“Happy go lucky” is his favorite motto. He keeps holding the spirit of “Achievement is not about A's” and “Study time is equivalent to happy hours”. He has a great enthusiasm in financial savvy and somewhat know how to deepen his pocket. Others merely good in writing on papers but he desires to apply those understanding practically. Yes, he is the magnificent Vincent Lim (Bursa scholar). The number of ‘real student’ in FEA, who is really eager to learn the science of economics and the beauty of theories, sadly to say, are not even exceed twenty. But I believe that the name ‘Vincent’ would definitely be filled up the top ranking.
His biggest Achilles' heel is his image problem. Naturally, not everyone will like the ‘weird kid’. In fact, he always comes out with odd ideas and critics. His obsessiveness about being right is strong enough, he will reject those people out of hand before they question their own biases and self-manipulations. It is easier for smart people who have a habit of defending bad ideas rather than honestly examine what is at the core of their psyche. He knows the rule of “one is innocent until proven guilty”; most of his tricks of logic and debate refute questions and attacks.
In terms of economics dispute, Vincent Lim can be labeled as PETRONAS. (By describing it in the analogy of oligopoly market of petrol suppliers) But, in goods market, he should be labeled as weapon which is useless during peace time. No demand, people do not use it unless there is a war. Little influence can be made by him as politics is not merely about maximizing friends, it is also about minimizing foes and how you preserving your image. A lot of ingenious things have been said about the reasons for his image problem (such as his boorish style of not bringing any books or bag to lectures), but there is one explanation that hardly anyone dares mention: Maybe he just too smart. Perhaps he is untouchable, but at the same time he hardly can touch anyone.
His biggest Achilles' heel is his image problem. Naturally, not everyone will like the ‘weird kid’. In fact, he always comes out with odd ideas and critics. His obsessiveness about being right is strong enough, he will reject those people out of hand before they question their own biases and self-manipulations. It is easier for smart people who have a habit of defending bad ideas rather than honestly examine what is at the core of their psyche. He knows the rule of “one is innocent until proven guilty”; most of his tricks of logic and debate refute questions and attacks.
In terms of economics dispute, Vincent Lim can be labeled as PETRONAS. (By describing it in the analogy of oligopoly market of petrol suppliers) But, in goods market, he should be labeled as weapon which is useless during peace time. No demand, people do not use it unless there is a war. Little influence can be made by him as politics is not merely about maximizing friends, it is also about minimizing foes and how you preserving your image. A lot of ingenious things have been said about the reasons for his image problem (such as his boorish style of not bringing any books or bag to lectures), but there is one explanation that hardly anyone dares mention: Maybe he just too smart. Perhaps he is untouchable, but at the same time he hardly can touch anyone.
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