Dany Garcia knew by age 12 she wanted to be a millionaire, driven by a need to provide for her family. She started working young and felt the weight of that goal without a roadmap, but seeing her father's joy in her effort kept her going.
I would say between 8 and 10, I was recognizing and wanting to create happiness in my life and for my family. At 12, I started to work and between 12 and 13, I decided I was going to become a millionaire so I could take care of my family. Really? So these ideas about like all the great things I wanted to accomplish actually started from 13, 14, 15 as a young child being like, you know, I wish I could create more happiness in my family. You don't have any tools. You don't know what that means. You're just sort of kind of like overwhelmed and where are you thinking of? And then getting between 10 and 12 and seeing like, oh wait, when I work hard, that brings my father joy. When I work hard, it actually gives me great satisfaction. But if I worked really hard and I could create a lot of money, that would take care of my entire family.
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