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Originally Posted by '00 Tundy
wow, im 17 yrs old now, and i hope to own my own business in my life. in the summer instead of being lazy like most my friends, i work 65-70 hours a week for a marina in Wildwood, NJ. in the winter, i work about 25 hours a week at pep boys, plus school. in doing this, all my freinds envy me also, because i have a waverunner and of course my yota!! lol they all say things like "i wish i could have that" but what they dont see, is the work behind it.
if you dont mind me asking, what kind of business do you own? because you mentioned boats? 
just to put it out there, threads i read like this, push me as a "kid" more and more to be successful in life, so i want to thank you all for the motivation.  |
I own a financial services firm.
Ironically, I used to captain a 58' sportfishing boat and used to have a jetski that I'd ride during the week out of OC MD and I worked about 60 hours on the yacht each week. Take care of your stuff, work hard and always look for ways to save your bosses money when you are young. Doing so will make you realize that you won't want to work for people for whom you see being wasteful. For example, I'd be making 150-200K today working for my old boss (yacht owner) and would likely have become his VP of his company by this point in time. Instead, his legacy will be left in the hands of is incompetent son who was fed with a silver spoon (read: TOMMY BOY). This is okay, as I do far better for myself than I would have working for my old boss and it is better to be a yacht owner than working on someone elses boat!
The kid (tommy boy) is 25 and lazy as can be because he never learned the value of a dollar. The kid also has had a breast reduction and viewed it as the best weight loss program ever because of his dietary and drinking problems he developed during his 6 years pursuing his undergraduate degree.