The rain has been pretty relentless over the past few days; yesterday it poured and earlier this week some suburban communities were flooding. But business goes on as usual in this city.
Now at 7:13 in the evening, the sun has made it out from behind the clouds and the storm has passed; or so it seems.
It feels like I should be outside now.
Here I am instead writing this.
I've been working on myself the last couple months wondering what I should be doing to feel better and more empowered. I love helping people and most recently I've been baking and it has made me feel really good.
Baking is a science and a passtime.
Baking has allowed me to help people who have limited options when it comes to getting the support they need. My own mother and grandmother have taught me so much when it comes to nurturing and caring for others that I feel most comfortable when I'm doing the same. It's as if they helped me figure out what I'm good at best.
So I'm here to care for you.
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I started working when I was fourteen years old because I wanted to make money.
I didn't know anything about chequing accounts or tax contributions - I was 14.
The one thing I did know was this: buying things for myself feels good.
So I started working after school and on Saturdays and Sundays.
I made about 400$ every two weeks. And when I got my pay cheque I put 25% of it away and didn't touch it.
I did this for almost ten years.
All my jobs have been fairly independent. I've loved having the support of a team but somehow I've always thrived on my own, under pressure. When I think about how many things I've been able to treat myself with because of my work ethic it makes me happy and proud. I hope you feel the same.
When I was able to take my savings and use them as a down payment on a new house it felt insane.
I don't think I can come up with the right words to describe it but it's definitely good.
When you consider yourself and the work you do I hope it makes you happy.
The way we feel about our job affects how well we do business.
We can't forget we trade our time - the hours of our life - for money; and knowing that time is precious,
do you think you have time to waste feeling poorly about the business you do?
We can all work for someone else but then it's never completely ours; we're never really calling the shots.
It's exceptionally important to consider your business.
When I was fourteen I went into business with myself and put away 200$ a month until at the end of my first year working I had 2500$ saved up. I was spending money on food and clothes and shoes but I always saved that two hundred dollars. I guess I thought the best way to succeed in business is to be in business.
Also, if you don't try you can't fail.
* Side Note:
If you started with 1 cent
and doubled your money each day,
it would take less than one month
for you to become a millionaire.
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