A man recalls growing up on a farm where his father gave him a small plot to manage alone at twelve, refusing to help. The lesson stuck: no handouts, learn skills, earn what you want through work.
Meaning work hard for me is not a problem because listen, I came from a country that teach you as a young boy to work hard. I remember by the time I was 12 years old, okay, my dad is a farmer. He says that if you're a boy, your job is to work hard. If you're going to— if you plan to have a wife in your life, you got to work hard, okay? And then, you know, every like, you know, weekend after school, he says, come and work with me. When I go to work with my dad and the farmer, guess what, you know, I have to spend the whole Saturday to work with him, but But he give me a little piece of land for myself to work for myself. Nobody's gonna help me. I do my thing after I help him out. When I go to my dad, I say, I need this. He said, no, I don't. I'm not gonna give you nothing. This is the piece of land you need to cultivate this. This is yours. And at that time I did not understand. I thought, man, you are a mean dad. But this guy was preparing me for success. When I came in this country, I don't hope for people give me stuff. I don't need you give me stuff. Teach me what I need to do so I can go to work and get what I want.
