The Entrepreneurial Homeschool, Part 1

Few people who start a business from scratch end up with financial independence. If you are one of them and you meet another, you recognize each other quickly. Not because of their fancy watch, car, or house. Quite the opposite. It’s their mindset and how modest and pragmatic they are. Oh, you did it too? Congrats. But to everyone else, it seems hard, if not impossible. I think it’s not too dissimilar to meeting someone who has learned how to ride a bike. Once you can do it, you forget how it feels to not be able to ride a bike. And riding it gives you freedom: you can cover long distances, you can go where you want, and you can move under your own power. A good business gives you leverage over your finances and your time. I think most of us can learn how to ride a bike and most of us can learn how to build a business. Most people underestimate the pain and most people quit too soon. So it’s better to start to learn to handle pain and develop tenacity early on. With my children, I…