Roy’s Story
- “We all felt bad about Roy having to put off his dream of becoming a lawyer, but deep down we knew that he was doing the right thing. You got to be there when your family needs you, even if it means personal sacrifice.”
- I can relate to this. Once you start a family, you want to make the conscious choice of where you and your family want to be. Many times, this is a big limiting factor of job opportunities.
- “Roy liked to work on his cars and cut hair. He finally combined the two by opening a hair cutting truck”
- This is so great. I’m looking forward to having that as well! I’m a nerd in robotics, AI, and cultures and languages. I still need to think more about combining those.
- “If you want to learn something right, watch someone who has done it successfully. This holds true for sports, so maybe in everything else, too.”
- Yep! China has been a great example. Don’t be ashamed of being a “copy cat” (within the legal bounds of course). Learn then improve.
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“The Old KISS principle = Keep It Simple, Sweetheart”
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“If you start anything young, time is your greatest ally”
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“Key to personal budgeting is to distinguish needs and wants. But life is about meeting our needs, and reasonably meeting our wants”
- A need is “I need a car”, a want is “I want a nice car 2nd year into my business”
- To reasonably meet our wants, we need to learn to pay ourselves. That is, know what we want, and set clear goals to make and save money for them
