A few years back, I worked for a man who owned several businesses. He was a big guy – well over six feet tall and three hundred pounds; strong and with a life’s history that demonstrated just how determined he was. Due to his size, and a prior criminal history, many people feared him and his temper – that most people never saw. Even when he did get angry, in my experience, his face turned red and his voice got more controlled. I never saw him raise a hand to anyone (except when he was bouncing at the bar he owned, and even then it was more raising them than his hand).
In total, as far as I know, he owned fifteen business. The smallest one might have generated a couple thousand dollars per year; hardly worth the effort but it was mostly a hobby of his that was good enough to generate a few bucks as well. The largest one generated several hundred million per year, so by most people’s standards he…
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The remainder of this essay can be found in the book “Farther Down The Road”
Farther Down the Road – Where does your life’s road lead?
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