Ever been told you couldn't do something?

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As far as Ferrari ownership, I was always told when I was young to buy the most practical car, never a sporty car.
I made it a habit to always get something a little sporty even though it was mostly practical.

When it comes to buying a Ferrari, try to save up and pay cash for it.
They are a lot more fun without the payments every month.

 

My ex fiance's mom told him I'd never finish school. When I graduated magna cum laude three years later it briefly crossed my mind to send a graduation announcement.

 

they told me i couldn't fly. boy, were they right.

 

you guys listen to people?

huh.

 

mmm...whatca say?

 

After recounting reasons why I told someone else in a Boss's employ he, the penultimate "butt-kissing" employee, was "useless" in so many words, the PC Boss in a local and limited market I then worked for said I was "a lousy salesman".

A year later, I was top salesman ~ worldwide ~ for a different company.

On a visit to the old stomping grounds, I thanked the old Boss for his words, as they drove me out of town, forward, onward and upward. He was slack-jawed as I again described difference between "Kick-ass" and "Kiss-ass" . . . just as I had done to his "useless" "Kiss-ass".

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This is what I do for a living now. Pay's lousy, but . . . when all is said and done, outcomes are satisfying to all parties.
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Wife told me I couldn't do a nice set of brunette twins that came into a bar 3 weeks ago.....

 

About the time I couldn't see the chalkboard in sixth grade I was told I couldn't be a fighter pilot.

 

From a fantastic song by Yann Tiersen, Les Jours Triste:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdNltmR7-KY

Chorus:
It’s hard but you know it’s worth the fight
'Cause you know you’ve got the truth on your side
When the accusations fly, hold tight
Don’t be afraid of what they’ll say
Who cares what cowards think, anyway
They will understand one day, one day

 

You can't brought that one on yourself. It is not like your boss told you that out of the blue.

 

Two cool quotes from Picasso that come to mind:

"I am always doing what I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it."

"When I was a child, my mother said to me: 'if you become a soldier, you will be general. If you become a monk, you will be pope.' Instead, I became a painter, and wound up as Picasso."

 

Story of my life...

And I wouldnt have wanted it any other way.

 

You'll be surprised to find that doing so isn't nearly as satisfying as you imagine it to be. Savor your successes and let go of the lust for revenge. Bet most people who "wronged" you have absolutely no memory of the events anyway.

 

I'm very kind and gentle and because of that I get the "you'll never make it as a business man" all the time. Got it from my dad too. But that's just ammo for my eagerness to build a successful company.

I used to talk about Ferrari's with my friends and got that "forget about it, you will never own one". I was 19 then, 26 today and could get a 348 paid with cash tomorrow if I wanted to... However my goal is F430 and I'll get one in my early 30's, with 0 debt.


I kind of love when people do that, hard to explain.