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Originally posted by Racerbvd
OK, I was born a loser, a runt, skinny, uncoordinated, dyslexic, my sister & brother were born with the high IQ, making straight As was easy for them, I struggled to make Cs, they are very artistically talented, I can't even draw a straight line, brother a star football player (who could have gone pro, if smoking Pot wasn't more important to him) and sister lettered in everything also too while I rode the bench. I started racing BMX when I was 10, to this day, the one thing that I'm most proud of is when my father told me, a month or so before he died, how proud he was of me, he said when I started racing bikes, he expected me to quit, since I was so much smaller than everyone one else, and was on a used piece built bike (if I paid & built my bike, they would take & pay for my local races) and I ended up earning State & National championships, sponsors, all without my father's buying me everything, then when he cut me off before college, I worked my ass off to pay for it. I was a successful businessman and multi BMX champion, on state, national & international level before he died. He told me that he didn't expect me to do what I ended up doing and how proud of the man I grew up to be. If I could make it, anyone could, and when losers like off-ramp whine about what others have, I laugh, as I went from nothing to something, and did it without the government giving it to me by taking away from someone else. My father was proud of me because I refused to give up or in, and made something of myself, and the one thing I cherish most is when he told me how proud he was of me because I was the one he didn't expect to be anything.
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Great story!
I was not from such dire circumstances as you, I had parents that supported me to extents but were were not well off, my dad was off on a new carreer every 2-3 years since I was growing. College was not really a option for me although my parents were willing to scrape to get me to a Associates Degree I decided not to drain them any further and just get out in the work place after HS.
My father never had any kind words for me growing up. Never told me he loved me, never spent any real time with me. For a long time all I cared about was getting his approval, that was my drive. But, recently, maybe 5 years ago I stopped caring. All I care about is making a good life for my wife and kids.
I was very lucky to land where I am. I was in the right place at the right time. Even as the economy in Florida is changing I am still in good shape.
By all measures I should have been a looser in life. Funny part is as I left one employer he told me I would never amount to anything, even though I came into his company a grunt and left it a VP 10 years later. Then when I left a big corporation 10 years ago to go out on my own, they started a pool on how long before I went bankrupt.
It seems if you do not have a higher education you cannot be successful, according to those with degrees. 10 years later, I got the last laugh on them.