How I learned to have a good work ethic and how to save

j

by paul@ezpromovideos.com

}

04.01.2022

Paul Caraway Profile Shot Arms Crossed

Let me start with how I arrived to where I am today! It started out when I was young and my father taught me a few key characteristics. One of those was to make sure and save your money for an emergency or a major purchase. The other was having a good work ethic.

How He Did That

He started by having me polish his shoes. He had wing tips and they need to be polished weekly. I learned how to strip the old wax off, dye the shoe, apply the new wax, brush, and buff the shoe. When I started, I was very young and he had me take 1/2 my money to save. We created a ledger to show how much I earned and how much was in savings. Now I could spend my half on what I wanted to spend it on. I started out making 25 cents for the pair of shoes. Yes you read that right! It was not the amount but the lesson being learned.

You might be asking why is this important.

It is simple… work hard at whatever you are doing! See before I knew it I had a savings account setup in my own name. He increased how much he was paying me from 25 cents to 50 cents and I made more if I had to strip them down and dye them. So this is something that still today I remember. When I was married the first time I had extra money to pay for furniture, a deposit on an apartment, a car paid in cash, etc. So I learned early on how important this was! That is it for today. I look forward to sharing more tomorrow!

 

Paul
More Power To You!

Related Posts

What’s Important Now is key to look at when busy

You have probably been wondering where I have been! What's Important Now? It's been a busy few months and I had to decide What's Important Now. I have been working on a few new websites for marketing and maybe some of you have seen this. Shooting videos for the...

read more

Can money be used as a negative incentive?

Did you know money can actually have a negative impact if used the wrong way? This is about an experience I had with my last corporate America job. I had been working for this company for about 20 years. The money was good, I had people working for me, I was growing...

read more

Follow Paul

About the Author

paul@ezpromovideos.com

Related Posts

What’s Important Now is key to look at when busy

You have probably been wondering where I have been! What's Important Now? It's been a busy few months and I had to decide What's Important Now. I have been working on a few new websites for marketing and maybe some of you have seen this. Shooting videos for the...

Can money be used as a negative incentive?

Did you know money can actually have a negative impact if used the wrong way? This is about an experience I had with my last corporate America job. I had been working for this company for about 20 years. The money was good, I had people working for me, I was growing...

How to Handle the Loss of a Project

Where have I been and how to handle the loss of a project? This is the topic for this week. I thought I would do a video blog to verbal explain my thoughts. I hope you enjoy the video!Until next time... My name is Paul CarawayMore Power To You!

Submit a Comment

Paul appreciates your comments. Make sure and add your comment today!

0 Comments

Submit a Comment

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Subscribe

Stay up to date and subscribe today!