A December-end spoken-address by Hattaiwat Pusanti (Patman) recorded on Christmas Eve. He recounts recent travel to Indonesia (Jakarta, Surabaya) and a 12-year anniversary event, reflects on his 15-year journey in network marketing since 1998, and relays mentor Dato Sri Vijay Ishwaran’s core advice: decide to do the work and enjoy the journey. The speaker reviews 2013’s challenges and successes, urges listeners to "count their blessings," reaffirms pride in Qnet and the V community, and issues an energetic call-to-action for growth and enjoyment in 2014.
Questions this video answers
Christmas Eve — 24th of December (speaker states 'sitting here once again on Christmas Eve in the office 24th of December').
Jakarta and Surabaya (met the Amuba family and Pat Tobing's team in Surabaya).
A 12-year anniversary (speaker: 'celebrating their 12 year anniversary').
About 15 years; he says he first started in 1998 ('when I first started in 1998, 15 years ago').
He estimates this is like number 34 or 35 ('this is like number 34, 35 Wednesday message').
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Greetings guys. This is your chief and upline Patman Sinatiraja sitting here once again on Christmas Eve in the office 24th of December, recording the beautiful Wednesday message which you have been anticipating. I just came back from Indonesia. I was in Jakarta, Surabaya, met with the Amuba family, Pat Tobing and his amazing team celebrating their 12 year anniversary which was a rocking, rocking time we had in Surabaya. And now I'm back home. Tomorrow I fly once again to Bangkok to have a whole set of meetings planning the future of our company, your organization, our downlines in 2014. And believe it or not, this is like number 34, 35 Wednesday message. And I'm amazed that that many of you actually watch this video. Look forward to it. I'm very touched and I hope that this video helps you keep raising the bar higher and keep you staying focused. Alright guys, well I just want to tell you a simple message this Wednesday, let's not complicate things, okay? Firstly, we are coming to the end of the year. We are six, seven days away from the end of 2020. Now 2013 has been the most unbelievable year and I think that many of you have seen tremendous results. Your checks have gone up, your organizations have grown, many of you have seen new challenges in your journey of network marketing, depending which country you are from. But bottom line, my message to you is ultimately my message to myself. The same message Dato Sri Vijay Ishwaran gave me when I first started in 1998, 15 years ago he said that Padman, the first decision you have to make is that you're going to do this, all right? He said it in such a casual way like Patman, are you going to do this or not? I said, yes, of course, Datto Sri or Vijay shouldn't at that time. I said, of course I want to do it. I want to make money. I've got big dreams, I want to do a lot of things. But he made me promise one thing to him which I have kept for 15 years. He said, make sure you enjoy this journey, that if network marketing does not become the most enjoyable thing you have ever done in your life, then it's not worth it because I don't want financial freedom with a frown on my face and health problems and stress, you know, and all that shit. You understand? Did I say shit on tv? It's okay. I'm allowed to because it's the last video before 2014, okay? And I remember that promise I made to him. And I make it a point that every single day When I go through this journey, whether it's recording videos at 2 in the morning, 9 in the morning, or traveling around and practically being in one country for two days and another country, in another country, in another country, no sleep. All right? Sometimes I'm so numb when I take a shower, I don't even feel wet. Okay? All right? But I still enjoy the journey that the past 15 years, guys, and especially 2013, has not been easy. Okay? I went through many challenges. I reached many points where I questioned myself whether I want to continue. I reached many points where people close to me, my own family, told me, hey, why don't you quit? But I never listen. I never listened to my own negativity. I never listened to the opinions of others who were not with me. And that's just the way I am, alright? You can call me stubborn, you can call me arrogant. That's just the way I am. That's how Padman Senathiraja is built, okay? But the greatest lesson I took back from Dattu Sri Vijay at that time was to enjoy this journey. Because whether you like it or not, the journey is happening. And you cannot predict, you cannot anticipate clearly what's going to happen around the next corner, around this corner, around that corner. Do you understand? You cannot anticipate it. But if you just make this conscious decision that I'm going to be happy and enjoy this journey, no matter what the journey offers to me. I know it sounds moronic. I don't know how to explain this to you. Let me try. I know it sounds moronic that if you're going through a great challenge, how can you be happy? I'm sorry, but I believe you can. Because even through my worst challenges, even through my toughest times, I was always happy. Because I choose to be. So some people think that this smile and this joy for life that I have is fake. You understand? It's fake. It is not. It's real. It's a decision. I made that if I'm going to go through this journey with qnet, if I'm going to go through this journey of life, I want to go through it with the biggest smile on my face. I have nothing to complain about, all right? I've made a lot of money. I've made a lot of friends, alright? And if I lose the money, I still have my friends. Do you understand? But whatever is said and done, I. I have no regrets. Somebody asked me once, if I could live life all over again, what would I do differently? I would say nothing except spending more time with my mother and saying more I love you to her because I lost her three years ago. When I look back, maybe I should have said I love you, mom, or amma more often. But bottom line, I have no regrets. 