Discovery through games

One of the things I still enjoy doing despite being an 'adult' is playing games (computer/handphone). There is this game called Fotoquest where photographer will go into the sea to take pictures of fishes. The more fishes being taken in a single photo, the more points are accumulated. Different kind of fish will score different kind of scores. When I initially played the game, I used to get an average score of 30,000 which I thought it was a great score but there was once, I accidentally realised that there were a breed of fish which will hide at the same coral after every photo taking. The fishes will not go anywhere else except the same coral if photos were taken every single time they came out from the coral. So much so, every time if you take the pictures even a new fish of the same kind comes in, they'll be doing the same. If the numbers of fish are more at a single shot, the points will be more. My highest score using this method was 200,000, which was more than 6 times the average score after I knew that. Ever since then, every time I play using that method, my scores were never below 30,000.

I learnt a very important lesson which I have been applying in my life especially in my line of business which I feel a lot of people fail to understand. Ever wonder why some people are making more money than others? Ever wonder why some people are better in their production than others? Ever wonder why some people have better results than others? Ever wonder why some people have a better lifestyle than others? I often hear some people who are broke or unsuccessful in anything they do blaming on luck. It is always,"Maybe they are luckier" but seriously, I know one thing for sure, if someone is doing far better than me, it is not because I am stupid or out of luck. It is just because they know how to do it and I haven't found out how to do so yet. If I am persistent enough to learn the trick how to do it, I will be as good as them or even better. Sometimes it takes time to know how, that's why being persistent to learn is very important. Sometimes it takes a shorter time to know how if I can find a mentor who knows how. One thing for sure is that, once I know how, I will forever know how and can never go back to the times when I am under performing.

Just like the score for the Fotoquest game that I played. I can never score lower than what I used to score unless I purposely do so.....