Almost everyone dreams of having their own small business. John, my cousin, is living the American dream – making profits out of possessing a chain of Chicago restaurants and being established as a flourishing business owner. But he must say that getting to where he is now was a tough job.
It’s been a family tradition for us to get into small business ownerships. My dad used to run a construction company and my uncle used to have a furniture shop, but with the tough times, no one had available work for me. Not until John called and gave me a job in his first ever restaurant.
John told me that time that he was able to convince some credible investors to put up the restaurant. But later on I found out that he just got himself a small business license. During our first month, all we did was just to clean until the restaurant is all ready to start doing business.
During our first week, nothing happened. With the power going out for almost six hours, our first day became a total disaster. During the whole summer, all we did was to help the business survive until I had to go back to school.
Persistence is the only secret that John had. All day and night, he just worked and worked without surrendering. I saw it as tiny breaks coming his way that he collected to become one huge success.
He was even featured on our local newspaper's entertainment section and even became a sponsor to kid's league. Soon enough, he was on his way to putting up his second restaurant, and then the third one. John's career was indeed made up of hard work which made everything much sweeter.
Having your own business is not a fantasy but something that should be within every ones limits.
Article by Van T and read more about him here.
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