What got you where you are today

1. honestly -- had to choose fast for school was starting in just 2 weeks.
2. parents and best friend
3. family, I wanted them [ my kids ] to have a better life than i did growing up. My parents struggled.
4. Venture out on my own sooner [ starting a business ]
5. marry my wife [ yep , thats right, i would. 17 yrs later i would do it all over again. she has great cans ]
6. events ?? no, refer to # 2

 

Yup. I can vouch for that!

 

1. What made you choose your carear path?

Opportunity and friendship

2. What else, besides work, made you who you are?

Parents and experiences

3. What has been your insperations throughout the years

Entrepreneurs

4. What would you have done differently

Nothing. Things happened for a reason.

5. If you could go back to ONE day or week, what would you do again?

I wouldnt. Its all in the past, the future will offer its share of great things too .

6. Any other events that have contributed to your life

Not really. Well appart from meeting my friends who i am and will work with..

 

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1. In 1980, the future was 'Computers'.
2. My beliefs in doing 'the right thing'.
3. My parents. Never ever forget where you came from.
4. Marriage. I would not have. EVER.
5. See #4.
6. I should have completed my BA degree when I was 21, not 51.

 

i was 35 when i broke out on my own [ business].
pitfalls i went through --------

suffered from anxiety attacks in the middle of the night, suffered depression. But after i achieved my goal my mental state went back to normal [ thank god ]. I was working morning, noon and night, 7 days a week for a looooooong time. Now i have a manager that runs my business for me and currently work about 3 hours every 2 weeks. I spend most of my time now enjoying my family at the ripe age of 42.
Like someone else mentioned --- I dont ever forget where i came from.

 

1. What made you choose your carear path?
-Looking for a new job, my career path is as uncertain as each day. What opportunities arise, and challenges I accept will help me grow as a person. I'm believe in 'everything happens for a reason.' Only God knows.

2. What else, besides work, made you who you are?
-Family, friends and my own moral and ethical beliefs I've discovered on my own.

3. What has been your insperations throughout the years
-Probably my dad. I've never seen anyone who has worked so hard and asked for nothing but cooperation and respect in return.

4. What would you have done differently
-Too many things to list and think of. Life is full of regrets, we just have to move forward and leave what could or couldn't have been in the past.

5. If you could go back to ONE day or week, what would you do again?
Too difficult to answer.

6. Any other events that have contributed to your life
Sadly, the sicknesses and deaths of family members my entire life. Cancer has ravaged my family. I missed out on knowing my dad's mother, and her death affected his dad. So I only knew and loved the heart-broken man.

My mom's dad was taken when I was 10. He and I were very close. Because of his early demise I was never able to create any truly dear memories with him. This has affected me the most. I really have a hard time thinking of it now. I'm tearing up as I write this. Never getting to know him on a closer level as a teen and adult kills me. My grandma had a massive stroke a year after his death. She managed to live up until January of 2007. She was unable to do anything of herself or speak in all of those years.

I realized years ago, that having seen a large number of deaths growing up that it had a huge impact on me. I believe it's created the depression and bitterness I've suffered from in the past. I'm surprised I'm able to be as positive as I am now.

 

1: Passion for the subject matter.
2: Growing up poor. Childhood abuse.
3: To be a part of the magic I felt watching movies as a child and to never again suffer poverty.
4: Separated from my business partner when we were in our early 20s instead of mid 30s.
5: April 2005. I was offered the opportunity to direct a feature film and I turned it down.
6: Thousands...