I am a money grabber and proud of it , I work an average of 25 hours a week, I now just employ my wife so we have 50 hours window cleaning money coming in, which gives us a very good life style, I can go for a meal when i want , i can buy my kids what they want , if something breaks i can replace it straight away.
Like Nel , My maths teacher went ballistic at me and made me cry at 15 years of age when i told him i was going to get a job window cleaning for £10 a day cash in hand plus my dole money, yes that was a genuine job offer off a window cleaner who i helped to collect his money on thursday evenings when i was a kid, I was very bright as a kid and was one of the best at maths in the school , not very good at English , but had a very good brain all round, he went on to say i would be throwing everything away and i would not have a future.
Anyway I did not take his job offer up mainly due to the maths teacher and not wanting to be up a ladder , the thought scared me slightly, I went through every dead end job going until i finally became a window cleaner at the age of 31.
I feel like going back to that maths teacher and saying look at me now, I now earn more money than you.
I intend to earn even more next year , I will be setting another goal for another £20'000 increase in work on my books , this will be achieved mainly by increasing the amount of cream i have on my round and not neccesseraly by working harder.
I used to worry about losing my tax credits , now that makes me laugh so much thinking about it , what a loser i was, One day i just thought sod this for a lark , lets start making some real money and do you know what it worked.
My turnover has quadrupled since i first had that thought, in fact i feel quite smug and proud of what i have achieved.
In fact i am a bit like Nel and echo everything he has said above, thank god we werent born 100 years ago and dont have to work 60 hours a week down a mine shaft.
Dave
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