So I’ve decided to come out of retirement, like MJ but not as spectacular.
While in class a few weeks ago, we learned how to use personal stories to introduce ourselves and hopefully draw connections. Without making it complicated, here goes:
I’m really two people (not literally). I was born in Taiwan and grew up in an extremely wealthy family. My father inherited a large sum of money from my entrepreneur grandfather (I’ll post about him another day). Lucky for me, when I was about 5, my father made some huge investments in bad business deals and we lost our fortune. My parents moved to America with $500 and we started with a clean slate. Despite having nothing, my childhood is full of wonderful memories and I wouldn’t have traded it for anything. Throughout my life, my father and his brother and sisters constantly argued about the inheritance and who deserved what. Due to this feud, I never met my cousins until twenty years later. Till this day, there are a still few cousins I have never met.
So this is where I’m really two people. Part of me wants to make a lot of money and do something good. The other part of me is torn because I’ve seen greed in it’s purest form. Shouldn’t we be happy with what we have and aren’t there more important things than money? The purpose of this blog is for me to be able to reflect back and see how and why I made decisions.
Here are a few questions I would like to be able to explore:
- Can I be half the entrepreneur my grandfather was?
- How will I make my money?
- Is money all that really matters?
- If it isn’t, where can I make some impact?
This is my story. I hope you enjoy traveling with me on my journey.
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This post was written by Jay on June 16, 2010
