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<blockquote data-quote="Dave" data-source="post: 1334516" data-attributes="member: 498"><p>Jackson, I believe the proper way to word that question would, Dun what did you do for a day job? Dun is one of our senior members. Rumor has it that his social security number is #1.</p><p></p><p>I started out entirely on my own. There is about 70 head out there now. I could have done a lot better but I spent my 20's and 30's chasing wild women. As the saying goes I spent half my money on wine women and song and just wasted the other half. Then I went through a divorce at 50 that pretty much wiped me out so I got to start over again.</p><p>I went to college a couple of guys who actually started with less than me who now own thousands of acres and hundreds of cows. They both married ladies who shared their vision. They started working a day job and running cows on leased land in the evenings and weekends. It didn't happen over night but eventually they got to the point where they just run the ranch. </p><p>There was another guy who I went to college with whose parents had a huge ranch. A few years back he sold out before he lost it all. When he sold it wasn't 25% of what he inherited.</p><p>The questions that you need to ask yourself is how hard are you willing to work, what are you willing to sacrifice, and how good of a manager can you be?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dave, post: 1334516, member: 498"] Jackson, I believe the proper way to word that question would, Dun what did you do for a day job? Dun is one of our senior members. Rumor has it that his social security number is #1. I started out entirely on my own. There is about 70 head out there now. I could have done a lot better but I spent my 20's and 30's chasing wild women. As the saying goes I spent half my money on wine women and song and just wasted the other half. Then I went through a divorce at 50 that pretty much wiped me out so I got to start over again. I went to college a couple of guys who actually started with less than me who now own thousands of acres and hundreds of cows. They both married ladies who shared their vision. They started working a day job and running cows on leased land in the evenings and weekends. It didn't happen over night but eventually they got to the point where they just run the ranch. There was another guy who I went to college with whose parents had a huge ranch. A few years back he sold out before he lost it all. When he sold it wasn't 25% of what he inherited. The questions that you need to ask yourself is how hard are you willing to work, what are you willing to sacrifice, and how good of a manager can you be? [/QUOTE]
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