My Father in Law’s Advice

As I go on my journey through life I am reminded often of my father in law’s advice on money. He always said, “You’ll never make a lot of money working for someone else.” I agree with this in most cases. For example there are many people who make a lot of money working for other people, but the good majority of people will never do so. This is when you have to tap into your skill set and figure out what you can do on your own. My father in law was an industrial plumber with less than average education. He early on went into business for himself and started doing large industrial jobs for places like steel mills. He made a huge success out of himself by daring to go off on his own and be his own boss. I have heard that a very small percentage of people realize that no matter what, they work for themselves. Whether they have a job or not they are in charge of their own lives and are the CEO of their own company. That company being themselves. When we approach life thinking in these terms it doesn’t really matter whether you are working for someone else or yourself. You have or can develop the skills necessary to branch out on your own. Dictate how much you make and how often you work. It will be a lot of work at first trying to get going on your own and you may fail many times. But the key is to learn from your failures and think forward to the next endeavor in your life. If you want to make the income you had always dreamed of, then you have to do it for yourself and not wait for someone (i.e. your boss) to do it for you. If you start your own business and work at something you love then the hard work will not seem that hard at all. It has been said repeatedly that if you do what you love then you’ll never work a day in your life. This post is not about teaching you how to be a success, it’s simply to give you the encouragement to be a success in what you want to do. So go to work for yourself and eventually you will start to make the money you have always wanted.