Aspirations

[Alex Mast]

I am 17 and lately have been consumed in the process of finding the right college. Recently I read one of the best books I have ever come across called "Rich Dad, Poor Dad". Up until this point I have assumed that all my energy should be generated toward getting good grades, going to a good school, and getting a stable job. For a person of my energy level this gave me so much animosity that I questioned college all together. Begging the question: Why would I want to follow the same path as so many other people? Growing up I watched my parents fight an unjust financial battle that they are still suffering from. Saving all the details; my mother was a talented money maker bringing her company millions of dollars brokering deals. After years of hard work she ended up on the bottom, with a boss who screwed her out of 500,000 dollars. From that point on I vowed never to build my career around proliferating someone else's income. Robert T. Kiyosaki said "the poor and the middle class work for money, the rich make money work for them". One of my favorite double entendres is when Jay Z said " I'm not a businessman I'm a business, man." I wrote this article hoping that someone would read it. If someone could take the time to offer their advice on where to begin that would be amazing. How does an ambitious 17 start their career "making money work for them"?