THE CROSS OVER

Everyone knows Idris Khan is a ridiculously good-looking model, but did you know that he’s also a talented, chameleonic actor as well as, yes, an entrepreneur

- John Ng

In the yet-to-be-proven science of gauging a person’s success from their achievements, gratitude tends to get overlooked. Financial freedom, yes; material belongings, certainly; even social association. Gratitude? Often get left out. Yet the thankful and appreciative attitude tells more about someone’s personalities than any of the possessions they own.

Idris Khan recites the words of Ralph Waldo Emerson which he says best sum up his personal notion of success: “To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and ensure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate the beauty; to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded.”