I started at a very early age in this business and I'm sure most of you have read stories about people who have started as children and ended up in very difficult lives and bad consequences.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
I remember when I was young, I was watching TV, and my father came into the room, agitated, and told me to start a business. I was eight years old.
This is a tough business for anyone, especially if you start out young. I feel really lucky about the way things have turned out.
With a lot of kids in the business, the parents get as twisted as they do, and there's a lot of opportunities to go their own way, but anyone has that opportunity.
Childhood is a tricky business. Usually, something goes wrong.
When I was 18, and when I entered my family business, I soon realised that it wasn't as easy as I thought. I had to deal with people of my father's generation. Building trust was key to doing business.
I came from a family of incredible storytellers, but I didn't start writing children's books until I was 41 years old.
My entrepreneurial spirit happened all day long because I got to think of things that kids would interact with. I was in front of my customers for 6-8 hours a day. I got to see what they like, what they don't like, what they connected with, and most importantly, did they learn something from this?
I went into the family business. To me, it was the norm and not the exception.
I started at the age of 8 and have been lucky to be still working.
I really feel that most things are difficult at the beginning and they become fun, something you love, only after you've worked at them. Making children do something hard can, in the long run, be a great parental service.
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