Growing up, I knew you were supposed to have a profession - and something better than being a shopkeeper, which is what my parents were.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Starting my career as a kid, I was doing what jobs I got.
Actually, when I first started dabbling in photography, I was still working for my parents as a salesman.
I've been working since I was a child. I worked cutting lawns, delivering newspapers; I was a telephone salesperson; I was a guitar repairman.
My first job was in retail at the age of 14, and I have worked in the industry ever since.
My parents always encouraged us to get an education and establish a profession. However, my brothers and I grew up with considerable freedom, whether it was saving or spending our tips from the restaurant or our career choices.
Every single thing I learned about marketing and building my business, I learned from my mom, and she had never been in the workforce. She just had great practical sense.
No one in my family had a retail or marketing background. They were professionals. They didn't understand just what I was doing by going into retailing. After I started, though, it got into my blood. I knew this was what I wanted.
One of my first memories of being a kid was, 'I want to have a real job when I grow up.' And to me that meant you wear a suit and a hat and carry a briefcase and go to your job.
My parents were very open about what kind of talent I had. They never pushed me to become an accountant because they knew that would be just absolutely ridiculous. So they were encouraging in what I am able to do with some success.
I was raised to want to work for a living. The idea of just sitting around or going shopping every day appalls me.
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