@thenishildpatel: My dad used to say “study so you don’t end up like me.” He meant it. He’d left everything behind in New York, moved his family to East Texas with two kids and almost nothing, and bought a small fuel station. He saw the long hours, the small margins, the customers who didn’t always treat him like a person. He wanted his sons to have an easier road than the one he was walking. So I did what he said. Studied hard. Went to Texas A&M. Got the degree he sacrificed for. And then I did what I was never supposed to do. I came home and built a liquor store of my own. Then a Fuel Station. Then a construction company. Then more. Turns out I didn’t want the easier road. I wanted the road my dad built me strong enough to walk. Everything I admire about myself I got from him. The work ethic. The way you treat people who can’t do anything for them. The refusal to fold when things get hard. The standard. Even our mantra: “Wake Up. Pray. Hustle.” He spent his whole life trying to give me a way out. I spent mine figuring out that there was nothing to get out of. The grass was always green on his side, just needed a perspective adjustment. Happy Father’s Day, Dad. Turns out you were exactly what I was supposed to become. I love you. Follow the page where our goal is to create the wealthiest group of entrepreneurs, and if you need help comment “Mentor” #business #entrepreneur #FathersDay #mentor

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