38 years of my life, and especially the last 15, has been the most unbelievable years of my life. And to all of you, when we come to the closing of 2013, the last few days of 2013, count your blessings. Do you understand? It's easy to find fault with the world. It's easy to find fault with your circumstances or where you are today in life. I think that's the easy thing to do. It's very difficult to count your blessings. There are things you can be thankful for because I wake up every morning and thank God for one more day. I don't have cancer at the moment. I don't know whether I will get cancer. Alright, I'm healthy. But I know there are people far less fortunate than me. And I remember this statement my school teacher, Mrs. Yeoh, put on the blackboard. I complained I had no shoes until I saw a boy with no feet. So I think don't look back in 2013 and pick on what was bad. Look back in 2013 and count your blessings and make some serious decisions how you want to change the way you do things or who you are for 2014. So I want to, I want to tell you guys, I want to tell you guys that it has been a great privilege and honor for me to be able to share 2013 with you. I want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for your love, for your loyalty, for your belief in the vision of Dato Sri Vijay Ishwaran, my mentor, who I love tremendously. I want to thank you for making 2013 a daring adventure for me. And I want you to know that 2014 is just going to be more unbelievable. It's going to be a bigger, greater, more, more daring adventure. All right? And we're going to love it and we're going to have fun and we are going to enjoy the 2014 journey as much as we did 2013. And now it's not the time to slow down. It's not the time to switch off. It's not the time to be distracted by whatever is happening around you now. It's the time to even raise the. The passion within you, raise the bar higher, get more excited, get more crazy and challenge the world and tell them that they will never steal our dreams, that they will never stop the V. Because we are rebels with big dreams. We don't comply with the status quo. We don't agree with the morons out there, and it's okay. And we are going to build qnet to be bigger, more unbelievable, and we are going to make it the greatest story ever told in the industry of network marketing. Our great, great, great grandchildren, all right, are going to be talking about this greatest story ever told. Qnet, the V. The rebels with big dreams. The people who broke every rule but kept raising the bar higher. The people who refused to comply with the status quo of network marketing. The people who were kicked down on the floor and they stood up again. The people who were challenged to the point of the brink of extinction but refused to give up the fight. And that is who we are. I remember this movie called Fast and Free was six, where the Korean guy, a Japanese guy, and this beautiful, his friend. I forgot her name. Alright? And they were chasing a plane, okay? And they were both lovers and they were looking at each other and he looked at her and knew that if they continued chasing the plane, they were going to die or one of them were going to die. They sort of knew they had this connection. Watch the movie. You'll understand. Okay? And she saw the fear in his eyes and she looked at him and said, don't worry. Remember, this is who we are and this is what we do. Reaffirming to him the belief that what they're doing is what they're meant to do. So I'm telling all of you out there, my V family, who I love so much, this is who we are and this is what we do. We have nothing to be afraid of. We have nothing to be embarrassed about. We should be proud to belong to this great industry called network marketing, to this great company called qnet, and to this great family called the V, with our father Datosri, Vijay Ishwaran and Joseph Bismarck, our founders. So I want to tell you that don't look back in 2013 with the negative glasses. Look back in 2013 with the positive glasses. Be thankful for everything you have, alright? And stop complaining. And remember this statement. I complained I had no shoes until I saw a boy with no feet. All right? And make the last few days of 2013 your greatest days, your most unbelievable days. This is my message to all of you guys. So I love you guys. All right? Thank you for allowing me to share your journey of 2013. Alright, guys, so keep raising the bar higher. Few more days to go. Let's do it. A countdown. Take advantage of the promo and I'll see you in next year in 2014.
