Economics to Emotions

'If you want to get rich, you need to learn how to take risks. Learn to be an investor.'

I read these lines in a gain-financial-freedom conceptualised book. Though, I was reading an economics related book but couldn't restrain my thought process to spread its wings.

These lines stand very true in every aspect of knowledge that you wish to acquire. Not getting it? Ok. Let me make it more clear. How about rephrasing it as - If you want to gain, you will have to lose ? Though, the rephrase is not exploring every dimension the statement aspires to conquer, yet it is easier for a common man to understand.

'Rich' is not always associated with 'earning money' or 'gaining profits'. It is associated with 'addition to what one already possesses'.

'Risk' is not merely staking one's money with fingers crossed. It is associated with 'analysis and judgement from some observations'.

'Investor' is not the one who 'stakes money' but the one who 'stakes what one possesses'.

E.g. Consider a student who went to a school for the wish of his parents and studied for the wish of his teachers.

The investors

Student, Parents, Teachers and most importantly School authorities.

The investments

School authorities invested mind in planning out a good infrastructure, money in creating infrastructure, hiring teachers and maintaining the standards and trust in the students that they will utilize the infrastructure with respect and will be able to emerge as the leaders.

Teachers invested their knowledge, teaching skills, time, affection, care and also a small amount of trust that these students will become great human beings and never forget them.

Parents are the biggest investors. They invested their every moment in creating healthy surroundings for their child. They invested their every penny so that their ward gets what he/she deserves and what he/she needs to become deserving of something better in life. They invested their affection, prayers while their ward was out facing the world with his/her wits. They invested 'themselves' for the betterment of their child.

Student invests unknowingly in the initial stage. Later, he has gone so far that he stops accounting for the investments that he has made. He only counts the outcomes and is never satisfied, for he has never known the exact amount of investments made by him and so in pursuit of much more he thinks the investments to outcount the results.

The risks involved

School authorities fear the most of the bullies at school who continuously attempt to assault the institution's property, deliberately or not. There are some elements on which mortal being has no control e.g. natural assaults for which there is no option other than praying to God and asking Him for His mercifulness.

Teachers did not usually fear in past. They used to physically scold students and parents would have blamed the students for it without knowing the complete scene. But today it is not the same case. Once bitten twice shy. Today teacher thinks a lot many times before hitting some student, for parents are very careful of every scar that their ward gets. All due to only a few merciless teachers in institutions.

Talking sensibly, parents have no risks to take, as they admit. Their service is selfless. They expect nothing but affection in return, which in some circumstances is not given to them and yet they do not complaign.

Students are the biggest risk takers. They deliberately take risks and enjoy the adventure. Risk of not completing homework, risk of forging parents' signatures on teachers' remarks, risk of bunking classes and not getting caught by any authority and a lot more.

Who got Rich?? The biggest question. I suppose many blogs will go in writing who got rich in this scenario still we will not have reached even half way answering it. Hence, I will not attempt to answer the question but would definitely expect from you, the readers, to ponder over it.

Hint: Recall from the very first day when you first opened your eyes to this world.

A too much of an emotional encounter, I guess.