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91- What is the best advice you?ve received in your life thus far?
a philosoohy - which I can sumerize as "never let the things you own own you"
i lerarnt it at about age 12. I went with my father and great uncle and some other guy to the race track. we lived about an hour away - comming home - my dad had gambled too much money. sure he could still pay the mortage and put food on the table - but this hit hurt and he was complaining about it - on and on and on. 1/2 hour into the drive - it's late at night on an empty highway and we're traveling 60mph - my great uncle daniel ( a very sucessful businessman from the concrete business) slams on the braked and barks at my dad. "what the fuck are you complaining about - you work for yourself! Go make some more" Silence. That never happens when someone barks at my Dad. He was right and my Dad knew it and took it. Never sceen him take anything before or since, but he took that one cause it was unrefutable.
Never forgot that line and embrasing it has helped to realize anything is within reach - all you have to do is WANT it. It;s why i've never been afraid of bankrupty either. It's just stuff. Thats not to say I'm stupid about my money - just how I think about it is all. I never let the things I own own me. Once you embrace that - you make undreamnt of money.
Most Everyone else told me the opposite - well at least everyone who never acheived their dreams did. Most ultra successful people I know have similar philosphies about material things. Don't get me wrong - I LOVE toys - but I'm more about the GETTING than the HAVING.
well i guess i never got that advise - i overheard it. but it made an impact
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Now read without the word dog.
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