Comments on: Would the 15 Year Old Version of You Be Proud of the Man You Are Today?

By: clark

clark — Sun, 18 May 2014 19:53:00 +0000

Hello!
Chad how about if one lives in a country where one cannot step up to locals.Local kids bully others.If you step up they fire you, one has to keep his head down and listen to the @#$%% .Even others join in on mouth fouling , no one can beat up anyone.

By: Paul

Paul — Tue, 13 May 2014 04:19:00 +0000

Chad I’ve been thinking long and hard about my situation. I’m not happy working an office job from 9-5 doing claims adjusting – it eats the life right out of you… I told myself I will never be that guy who wakes up at hates his job, who works in a cubicle all day worrying about customer service scores and when I will get called into a meeting to discuss my performance yet… this is where I’m at. Since I was little all I’ve ever wanted to be was a police officer or a firefighter, I’ve failed about five police tests the past three years but I keep trying. I failed one about a month ago. The reason I took this job was to help support myself. I’m 26 yet I have nothing to show for my time on this earth. I feel stuck. One thing this job has done is it has made me not want to work for anyone ever again but instead own my own businesses. One of the best jobs I’ve had is working for a small business owner and watching and learning how he grew his business, now it is one of the top 3 in the state I live in. I want to start my own business. I’ve been researching and reading and learning all I can about it, there is so much negativity out there it astonishes me but putting it all on the line isn’t for the faint of heart. I have to make it, I will make it, the funny thing is this business owner who I have got to know so well over the past five years has offered to take me under his wing. To help me start my own business. Its a huge feat but one I know I need to take. I have 5000 dollars to my name, and when I quit this job its going to be that much more difficult especially with health insurance, I maybe foolish in my thinking but like Teddy Roosevelt said, Dare Mighty Things. Wish my luck, maybe one day you’ll be around my neck of the woods and stop in and see how I’ve succeeded. Keep doing what you’re doing Chad I can’t tell you how many times I’ve thought about throwing in the towel and then turning my computer on and finding inspiration in your posts to be a better person, a better man.

By: 82nd11B

82nd11B — Sun, 11 May 2014 19:49:00 +0000

YES. beautiful wife x 27years, three fine sons, airborne infantry, CIB, teach history – you bet

By: Lukeyboy

Lukeyboy — Tue, 06 May 2014 18:49:00 +0000

In reply to Chad Howse. Yeah going to start writing a journal ASAP and I can't wait read more of your articles, also have a great time in Italy too!

By: Chad Howse

Chad Howse — Tue, 06 May 2014 17:31:00 +0000

In reply to Lukeyboy. Thanks man! LOVE that book. Re-reading it while here in Italy. There's so much value in having a journal, and not just review but bringing clarity to thoughts and so forth as well.

By: Lukeyboy

Lukeyboy — Tue, 06 May 2014 16:26:00 +0000

Thinking of starting to write in a journal as I have been reading the book, “The rise of Theodore Roosevelt,” that you recommended in another article and it is interesting to see how he developed as a person and as a man through his diary/journal writings and as I am quite young the thought of being able to look back and see how I felt and what I accomplished would be be great too, another great article man!