BE YOUR OWN BOSS (BYOB)

"I always thought, why work for the man when you can have the man work for you? 

In late September, while young Mathile was at school, his father harvested the soybeans clay had tended, combined them with his harvest, and promptly sold them at market.When clay asked about his proceeds, his father sheepishly admitted that he had simply forgotten about their arrangement.

Not surprisingly, he didnt have a particularly good relationship with his father after that breach of contract. He hadlong felt that his father's pessimism and conservatism kept him from achieving a richer, fuller,better life. And in the case of forgotten soyabean arrangement, his father kept young clay too from receiving the rewards of his efforts.

Mathile calls this deal his first real failure. He knew that he couldn't work for his father or anyone else for that matter and vowed to own his company one day.  After the sale of Iams  Mathile wrote a book called Dream No Little Dreams, partially inspired by the sad fact that his father seemed to have had no dreams at all.  Clay, however, sure did. He breathed life into his dream for better existence, owning his own company and helping others in the process. Today,after his $2.3bn sale of Iams, he spends most of his time at the Centre for Entrepreneurial Education he started to help local entrepreneurs reach their own American dream.

You dont get rich by working for other people!    --Phil Ruffin.

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The article is extracted from the book auhored by W. RANDALL JONES, the founder of worth magazine, the financial lifestyle magazine for active wealthy investors, and is also the founder of The American Benefactor Magazine. The book is titled "The richest man in town, The twelve commandments of wealth.

Ref: Randall Jones. The richest man in town, The twelve commandments of wealth, Business plus, 2009, Page 52-53