Thread by @cbassg16

Let me tell you a story..

It's 5 am, cold, my 17 year old mom is on her way into town to get milk and bread. Shell bring it back home for everyone to eat.

In the house she grew up in you won't find a toaster, no microwave, not even a fridge.

If you need to keep something cold, it would go outside underneath the house in a hole. Forgot what they call it.

My family lived in Romania underneath the communist regime of "Ceaușescu".

Say that name to a middle aged romo and see how they react.

My grandfather, John, desperately wanted to escape and see his family living a better life.

Like most immigrants i'd imagine, they really dreamed about America.

So he came up with a plan.

At the time, grandpa John had friends near the border of Ukraine that he would visit regularly, being nice and friendly with guards when he visited.

One night he took his oldest son, one of my favorite uncles, and got on a motorcycle to go "visit their friends" for the night.

They brought a long wire cutters and escaped into Ukraine where they would be held in a sort of "survivor prison" before being shipped off to America.

The plan was to wait 2 years, and then have the rest of family come legally.

My parents were just meeting in Romania where my father, 21 years old, proposed the very same day they met. Pretty G.

This is all true.

She said not yet but they dated and then found their way to America with the rest of my family.

My dad worked extremely hard to build a foundation. Driving for trucking companies and learning contracting on the side.

He wanted to get full time into contracting and then eventually had a construction company where he would build for clients.

It only took a few years and he started building houses with a little crew, he had 10-15 people working for him.

Making good money.

Then 2008 happened.

All of his work disappeared, and his properties all dropped in value, he couldn't afford of his investments and ended up losing them.

My parents were divorced by now and my mom was working 2 jobs to support 4 kids.

No child support

Father wasn't there, mother was working 24/7, my brothers and sister were way older.

I grew up by myself

That can make or break kids but I got lucky and it forged me.

"One day, I will provide no matter what"

I was serious too.

Now we all have an opportunity to make money on the internet, we all have access.

My dad was beating nails into 2x4's when he was 25, probably sweating balls and listening to Mexican rap.

My mom was cleaning houses for rich people and working at Wendys on her off days.

If you think I cant get out of bed and get a little bit better at marketing, learn more about building systems, work on creating better teams while actively seeking reflection and improving further week by week.

You're out of your god damn mind.

I've already made Mil's doing this, and i'm going to make a helluva lot more.

Agency growth insane

Developing 7-figure real real estate property

Massive trades

NO BRAKES

Im 22, but i'm just getting started

I'll never forget who I am and where I came from.

My kids won't be spoiled pieces of shit, but they will have a good life, they will have a good father, and they won't be alone.