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Have you guy's ever been thankful for a conversation you didn't expect? Why yes! I know everyone has, and last week was my most recent one! I was training a new employee on my route and when we arrived to a vegetarian cafe in the Detroit area we had know idea that we were about to embark on the best and most important conversation of the day!
The owner of the cafe... we'll call him Mark. Mark saw me coming in, he had just arrived himself and said he was glad he caught me. He had questions about the bill of course but that was quickly handled! Then the, "how's it going's" started and soon after great conversation after he said the government is the biggest crook in the world. I think we were talking about taxes, but that lead to a great conversation about real money Mark gave me and my trainee a great rundown of what real money was, how big business is ran and what the powers that be want to see. Since I research this stuff I knew a lot of what he was talking about, yet really excited for my trainee to hear!
Knowing Mark for the last couple years I always knew there was something different about him. Maybe it's his easy going demeanor or his smooth talking charm. No matter what is going on in his cafe he always seems to be relaxed. So on this day while he was talking he told us that his knowledge of finances, government and real money came from real life experiences. Mark told us that he's come from $0.00 to MILLIONS back to just above $0.00 again. I believed him... Super cool dude with a SUPER HOT RUSSIAN WIFE approximately 15 years younger than him, the millionaire past explains it! This woman had to have been a model! Anyways, my trainee is blown back and totally engaged in the conversation like I was and then Mark whipped out a real dollar bill.
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Mark says that he keeps this on him, in his wallet just for a keepsake. This was the first time I've actually held a REAL bill! It felt like I had power! I was so excited that I had to take this picture. I must say that the real money looks way better than DEBT bill! Mark has a lot of knowledge and I'm fortunate that he felt like sharing some that day! Big up to him! After we were finished talking I wanted to quit my job sooooooo bad. I had to tell myself to hang on young grasshopper, your time will come! It may me think about what I want in my financial journey and that is to learn as much as possible and share whit anyone who want's to hear me. I will and have made mistakes and I will get through them! I will learn to know my investor self and to truly follow my gut! We will never know how much we can fly until we jump out the plane and feel the freedom. We have to think quick and just do it like Nike!