Comments on: 3 Ways Hard Labor Prepares You For Success in Business http://www.businesspundit.com/3-ways-hard-labor-prepares-you-for-success-in-business/ Entrepreneurship, Startup Companies and Business Philosophy Mon, 23 Nov 2009 02:54:25 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: GL HOFFMAN http://www.businesspundit.com/3-ways-hard-labor-prepares-you-for-success-in-business/comment-page-1/#comment-8343 GL HOFFMAN Thu, 04 Sep 2008 15:56:10 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com/3-ways-hard-labor-prepares-you-for-success-in-business/#comment-8343 Great post. When i was a kid, I had to help my dad farm. We had an old tractor with a two bottom plow, which meant it took all day to plow the field. Talk about contemplation time. The real lesson came when my dad said I had to do the whole field over the next day, because in my day dreaming I had plowed some of the furrows were not perfectly straight. I learned a long term lesson that day. Great post. When i was a kid, I had to help my dad farm. We had an old tractor with a two bottom plow, which meant it took all day to plow the field. Talk about contemplation time.
The real lesson came when my dad said I had to do the whole field over the next day, because in my day dreaming I had plowed some of the furrows were not perfectly straight. I learned a long term lesson that day.

]]> By: Christopher http://www.businesspundit.com/3-ways-hard-labor-prepares-you-for-success-in-business/comment-page-1/#comment-8252 Christopher Sat, 30 Aug 2008 20:06:47 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com/3-ways-hard-labor-prepares-you-for-success-in-business/#comment-8252 Lela, Starting out in the ranks has been for me the foundation of my "head and hands" profession for over three decades now. At the age of nine I threw the evening newspaper to over 180 homes nightly on an overloaded bicycle. It took three loads. At twelve I operated metal shaping machinery in a job shop. I made a two digit monthly income! It gave me time to think, save my money and plan for a much better future. By the time I completed high school I had already chosen my future profession and was working in a related field so as to prepare myself for it. I may not have a string of letters to the right of my name, but I do have a mountain of practical hard earned experience for that name to stand on. It has served me well in all aspects of my business endevors. While child labor laws exist for good reason, I do belive it unfortunate that kids today don't have access to some of these valuable learning and life changing experences. Chris Lela,

Starting out in the ranks has been for me the foundation of my “head and hands” profession for over three decades now. At the age of nine I threw the evening newspaper to over 180 homes nightly on an overloaded bicycle. It took three loads. At twelve I operated metal shaping machinery in a job shop. I made a two digit monthly income! It gave me time to think, save my money and plan for a much better future. By the time I completed high school I had already chosen my future profession and was working in a related field so as to prepare myself for it. I may not have a string of letters to the right of my name, but I do have a mountain of practical hard earned experience for that name to stand on. It has served me well in all aspects of my business endevors. While child labor laws exist for good reason, I do belive it unfortunate that kids today don’t have access to some of these valuable learning and life changing experences.

Chris

]]> By: scott kersey http://www.businesspundit.com/3-ways-hard-labor-prepares-you-for-success-in-business/comment-page-1/#comment-8241 scott kersey Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:29:14 +0000 http://www.businesspundit.com/3-ways-hard-labor-prepares-you-for-success-in-business/#comment-8241 Excellent article and very valid points! I, too, worked long and hard (in a factory) before contemplation opened my mind to the capabilities within. If there is one thing I have learned as a consultant to a number of successful business owners, it's that success comes from all manner of events, not just hard work. Some get lucky, some step on others to get a leg up, some steal, some are in the right place at the right time, etc.. The question you should be asking is "Are the most fulfilled business people the ones with more letters behind their names, or the ones who started in the ranks?" Thanks, Scott Excellent article and very valid points! I, too, worked long and hard (in a factory) before contemplation opened my mind to the capabilities within.

If there is one thing I have learned as a consultant to a number of successful business owners, it’s that success comes from all manner of events, not just hard work. Some get lucky, some step on others to get a leg up, some steal, some are in the right place at the right time, etc.. The question you should be asking is “Are the most fulfilled business people the ones with more letters behind their names, or the ones who started in the ranks?”

Thanks, Scott

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