The Ten of Diamonds

I recently learn a new quote for my long time observation towards people. This quote is from Sir Lloyd Luna's book The OBVIOUS. It is also one of the Law that I abide, The Law of the Tin Can. it says people are like tin cans, they are noisy when empty. Really, as I observe my pangkaraniwang kapitbahays (my ordinary neighbors) to the big successful bosses and or great teachers and mentors, there is a very distinct difference between the two. I live in an ordinary pinoy barangay which is most likely composed of people in the C - D status of living. You wouldn't experience silence from them. They always talk loud and once the other talks louder than the other, the next one to talk will increase his volume. As if there is a fight happening. Their distance to each other is no more than two rulers yet they speak as if they are mountains apart. All you can hear from them is what happened to what they are watching, gossips, and hear says. You can always hear them brag of something that they should be really ashamed of, thinking that being able to cheat on someone is somewhat cool and worth of praise. It is a typical scenario in my barrio. I was educated in a private catholic institutions that exposed me to a different side of our society. I was able to talk to business owners, learn from managers and mentors, and be guided by high and respectable people. These people doesn't talk loud, they are always calm but with diction. They talk about how to achieve more and be much better. They are not interested in gossips and hear says. If they need to know something, they get the information first hand. As accurate and factual as they are. No sensationalism. They learn and know more, and later address and assess the issue effectively and efficiently, by means of listening. They are men of actions. Real men. Even the ladies, they are really someone who we can say sitting on a pedestal. Everything they do have sense. They tend to listen than talk. They gather more knowledge and wisdom that makes them successful. Even in politics, a candidate that has nothing to say good about himself tends to say something worst against his opponents. A person that has no fruit tends to get fruit by cheating others. Back to the barrio, people there often talk about how frustrating their life is because of the government, they always complain but you can rarely see them doing something to lighten up their own living. They are not capitalizing on what they have. The tendency is that they lose more. Worst, they lose time. Maybe that's why they're noisy. They actually do nothing. True, a reminder towards success and also a very good observation, "BIG PEOPLE MONOPOLIZE THE LISTENING, SMALL PEOPLE MONOPOLIZE THE TALKING."