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OUR BUSINESSES
Unfortunately because Mario's job has unpredictable hours during certain
times of the year, and because he is running a not for profit corporation, it
became virtually impossible to remain active in both our Traditional and
Internet based businesses. After trying to make a go at it again and finding
that time was just not cooperating, it became necessary to suspend our
business activities outside of our careers so we think it is necessary to
inform you that we are currently inactive with our business ventures.
We will still be maintaining the Romualdo Enterprises Group for future use
if things change or for consideration of our son if he so chooses to go into
business for himself in the future, there would already be a major Internet
presence available to him. We will still be maintaining our business Internet
domain names unless someone offers us a reasonable offer, and may from
time to time allow others to use them for short terms.
There is not one person who does not aspire to do well. We all try to do better
than our parents then as parents strive to prepare our children to do better than us. It is our nature. To achieve -- succeed!
Mario once overheard a conversation at work between a couple of co-workers
who were discussing the game of soccer. The "anti-soccer" person made the
point that Americans do not like soccer because the game is very slow. It is
not unusual for game scores to be 0-0 or 1-0. That makes sense. We want fast.
We want points! This is how we define success.
The "pro-soccer" person then made his point which was that "Soccer is a lot
like life. We all struggle and work hard and then every once in awhile someone
scores a goal and we all celebrate. Mario liked this analogy because in a way
it's true, however even in soccer you have some people that do more work
than others.
Success usually does not come looking for you. You have to look for it, and
not be afraid to take chance and walk through the open doors. You must also
be the person in charge of your own future. Have you ever told someone that
you were thinking of going into business for yourself? Most of the time that
person will try to talk you out of it.
Everyone who dreams of being successful must be willing to do several things.
First, be prepared to push other peoples' opinions out of your decision, and
next understand that you must be willing to put in the effort to attain success.
Be prepared for long hours, low pay, much work and aggravation but if you
put your "nose to the grindstone" and keep your focus on the future, America
allows you the opportunity to succeed. Once you do however, the government
begins to do things to knock you off the hill, like tell you that you must give
them more. This was basically the reason we needed to close Federal
Cleaning Company.
In most cases, you cannot become wealthy by working for someone else.
A JOB really means "Just Over Broke!" Think about it. They usually pay
you just enough to keep coming back everyday.
Mario is not an economist but he took notice of an economic theory which
to him pointed out why people in other countries "think" differently about
money and wealth and work.
One of Gladys' cousins could not understand how things work in the US.
The thinking (and this is a long time ago) was that if you make $60,000
and buy a $60,000 house, why would you need a 30 year mortgage if you
can pay for it in a year? Good question, but people don't realize that
you also have other expenses and taxes to pay.
One of Mario's aunts was visiting the United States and they happened to go
shopping with the family. She stopped and was admiring an item at the store.
She said that she liked it and wanted to buy it. Gladys, being the shopping pro
that she is asked her, "Well why don't you just buy it?" Here was the reply and
it hits the nail on the head -- "I'm not going to buy that. It's three days pay."
There it is! As Americans we think of things in terms of dollars. If you go out
to dinner, and it costs you $50.00 you say great! Fifty dollars. Now just wait a
minute and think about the cost of that dinner in relationship to your job. if
you have a job that pays you $10.00 per hour and that meal just cost you five
hours of work, do you really think it's worth it or money well spent? Probably
not, but this is why Americans are more willing to part with their money. If
we were to think of things and compare them to work hours, we would not
own anything.
Look. You make $10.00 per hour. If you buy a house for $150,000 and take
out a 30 year loan, you would have paid the mortgage company or bank
$300,000 after 30 years. You need to work 30,000 hours to pay off the amount
of the mortgage. You have just worked 3,750 eight hour days to make this
happen or in other terms 10 years, three and one half months. One third of
your work life just to pay off the house you live in, and now you need a loan
for the major remodeling but retirement is looming near. It never ends, but
fortunate for you, this page does.
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