Everyone Should Have a Business by Age 12
Everyone Should Have a Business by Age 12.
Everyone should have a business by age 12. Right away one learns so many things in life. I started out with a paper route. I delivered newspapers door to door and collected the payemnt for the paper and my services. I was lucky to not only earn the profit from what my customers were charged for the newspaper and what I paid for them, but most of my customers would give me a little extra as a tip. I would up with a windfall with the Christmas presents too. At the time, my territory was about 1000 garden apartments where people moved in and out all year long. My newspaper company paid me a dollar for a new daily subscriber and another dollar for a new Sunday subscriber, but usually they ran contests to Mets baseball games or party boat fishing trips to the New Jersey shore. I saw a lot of games and went fishing many times. I was learning all about being an entrepeneur. I started to save some of my money and spent some mostly on fishing tackle and my coin and stamp collections.
I learned about the reward of working. I learned how to keep records. I learned how to save. I learned about responsibility. I enjoyed some financial independance from my parents making good decisions on spending the earnings. I enjoyed the "free" trips to the Mets games and fishing trips. And it did not take up too much of my time.
There are a lot of things boys and girls can do today. Some places still have kids newspaper routes. Baby sitting, grass cutting, car washing, light housekeeping, leaf raking, snow shoveling, and many other things need to be done in most neighborhoods. Some businesses need flyers delivered door to door. There are many things available for kids to do today.
Everyone should have a business by age 12. Right away one learns so many things in life. I started out with a paper route. I delivered newspapers door to door and collected the payemnt for the paper and my services. I was lucky to not only earn the profit from what my customers were charged for the newspaper and what I paid for them, but most of my customers would give me a little extra as a tip. I would up with a windfall with the Christmas presents too. At the time, my territory was about 1000 garden apartments where people moved in and out all year long. My newspaper company paid me a dollar for a new daily subscriber and another dollar for a new Sunday subscriber, but usually they ran contests to Mets baseball games or party boat fishing trips to the New Jersey shore. I saw a lot of games and went fishing many times. I was learning all about being an entrepeneur. I started to save some of my money and spent some mostly on fishing tackle and my coin and stamp collections.
I learned about the reward of working. I learned how to keep records. I learned how to save. I learned about responsibility. I enjoyed some financial independance from my parents making good decisions on spending the earnings. I enjoyed the "free" trips to the Mets games and fishing trips. And it did not take up too much of my time.
There are a lot of things boys and girls can do today. Some places still have kids newspaper routes. Baby sitting, grass cutting, car washing, light housekeeping, leaf raking, snow shoveling, and many other things need to be done in most neighborhoods. Some businesses need flyers delivered door to door. There are many things available for kids to do today.
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