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Post by Yoda on Apr 23, 2021 21:46:35 GMT -8
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Post by Yoda on Apr 23, 2021 22:15:45 GMT -8
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Post by Yoda on Apr 24, 2021 2:41:57 GMT -8
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Post by Yoda on Apr 24, 2021 11:04:43 GMT -8
For about the past 12 months I've been teaching my youngest son to defend himself. With what I have learnt from martial arts, karate and judo. Also what I learnt in the military, hand to hand combat. I not only teach him these physical lessons but also moral ones. Such as judgement in regards reasonable use of force and to pick and choose instances, when to and not to, ramifications of your actions, respect and self respect and to develop a moral code. I do this because he asked me to teach him. I obliged. Teach those who want to learn. As it creates a bond not just of father and son but of teacher and student too.
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Post by Yoda on Apr 24, 2021 15:12:49 GMT -8
Speaking from my own experiences, when I was in my teens, I had planted the seed with the universe for me to have retired or at least semi-retired from the work force at 50. My journey to that point had taken from then until I was 47. From a job which I loved post military, one which helped with my stroke rehabilitation, working in a timber yard, I was forced out from. My boss's wife at the time told me she had a vision of me dealing with data entry. This was around 14 years ago. I couldn't work out what it was at the time. However, this was all part of the universes plan for me. After I resigned from the timber yard I tried getting back into sales roles. I just couldn't do it any more, that kind of work. For 6 months we were struggling on one income with little coming in from myself. I had to think outside the box in order to help make ends meet. I became a cab driver for about 5 years. I started out with 3 shifts and worked up to 5 shifts, including alternating Friday and Saturday nights was great. I became that proficient at it that after 3 years I dropped my shifts back down to 3 shifts less the nights that paid well, as they were no longer a bonus. Uber had moved in. During this time a few years prior, I had been studying and teaching myself how to invest and trade shares. This was supplementing my income. My goal was to work for myself and work from home. I have been trading and investing for the past 12 years and have been doing it as a business for myself for the past 5 years. Many people I spoke to about it told me I couldn't do it, that it was not possible. Why? Because they couldn't do it and make it possible for themselves to do something like that or similar. Most likely. I remembered the days of my stroke rehab. All that negative bullshit projected towards me, those saying, " you can't", was used as fuel to prove them all wrong. I have and I did. So now all the pieces have been put together. Semi-retired, working from home.
I dared to dream and dared to make it come true. It took a fair while but I achieved it and made it happen. Just like many things in my life I made happen. I dared to dream, I dared to do and I dared to win. Anyone can do it. Dare yourself to make your dream a reality. It is possible. Everything is possible if you invest and believe in your dream and yourself and it will be yours.
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Post by linen on Apr 24, 2021 15:26:14 GMT -8
Awesome Yoda. Thankfully I am retired now. I've done everything from mucking stalls at a horse ranch to office management.
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Post by Yoda on Apr 24, 2021 16:51:56 GMT -8
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Post by Yoda on Apr 25, 2021 2:00:36 GMT -8
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Post by Yoda on Apr 25, 2021 14:58:50 GMT -8
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Post by Yoda on Apr 25, 2021 18:39:43 GMT -8
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