Grit and determination can be an interesting mix when blended with youthful naivety and occasional gross stupidity.
I left formal education at the age of fifteen, was married at the age of eighteen and the father of three girls by my late twenties - all by choice. I made my own way, insisting my wife should be a stay-at-home mom. We had a little house and a mortgage (guaranteed by my father) from the get-go and I worked my way up the employment chain from chief sweeper-upper in a warehouse, through selling encyclopedias door-to-door, retail sales, sales management and eventually to s more...
