Today I was reading an article that talked about how going through tough obstacles early in life is a good way to obtain the skills to essentially get through any obstacles. Then in the evening today I was watching the show Shark Tank and that last pitch of the lady who had the guts to go on the show with essentially an unproven business that was established in like 90 days was mind boggling. She did get a deal too.
In that scenario it showed her discussing how she had to find ways to fend for herself even at a young age. As a result, she had to grow up really fast working at various jobs which naturally made her go through life in a determined fashion. I guess these are one of those things where if you are the person currently on the receiving end of these life obstacles it’s hard to see the positives out of it. In some ways this is one of those things that you do have to realize on your own as people telling you to be say positive probably just makes one even more negative in some ways.
The type of job you have early in life and how you treat it will dictate your future mentality a lot too I think. Like for myself, my early job was working at a fast food restaurant where I would walk to work to save money even though it was like a 25 minute walk each way. You can imagine that the low wage but high labor requirement made me work hard and respect each dollar that I earned. In many ways I think that was just as important as learning things in school.
Kind of makes me wonder if there is such a thing as the ideal job type to teach people how to manage their money well and at the same time obtaining valuable business skills. You may think for example that working at an accounting job at an early age should make the person good with money for example. But like that I would say the answer isn’t as clear cut. For example, if you forced a person to work in a low paying environment without the luxuries in life that will probably be more beneficial to them in developing good financial skills overall.