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Euler
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I know for a fact that YOU can build a $300,000 palace, starting from NOTHING, and it will only take you five short years to do it. Here's a true story.
I know a Roman Catholic family from war-torn Bosnia. they were the minority there. In the 90's when unrest took the land, they were hunted. Literally hunted in their hometown. Shot at. They were split up in a nighttime firefight and the father was isolated. He had industrial engineering knowledge that put him on the list of some local warlord. He was to be converted or killed. The family was an afterthought.
Anyway, they had many terrifying adventures which are beside the point here. Eventually the mother and daughter took refuge on US soil by way of International Catholic Charities. They were placed in a small community in a well known southern city where my wife's family live. My mother-in-law hired the Bosnian lady to cook for her small roadside shop/catering business.
After six months, the father was located by the Catholic network - he had survived and was destitute in Sweden. The family took their six months of savings and bought a one-way ticket to the US for him. So here they were, reunited in America, with no assets and one slightly-over-min-wage job. Happiest family on earth.
So, you get the picture, they start with absolutely nothing - not even language skills.
They worked and saved for five years. No vacations. They worked weekends. No social life - they could barely speak English. They were going through naturalization. People regarded them as a pity case. Having known them personally, I can tell you - they don't "get along" like we family Americans do. They are ALWAYS proud and noble - even in their quiet moments. They are never cute or cuddly. Never silly or obnoxious. They have a dignity about them that we would consider "square" or even "aloof" - even snobbish or callous. Detached, always serious, always working.
Anyway, at the end of these five years, they had enough money - CASH to buy a $90,000 home. They immediately adopted hobbies - all of them. Their new hobby was home improvement. They hired noone (it helped thet the dad was an engineer). They built swimming pools, decks, fountains, they made that place a tiny Palace at Versailles! Years later, they sold it for $300,000 when that neighborhood had a spike in value. They had built the best house in that area.
You should see them today. They aren't millionaires, but that's not the point of this story. Their daughter is a freshman in an Ivy League University. They still work hard. They still don't "get" jokes. They still don't go to movies or ... you get the picture - it's a culture gap. The point is, they work and they reap the rewards of that hard work.
And it doesn't take a lifetime. It doesn't take a huge commitment. If you focus your talents on the many problems that surround you RightNow, you can build a palace in five short years. I've seen it happen. Anyone can do this.
So now consider all of these MLM, pyramid and pay-to-surf schemes - ALL of that Get Rich Quick SHIT. They aren't opportunities at all. They are potential barriers and pitfalls that BLOCK your way to your own success.
I'm only reminding you of something you already know - your success has been inside you all along. You control the miracle and you control when it occurs. If you want to win in America, it takes Work, Dedication and Delay of Gratification. Stay on track and you will be shocked at the speed of your rise.
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Thu Jul 07, 2005 4:28 pm |
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Andrew
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Amen.
That's a great story, I'm sure there are tons of them. I used to work with a gentleman from Vietnam. His family narrowly escaped the communists by boat during the revolution. They came to America with nothing, they worked, sent each other to college, built businesses. When I knew him, he didn't really have to work since his wifes travel agency did so well, but he would cruise in to work in his Lexus, and was one of the hardest workers. (Or maybe he did have to work, since they were putting in a formal ballroom into their new house.  )
And then to see smart people chasing nickles by doing mindless "work" or promoting spam, it's sad.
And with the rise of the Internet, you don't need to "go to America" to make it, the opportunities for building a successful global business are only steps away...
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Thu Jul 07, 2005 7:41 pm |
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Euler
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Total agreement.
I tell you, having worked in technology for many many years, I've seen many foreigners come over here and bust all kinda ass.
They're robots.
Another amazing guy I knew at a large telecom company - in the engineering dept - there was this Indian who was sort of gawky. He was even sort of isolated from the other indians, who themselves were machines. He was an uber-machine. He sometimes slept under his desk. No shit. How can you compete with that? Yet there we all were.
A year after his biggest promotion I learned from another Indian, that this guy was something called "Achuta" back in India - which means "untouchable". This guy would have gotten his ass kicked for drinking out of the village well back home.
But here in America, the ancient Hindu caste system was turned on its ear because here was this guy, this untouchable, and through his rock hard diligence and work ethic, he was actually bossing around BRAHMANS who had just flown over!
And he's still there, a heartbeat away from CIO of a company who everyone on this board has heard of.
How did he get there? No "game". No "politics" (although, to be fair, I'm sure he's picked up plenty of that by now). No secrets. Just these three things.
1. Always show up before your boss.
2. Smile and focus on solutions.
3. Always be the last guy to leave.
Do these and you can go anywhere.
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Thu Jul 07, 2005 8:37 pm |
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Renegade
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That first story that is how slavic culture is.... What the media makes it out to be is false
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Sun Jul 10, 2005 9:26 am |
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bDnews
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Good Story 
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Wed Jul 13, 2005 2:40 pm |
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netman
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Yes a very good story I have to agree its worth telling !what else has the story got to say ?
Cheers and thanks all
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