It all begins a little less than a couple of years ago when absolutely nothing or very little was known about the word pandemic among ordinary people.
At that moment, he had just understood what it was like to have an unemployed father and although he was eagerly looking for new ways to generate income… Those were moments that were systematically and constantly aggravated!
He did not see many options at that time, no matter how much he proposed it, so I remember seeing him all on the pc looking for options and that is where he came up with the idea of looking for what was being sold in the classifieds of a well-known website.
In the best style of a bloodhound dog he began to look for some options that will give him the opportunity to make some profit when trying to resell them, I remember hearing many anecdotes told by him and referring to him that he is passionate about sales, I think it is a great art and To achieve one, you must have a sense of belonging to the product, service, or whatever it is that you are selling.
He wrote down some products that he found interesting and taking a percentage he said that little more than a 35% profit according to the estimates was good for a profit taking, and just when he thought he had finished, he detailed an artifact that if at first he thought he acquired it for resale He would come up with a better idea later.
It was a small lawn mower and I say small because among the wide range of this type of machine it had the smallest engine.
I contacted the seller and they cited meeting in a subway station, and agreed to pay for it about $ 50, in the market I could easily sell it for $ 80 and it would not take long in their hands.
The outcome begins
Thanks to an acquaintance of the family comes the information that a company which managed a number of properties needed to do maintenance to the surrounding areas full of weeds, and precisely the machine What a few days ago I had bought was excellent for the work ... without thinking Dad I volunteered to do the maintenance which took him two days to do.
At the end he had in his hands a check for just over $ 180. He was really happy as he did estimate the cost of the lawn mower and the time invested had a good profit when compared to the average daily wage in the country where we live.
To do things right or not to do it
To our surprise, only two days had passed since Dad had finished the work and one of the managers was calling him and commented that some of the tenants commented that the work had been well done that even the people who had done it previously had not succeeded. the end result That the achievement at that time.
After some compliments they asked him if he had any other skills to which, affirmatively, Dad commented on what he could do and made very clear his limitations regarding some jobs which he was not aware of.
The person told him that he liked his attitude of facing things, and asked him if he was willing to remodel a commercial premises that had to be delivered in a month and a half.
At no point did Dad think to say no ...
His mind only ran through thoughts of "Who would I need to hire to carry out this project", I accept it and quickly began to look for the right staff, he always comments how much it cost him to find a good electrician, He also hired a mason and finally Painter's assistant, since the latter on previous occasions Dad had also learned some techniques and it would be the same one who would give the final finish to that place.
I managed to deliver the work a few days before the stipulated time, and just before this pandemic occurred, I was already in the process of opening a small commercial registry, based on a remodeling company, since one thing led to another and in one of several Jobs even offered to paint the entire facade of a 37-story building. Unfortunately, and due to the pandemic factor, to date this project is still on hold.
In retrospect
I start to think what would have happened if just at that moment in which this chain began, Dad had said a "NO" very surely none of this would have happened.
At present they continue to call him for various remodeling jobs which if he is within his knowledge he attends them and if not he delegates them to other people who have the knowledge and tries to obtain a profit at all times.
And to think that this small lawnmower with the power of only 50cc was the instrument for all this to happen ...
I am sure that in your environment there is some trigger for great actions, you just have to open your eyes a little to take action, the rest will then be history and I hope at some point I can read it.
