Hard Work
For roughly the last 2 months I have been working in Wimberley doing maintanence for my uncle at this place called Poco Rio ("little river"). This place hosts about 10 different buildings that are rented out and being used as shops, restaraunts, message therapy, architecture, antiques and more..
My uncle who I work for, Allen Dyer, is now about to "retire" and move out to Rocksprings, TX. One might call my uncle a pretty successful person, and is a self-titled entrepreneur.
In a recent conversation, he told me THE keys to success are:
1.) Work hard.
2.) Take risks.
He said the reason that he is able to take early retirement, and spend it with his wife out on 150 acres of some great Texas hill-country is because he has worked very hard all of his life.
"If you work hard enough for something, you can get it", he explains.
The second pillar of success he says is to take risks. You can never be for certain that an idea you have to [start a business, resteraunt, company] will succeed. In fact, chances are your first time out it probably will not work.
My uncle decided to start a resteraunt business when he was 26. He had to take out some substantial loans to pay for it. Well the business flopped and he went into serious debt. We are talking about $75,000 in debt, which took him the next 6 years to pay off. Now that is a pretty major blow, and can be seen as a huge setback, probably even keep you from trying something like that.
But eventually after much more hard work and time and effot, he paid off his debt. Now, you can bet this was a BIG learning experience. "Mistakes / Failure are often the greatest teachers in life". And "you can't expect to succeed if you don't take risks". It is a part of life. "Very few successful people got to be there after their first risk" my uncle explained.
My uncle plans on selling his business and shops that he worked very hard to create (actually built himself), and that he had to risk a lot to make happen. Now he doesn't have to worry about financial security.
These ideas are pretty common-sensical. But for me very important.
To a young college student, who is taking time off school and who hasn't had to work for very much in his life, this advice is not only very applicable, but very pertinent. Whatever I choose to do, if I work hard and am not afraid of failing I can succeed.
But it takes hard work. It takes risk.
My uncle who I work for, Allen Dyer, is now about to "retire" and move out to Rocksprings, TX. One might call my uncle a pretty successful person, and is a self-titled entrepreneur.
In a recent conversation, he told me THE keys to success are:
1.) Work hard.
2.) Take risks.
He said the reason that he is able to take early retirement, and spend it with his wife out on 150 acres of some great Texas hill-country is because he has worked very hard all of his life.
"If you work hard enough for something, you can get it", he explains.
The second pillar of success he says is to take risks. You can never be for certain that an idea you have to [start a business, resteraunt, company] will succeed. In fact, chances are your first time out it probably will not work.
My uncle decided to start a resteraunt business when he was 26. He had to take out some substantial loans to pay for it. Well the business flopped and he went into serious debt. We are talking about $75,000 in debt, which took him the next 6 years to pay off. Now that is a pretty major blow, and can be seen as a huge setback, probably even keep you from trying something like that.
But eventually after much more hard work and time and effot, he paid off his debt. Now, you can bet this was a BIG learning experience. "Mistakes / Failure are often the greatest teachers in life". And "you can't expect to succeed if you don't take risks". It is a part of life. "Very few successful people got to be there after their first risk" my uncle explained.
My uncle plans on selling his business and shops that he worked very hard to create (actually built himself), and that he had to risk a lot to make happen. Now he doesn't have to worry about financial security.
These ideas are pretty common-sensical. But for me very important.
To a young college student, who is taking time off school and who hasn't had to work for very much in his life, this advice is not only very applicable, but very pertinent. Whatever I choose to do, if I work hard and am not afraid of failing I can succeed.
But it takes hard work. It takes risk.
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