An Eagle-Sparrow

If you were to read my earlier blog entry on "Which Bird Are You?" dtd 24 May 05, you'd understand the different personality traits of an Eagle & a Sparrow. However, there is a hybrid, Eagle-Sparrow, with two sub-species - the undiscovered and the disgruntled.

The undiscovered refers to people who are innately self-driven for success but have been largely tamed by societal values and peer pressure. They conform to what most other people in the society and/or what most of their friends think. These undiscovered Eagle-Sparrows are likened to pure-carbon compounds; given proper polishing, they would shine like diamonds. In real life, these birds could be potential entrepreneurs in unchallenging salaried employment. All they need is one eloquent motivator to direct them to the entrance of self-discovery, a been-there, done-that mentor to guide them along a path of self-actualisation, and a biz opportunity for them to grow. The likelihood of success is high given their determination to solve problems, their fortitude in facing challenges and their high adaptability.

The disgruntled refers to people who had been wrestled by cirumstantial reasons to forgo their visions temporarily or permanently. These birds have long disbelieved that their income should be pegged by meritocracy or market values. They affirm payouts that commensurate with their effort. However, they'd been victimised by circumstances, for examples, a need to solve immediate financial hardship, lack of opportunity, lack of funds, overwhelming pressure by Sparrows etc, to suspend or stop quenching their thirst for success and behave like the smaller birds. They are likened to semi-polished diamonds; a diamond in the making but stopped short of a glistening shine cuz' its brillianteers backed out. The luckier lot of the disgruntled Eagle-Sparrows gets to continue its fervour after a temporary halt; the rest stops forever and risks getting mid-life crises. In real life, they could be ex-businessmen who had suffered bad losses or are already bankrupts, the constantly unguided employees who wanted to start businesses, budding entrepreneurs who had taken up salaried jobs to make immediate ends meet etc. All they need is ample breathing space, one that is big enough to unfetter them from their strifling circumstances, and soon they would be soaring again. The chances of success for these people are high, higher than that of the undiscovered, cuz' they (the disgruntled) were already moving along the path of self-actualisation before they hobbled earlier.