THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Friday, October 11, 1996 TAG: 9610110005
SECTION: FRONT PAGE: A14 EDITION: FINAL
TYPE: Letter
LENGTH: 29 lines
I have been in America since 1978. I have made and lost a lot of money during the past 18 years. I arrived with nothing and worked hard. The opportunities in this country are phenomenal - it's like a candy store of business opportunities!
I always wondered why peasant immigrants from Italy, Greece, etc., who landed in Australia (my home country) made it to prosperity long before the average Aussie. Now I know.
There is no excuse for not being successful. Stop watching TV. Read the paper from front to back. Go to the library and study business magazines like Success, Inc. and Entrepreneur. Then move on to light business books.
Start a small home-based business doing something that you enjoy. Make a lot of mistakes and learn by them. You will lose some money but don't let it get you into the quitting mode. It took Edison over 10,000 failures to invent the basic lightbulb!
Always keep the fire of success in your belly and know that you will overcome all obstacles, eventually. Don't let negative people get you down.
And never, ever lower yourself to reading negative journalism like ``Who killed the American dream?'' (BusinessNews, Sept. 22-29). This is pathetic journalism written by losers.
RON BROWNING-NASH
Chesapeake, Oct. 7, 1996 by CNB