Wife and I both started working early while in school. Her at 15 and me at 13. My dad was very successful and I didn’t start working because of any lacking for anything. I started working because I wanted my own money and a sense of accomplishment. Wife and I married at 18 and will have been together for 50 years this October. I worked for a man who was a multi millionaire and every paycheck he would tell me to invest in myself. Every paycheck I put the maximum amount in my 401 and lived entirely within our means. I worked a lot of 100 hour weeks but I had a mission. Retired at 62 with zero debt and have enjoyed every day of being retired. We’re not rich by any means but we do exactly what we want when we want. We eat way better than we did when we worked and feel better too.
But the one thing my parents drilled into me was good work ethic. If I had a job I didn’t like, I’d find one that I did. But I never gave less than 100% regardless of how crappy it turned out. The only time I was out sick was when they made me go home until I got better.
I never begrudge the CEO or the owner of any company that I worked for for making more money than me. Their salary was never a concern as long as they paid me the rate we agreed on when I went to work for them. They took care of me and I did what was expected of me and some that wasn’t.
But the one thing my parents drilled into me was good work ethic. If I had a job I didn’t like, I’d find one that I did. But I never gave less than 100% regardless of how crappy it turned out. The only time I was out sick was when they made me go home until I got better.
I never begrudge the CEO or the owner of any company that I worked for for making more money than me. Their salary was never a concern as long as they paid me the rate we agreed on when I went to work for them. They took care of me and I did what was expected of me and some that wasn’t.
