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I learned about handling money as a young child. I never got a proper "allowance" so I learned early that I had to work for it. Video games drove me to work my ass off, as the ones I wanted were always the most expensive, and my parents wouldn't buy them for me except on my birthday or Christmas. You figure that 2 games a year wouldn't cut it so naturally I would deliver papers, teach martial arts classes, work cleaning jobs - and developed a ridiculous work ethic up until college where I was putting myself through school with 5 jobs, one of which was selling knives door to door (funny enough, I did well at that even while I was a comp sci major).
Fast forward to 2004, where a mentor took me under his wing and taught me business. All of a sudden I made more money in a month than I did in a year and I've never looked back. While I agree to a certain extent about learning about saving and what not, I think the better mentality was questioning the method of earning, and the velocity of money. 2 and a half years later I got to retire at the ripe old age of 26 with what my teachers had taught me.
I've been meaning to write up a book on some of the essentials that people don't teach these days. Thanks for the original post Cyn. It really got my wheels turning.
Oh, and if anyone wants to get started down a similar path, go and read Rich Dad Poor Dad, and The 4 Hour Work Week. Truly inspirational stories, and the 4HWW actually has examples of how to get started down the path.
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