big guy who does not know where he belongs. We were in a room full of important international  politicians and very wealthy businessmen, my friends did not want to waste their time with a little guy. I came over and talked to him anyway. The next day I sent a thank you note and we texted back and forth. I found out that we both love classic literature and war strategies. He invited me out for dinner. I did not know it was at one of the finest restaurant in town. Later that night, I found out that the wise tiny little Asian man is one of the investor of the high end building we were in and a real estate tycoon.

It is very hard to judge people.

Old money has nothing to prove, they are already established. They usually  like to hide the fact that they are wealthy and try to blend in.

Behind these light, is it a real or fake world ?  Source -scarletgreen

New money always tries to prove that they have money. Even if they are broke they would buy the newest “It” bag and the latest sport car. Because without luxuries goods, they feel naked. They think nobody can see their wealth and status. It is very hard to tell if it is real of fake.

I stop judging people and trying to find the next big guy. I just go with the flow, and most of the time I bump into them by accident.  In life we cannot judge other base on what they wear or the car they drive. Especially in today world, you can find everything about someone within just a few click. We should spend more time and get to know people instead of judging them.

Remember every big guy was a little guy at some point. Invest in everyone around you. Speak kind words, do good deeds, and bear a kind heart. Because you never know who they are going to be tomorrow.

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