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In reply to the discussion: What have you done to earn money in your life? Here's my list. [View all]CanSocDem
(3,286 posts)56. I flunked high school math and science...
...so technically, my working life was over before it even got going.
I did, however, leave high school with a couple of non-academic skills. I could think and speak on my feet and I could draw better than everyone else (in my town).
And my Dad taught me how to be an expert driver. However, it wasn't until the summer of 1966 in Los Angeles that I got a job that changed my life. It was door-to door sales for a Home Portrait company. Best job I'd had up until then and maybe the best job ever because it taught me that ALL jobs were "sales".
You either SELL a service or you SELL a product.
So for the next 50 years I sold one or the other.
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And yet, there you were. I hope you felt as equal as you all looked! (P.S. I LOVED Theodore Bikel!
WinkyDink
Jul 2015
#80
tutor, fast food, hotel house keeper, random office jobs before long time career
Liberal_in_LA
Jul 2015
#50
The Gazette newspapers were acquired by the Washington Post several years ago
LiberalEsto
Jul 2015
#59
Started working at 14 in the local flower shop, then in the antiques shop that it transmogrified
underahedgerow
Jul 2015
#54
Some people want to be good at math; some at science. But EVERYBODY wishes they could draw, so good
WinkyDink
Jul 2015
#71
The joke is, if it dosn't get over your head then there is nothing to worry about
nolabels
Jul 2015
#64