To the Young entrepreneur with zero experience .
Experience is the best teacher however there are somethings you should learn from people’s mistakes .
Some experiences are painful .
Do you get my point now ?
Being a child has to be the best feeling in the world because Mommy and Daddy are the sole providers of the household .
All you have to do is behave yourself and go to school .
Always put your best foot forward and realize that you are getting older day by day .
You are never too old to learn but at ages 70 80 and 90 your window of opportunity is very slim because your life span is way way shorter .
I am sure that there are some adults that wish they could rewind the hands of time .
It’s not until you become an adult that you realize how good you had it .
This makes it even more important to learn and explore at a young age .
Lets go over 3 important things .
First of all don’t get caught up in the hype .
Secondly;there is no elevator to success .
Thirdly; Making mistakes is apart of the process . More importantly understand that to be successful you have to put in the time .
People like myself wasted years in my early twenties late teens incarcerated .
Those stints in prison gave me the shock I needed .but now I have a lot of experience under my belt .
I have a 10 year old son too .
On to my next point .
Do you know that Warren Buffett made his first investment as a juvenile ?
He is known as the greatest investor of all time but it all started years ago .
This is why I am encouraging you to make mistakes and explore opportunities .
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We only live once and you will only be a teenager but once .so you should be having a blast .
I don’t regret anything however there are somethings that I would do different .
Time is a precious asset and at age 41 I can tell you that time goes by fast .
You can lose money and get it back but time is something you can’t buy . .
Every minute is precious .
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Yes you are a teenager and you have lots of life ahead of you but you can’t take life for granted .
If I was in your shoes I would do what kids do and also invest my money .
Age 21 is going to come and go real fast ;I was 21 twenty plus years and now here I am 41 .
As a matter of fact I can vividly remember primary School year 7 .
So when I say explore I mean learn travel invest and be creative .
Right now you have the freedom to roam and pretty much do what you want ;in addition to that you don’t have any bills to pay .
So Now is the time to invest and experiment .
Making mistakes early in life will make you wiser.
You make a mistake now and the landing will be softer however When you become an adult the consequences are more severe because the responsibility is greater .
The main thing at your age is having fun and pursuing your hobbies .
On a more serious note you should learn about economics .;Learn about compounding interest and having your money work for you .
Put some money aside, invest it so by the time you are 21 you have assets pumping out cash .
Learn from the mistakes of the older people too .
When you are a kid you aren’t thinking about responsibilities because everything is given to you .
Life changes when you have to pay your own bills but fortunately you are getting the information you need at a young age .
We Can’t forget to talk about peer pressure .
When I was a child I didn’t have a care in the world until I started paying my own bills .
Striking a work life balance is tough to do especially when you have a family .
So pursue your goals and dreams while you are young .
You make a mistake now there is not as much pressure on you .
When you make a mistake as an adult there is far more pressure .
The reason why I am telling you to make mistakes now is so that you can be wiser and more advanced when you reach adult hood .
I know you have aspirations and things you want to do when you become an adult but all of that can change .
You might have your mind set on a college and university career but as time goes by your outlook might change . In other words the things you want to pursue now might not interest you 4 or 5 years from now .
I am encouraging you to invest your money regardless of your career choice .
It cost money to go college and university plus you rack up debt along the way .
When you leave college and head into the real world you are left with the burden of debt to pay off for several years .
To each is own however I am conditioning and preparing you for the inevitable .
You have your life ahead of you but time waites for no one .
So do what you love and use your passions to take you to the next level in lie .
You aren’t going to be a kid all your life and it’s going to take some time before anything worth while materializes .
Look at the worlds most successful people, majority of them worked on their dreams as kids .
James Stewart a multi Supercross champion and 2 time out door champion is a perfect example .
Lionel Messi and Christian Ronaldo knew what they wanted to do as kids .
Look how great they have become .
In closing I would like to say
As you grow older and mature your perspective on life is going to change as well as responsibilities . A lot of the friends you are growing up with now you might not see or interact with in adult hood .