I am nothing more than just a normal guy that's just working hard for my family, my wife and my future.
I worked hard with my family, never really knew what work was until i was 10, my mother making tamales and asked me to help her finish 20 dozen of different kinds. Chicken, beef, pork, cheese, corn and sweet tamales or known as (tamales de dulce). I member picking the meat and eating it then helping my mother spread the dough all over the corn husk then asked
"why are we making so much mom? Is there a party or a death in the family?"
"No son, this is for selling but i'll keep only 3 dozen for us to eat"
"Why!? we can have it all mama?"
"Your still young son and you don't understand how the world works yet. But i'll show you how it somewhat works so you can understand"
The next morning my mom woke me up super early, like still dark out early. and my mom was trying to pry me from my warm bed and warm blanket. That whole "early bird gets the worm" rang in my head as my mom kept pulling me out. I'm glad she did though, since that day I saw that the hard work that me and my mom put in was paying off, literally. $1.50 for a nice, warm, fat tamale and when i mean fat i mean FAT. It was the size of a newborn baby arm but a chucky babies arm. and she pulled in at least $300 and sold out (not including the ones we ate). That's when i knew how money works: goods exchanged for money. Which made me keep wanting to know how far it goes!
Back in middle school and high school, i remember selling candy to friends and kids in class. Getting the tootsie pops that were like 8 in a bundle and sell them for 50 cents each when i got the bundle for a dollar and the blow pops that were huge and 4 in a bundle, sold them for a dollar each. I was pulling at least$20 bucks a week plus selling in the flea market and also working at a amusement park. So i was decent but felt like there was still more to it when it came to money... because i work hard for it and felt like a slave to it. I wanted my money to work for me and let it grow for me so i don't have to put much effort.
That when college came around and notice i had a lot of stuff i don't need, like old toys and clothing that i had lying around. Because i was thinking just to donate it and be done with it, but i member a thing called ebay back then and TOTALLY CHANGED EVERYTHING FOR ME! Things that i was just going to give away was going for serious bucks!!
Like i pulled at least $2000 for the first year, might not sound like much but it helped a lot. Then went thrift shopping and notice soooo much stuff that are going for big money online! For me the seller were toys, they through them in a bundle and it goes for cheap (make sure you know what you are looking for like: He-man, G.I.JOE, Pokemon, ect.) and board games... you have no idea how some of the old ones cost now like Dark Tower MB 1981 Board Game... thing goes for anywhere from a $100 for decent condition to $350 complete and clean! money is out there, it just you have to find it and Always study what you are selling!
Don't believe me just check this guy out, This is Raiken Profit from youtube i keep following for at least a couple years now and he has some knowledge to drop
AND BELIEVE ME! he's not just the only person that's killing it, there are plenty of more people that are willing to help and drop info as well on youtube. He was just one good example out of manyWith time i noticed something .. i was making my money work for me online where millions of people are looking at it! But that's when i knew i hit a wall too... selling something that i knew well won't always help me make more cash, i needed to expand to other things like clothing, glass and shoes. The thing is money is a ever changing and evolving thing.. and the trends that make money... don't get me started here. I have notice too many people losing to that movement like for example: fidget spinners, it was the equivalent of the pet rock, shortly lived. and the people that got in late.... let us just put it simple, they ate shit..
This is just one part of me in my life and the way i think, i always hungry and strive for knowledge to have financial freedom for not just for me but for my family.