John Robinson Lim Gokongwei Jr. was a Filipino businessman, investor, and philanthropist. His conglomerate company JG Summit Holdings, Inc. had an extensive panoply of business and investment holdings across the Filipino economy, including shipping, telecommunications, retail, financial services, petrochemicals, utilities, aviation, food, beverages, and livestock farming
If you think about it, almost all of the wealthiest men never blunt about their wealth. They dress simply and prefer to live below their means. That’s exactly who Gokongwei is. He never shows off. He’d rather invest in travels and books than those luxury things others wanted to acquire.
Gokongwei’s success story teaches us that it doesn’t matter where we came from nor how our lives went. We all have struggles in life, but these will never be the reason for us not to aim for bigger things. Instead, we should use such challenges to fuel our passion and desire for the things we wish to acquire.