Broke, Not Broken
I choose not to place “dis” in my ability.
—Robert M. Hensel
In the 1990s, one of my corporate directives was to expand the firm’s footprint into markets that had growing client bases. After several months of running hypotheticals, I was off to Colorado. Andy and Sarah, who lived down the road from the house I’d rented, were doing their best to raise their son, Shaun, who was a senior in high school at the time. He’d suffered an unusual accident, and although well-intentioned adults encouraged him to seek support in managing his disability, he didn’t view himself as having limitations. Instead, he grew up investing the best of himself into projects that gave him confidence.
Following his dream, Shaun left the safety of our Colorado town just after I did, but I kept in touch with him. His story unfolded for me on my computer screen over the years as we exchanged e-mails, and I learned how he’d overcome resentment and fear, found work he was passionate about, created partnerships he managed in many ways, and engineered methods by which he focused his life toward the kind of success that leads to financial freedom.
Read this complete story in the book, The Quiet Rich: Ordinary People Reawakening an American Dream.
Kevin J. Palmer, Author
